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Robert (Bob) Acuff — 2020 Tennessee House, District 04 campaign

Tennessee House, District 04 Republican

2020 Tennessee House, District 04 · totals since Jan 16, 2020

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 · Pre-Primary 2020–Q4 2020

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 →
$914
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 →
$4,600
includes $1,400 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Total Spent
$3,686
Donors
7
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 2020 Initial $914 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 2020 reported receipts $0
Q3 2020 reported receipts $0
Pre-Primary 2020 reported receipts $1,300
Q2 2020 reported receipts $3,000
Q1 2020 reported receipts $300
Reported receipts $4,600
From each filing:
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  • Q1 2020 Amendment $300 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 $3,686
Total spent $3,686
From each filing:
Receipts
$4,600
Spent
$3,686

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: individuals, itemized, 37% of receipts on these reports.

The candidate's own contributions, itemized $1K · 22%Individuals, itemized $2K · 37%Organizations and PACs, itemized $500 · 11%Unitemized contributions $1K · 30%

Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized compares individuals, 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.

Individuals, itemized: $1,700 ÷ Reported receipts: $4,600
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
The candidate's own contributions, itemized $1,000
Individuals, itemized $1,700
Organizations and PACs, itemized $500
Unitemized contributions $1,400
From each filing:
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  • Q1 2020 Amendment $300 filing-stated

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 →

100% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (0% from out of state).

Tennessee $2,200 Out of state $0
  • Elizabethton $2K73%
  • Lavergne $50023%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $100

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: $0 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $2,200
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $0
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Mar 2020 – Jul 2020. Peak $1,300 in Jul 2020. Spending peaked at $2,395 in Jul 2020.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 5 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 3 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $300 and their names are withheld.

5 named donors 6 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Robert Acuff Self 1 $1,000.00
Marcia Acuff 1 $1,000.00
Tennessee Fireworks Assn PAC 1 $500.00
Ken Wandell 2 $200.00
Tim Holdren 1 $200.00

Expenditures

3 vendors 5 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
The UPS Store 2 $2,303.11 62%
Elizabethton Star 2 $1,222.50 33%
VFW Post 2166 1 $160.00 4%

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

  • Advertising & media $2,918 79%
  • Printing & mail $608 16%
  • Contributions & donations $160 4%

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 2020 $914.39 $914.39 Source: Q4 2020 filing Report 94213
Q3 2020 Amended $914.39 $914.39 Source: Q3 2020 filing Report 94409
Pre-Primary 2020 $2,009.48 $914.39 Source: Pre-Primary 2020 filing Report 90138
Q2 2020 Amended $300.00 $2,009.48 Source: Q2 2020 filing Report 94474
Q1 2020 Amended $0.00 $300.00 Source: Q1 2020 filing Report 94472

After the election

Reports ending after Jan 15, 2021.

Contributions and spending

No contributions or expenditures reported

1 filing · Mid-Year 2021

No individual donors or expenditures are published for this campaign.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Mid-Year 2021 Late $914.39 — Source: Mid-Year 2021 filing Report 95975