Ron Ramsey — 2008 Tennessee Senate, District 02 campaign
2008 Tennessee Senate, District 02 · totals since 2005
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 → · 11 filings · Supplemental 2005 2005–Q4 2008
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 →
$136,295
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 →
$395,501
includes $25,801 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
$29,200 refunded
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 →
$632
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$426,115
less $136,600 in refunds & credits → $234,978 net disbursements
Donors
348
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: individuals, itemized, 51% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $217K · 51%Organizations and PACs, itemized $182K · 43%Unitemized contributions $26K · 6%
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds: −$29,200. Shares are of the $424,701 before it.
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 →
$859average gift
$750median gift
253individual 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 →
88% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (12% from out of state).
Tennessee $352,350 Out of state $46,550
- Nashville $120K30%
- Kingsport $32K8%
- Memphis $28K7%
- Knoxville $26K6%
- Bristol $25K6%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $122K
- Other out-of-state $47K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2005 – Oct 2009. Peak $46,300 in Dec 2007. Spending peaked at $216,573 in Oct 2008.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor figure above is a named-donor floor. A complete combined-term total is unavailable. This table names 341 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Fedex Corporation PAC ↺ $9,000.00 refunded | 5 | $6,000.00 net $15,000.00 gross |
| United Parcel Service PAC TN | 3 | $5,500.00 |
| Tennessee Health Care Assn PAC | 4 | $5,500.00 |
| Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) | 5 | $5,000.00 |
| Tennessee Electric Cooperatives PAC | 5 | $4,500.00 |
| Farris Bobango PAC | 5 | $4,500.00 |
| Housing Industry PAC | 3 | $4,500.00 |
| Tennessee Truck PAC | 3 | $4,500.00 |
| Tennessee Medical Association PAC (TMA) | 3 | $4,500.00 |
| Tennessee Conservative PAC ↺ paid $1,000.00 | 2 | $4,000.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee | 2 | $200,000.00 | |
| Public Opinion Statagies | 1 | $50,827.17 | |
| Smith, Thomsen | 2 | $27,500.00 | |
| Steve Brown Direct Mail | 1 | $12,271.62 | |
| Conquest Communication Group | 1 | $11,448.51 | |
| On Message | 1 | $9,277.17 | |
| York Consulting | 1 | $8,661.27 | |
| Verizon Wireless | 11 | $7,133.65 | |
| Pinnacle Direct, Inc. | 3 | $6,682.41 | |
| Intellothought | 1 | $5,300.00 | |
| Johnson, Jack | 2 | $4,000.00 | |
| WMCT | 4 | $2,877.50 | |
| Election Connections | 1 | $2,822.60 | |
| Jimmy Kelly's | 1 | $2,500.00 | |
| Tele-Target | 1 | $2,244.95 | |
| Tennessee Conservative Union | 2 | $2,000.00 | |
| Shipley, Tony | 2 | $2,000.00 | |
| Gresham, Dolores | 1 | $2,000.00 | |
| Kurita, Rosalind | 1 | $2,000.00 | |
| Black, Diane | 1 | $2,000.00 | |
| Faulk, Mike | 1 | $2,000.00 | |
| Tracy, Jim | 1 | $2,000.00 | |
| Yager, Ken | 1 | $2,000.00 | |
| Beavers, Mae | 1 | $2,000.00 | |
| Ketron, Bill | 1 | $2,000.00 | |
| Southerland, Steve ↺ donor $2,000.00 | 1 | $2,000.00 | |
| Bryson, Jim | 1 | $2,000.00 | |
| McLeary, Don | 1 | $2,000.00 | |
| Bank of Tennessee | 2 | $1,861.04 | |
| Embarq | 5 | $1,789.12 | |
| U.S. Postal Service | 3 | $1,723.50 | |
| Sprint | 2 | $1,531.57 | |
| Lundberg, Jon | 2 | $1,498.08 | |
| Universal Printing | 3 | $1,437.45 | |
| Tennessee Republican Party | 1 | $1,375.00 | |
| Wax Printing | 1 | $1,115.55 | |
| Sullivan County Republican Party ↺ donor $3,000.00 | 2 | $1,100.00 | |
| Tri City Tent and Event | 1 | $1,018.75 | |
| Burchett, Tim | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Niederhauser, Mike | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Friends of Fred Thompson | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Alexander for Senate | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Mumpower, Jason | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Tennessee Conservative PAC ↺ donor $4,000.00 | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| McNally, Randy | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Shady Valley School | 3 | $835.00 | |
