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Robert Spence Jr. — 2007 Tennessee Senate, District 30 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 30 Democratic

2007 Tennessee Senate, District 30 · totals since 2007

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 → · 4 filings · Mid-Year 2007–Year-End 2007

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 →
$1,537
as of the Year-End report
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$61,850
Loan entries in filing detail: $25,000. The report totals above govern this headline.
Total Spent
$35,263
Donors
26
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:

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
Year-End 2007 reported receipts $25,000
Pre-Primary 2007 reported receipts $13,150
Mid-Year 2007 reported receipts $3,000
Q1 2007 reported receipts $20,700
Reported receipts $61,850
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 $35,263
Total spent $35,263
From each filing:
Receipts
$61,850
Spent
$35,263

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: the candidate's own contributions, itemized, 42% of receipts on these reports.

The candidate's own contributions, itemized $26K · 42%Individuals, itemized $11K · 17%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $25K · 40%

Share of reported receipts: The candidate's own contributions, itemized compares the candidate's own contributions, 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.

The candidate's own contributions, itemized: $26,100 ÷ Reported receipts: $61,850
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: The candidate's own contributions, itemized
The candidate's own contributions, itemized $26,100
Individuals, itemized $10,550
Organizations and PACs, itemized $200
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $25,000
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 →

$440average gift
$100median gift
24individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
54%
11%
$200–1K
25%
22%
$1K–5K
21%
66%
$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: $10,550 ÷ Individual donors: 24
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $10,550
Median gift $100
Individual donors 24
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 →

81% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (19% from out of state).

Tennessee $8,750 Out of state $2,000
  • Memphis $9K81%
  • Fallston, MD $2K19%

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: $2,000 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $10,750
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $2,000
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Dec 2006 – May 2007. Peak $8,500 in Jan 2007. Spending peaked at $32,413 in Jan 2007.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 15 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 13 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $1,200 and their names are withheld.

15 named donors 17 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Robert Spence Self 2 $26,000.00
Reginald Spence 2 $2,000.00
William B Walk Jr 1 $2,000.00
Rick Masson 1 $1,000.00
Dorchelle Spence 1 $1,000.00
Barbara R Hyde 1 $1,000.00
William Orgel 1 $500.00
Thomas Wright Boggs 1 $500.00
Patti Bowlan 1 $500.00
Lucy Shaw 1 $400.00

Expenditures

32 vendors 36 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Bytemail 2 $10,627.67 30%
A-1 Printing 2 $3,962.01 11%
Diamond Printing 1 $3,944.93 11%
Hall, Jerry 3 $3,750.00 11%
Clear Channel (Wdia-Whal) 1 $3,430.00 10%
Clear Channel Outdoor 1 $2,850.00 8%
Political Systems Solutions 1 $1,416.15 4%
Wlok 1 $1,170.00 3%
Thompson, Brett 1 $1,000.00 3%
Signs First 1 $546.25 2%

Loans

$25,000.00 in loan balances shown. The filings date all of it to this campaign. Later reports can repeat an outstanding loan, so each reconstructed lender balance is counted once below.

Loan principal shown adds together the amounts listed below.

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Loan schedules can repeat an outstanding debt on later reports. This is the reconstructed principal for each lender, counted once, split between candidate or family loans and all other lenders. Repayments and outstanding balances are shown separately in the ledger.

Inputs behind Loan principal shown
Candidate and family loans $25,000
Loan principal shown $25,000
Source filings:
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (Robert Spence Jr.) Candidate loan Jan 5, 2007 $25,000.00 $15,000.00 $10,000.00

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

  • Printing & mail $19,081 54%
  • Other $6,846 19%
  • Advertising & media $5,524 16%
  • Field & voter contact $3,812 11%

Loans

Campaign loans
Lender Amount Date Received Outstanding Repaid

Each loan shows its balance as of the candidate's most recent filing; repayments since then appear when the next report is filed.

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
Year-End 2007 Amended $1,537.36 $1,537.36 Source: Year-End 2007 filing Report 15305
Pre-Primary 2007 Amended $0.00 $3,603.05 Source: Pre-Primary 2007 filing Report 15302
Mid-Year 2007 Amended $1,437.36 $1,587.36 Source: Mid-Year 2007 filing Report 15304
Q1 2007 Amended $3,603.05 $1,437.36 Source: Q1 2007 filing Report 15303

After the election

Reports ending after Jan 15, 2008.

Contributions and spending

No contributions reported · Spent $1,050

7 filings · Mid-Year 2008–Mid-Year 2011

Includes $1,050 spent not itemized below.

No individual donors or expenditures are published for this campaign.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Mid-Year 2011 $1,537.36 $1,537.36 Source: Mid-Year 2011 filing Report 39165
Year-End 2010 $1,537.36 $1,537.36 Source: Year-End 2010 filing Report 39164
Mid-Year 2010 $1,537.36 $1,537.36 Source: Mid-Year 2010 filing Report 39163
Year-End 2009 $1,537.36 $1,537.36 Source: Year-End 2009 filing Report 39162
Mid-Year 2009 $1,537.36 $1,537.36 Source: Mid-Year 2009 filing Report 39161
Year-End 2008 $1,537.36 $1,537.36 Source: Year-End 2008 filing Report 39160
Mid-Year 2008 $1,587.36 $1,537.36 Source: Mid-Year 2008 filing Report 22216