Richard Eric Stewart — 2012 U.S. Representative, District 4 campaign

U.S. Representative, District 4 Democratic

2012 U.S. Representative, District 4 · totals since Nov 18, 2011

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 → · 8 filings · YE 2011–YE 2012

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 →
$9,831
as of the Year-End report
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$710,407
includes $112,879 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Total disbursed
$700,575
Donors
593
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:
  • YE 2012 YEAR-END $9,831 filing-stated

Total receipts adds together the amounts listed below.

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Sum of Total Receipts reported on the selected source reports.

Inputs behind Total receipts
YE 2012 reported receipts $0
30G 2012 reported receipts $164,698
12G 2012 reported receipts $63,707
Q3 2012 reported receipts $114,619
12P 2012 reported receipts $12,475
Q2 2012 reported receipts $158,309
Q1 2012 reported receipts $102,470
YE 2011 reported receipts $94,129
Total receipts $710,407
From each filing:
  • YE 2012 YEAR-END $0 filing-stated
  • 30G 2012 POST-GENERAL $164,698 filing-stated
  • 12G 2012 PRE-GENERAL $63,707 filing-stated
  • Q3 2012 OCTOBER QUARTERLY $114,619 filing-stated
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  • 12P 2012 PRE-PRIMARY $12,475 filing-stated
  • Q2 2012 JULY QUARTERLY $158,309 filing-stated
  • Q1 2012 APRIL QUARTERLY $102,470 filing-stated
  • YE 2011 YEAR-END $94,129 filing-stated
Excluded reports:
  • Q1 2012 — Replaced by an amended report

Total disbursed adds together the amounts listed below.

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Total disbursements on the selected FEC reports, including operating expenditures, transfers, loan repayments, contribution refunds and other disbursements.

Inputs behind Total disbursed
Reported disbursements $700,575
Total disbursed $700,575
From each filing:
  • 30G 2012 POST-GENERAL $265,316 filing-stated
  • 12G 2012 PRE-GENERAL $38,107 filing-stated
  • Q3 2012 OCTOBER QUARTERLY $182,482 filing-stated
  • 12P 2012 PRE-PRIMARY $48,577 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2012 JULY QUARTERLY $113,222 filing-stated
  • Q1 2012 APRIL QUARTERLY $43,771 filing-stated
  • YE 2011 YEAR-END $9,100 filing-stated
Receipts
$710,407
Total disbursed
$700,575

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 →

23% of this campaign’s individual contributions came as small unitemized donations — gifts under the federal itemization threshold (about $200 a cycle) that the filer reports only as a lump sum, never broken out by donor. The gift-size and location breakdowns below cover the itemized 77%.

Itemized $384K · 77% Small unitemized gifts $113K · 23%

Share of individual money that is small unitemized gifts compares unitemized small donations (filer-stated lump sum) with all individual contributions.

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The money a filer reported as an unitemized lump sum — small individual gifts that never cross the federal ~$200 cycle itemization threshold, so they are disclosed only as a total, never by donor — divided by all individual contributions (itemized plus that lump sum). Both figures come straight from the filer's own report summaries. The gift-size and geography figures on this page cover the itemized portion only; this share is the part they cannot break down.

Unitemized small donations (filer-stated lump sum): $112,879 ÷ All individual contributions: $496,912
Inputs behind Share of individual money that is small unitemized gifts
Itemized individual contributions $384,033
Unitemized small donations $112,879

Largest part: individuals, itemized (line 11a), 56% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized (line 11a) $400K · 56%Individuals, unitemized (line 11a) $113K · 16%PACs and other committees (line 11c) $192K · 27%

Share of total receipts: Individuals, itemized (line 11a) compares individuals, itemized (line 11a) with total receipts.

