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Phil Bredesen — 2006 Governor campaign

Governor Democratic

2006 Governor · totals since 2003

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 → · 9 filings · Early Supplemental 2003 2003–Q4 2006

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 →
$1,879,021
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 →
$8,626,036
$59,648 refunded
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 →
$87,711
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$6,761,598
less $14,582 in refunds & credits → $6,250,618 net disbursements
Donors
7,594
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 2006 Amendment $1,879,021 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
Early Supplemental 2004 2004 reported receipts $1,645,375
Early Supplemental 2003 2003 reported receipts $1,358,968
Q4 2006 reported receipts $90,371
Pre-General 2006 reported receipts $249,657
Q3 2006 reported receipts $1,373,634
Pre-Primary 2006 reported receipts $136,500
Q2 2006 reported receipts $1,016,903
Q1 2006 reported receipts $37,974
Supplemental 2005 2005 reported receipts $2,716,654
Reported receipts $8,626,036
From each filing:
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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 $6,761,598
Total spent $6,761,598
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Receipts
$8,626,036
Spent
$6,761,598

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: individuals, itemized, 83% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $7.2M · 83%Organizations and PACs, itemized $1.3M · 15%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $125K · 1%

Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized compares individuals, 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.

Individuals, itemized: $7,171,709 ÷ Reported receipts: $8,626,036
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
Individuals, itemized $7,171,709
Organizations and PACs, itemized $1,328,891
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $125,436
From each filing:
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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 →

$1,001average gift
$375median gift
7,168individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
11%
0.3%
$50–200
26%
2%
$200–1K
27%
10%
$1K–5K
29%
52%
$5K+
7%
35%

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: $7,171,709 ÷ Individual donors: 7168
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $7,171,709
Median gift $375
Individual donors 7168
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 →

91% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (9% from out of state).

Tennessee $7,728,351 Out of state $772,249
  • Nashville $1.9M22%
  • Memphis $743K9%
  • Knoxville $597K7%
  • Brentwood $310K4%
  • Chattanooga $266K3%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $4.0M
  • Other out-of-state $772K

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: $772,249 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $8,500,600
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $772,249
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Contributions Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions by month — Jan 2003 – Jan 2007. Peak $931,939 in Jun 2006.

Contributions

The donor figure above is a named-donor floor. A complete combined-term total is unavailable. This table names 4,971 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200.

4,971 named donors 8,169 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Laborers Local Union 818 PAC 4 $17,700.00
Committee for Better Govt Autozone, Inc. 2 $15,000.00
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings Tennessee State PAC 2 $15,000.00
Fedex Corporation PAC 4 $15,000.00
Tennessee Carpenters Regional Council PAC 5 $15,000.00
Tennessee Hospitality and Tourism PAC 5 $15,000.00
Gresham Smith PAC 3 $15,000.00
Farris Bobango PAC 6 $15,000.00
Eastman PAC 3 $15,000.00
Friends of the University of Memphis PAC 3 $15,000.00

Expenditures

472 vendors 2,461 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Murphy Putnam Shorr & Partners, LLC 13 $2,872,699.38 42%
Thomas, Cathy ↺ donor $5,000.00 111 $522,379.45 8%
Pay Systems of America 141 $418,939.43 6%
Brunson, Stuart ↺ donor $5,000.00 28 $220,888.93 3%
Bredesen for Governor 2002 4 $212,350.95 3%
Peter D. Hart Research Assoc. 10 $207,252.99 3%
Corporate Flight Management 46 $196,090.29 3%
Gaylord Opryland 5 $132,282.86 2%
Signs.Com, PC 6 $113,428.93 2%
E Allan Brandon 13 $91,470.94 1%

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 Phil Bredesen’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Advertising & media $3,076,934 46%
  • Staff & payroll $1,625,498 24%
  • Other $497,005 7%
  • Consulting & professional services $421,706 6%
  • Fundraising & events $340,552 5%
  • Travel $269,607 4%
  • Printing & mail $221,539 3%
  • Office & operations $209,855 3%
  • Transfers between accounts $97,000 1%
  • Field & voter contact $1,601 0.1%
  • Contributions & donations $300 0.1%

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 2006 Amended $2,551,948.88 $1,879,020.50 Source: Q4 2006 filing Report 14362
Pre-General 2006 $3,212,995.90 $2,551,948.88 Source: Pre-General 2006 filing Report 11334
Q3 2006 Amended $4,481,382.09 $3,212,995.90 Source: Q3 2006 filing Report 12938
Pre-Primary 2006 $4,453,572.61 $4,481,382.09 Source: Pre-Primary 2006 filing Report 9218
Q2 2006 $4,013,785.38 $4,453,572.61 Source: Q2 2006 filing Report 8218
Q1 2006 $4,426,930.43 $4,013,785.38 Source: Q1 2006 filing Report 6570
Supplemental 2005 2005 Amended $2,507,945.42 $4,426,930.43 Source: Supplemental 2005 2005 filing Report 13061
Early Supplemental 2004 2004 Amended $1,358,942.59 $2,507,945.42 Source: Early Supplemental 2004 2004 filing Report 13060
Early Supplemental 2003 2003 $0.00 $1,358,942.59 Source: Early Supplemental 2003 2003 filing Report 3240

After the election

Reports ending after Jan 15, 2007.

Contributions and spending

Net contributions (cash) $500 · Spent $1,996,781 · 1 donors

8 filings · Mid-Year 2007–Year-End 2010

After the election contributions
Donor Location Employer Total
Phil Bredesen NASHVILLE, TN 37203 — $25,000.00
William Walter COLUMBIA, TN 38401 Retired $500.00
After the election expenditures
Payee Purpose Amount Date
Bredesen for Governor 2002 EXCESS FUNDS TRANSFER $12,200.00 01/15/2011
Bredesen for Governor 2002 EXCESS FUNDS TRANSFER $3,500.00 01/15/2011
Bredesen for Governor 2002 EXCESS FUNDS TRANSFER $1,809.62 01/15/2011
NGP Software, Inc. SOFTWARE SUPPORT SERVICES $750.00 01/15/2011
NGP Software, Inc. SOFTWARE SUPPORT SERVICES $750.00 01/15/2011
NGP Software, Inc. SOFTWARE SUPPORT SERVICES $750.00 01/15/2011
The Nexus Group Inc. WEB SITE SERVICES $60.00 01/15/2011
U. S. Postmaster P. O. BOX RENTAL FEE $35.00 01/15/2011
The Nexus Group Inc. WEB SITE SERVICES $30.00 01/15/2011
The Nexus Group Inc. WEB SITE SERVICES $30.00 01/15/2011
225 more expenditures not shown
Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Year-End 2010 $3,504.53 $0.00 Source: Year-End 2010 filing Report 36340
Mid-Year 2010 $19,840.10 $3,504.53 Source: Mid-Year 2010 filing Report 31797
Year-End 2009 $34,890.53 $19,840.10 Source: Year-End 2009 filing Report 29323
Mid-Year 2009 $91,595.59 $34,890.53 Source: Mid-Year 2009 filing Report 27708
Year-End 2008 $1,569,181.21 $91,595.59 Source: Year-End 2008 filing Report 26650
Mid-Year 2008 $1,677,609.10 $1,569,181.21 Source: Mid-Year 2008 filing Report 22223
Year-End 2007 $1,743,795.45 $1,677,609.10 Source: Year-End 2007 filing Report 14942
Mid-Year 2007 $1,879,020.50 $1,743,795.45 Source: Mid-Year 2007 filing Report 13652