Raumesh Akbari — 2014 Tennessee House, District 91 campaign
2014 Tennessee House, District 91
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 · Pre-General 2013–Q4 2014
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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).
- Q4 2014 Amendment $3,519 filing-stated
Raised (cash) adds together the amounts listed below.
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Sum of every cash receipt bucket: itemized contributions from others + the candidate's own contributions + loans + filer-stated unitemized + (federal) transfers and other receipts. Excludes the value of donated goods & services, shown separately as In-Kind Received. Excludes $1,387.50 the filer reported on Schedule A as a refund or reimbursement — money paid back to the committee, not money it raised, so it is not counted here. It remains in the filing's own totals.
| Itemized contributions from others | $40,060 |
| Loans received | $6,667 |
| Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) | $5,223 |
| Raised (cash) | $51,950 |
- Q4 2014 Amendment $3,200 mixed
- Itemized contributions from others $2,600 derived
- Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $600 filing-stated
- Pre-General 2014 Amendment $5,650 mixed
- Itemized contributions from others $5,600 derived
- Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $50 filing-stated
- Q3 2014 Amendment $2,053 mixed
- Itemized contributions from others $2,000 derived
- Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $53 filing-stated
- Pre-Primary 2014 Amendment $9,715 mixed
- Itemized contributions from others $9,300 derived
- Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $415 filing-stated
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- Q2 2014 Initial $5,361 mixed
- Itemized contributions from others $4,800 derived
- Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $561 filing-stated
- Q4 2013 Amendment $9,850 mixed
- Itemized contributions from others $9,550 derived
- Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $300 filing-stated
- Pre-General 2013 Amendment $8,029 mixed
- Itemized contributions from others $5,310 derived
- Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $2,719 filing-stated
- Pre-Primary 2013 Amendment $1,425 mixed
- Itemized contributions from others $900 derived
- Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $525 filing-stated
Filings restate outstanding loans each period, so a loan belongs to the campaign rather than to any one filing.
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.
| Itemized expenditures | $56,508 |
| Stated spending not itemized (credited) | $7,865 |
| Total spent | $64,373 |
- Q4 2014 Amendment $6,732 mixed
- Itemized expenditures $4,885 derived
- Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,847 filing-stated
- Pre-General 2014 Amendment $1,282 mixed
- Itemized expenditures $931 derived
- Stated spending not itemized (credited) $352 filing-stated
- Q3 2014 Amendment $4,640 mixed
- Itemized expenditures $3,237 derived
- Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,403 filing-stated
- Pre-Primary 2014 Amendment $8,812 mixed
- Itemized expenditures $7,647 derived
- Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,165 filing-stated
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- Q2 2014 Initial $9,470 mixed
- Itemized expenditures $7,648 derived
- Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,822 filing-stated
- Q1 2014 Initial $1,003 mixed
- Itemized expenditures $683 derived
- Stated spending not itemized (credited) $320 filing-stated
- Q4 2013 Amendment $6,290 mixed
- Itemized expenditures $6,027 derived
- Stated spending not itemized (credited) $263 filing-stated
- Pre-General 2013 Amendment $9,601 mixed
- Itemized expenditures $9,282 derived
- Stated spending not itemized (credited) $319 filing-stated
- Pre-Primary 2013 Amendment $16,541 mixed
- Itemized expenditures $16,168 derived
- Stated spending not itemized (credited) $373 filing-stated
Out-of-state share compares itemized money from outside tennessee with raised incl. in-kind.
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Itemized contributions from a state other than Tennessee, divided by everything the campaign raised (shown only when the state of most itemized money is known — above 99% coverage).
| From outside Tennessee | $4,450 |
Who funds this campaign The sources split breaks down everything the campaign raised: the candidate’s own money (including self-loans), individuals (including unitemized small gifts), organizations and PACs, and “other” (in-kind contributions, loans other than the candidate’s, and the like) — open its “Why this number?” for the full breakdown. 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 →
The candidate’s own money made up 12% of the campaign’s funds — individuals gave 22%, organizations and PACs 62%, with 5% from other sources.
Why this number?
Share from the candidate compares from the candidate's own money with everything the campaign raised.
