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Rick Staples — 2018 Tennessee House, District 15 campaign

Tennessee House, District 15 Democratic

2018 Tennessee House, District 15 · totals since Jan 16, 2017

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 · Mid-Year 2017–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 →
$7,122
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 →
$93,300
includes $475 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Total Spent
$93,037
Donors
120
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 $7,122 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 2018 reported receipts $11,650
Pre-General 2018 reported receipts $6,275
Q3 2018 reported receipts $10,300
Pre-Primary 2018 reported receipts $8,925
Q2 2018 reported receipts $10,550
Q1 2018 reported receipts $0
Year-End 2017 reported receipts $35,550
Mid-Year 2017 reported receipts $10,050
Reported receipts $93,300
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 $77,946
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $15,090
Total spent $93,037
From each filing:
  • Q4 2018 Amendment $11,595 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $8,752 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $2,842 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2018 Amendment $6,204 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $4,921 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,283 filing-stated
  • Q3 2018 Initial $14,786 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $12,283 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $2,503 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2018 Amendment $9,683 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $8,017 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,666 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2018 Amendment $19,640 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $17,187 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $2,453 filing-stated
  • Q1 2018 Initial $7,063 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $5,819 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,244 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2017 Amendment $17,803 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $14,789 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $3,015 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2017 Amendment $6,262 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $6,178 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $84 filing-stated
Receipts
$93,300
Spent
$93,037

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, 62% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $35K · 37%Organizations and PACs, itemized $58K · 62%

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: $58,000 ÷ Reported receipts: $93,300
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized
The candidate's own contributions, itemized $250
Individuals, itemized $34,575
Organizations and PACs, itemized $58,000
Unitemized contributions $475
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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 →

$640average gift
$300median gift
54individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
31%
6%
$200–1K
41%
24%
$1K–5K
28%
70%
$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: $34,575 ÷ Individual donors: 54
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $34,575
Median gift $300
Individual donors 54
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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 →

86% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (14% from out of state).

Tennessee $79,475 Out of state $13,100
  • Knoxville $34K37%
  • Nashville $33K36%
  • Brentwood $4K4%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $9K
  • Other out-of-state $13K

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: $13,100 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $92,575
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $13,100
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Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2017 – Jan 2019. Peak $13,150 in Dec 2017. Spending peaked at $10,065 in Jul 2018.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 104 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 17 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $1,975 and their names are withheld.

104 named donors 138 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC 3 $7,000.00
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) 2 $5,000.00
Ann Bailey 2 $3,000.00
Steve Bailey 2 $3,000.00
Flex PAC 3 $2,500.00
Mesana Investments LLC 2 $2,200.00
Concerned Automotive Retailers PAC 2 $1,750.00
Tennessee Medical Association PAC (TMA) 2 $1,750.00
Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) 2 $1,500.00
Tennessee Dental PAC 2 $1,500.00

Expenditures

128 vendors 330 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
King, Cody 5 $7,200.00 9%
Delta Airlines 15 $3,401.40 4%
100 Black Men of Knoxville 2 $2,900.00 4%
Austin's Steak and Homestyle Buffet 3 $1,930.00 2%
Knott, Wesley 6 $1,800.00 2%
Thomas Lindsey Group 3 $1,743.04 2%
Democratic Party of Knox County 5 $1,695.00 2%
A-1 Learning Connections 2 $1,600.00 2%
Sheraton Boston Hotel 1 $1,499.30 2%
Jw Marriott 1 $1,473.47 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 Rick Staples’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Contributions & donations $27,634 35%
  • Other $13,915 18%
  • Fundraising & events $10,946 14%
  • Office & operations $9,014 12%
  • Field & voter contact $8,700 11%
  • Consulting & professional services $3,743 5%
  • Advertising & media $1,475 2%
  • Travel $1,337 2%
  • Printing & mail $1,183 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 2018 Amended $7,066.80 $7,121.95 Source: Q4 2018 filing Report 83523
Pre-General 2018 Amended $6,995.58 $7,066.80 Source: Pre-General 2018 filing Report 82359
Q3 2018 $11,481.91 $6,995.58 Source: Q3 2018 filing Report 78903
Pre-Primary 2018 Amended $12,240.16 $11,481.91 Source: Pre-Primary 2018 filing Report 79399
Q2 2018 Amended $21,330.59 $12,240.16 Source: Q2 2018 filing Report 78305
Q1 2018 $28,393.35 $21,330.59 Source: Q1 2018 filing Report 74637
Year-End 2017 Amended $10,646.62 $28,393.35 Source: Year-End 2017 filing Report 75867
Mid-Year 2017 Amended $6,858.53 $10,646.62 Source: Mid-Year 2017 filing Report 72325