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Rick Staples — 2016 Tennessee House, District 15 campaign

Tennessee House, District 15 Democratic

2016 Tennessee House, District 15 · totals since Jul 1, 2016

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-General 2016–Q4 2016

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 →
$6,859
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 →
$24,297
includes $124 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
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 →
$150
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$17,438
Donors
79
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 2016 Amendment $6,859 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
Q4 2016 reported receipts $6,300
Pre-General 2016 reported receipts $8,702
Q3 2016 reported receipts $9,295
Reported receipts $24,297
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 $17,268
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $170
Total spent $17,438
From each filing:
  • Q4 2016 Amendment $4,346 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $4,176 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $170 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2016 Initial $11,022 derived
  • Q3 2016 Amendment $2,070 derived
Receipts
$24,297
Spent
$17,438

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, 58% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $10K · 42%Organizations and PACs, itemized $14K · 58%

Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized compares organizations and pacs, itemized 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.

Organizations and PACs, itemized: $14,000 ÷ Reported receipts: $24,297
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized
Individuals, itemized $10,173
Organizations and PACs, itemized $14,000
Unitemized contributions $124
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 →

$170average gift
$100median gift
60individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
15%
2%
$50–200
60%
34%
$200–1K
20%
34%
$1K–5K
5%
29%
$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: $10,173 ÷ Individual donors: 60
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $10,173
Median gift $100
Individual donors 60
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 →

70% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (30% from out of state).

Tennessee $16,923 Out of state $7,250
  • Knoxville $9K38%
  • Nashville $6K23%
  • Washington, DC $3K13%
  • Lanham, MD $3K12%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $2K
  • Other out-of-state $1K

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: $7,250 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $24,173
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $7,250
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Aug 2016 – Jan 2017. Peak $8,653 in Oct 2016. Spending peaked at $11,084 in Oct 2016.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 34 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 45 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $3,673 and their names are withheld.

34 named donors 39 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
D R I V E Dc PAC 1 $3,000.00
Intl Assn Heat Frost Insulators Allied Workers 1 $3,000.00
Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) 2 $1,250.00
Tennessee Educ Assn Fund for Children Public Edu 1 $1,000.00
Mike Stewart 1 $1,000.00
Winston Partnership 1 $1,000.00
William Padgett 1 $1,000.00
Mark Padgett 1 $1,000.00
Concerned Automotive Retailers PAC 1 $750.00
Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) 1 $500.00

Expenditures

29 vendors 37 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Speakeasy 1 $6,994.56 41%
Graphic Creations 2 $2,531.31 15%
Direct Mail Services 1 $1,530.80 9%
Clarion Hotel 2 $1,309.70 8%
Anselmo, Tyler 2 $1,000.00 6%
Parrott Printing 2 $772.40 4%
Office Depot 3 $530.12 3%
MLK Commission 1 $500.00 3%
Tennessee Democratic Party 1 $250.00 1%
Democratic Party of Knox County 1 $220.00 1%

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

  • Advertising & media $11,190 65%
  • Office & operations $2,227 13%
  • Printing & mail $1,340 8%
  • Consulting & professional services $1,250 7%
  • Field & voter contact $610 4%
  • Fundraising & events $331 2%
  • Contributions & donations $320 2%

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 2016 Amended $4,904.98 $6,858.53 Source: Q4 2016 filing Report 70714
Pre-General 2016 $7,224.97 $4,904.98 Source: Pre-General 2016 filing Report 68897
Q3 2016 Amended $0.00 $7,224.97 Source: Q3 2016 filing Report 68043