| L.W. Bristol Classics | 1 | $813.91 | |
| Hill, Matthew | 2 | $800.00 | |
| Godsey, Steve | 1 | $750.00 | |
| King, Dwight | 1 | $750.00 | |
| Vistaprint | 1 | $702.41 | |
| Katies Kitchen | 2 | $605.00 | |
| Neal, Bob | 1 | $600.00 | |
| Boyd, Hal | 1 | $600.00 | |
| American Cellular | 1 | $557.16 | |
| Tennessee High Booster Club | 2 | $500.00 | |
| Earhart Campground | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Nfib | 1 | $500.00 | |
| All Star Trophies | 1 | $491.63 | |
| Loveless Cafe | 1 | $430.97 | |
| Milhorn, Bill | 1 | $411.33 | |
| Bad Idea News | 1 | $400.00 | |
| Hilton | 3 | $396.09 | |
| Citadel Broadcasting Company | 1 | $380.00 | |
| Evans, Joshua | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Wirgau, Timothy | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Tipton, David | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Sullivan County Teenage Republicans | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Ks Promotional Products | 1 | $282.47 | |
| Federal Express | 1 | $281.01 | |
| Mowbray, James | 1 | $277.53 | |
| Gop Trunk | 1 | $260.00 | |
| Ray Meade | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Montgomery, Rob | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Viking Booster Club | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Central Youth League | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Adult Day Care Services | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Food City | 1 | $229.36 | |
| Walmart | 2 | $219.48 | |
| American Legislative Exchange Council | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Cranberry Festival | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Cochran, Gerome | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Wayne Anderson for Sheriff | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Carpenter, Mike | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Tri City Christian Teenage Republicans | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Jantry Shupe for Alderman | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Reimbursement | 1 | $188.72 | |
| SDL Industries, Inc. | 1 | $179.00 | |
| Johnson County Republican Party | 1 | $150.00 | |
| River City Sound Productions | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Republican Caucus | 1 | $128.00 | |
| Tractor Supply | 1 | $118.77 | |
| Office Depot | 1 | $115.61 | |
| Johnson County Ffa | 1 | $105.00 | |
| Airport Mariott | 1 | $101.94 |
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 Ron Ramsey’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Contributions & donations $247,865 59%
- Printing & mail $83,491 20%
- Consulting & professional services $43,465 10%
- Other $24,459 6%
- Fundraising & events $9,598 2%
- Office & operations $5,359 1%
- Advertising & media $4,308 1%
- Travel $113 0.1%
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 2008 Amended | $93,413.19 | $136,295.44 | Source: Q4 2008 filing Report 26856 |
| Pre-General 2008 | $248,704.63 | $71,113.19 | Source: Pre-General 2008 filing Report 24859 |
| Q3 2008 Amended | $192,178.18 | $248,704.63 | Source: Q3 2008 filing Report 24526 |
| Pre-Primary 2008 | $195,179.43 | $192,178.18 | Source: Pre-Primary 2008 filing Report 22939 |
| Q2 2008 | $204,875.18 | $195,179.43 | Source: Q2 2008 filing Report 21544 |
| Q1 2008 Amended | $206,911.11 | $204,875.18 | Source: Q1 2008 filing Report 22966 |
| Year-End 2007 Amended | $87,686.86 | $206,911.11 | Source: Year-End 2007 filing Report 21543 |
| Mid-Year 2007 | $90,282.73 | $87,686.86 | Source: Mid-Year 2007 filing Report 13365 |
| Year-End 2006 Amended | $51,383.36 | $90,282.73 | Source: Year-End 2006 filing Report 14849 |
| Mid-Year 2006 Amended | $61,940.49 | $51,383.36 | Source: Mid-Year 2006 filing Report 9732 |
| Supplemental 2005 2005 Amended | $8,009.52 | $61,940.49 | Source: Supplemental 2005 2005 filing Report 6033 |