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Richard Helton — 2018 Tennessee House, District 39 campaign

Tennessee House, District 39 Republican

2018 Tennessee House, District 39 · totals since Apr 1, 2018

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 → · 3 filings · Pre-Primary 2018–Q3 2018

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 →
$0
as of the Q3 report
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$10,260
includes $210 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Loan entries in filing detail: $7,000. 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 →
$1,437
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$9,195
Donors
11
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:
  • Q3 2018 Amendment $0 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
Q3 2018 reported receipts $3,500
Pre-Primary 2018 reported receipts $2,350
Q2 2018 reported receipts $4,410
Reported receipts $10,260
From each 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.

Inputs behind Total spent
Itemized expenditures $9,154
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $41
Total spent $9,195
From each filing:
  • Q3 2018 Amendment $3,235 derived
  • Pre-Primary 2018 Amendment $5,355 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $5,326 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $30 filing-stated
  • Q2 2018 Amendment $604 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $593 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $11 filing-stated
Receipts
$10,260
Spent
$9,195

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: loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds, 68% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $3K · 30%Unitemized contributions $210 · 2%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $7K · 68%

Share of reported receipts: Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds compares loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds 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.

Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds: $7,000 ÷ Reported receipts: $10,260
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds
Individuals, itemized $3,050
Unitemized contributions $210
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $7,000
From each filing:

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 →

$277average gift
$100median gift
11individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
64%
23%
$200–1K
27%
44%
$1K–5K
9%
33%
$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: $3,050 ÷ Individual donors: 11
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $3,050
Median gift $100
Individual donors 11
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 →

64% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (36% from out of state).

Tennessee $1,950 Out of state $1,100
  • Chattanooga $2K51%
  • Rossville, GA $1K33%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $400
  • Other out-of-state $100

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: $1,100 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $3,050
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $1,100
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jun 2018 – Aug 2018. Peak $2,150 in Jul 2018. Spending peaked at $8,481 in Jul 2018.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 6 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 7 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $700 and their names are withheld.

6 named donors 22 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
C Margaret Hardeman 2 $1,000.00
Richard Helton Self In-Kind 10 $723.81
Paula Southwood 2 $600.00
Todd Gardenhire Includes In-Kind 2 $535.00
Leslie Helton In-Kind 5 $428.60
Sandra Patterson 1 $250.00

Expenditures

9 vendors 14 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Printing Tech 2 $5,459.96 60%
Tennessee Valley Sign 2 $1,181.02 13%
Moore County News 2 $1,000.00 11%
Exchange 1 $542.00 6%
WCDT Radio 2 $360.00 4%
WZYX 1 $330.00 4%
Laforet, Mark 2 $240.00 3%
Ready Set Sew 1 $32.78 0.4%
Southern Heritage Bank 1 $8.00 0.1%

Loans

$7,000.00 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 $7,000
Loan principal shown $7,000
Source filings:
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (Richard Helton) Candidate loan Jun 4, 2018 $7,000.00 $7,000.00 $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 Richard Helton’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Printing & mail $6,641 73%
  • Advertising & media $2,265 25%
  • Consulting & professional services $240 3%
  • Office & operations $8 0.1%

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
Q3 2018 Amended $800.53 $0.00 Source: Q3 2018 filing Report 82656
Pre-Primary 2018 Amended $3,805.87 $800.53 Source: Pre-Primary 2018 filing Report 82655
Q2 2018 Amended $0.00 $3,805.87 Source: Q2 2018 filing Report 78154