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Paul Sherrell — 2016 Tennessee House, District 43 campaign

Tennessee House, District 43 Republican

2016 Tennessee House, District 43 · totals since Apr 1, 2016

Final This campaign’s election cycle is closed — no further reports for it are due, so these totals are settled rather than mid-race. They cover every filing we hold for the campaign; if the source archive later adds one, we load it. Full definition → · 5 filings · Pre-General 2016–Q4 2016

Ended With What was left in the campaign’s account when its reporting closed — the ending balance on its final report for this race. It is a leftover, not a war chest: money still to be spent, refunded, given away, or carried into the next campaign. Full definition →
$8,738
as of the Q4 report
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$37,315
includes $2,245 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Loan entries in filing detail: $3,000. The report totals above govern this headline.
Itemized in-kind Goods or services donated to the campaign instead of cash — say, free printing or donated consulting — reported at fair-market value. Counted toward the same $200 disclosure threshold as cash gifts. This figure adds the in-kind contributions itemized on the selected reports. The Registry reports in-kind apart from receipts, so it is not part of the receipts figure. Full definition →
$779
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$25,065
Donors
52
total donors; qualifying names are listed below

Cash on hand is the amount reported on the filing listed below.

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The ending cash balance the campaign reported on its most recent filing (as filed, not computed).

Reported on this filing:
  • Q4 2016 Amendment $8,738 filing-stated

Reported receipts adds together the amounts listed below.

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Sum of Total Receipts reported on the selected source reports.

Inputs behind Reported receipts
Q4 2016 reported receipts $8,150
Pre-General 2016 reported receipts $18,150
Q3 2016 reported receipts $4,850
Pre-Primary 2016 reported receipts $250
Q2 2016 reported receipts $5,915
Reported receipts $37,315
From each filing:
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  • Q2 2016 Initial $5,915 filing-stated

Total spent adds together the amounts listed below.

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Itemized expenditure rows plus the stated spending a filer reported as a lump sum without itemizing it.

Inputs behind Total spent
Itemized expenditures $24,759
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $306
Total spent $25,065
From each filing:
  • Q4 2016 Amendment $7,279 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $7,195 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $84 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2016 Amendment $13,731 derived
  • Q3 2016 Initial $737 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $703 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $35 filing-stated
  • Q2 2016 Initial $3,318 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $3,131 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $188 filing-stated
Receipts
$37,315
Spent
$25,065

Who funds this campaign The sources split breaks down the receipts the headline adds up, by the lines of each report behind it; its parts add up to the headline. Open its “Why this number?” for each report’s lines. Gift-size and location figures cover itemized contributions only. Aggregates count everyone who gave, including donors below the $200 disclosure floor — a share across all donors identifies no one. Full definition →

Largest part: organizations and PACs, itemized, 57% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $11K · 29%Organizations and PACs, itemized $21K · 57%Unitemized contributions $2K · 6%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $3K · 8%

Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized compares organizations and pacs, itemized with reported receipts.

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Each selected report's reported receipts split by the report's own lines; the parts of every report add up to its total, and the totals to the headline.

Organizations and PACs, itemized: $21,100 ÷ Reported receipts: $37,315
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized
Individuals, itemized $10,970
Organizations and PACs, itemized $21,100
Unitemized contributions $2,245
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $3,000
From each filing:
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  • Q2 2016 Initial $5,915 filing-stated

Gift size Each individual donor’s total giving to this campaign this cycle. Organizations, PACs, and the candidate’s own money are excluded (this is about people); a donor who gave under several name spellings is counted once. A donor named on the page can still sit in a small bucket — these are cycle totals, not “unnamed donors.” Full definition →

$354average gift
$250median gift
31individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
35%
12%
$200–1K
58%
66%
$1K–5K
6%
23%
$5K+
0%
0%

Average gift per individual donor compares total from individual donors with individual donors.

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Every individual donor's total contributions to this campaign, divided by the number of individual donors. Organizations and PACs are excluded (this measures people); a donor who gave under several name spellings is counted once. The median and the gift-size buckets are computed over the same individual-donor totals. Based on itemized contributions only (loans and money a filer reported as an unitemized lump sum are not included).

