Robert Asbury Russell — 2008 U.S. Representative, District 1 campaign
2008 U.S. Representative, District 1 · totals since Mar 18, 2008
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 · 12G 2008–YE 2008
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 →
76% of this campaign’s individual contributions came as small unitemized donations — gifts under the federal itemization threshold (about $200 a cycle) that the filer reports only as a lump sum, never broken out by donor. The gift-size and location breakdowns below cover the itemized 24%.
Largest part: individuals, unitemized (line 11a), 51% of receipts on these reports.
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 →
93% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (7% from out of state).
- Morristown $1K20%
- Blountville $1K20%
- Johnson City $90018%
- Gate City, VA $3507%
- Jefferson City $3006%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $2K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Mar 2008 – Dec 2008. Peak $2,900 in Oct 2008. Spending peaked at $4,375 in Oct 2008.
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 13 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Sullivan County Democratic Party | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Democratic Womens Club of Sullivan County | 1 | $800.00 |
| Thomas Jessee | 1 | $500.00 |
| John Litz Campaign Account | 1 | $500.00 |
| Bill Hemphill | 2 | $400.00 |
| Dawn Dabney | 1 | $350.00 |
| Sevier County Democrats | 1 | $300.00 |
| Jefferson Co Democratic Party | 1 | $300.00 |
| Hamblen County Democratic Women | 1 | $300.00 |
| Melody K Starr | 1 | $250.00 |
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victory Store | 1 | $1,523.00 | |
| Cumberland Graphics & Signs | 1 | $1,500.00 | |
| Dr. Don's Buttons | 1 | $1,278.00 | |
| Charter Media | 1 | $860.00 | |
| Citadel Broadcasting | 1 | $640.00 | |
| Bettye Jane's | 2 | $521.00 | |
| Berry, Tracey A | 1 | $352.00 | |
| Russell, Robert A | 1 | $342.00 | |
| Worv - Radio | 1 | $304.00 | |
| Down Home Pickin' Parlor | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Eks Sound LLC | 1 | $250.00 |
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
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 Robert Asbury Russell’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Printing & mail $4,822 61%
- Advertising & media $1,804 23%
- Travel $694 9%
- Fundraising & events $300 4%
- Other $250 3%
Filing History
Totals as filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC); see About for how this data is processed.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12G 2008 | $0.00 | $2,538.00 | Source: 12G 2008 filing |
| YE 2008 | $307.00 | $5.00 | Source: YE 2008 filing |
| 30G 2008 | $2,538.00 | $307.00 | Source: 30G 2008 filing |