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Everything the campaign raised, split into the candidate's own money (own contributions plus self- and family loans), individuals, organizations and PACs, and everything else — loans other than the candidate's, in-kind contributions, and (for federal filers) committee transfers and other receipts. Unitemized small donations count as individual money. The parts add up to the total raised. The headline share is the candidate divided by the total.
| Candidate's own money (incl. self-loans) | $6,667 |
| From individuals | $11,733 |
| From organizations and PACs | $33,550 |
| In-kind contributions (goods & services) | $2,462 |
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 →
Why this number?
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 | $6,510 |
| Median gift | $250 |
| Individual donors | 19 |
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 →
89% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (11% from out of state).
- Nashville $16K41%
- Memphis $9K22%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $10K
- Other out-of-state $4K
Why this number?
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).
| From outside Tennessee | $4,450 |
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Aug 2013 – Jan 2015. Peak $9,300 in Jul 2014. Spending peaked at $10,226 in Sep 2013.
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $150 total; their names are not disclosed here.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Memphis-PACE PAC | 4 | $4,500.00 |
| Tennessee Educ Assn Fund for Children Public Edu Includes In-Kind | 2 | $3,210.92 |
| Tennessee Parentsteachers Putting Students First PAC | 1 | $2,000.00 |
| Fitz PAC | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Merck Sharp Dohme LLC PAC | 2 | $1,500.00 |
| United Transportation Union PAC (UTU) | 1 | $1,500.00 |
| Tennessee Realtors PAC | 3 | $1,500.00 |
| Tennessee Bankers Assn PAC | 2 | $1,250.00 |
| West Tennesseans for Progress PAC | 4 | $1,050.00 |
| Att Tennessee PAC | 2 | $1,000.00 |
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Grant | 15 | $9,490.00 | |
| Rone, Ronald | 23 | $3,880.45 | |
| Clear Channel Outdoor | 2 | $3,834.90 | |
| Thaddeus Matthews | 2 | $3,000.00 | |
| Spikner | 4 | $2,438.14 | |
| Walmart | 5 | $1,720.84 | |
| Myers, Barry | 2 | $1,450.00 | |
| Hicks Convention Services | 4 | $1,413.61 | |
| J.J. Graphics | 3 | $1,340.00 | |
| Delta Airlines | 4 | $1,294.10 | |
| A1 Printing | 3 | $1,249.22 | |
| United States Postal Service | 2 | $1,154.08 | |
| Barksdale, Jesse | 2 | $1,125.00 | |
| Zoo Printing | 1 | $1,117.00 | |
| Sam's Club | 8 | $1,105.80 | |
| Dirt Cheap Signs | 1 | $1,042.10 | |
| Kenneth Wilson Printing | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Miami Flyers | 2 | $929.64 | |
| Kingdom Quality Communications | 1 | $700.00 | |
| William Laws | 5 | $680.00 | |
| NBCSL | 1 | $625.00 | |
| Hilton Anatole Dallas | 1 | $622.41 | |
| A&R BBQ | 2 | $608.02 | |
| Kountry Cooking | 2 | $562.53 | |
| Echols, Leroy | 2 | $535.00 | |
| Cane Creek Baptist Church | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Johnson, Tammy | 1 | $500.00 | |
| TJM Promotions | 1 | $482.00 | |
| Kinkos | 3 | $443.74 | |
| American Airlines | 2 | $440.69 | |
| Tubelite | 2 | $437.00 | |
| Party City | 2 | $374.14 | |
| Southwest Airlines | 2 | $370.70 | |
| Hotel Marquette | 1 | $360.64 | |
| Deidre Malone for Shelby County Mayor | 2 | $350.00 | |
| Damian, Julissa | 1 | $350.00 | |
| Radio Ambiente | 1 | $350.00 | |
| Nelson, Charles | 3 | $338.25 | |
| Carter, Kevin | 1 | $325.00 | |
| Staples | 3 | $302.95 | |
| Shelby County Democrat Party | 2 | $300.00 | |
| Kevin Lomax | 2 | $300.00 | |
| American Express | 1 | $272.81 | |
| Sips Wine | 2 | $251.11 | |
| Hilton | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Copper | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Orange Mound Parade Committee | 1 | $250.00 | |
| The Home Depot | 1 | $244.81 | |
| Piano's Flowers and Gifts Inc. | 2 | $222.87 | |
| Best Buy | 1 | $216.23 | |
| State of Tennessee | 1 | $200.00 | |
