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Richard M. Briggs — 2018 Tennessee Senate, District 07 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 07 Republican

2018 Tennessee Senate, District 07 · totals since Jan 16, 2015

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 → · 12 filings · Mid-Year 2015–Q4 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 →
$73,933
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 →
$353,494
includes $100 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
$400 refunded
Loan entries in filing detail: $264,000. 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 →
$268
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$205,808
Donors
249
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 2018 Amendment $73,933 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
Year-End 2016 reported receipts $100,800
Mid-Year 2016 reported receipts $500
Year-End 2015 reported receipts $67,175
Mid-Year 2015 reported receipts $1,769
Q4 2018 reported receipts $1,100
Pre-General 2018 reported receipts $22,750
Q3 2018 reported receipts $16,150
Pre-Primary 2018 reported receipts $5,050
Q2 2018 reported receipts $43,600
Q1 2018 reported receipts $0
Year-End 2017 reported receipts $60,100
Mid-Year 2017 reported receipts $34,500
Reported receipts $353,494
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 $205,791
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $17
Total spent $205,808
From each filing:
  • Year-End 2016 Supplemental $12,296 derived
  • Mid-Year 2016 Supplemental $2,540 derived
  • Year-End 2015 Amendment $12,324 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $12,312 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $12 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2015 Supplemental $3,506 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $3,500 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $6 filing-stated
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Receipts
$353,494
Spent
$205,808

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, 69% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $110K · 31%Organizations and PACs, itemized $244K · 69%

Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds: −$400. Shares are of the $353,894 before it.

Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized compares organizations and pacs, itemized with reported receipts before the negative part.

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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. Shares are of the receipts before the negative part.

Organizations and PACs, itemized: $243,550 ÷ Reported receipts before the negative part: $353,894
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized
Individuals, itemized $110,244
Organizations and PACs, itemized $243,550
Unitemized contributions $100
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds -$400
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 →

$888average gift
$500median gift
124individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0.9%
0.1%
$50–200
22%
2%
$200–1K
38%
18%
$1K–5K
40%
80%
$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: $110,075 ÷ Individual donors: 124
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $110,075
Median gift $500
Individual donors 124
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 →

88% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (12% from out of state).

Tennessee $312,025 Out of state $41,600
  • Nashville $138K39%
  • Knoxville $95K27%
  • Brentwood $21K6%
  • Franklin $13K4%
  • Washington, DC $8K2%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $45K
  • Other out-of-state $33K

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: $41,600 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $353,625
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $41,600
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Feb 2015 – Aug 2025. Peak $35,100 in Jun 2018. Spending peaked at $113,668 in Oct 2018.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor figure above is a named-donor floor. A complete combined-term total is unavailable. This table names 222 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200.

222 named donors 391 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennessee Medical Association PAC (TMA) ↺ $400.00 refunded 5 $16,600.00 net
$17,000.00 gross
Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC 3 $11,000.00
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) 4 $10,500.00
Wholesalers Assn PAC 4 $9,000.00
Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) 5 $7,500.00
Jack Daniel's PAC 3 $7,000.00
Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) 5 $6,000.00
Concerned Automotive Retailers PAC 6 $5,250.00
Tennessee Dental PAC 5 $5,000.00
Tennessee Health Care Assn PAC 4 $5,000.00

Expenditures

47 vendors 95 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Direct Edge 9 $73,289.74 36%
Redright Stratigies 1 $35,000.00 17%
Rachael Barrett & Co. 8 $32,009.86 16%
Senate Republican Caucus 1 $10,000.00 5%
Cox, Daniel 1 $9,156.57 4%
Brezina, Bonnie 1 $7,500.00 4%
Tennessee Republican Caucus 1 $5,000.00 2%
Brawner, Anna 2 $4,774.14 2%
Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee ↺ donor $500.00 2 $3,750.00 2%
Etch Restaurant 4 $3,089.83 2%

Loans

$264,000.00 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 $264,000
Loan principal shown $264,000
Source filings:
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (Richard M. Briggs) Candidate loan — $264,000.00 $132,000.00 $132,000.00

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

  • Printing & mail $76,170 37%
  • Advertising & media $38,968 19%
  • Fundraising & events $28,513 14%
  • Contributions & donations $22,550 11%
  • Consulting & professional services $17,580 9%
  • Other $16,131 8%
  • Field & voter contact $5,369 3%
  • Office & operations $510 0.3%

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 2018 Amended $239,183.35 $73,933.00 Source: Q4 2018 filing Report 82864
Pre-General 2018 Amended $319,100.25 $239,183.35 Source: Pre-General 2018 filing Report 81303
Q3 2018 Amended $308,878.69 $319,100.25 Source: Q3 2018 filing Report 80199
Pre-Primary 2018 $309,041.57 $308,878.69 Source: Pre-Primary 2018 filing Report 76185
Q2 2018 Amended $269,827.38 $309,041.57 Source: Q2 2018 filing Report 81309
Q1 2018 $277,262.38 $269,827.38 Source: Q1 2018 filing Report 72833
Year-End 2017 Amended $220,628.38 $277,262.38 Source: Year-End 2017 filing Report 123527
Mid-Year 2017 $197,824.91 $220,628.38 Source: Mid-Year 2017 filing Report 70552
Year-End 2016 $109,321.37 $197,824.91 Source: Year-End 2016 filing Report 64724
Mid-Year 2016 $111,361.34 $109,321.37 Source: Mid-Year 2016 filing Report 63768
Year-End 2015 Amended $56,510.25 $111,361.34 Source: Year-End 2015 filing Report 67915
Mid-Year 2015 $58,246.75 $56,510.25 Source: Mid-Year 2015 filing Report 59704