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Ron Ramsey — 2004 Tennessee Senate, District 02 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 02 Republican

2004 Tennessee Senate, District 02

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 · Early Supplemental 2003 2003–Pre-Primary 2004

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 →
$8,010
as of the Post-General 2004 report
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 →
$246,465
includes $30,090 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Why this number?
Total Spent
$270,043
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 →
109.5%
$270,043 spent of $246,465 raised (cash) · opened with $31,587
Donors
229
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
14%
$35,450 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). Note: 2 filings covering periods that end on the same day state different ending balances — Post-General 2004 2004 states $8,009.52, Post-Primary 2004 2004 states $150,252.45. The figure shown is Post-General 2004 2004's; the reports have not been reconciled against each other.

Reported on this filing:

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.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $216,375
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $30,090
Raised (cash) $246,465
From each filing:
  • Post-General 2004 2004 Amendment $8,200 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $6,850 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $1,350 filing-stated
  • Post-Primary 2004 2004 Amendment $30,445 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $26,950 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $3,495 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2004 Amendment $70,520 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $59,450 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $11,070 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2004 Amendment $57,820 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $54,800 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $3,020 filing-stated
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  • Early Supplemental 2003 2003 Supplemental $79,480 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $68,325 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $11,155 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 $265,297
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $4,746
Total spent $270,043
From each filing:
  • Post-General 2004 2004 Amendment $58,591 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $57,902 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $689 filing-stated
  • Post-Primary 2004 2004 Amendment $4,557 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $4,030 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $527 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2004 Amendment $162,372 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $162,107 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $264 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2004 Amendment $25,795 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $24,532 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,263 filing-stated
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  • Early Supplemental 2003 2003 Supplemental $18,727 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $16,725 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $2,002 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: $35,450 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $246,465
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $35,450
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$246,465
Spent
$270,043

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 44%; organizations and PACs gave 56%.

Individuals $108K · 44% Organizations & PACs $138K · 56%
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: $108,340 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $246,465
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $108,340
From organizations and PACs $138,125
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 →

$584average gift
$500median gift
134individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
12%
3%
$200–1K
63%
40%
$1K–5K
25%
58%
$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: $78,250 ÷ Individual donors: 134
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $78,250
Median gift $500
Individual donors 134
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 →

84% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (16% from out of state).

Tennessee $180,925 Out of state $35,450
  • Nashville $83K38%
  • Bristol $20K9%
  • Kingsport $18K8%
  • Memphis $11K5%
  • Johnson City $7K3%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $43K
  • Other out-of-state $35K
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: $35,450 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $216,375
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $35,450
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2003 – Dec 2004. Peak $48,750 in Oct 2004. Spending peaked at $125,313 in Oct 2004.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $2,275 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 311 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennessee Realtors PAC 4 $9,000.00
Pfizer PAC 3 $8,500.00
Tennessee Conservative PAC 2 $8,500.00
Federal Express PAC 4 $7,000.00
Volunteer PAC 2 $5,000.00
Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC 3 $4,000.00
Tennessee Bankers Assn PAC 4 $4,000.00
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) 4 $3,500.00
Tennessee Health Care Assn PAC 1 $3,000.00
Wholesalers Assn PAC 3 $2,500.00

Expenditures

82 vendors 121 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Concepts & Strategies 3 $54,517.80 21%
Southern Printing & Graphics 1 $41,712.00 16%
Mail Works 2 $21,126.61 8%
Wcyb-Tv 3 $16,771.50 6%
U.S. Postal Service 4 $16,543.27 6%
Saltpac 1 $10,000.00 4%
Public Opinion Statagies 2 $8,400.00 3%
WJHL 1 $5,975.50 2%
Nextel 3 $5,374.63 2%
C. C. Advertising 2 $4,867.74 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 Ron Ramsey’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Advertising & media $92,349 35%
  • Printing & mail $88,509 33%
  • Contributions & donations $26,095 10%
  • Other $19,864 7%
  • Consulting & professional services $17,803 7%
  • Office & operations $12,148 5%
  • Fundraising & events $8,528 3%

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
Post-General 2004 2004 Amended $58,400.86 $8,009.52 Source ↗
Post-Primary 2004 2004 Amended $124,364.52 $150,252.45 Source ↗
Pre-General 2004 Amended $150,252.45 $58,400.86 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2004 Amended $92,339.81 $124,364.52 Source ↗
Early Supplemental 2003 2003 $31,587.29 $92,339.81 Source ↗