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Robert (Bob) L Ramsey — 2020 Tennessee House, District 20 campaign

Tennessee House, District 20 Republican

2020 Tennessee House, District 20

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 2019–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 →
$46,900
as of the Q4 report
→ carried into 2022 TN House 20
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 →
$83,625
includes $850 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Why this number?
In-Kind Received 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. Full definition →
$3,024
goods or services
Total Spent
$130,088
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 →
155.5%
$130,088 spent of $83,625 raised (cash) · opened with $93,192
Donors
76
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
16%
$13,700 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).

Reported on this filing:
  • Q4 2020 Initial $46,900 filing-stated

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. Excludes the value of donated goods & services, shown separately as In-Kind Received.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $82,775
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $850
Raised (cash) $83,625
From each filing:
  • Q4 2020 Initial $9,200 derived
  • Pre-General 2020 Initial $2,825 derived
  • Q3 2020 Initial $6,450 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $6,350 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $100 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2020 Initial $26,650 derived
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  • Q2 2020 Initial $3,750 derived
  • Year-End 2019 Amendment $33,750 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $33,000 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $750 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2019 Supplemental $1,000 derived

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 $127,858
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $2,230
Total spent $130,088
From each filing:
  • Q4 2020 Initial $5,206 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $4,846 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $360 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2020 Initial $19,358 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $19,298 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $60 filing-stated
  • Q3 2020 Initial $27,090 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $26,828 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $261 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2020 Initial $4,119 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $4,079 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $40 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2020 Initial $55,190 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $55,140 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $50 filing-stated
  • Q1 2020 Initial $4,438 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $4,133 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $305 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2019 Amendment $9,805 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $9,232 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $573 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2019 Supplemental $4,882 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $4,301 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $581 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: $13,700 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $86,649
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $13,700
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$86,649
Spent
$130,088

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 10%; organizations and PACs gave 87%; other sources made up 3%.

Individuals $9K · 10% Organizations & PACs $75K · 87% Other sources $3K · 3%
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: $8,625 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $86,649
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $8,625
From organizations and PACs $75,000
In-kind contributions (goods & services) $3,024
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 →

$389average gift
$250median gift
20individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
25%
7%
$200–1K
65%
61%
$1K–5K
10%
32%
$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: $7,775 ÷ Individual donors: 20
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $7,775
Median gift $250
Individual donors 20
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 →

83% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (17% from out of state).

Tennessee $69,075 Out of state $13,700
  • Nashville $47K56%
  • Oakton, VA $6K7%
  • Brentwood $5K5%
  • Washington, DC $4K5%
  • Maryville $4K4%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $14K
  • Other out-of-state $4K
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: $13,700 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $82,775
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $13,700
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2019 – Jan 2021. Peak $27,950 in Jul 2020. Spending peaked at $29,573 in May 2020.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $525 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 97 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) 2 $8,000.00
CAM PAC (Cameron Sexton) Includes In-Kind 2 $6,024.00
Jack Daniel's PAC 2 $5,500.00
BIV-PAC (Bivens) 3 $4,500.00
Wholesalers Assn PAC 3 $4,000.00
Tennessee Realtors PAC 4 $3,250.00
Tennessee Employees Action Movement PAC 1 $3,000.00
Tennessee Wine & Spirits Retailers Good Gov't Fund PAC 2 $3,000.00
Tennessee Dental PAC 3 $3,000.00
Tennessee Hospitality PAC 3 $2,750.00

Expenditures

56 vendors 123 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Millsaps, Marty 6 $35,000.00 27%
S 3 Media LLC 2 $26,000.00 20%
Daily Times 21 $15,972.86 12%
Frazier , Rochelle 10 $9,000.00 7%
Lamar Printing 4 $6,454.81 5%
Direct Mail 4 $5,288.35 4%
Blount Broadcasting Corp. 2 $3,500.00 3%
Hill, Micheal 4 $3,100.00 2%
Tenn House Republican Caucus 1 $3,000.00 2%
SPY Strategies 1 $2,800.00 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 Robert (Bob) L Ramsey’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Advertising & media $59,547 47%
  • Other $35,930 28%
  • Printing & mail $12,304 10%
  • Contributions & donations $10,091 8%
  • Consulting & professional services $5,900 5%
  • Staff & payroll $2,002 2%
  • Office & operations $1,458 1%
  • Fundraising & events $626 0.5%

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 $42,904.12 $46,899.87 Source ↗
Pre-General 2020 $59,436.34 $42,904.12 Source ↗
Q3 2020 $80,074.86 $59,436.34 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2020 $57,543.02 $80,074.86 Source ↗
Q2 2020 $108,980.53 $57,543.02 Source ↗
Q1 2020 $113,399.25 $108,980.53 Source ↗
Year-End 2019 Amended $89,399.63 $113,399.25 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2019 $93,191.84 $89,399.63 Source ↗