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Each selected report's total 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 (line 11a): $399,983 ÷ Total receipts: $710,407
Inputs behind Share of total receipts: Individuals, itemized (line 11a)
Individuals, itemized (line 11a) $399,983
Individuals, unitemized (line 11a) $112,879
PACs and other committees (line 11c) $192,340
Party committees and the candidate (lines 11b, 11d) $5,201
Offsets and other receipts (lines 14, 15) $4
From each filing:
  • YE 2012 YEAR-END $0 filing-stated
  • 30G 2012 POST-GENERAL $164,698 filing-stated
  • 12G 2012 PRE-GENERAL $63,707 filing-stated
  • Q3 2012 OCTOBER QUARTERLY $114,619 filing-stated
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  • 12P 2012 PRE-PRIMARY $12,475 filing-stated
  • Q2 2012 JULY QUARTERLY $158,309 filing-stated
  • Q1 2012 APRIL QUARTERLY $102,470 filing-stated
  • YE 2011 YEAR-END $94,129 filing-stated
Excluded reports:
  • Q1 2012 — Replaced by an amended report

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 →

72% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (28% from out of state).

Tennessee $426,373 Out of state $166,051
  • Nashville $130K22%
  • Washington, DC $96K16%
  • Chattanooga $33K6%
  • Murfreesboro $32K5%
  • Winchester $24K4%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $208K
  • Other out-of-state $70K

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: $166,051 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $592,424
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $166,051

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Nov 2011 – Nov 2012. Peak $163,609 in Oct 2012. Spending peaked at $242,950 in Oct 2012.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 547 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 47 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $4,561 and their names are withheld.

547 named donors 950 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Machinists Non Partisan Pol League of the Int L As 2 $10,000.00
Drive Committee 2 $10,000.00
United Steelworkers Political Action Fund 2 $10,000.00
Ua Political Education Committee 2 $10,000.00
Laborers International Union of North America PAC 2 $10,000.00
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers PAC 2 $10,000.00
International Association of Fire Fighters 2 $7,500.00
Ironworkers Political Action League Ipal 3 $7,500.00
Sandra Stewart ↺ paid $5,001.00 4 $5,250.00
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee 2 $5,201.15

Coverage: we hold 97% of the itemized contributions this committee reported to the FEC for the 2012 cycle — about $10,950 is not in the FEC bulk file we load.

Expenditures

83 vendors 450 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Fletcher Rowley 7 $200,698.13 29%
Dunavant, Jake Mr. 43 $108,093.17 16%
Teets, Kevin W 14 $39,000.00 6%
Group, Thomas Lindsey 8 $38,500.00 6%
Myers Research 3 $36,125.80 5%
NGP Van Inc. 23 $24,784.36 4%
Overmountain Strategies 18 $18,500.00 3%
Big Daddy Sports 9 $16,811.05 2%
PCS Marketing Group 4 $15,867.34 2%
Gattis, Bennett 17 $13,740.27 2%

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

  • Advertising & media $235,432 34%
  • Staff & payroll $209,480 31%
  • Consulting & professional services $106,777 16%
  • Office & operations $42,967 6%
  • Printing & mail $35,310 5%
  • Other $32,029 5%
  • Fundraising & events $8,899 1%
  • Contributions & donations $7,225 1%
  • Travel $4,937 0.8%
  • Field & voter contact $430 0.1%

Filing History

Totals as filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC); see About for how this data is processed.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
YE 2012 $9,831.34 $9,831.34 Source: YE 2012 filing
30G 2012 $110,449.12 $9,831.34 Source: 30G 2012 filing
12G 2012 $84,849.13 $110,449.12 Source: 12G 2012 filing
Q3 2012 $152,712.46 $84,849.13 Source: Q3 2012 filing
12P 2012 $188,813.96 $152,712.46 Source: 12P 2012 filing
Q2 2012 $143,727.10 $188,813.96 Source: Q2 2012 filing
Q1 2012 $85,028.64 $143,727.10 Source: Q1 2012 filing
YE 2011 $0.00 $85,028.64 Source: YE 2011 filing