| The Links Memphis | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Shelby Democrat ▤ sample ballot | 1 | $175.00 | |
| Stitch America Inc. | 1 | $167.25 | |
| Frontier Airlines | 2 | $165.70 | |
| Enterprise Rental Car | 1 | $162.25 | |
| Naacp | 1 | $160.00 | |
| Sheraton | 1 | $154.63 | |
| Buster's | 1 | $152.91 | |
| New Hope | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Hudspeth, Jesse | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Women In Government (Wig) | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Committee To Re-Elect Dr. Freda Williams | 1 | $150.00 | |
| N.O.B.E.L. Women | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Campbell, Stanley | 2 | $150.00 | |
| Lowe's Home Improvement | 1 | $147.82 | |
| Fairmont Hotel | 1 | $147.32 | |
| Tennessee Economic Council On Women | 1 | $145.00 | |
| Ibounce Rentals LLC | 1 | $136.56 | |
| Four Way Grill | 1 | $130.67 | |
| Ascena Retail | 1 | $127.69 | |
| Campbell, Breana | 1 | $125.00 | |
| The Copper Coalition | 1 | $125.00 | |
| Radio Shack | 1 | $120.14 | |
| House Democratic Caucus | 1 | $116.28 | |
| Chik-Fil-A | 1 | $114.38 | |
| GoDaddy | 1 | $113.89 | |
| Diversity Memphis | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Tennessee Democratic Party | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Women's Legislative Lobby | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Books From Birth Memphis | 1 | $100.00 | |
| McKie Foundation | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Jones Carson, Gale | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Relay for Life | 1 | $75.00 | |
| Glover, Quintilla | 1 | $75.00 | |
| Harland Clarke | 1 | $60.92 | |
| King, Martez | 1 | $60.00 | |
| Tennessee Federation of Democratic Women | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Macklin, Yvonne | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Main Stage Theatrical | 1 | $48.18 | |
| Friends To Elect Raumesh Akbari | 1 | $40.00 | |
| Domino's Pizza | 1 | $34.92 | |
| Kroger | 1 | $25.70 |
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
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Loans
$21,079.64 in loan principal shown. $6,666.57 was borrowed in this campaign; $14,413.07 was carried into these filings from an earlier period. Later reports can repeat an outstanding loan, so each reconstructed lender balance is counted once below.
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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.
| Candidate and family loans | $21,080 |
| Loan principal shown | $21,080 |
| Lender | Type | Received | Principal | Repaid | Outstanding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self (Raumesh Akbari) | Candidate loan | Aug 23, 2013 | $21,079.64 | $0.00 | $21,079.64 |
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 Raumesh Akbari’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Printing & mail $18,950 34%
- Field & voter contact $11,566 20%
- Advertising & media $8,697 15%
- Fundraising & events $5,034 9%
- Other $4,387 8%
- Travel $3,806 7%
- Office & operations $1,968 3%
- Contributions & donations $1,825 3%
- Sample ballot placement $175 0.4%
- Consulting & professional services $100 0.2%
Loans
| Lender | Amount | Date Received | Outstanding | Repaid |
|---|
Of the $21,080 lent, $6,667 was borrowed during the filings shown here. The other $14,413 was drawn before them and is still listed because it has not been fully repaid — so it counts as debt this campaign owes, not as money it raised.
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.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2014 Amended | $5,373.60 | $3,518.96 | Source ↗ |
| Pre-General 2014 Amended | $1,005.94 | $5,373.60 | Source ↗ |
| Q3 2014 Amended | $3,593.31 | $1,005.94 | Source ↗ |
| Pre-Primary 2014 Amended | $2,690.64 | $3,593.31 | Source ↗ |
| Q2 2014 | $6,799.28 | $2,690.64 | Source ↗ |
| Q1 2014 | $7,802.70 | $6,799.28 | Source ↗ |
| Q4 2013 Amended | $4,391.34 | $7,802.70 | Source ↗ |
| Pre-General 2013 Amended | $5,963.26 | $4,391.34 | Source ↗ |
| Pre-Primary 2013 Amended | $0.00 | $5,963.26 | Source ↗ |