Total from individual donors: $10,970 ÷ Individual donors: 31
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $10,970
Median gift $250
Individual donors 31
Source filings:

Where the money comes from Shares of itemized dollars, by the contributor’s state and city as filed. A city is named only when at least 5 donors gave from it or it holds at least 5% of the located dollars; everyone else is grouped into “elsewhere.” Shown only when at least 80% of dollars carry a usable state. Full definition →

81% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (19% from out of state).

Tennessee $26,070 Out of state $6,000
  • Nashville $7K23%
  • Washington, DC $6K19%
  • Memphis $4K11%
  • Sparta $2K5%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $14K

Out-of-state share of located dollars compares itemized money from outside tennessee with itemized money with a known state.

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Itemized contribution dollars from outside Tennessee, divided by all itemized dollars whose contributor state is known. A city is named only when at least 5 donors gave from it OR it holds at least 5% of the located dollars; everyone else is grouped into elsewhere-in-Tennessee and other-out-of-state. Shown only above 99% state coverage. Based on itemized contributions only (loans and money a filer reported as an unitemized lump sum are not included).

Itemized money from outside Tennessee: $6,000 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $32,070
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $6,000
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Apr 2016 – Jan 2017. Peak $19,150 in Oct 2016. Spending peaked at $13,731 in Oct 2016.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 43 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 11 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $1,270 and their names are withheld.

43 named donors 48 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennessee Federation for Children PAC 1 $5,000.00
Majority Tennessee PAC 2 $3,250.00
Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee 1 $2,000.00
Tennesseecan Action Fund PAC 1 $1,500.00
James Ayers 1 $1,500.00
Johnson Victory PAC 2 $1,500.00
Nat L Fed of Independent Business Tennessee PAC 1 $1,000.00
Tennessee Federation Republican Women B McAndrew Iris Fund 1 $1,000.00
Mike Carter 1 $1,000.00
Tennessee Bankers Association PAC 1 $750.00

Expenditures

8 vendors 21 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Direct Edge Campaigns LLC 3 $17,481.81 71%
Tee Shirt Maniac 2 $2,195.00 9%
Sparta Expositor 5 $2,102.52 8%
Southern Standard 5 $1,042.21 4%
Hartline, Jeff 1 $750.00 3%
Brady Printing & Office Supply, Inc. 3 $524.41 2%
GCTV 1 $420.00 2%
Grundy County Herald Lakeway Publishers 1 $243.00 1.0%

Loans

$3,000.00 in loan balances shown. The filings date all of it to this campaign. Later reports can repeat an outstanding loan, so each reconstructed lender balance is counted once below.

Loan principal shown adds together the amounts listed below.

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Loan schedules can repeat an outstanding debt on later reports. This is the reconstructed principal for each lender, counted once, split between candidate or family loans and all other lenders. Repayments and outstanding balances are shown separately in the ledger.

Inputs behind Loan principal shown
Candidate and family loans $3,000
Loan principal shown $3,000
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Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (Paul Sherrell) Candidate loan Apr 12, 2016 $3,000.00 $3,000.00 $0.00

Where the money went Each expenditure carries a short description of what it was for, written by the campaign. We sort those descriptions into a fixed set of categories; one expenditure goes in one category, so the amounts add up to Paul Sherrell’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Advertising & media $20,546 83%
  • Printing & mail $3,463 14%
  • Consulting & professional services $750 3%

Loans

Campaign loans
Lender Amount Date Received Outstanding Repaid

Each loan shows its balance as of the candidate's most recent filing; repayments since then appear when the next report is filed.

Filing History

Totals as filed with the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance; see About for how this data is processed.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Q4 2016 Amended $11,378.78 $8,738.47 Source: Q4 2016 filing Report 71515
Pre-General 2016 Amended $6,959.35 $11,378.78 Source: Pre-General 2016 filing Report 68997
Q3 2016 $2,846.77 $6,959.35 Source: Q3 2016 filing Report 66933
Pre-Primary 2016 $2,596.77 $2,846.77 Source: Pre-Primary 2016 filing Report 65785
Q2 2016 $0.00 $2,596.77 Source: Q2 2016 filing Report 64031