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Richard Montgomery — 2004 Tennessee House, District 12 campaign

Tennessee House, District 12 Republican

2004 Tennessee House, District 12

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 → · 5 filings · Early Supplemental 2003 2003–Pre-Primary 2004

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 →
$15,990
as of the Post-General 2004 report
→ carried into 2006 TN House 12
Why this number?
Raised (cash) Cash and cash-like receipts the campaign took in: contributions, the candidate’s own money, loans, and transfers from affiliated committees. Donated goods and services are not cash; they appear separately as In-Kind Received. Bookkeeping entries such as a carried balance, accounting adjustment, or refund also stay only in the filing’s own totals. Full definition →
$30,325
includes $9,525 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Why this number?
Total Spent
$24,304
Why this number?
Spent of Cash Raised How much of the cash this campaign took in it went on to spend, measured now that its reporting has closed. Above 100% means it spent more than it raised for this race, drawing on money it already had when the cycle opened. Full definition →
80%
$24,304 spent of $30,325 raised (cash)
Donors
50
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
6%
$1,700 from outside TN
Why this number?

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). Note: 2 filings covering periods that end on the same day state different ending balances — Post-General 2004 2004 states $15,990.48, Post-Primary 2004 2004 states $19,460.70. The figure shown is Post-General 2004 2004's; the reports have not been reconciled against each other.

Reported on this filing:

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.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $20,800
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $9,525
Raised (cash) $30,325
From each filing:
  • Post-General 2004 2004 Initial $750 derived
  • Post-Primary 2004 2004 Amendment $2,500 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $2,250 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $250 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2004 Initial $2,900 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $2,700 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $200 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2004 Initial $3,400 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $3,200 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $200 filing-stated
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  • Early Supplemental 2003 2003 Supplemental $20,775 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $11,900 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $8,875 filing-stated

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 $21,991
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $2,313
Total spent $24,304
From each filing:
  • Post-General 2004 2004 Initial $1,153 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,013 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $140 filing-stated
  • Post-Primary 2004 2004 Amendment $3,316 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $3,126 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $190 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2004 Initial $5,967 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $5,791 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $176 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2004 Initial $8,734 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $8,234 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $500 filing-stated
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  • Early Supplemental 2003 2003 Supplemental $5,134 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $3,827 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,307 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).

Itemized money from outside Tennessee: $1,700 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $30,325
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $1,700
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$30,325
Spent
$24,304

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 →

Individuals gave 53%; organizations and PACs gave 47%.

Individuals $16K · 53% Organizations & PACs $14K · 47%
Why this number?

Share from individuals compares from individuals 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 individuals divided by the total.

From individuals: $15,975 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $30,325
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $15,975
From organizations and PACs $14,350
Source filings:

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 →

$379average gift
$200median gift
17individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
6%
2%
$200–1K
76%
51%
$1K–5K
18%
47%
$5K+
0%
0%
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: $6,450 ÷ Individual donors: 17
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $6,450
Median gift $200
Individual donors 17
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 →

92% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (8% from out of state).

Tennessee $19,100 Out of state $1,700
  • Nashville $9K42%
  • Knoxville $4K17%
  • Sevierville $2K8%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $5K
  • Other out-of-state $2K
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).

Itemized money from outside Tennessee: $1,700 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $20,800
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $1,700
Source filings:

Contributions Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions by month — Sep 2003 – Nov 2004. Peak $8,450 in Oct 2003.

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.

Named donor list 57 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennessee Bankers Assn PAC 2 $1,500.00
Sydney A Blalock 1 $1,000.00
William Y Carroll 1 $1,000.00
Luxury Townhouse Management 1 $1,000.00
New Homes Realty 1 $1,000.00
Walt Dickson 1 $1,000.00
Concerned Automotive Retailers PAC 2 $800.00
Att Tennessee PAC 3 $750.00
Tennessee Realtors PAC 2 $750.00
Tennessee Hotel Lodging PAC 2 $600.00

Expenditures

31 vendors 48 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Mountain Press 4 $3,953.85 18%
Verizon 5 $3,092.68 14%
Best Buy 1 $1,900.00 9%
Tri County News 4 $1,268.00 6%
Niceley, Frank 2 $1,050.00 5%
Cure Finders Cystic Fibrosis 1 $1,050.00 5%
Swafford, Eric 1 $1,000.00 5%
Friends of the Smokies 1 $830.00 4%
Betty's Florist 2 $747.47 3%
Seymour High School Booster's 2 $625.00 3%

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

  • Contributions & donations $8,495 39%
  • Advertising & media $6,001 27%
  • Other $3,092 14%
  • Office & operations $2,949 13%
  • Fundraising & events $1,455 7%

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
Post-General 2004 2004 $16,393.82 $15,990.48 Source ↗
Post-Primary 2004 2004 Amended $20,276.34 $19,460.70 Source ↗
Pre-General 2004 $19,460.70 $16,393.82 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2004 $25,610.46 $20,276.34 Source ↗
Early Supplemental 2003 2003 $9,969.59 $25,610.46 Source ↗