Robin Smith — 2020 Tennessee House, District 26 campaign
2020 Tennessee House, District 26 · totals since Jan 16, 2019
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 →
$139,946
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 →
$255,044
includes $265 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Itemized in-kind 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. This figure adds the in-kind contributions itemized on the selected reports. The Registry reports in-kind apart from receipts, so it is not part of the receipts figure. Full definition →
$1,600
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$185,017
Donors
295
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
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, 59% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $103K · 41%Organizations and PACs, itemized $151K · 59%
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 →
$601average gift
$375median gift
172individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
$50–200
$200–1K
$1K–5K
$5K+
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 $219,729 Out of state $35,050
- Nashville $81K32%
- Chattanooga $50K20%
- Hixson $16K6%
- Signal Mountain $15K6%
- Brentwood $10K4%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $48K
- Other out-of-state $35K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Feb 2019 – Jan 2021. Peak $68,900 in Sep 2020. Spending peaked at $43,378 in Oct 2020.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 265 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 32 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $3,750 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Medical Association PAC (TMA) | 2 | $6,500.00 |
| Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) | 2 | $5,000.00 |
| Tennessee Anesthesiologists PAC | 2 | $4,000.00 |
| Insurors of TN PAC | 3 | $3,500.00 |
| John Blake | 2 | $3,100.00 |
| Tennessee Health Care Assn PAC | 2 | $3,000.00 |
| Tennessee Dental PAC | 3 | $3,000.00 |
| Dentaquest PAC TN C | 2 | $3,000.00 |
| Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) | 4 | $3,000.00 |
| Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) | 2 | $2,500.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Solutions | 11 | $39,439.32 | |
| Rosearters, PLLC | 6 | $37,471.03 | |
| Leadership Pioneers | 2 | $23,000.00 | |
| Red Ivory Strategies | 6 | $12,550.00 | |
| Butler Consulting | 6 | $10,000.00 | |
| Tennessee House Republican Caucus | 1 | $10,000.00 | |
| SPRY Strategies | 1 | $6,549.44 | |
| Markco Printing | 5 | $6,260.04 | |
| Catering Connection | 2 | $3,858.59 | |
| Tennessee Republican Party | 3 | $3,781.05 | |
| Lakeshore Grille | 2 | $3,750.00 | |
| Accent Printing | 1 | $3,337.59 | |
| 11 | $3,078.64 | ||
| Cansler Photography | 1 | $2,785.88 | |
| Public Storage | 20 | $2,248.00 | |
| Smartbank | 4 | $2,010.00 | |
| Anedot | 6 | $1,274.80 | |
| Hamilton County Republican Women | 3 | $700.00 | |
| Chattanooga Friends of Nra | 1 | $600.00 | |
| Imageworks | 1 | $507.47 | |
| Williams, Lemon | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Possel, Patricia | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Alexander, Rebecca | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Campbell, Scotty | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Carringer, Michele | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Darby, Tandy | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Davis, Elaine | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Gillespie, John | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Hicks, Tim | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Mannis, Eddie | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Warner, Todd | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Hill, Matthew | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Grills, Rusty | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Haston, Kirk | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Holsclaw, John B. | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Tillis, Thomas R. | 1 | $500.00 | |
| White, Mark | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Tyler BYRD | 1 | $400.00 | |
| Bessie Smith Cultural Center | 1 | $380.00 | |
| Weebly.Com | 2 | $262.20 | |
| Charles H. Coolidge National Medal of Ho | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Ibpo, Local 673 (Galinger Memorial Fund) | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Harrison Ruritan Club | 2 | $200.00 | |
| Staples | 1 | $190.07 | |
| Siskin's Steel & Supply Company | 1 | $145.91 | |
| Keoke, Dante | 1 | $125.00 | |
| Lowe, Buddy | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Lowe, Loretta | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Reynolds, Jamall | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Friends of Hixson | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Central High School Alumni Association | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Butler, Jr., Alex | 1 | $80.00 | |
| Party City - Hixson | 2 | $79.41 | |
| Walmart | 1 | $63.68 | |
| Costco | 1 | $47.09 | |
| Lowe's | 1 | $32.72 | |
| The UPS Store | 1 | $12.50 |
Dates
| 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 Robin Smith’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Consulting & professional services $55,533 30%
- Printing & mail $35,718 19%
- Contributions & donations $35,200 19%
- Advertising & media $16,515 9%
- Other $16,132 9%
- Office & operations $11,561 6%
- Fundraising & events $8,338 5%
- Field & voter contact $5,300 3%
- Staff & payroll $425 0.3%
Filing History
Totals as filed with the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance; see About for how this data is processed.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2020 | $165,831.15 | $139,945.51 | Source: Q4 2020 filing Report 93276 |
| Pre-General 2020 Amended | $179,057.05 | $165,831.15 | Source: Pre-General 2020 filing Report 92747 |
| Q3 2020 | $135,457.62 | $179,057.05 | Source: Q3 2020 filing Report 91311 |
| Pre-Primary 2020 Amended | $159,029.92 | $135,457.62 | Source: Pre-Primary 2020 filing Report 91323 |
| Q2 2020 | $162,384.28 | $159,029.92 | Source: Q2 2020 filing Report 88637 |
| Q1 2020 Amended | $178,308.16 | $162,384.28 | Source: Q1 2020 filing Report 88636 |
| Year-End 2019 | $72,744.97 | $178,308.16 | Source: Year-End 2019 filing Report 85980 |
| Mid-Year 2019 Amended | $75,687.24 | $72,744.97 | Source: Mid-Year 2019 filing Report 85377 |