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Ron Ramsey — 2012 Tennessee Senate, District 04 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 04 Republican

2012 Tennessee Senate, District 04

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 2011–Q4 2012

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 →
$85,694
as of the Q4 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 →
$144,660
includes $360 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Why this number?
Total Spent
$89,611
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 →
62%
$89,611 spent of $144,660 raised (cash)
Donors
79
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
24%
$35,350 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 2012 Initial $85,694 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.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $144,300
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $360
Raised (cash) $144,660
From each filing:
  • Q4 2012 Initial $14,600 derived
  • Pre-General 2012 Initial $14,860 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $14,500 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $360 filing-stated
  • Q3 2012 Initial $18,900 derived
  • Pre-Primary 2012 Initial $14,700 derived
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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 $85,328
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $4,283
Total spent $89,611
From each filing:
  • Q4 2012 Initial $17,988 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $17,212 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $775 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2012 Initial $3,381 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $3,231 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $150 filing-stated
  • Q3 2012 Initial $34,703 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $34,173 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $530 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2012 Initial $1,087 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,037 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $50 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2012 Initial $7,096 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $6,863 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $233 filing-stated
  • Q1 2012 Initial $3,445 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $3,074 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $371 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2011 Supplemental $15,416 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $14,168 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,247 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2011 Supplemental $6,495 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $5,569 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $927 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: $35,350 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $144,660
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $35,350
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$144,660
Spent
$89,611

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 90%.

Individuals $14K · 10% Organizations & PACs $131K · 90%
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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: $14,010 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $144,660
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $14,010
From organizations and PACs $130,650
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 →

$975average gift
$750median gift
14individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
0%
0%
$200–1K
50%
21%
$1K–5K
50%
79%
$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: $13,650 ÷ Individual donors: 14
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $13,650
Median gift $750
Individual donors 14
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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 →

76% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (25% from out of state).

Tennessee $108,950 Out of state $35,350
  • Nashville $60K42%
  • Memphis $15K11%
  • Franklin $12K8%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $22K
  • 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: $35,350 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $144,300
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $35,350
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2011 – Jan 2013. Peak $18,500 in Jan 2012. Spending peaked at $28,537 in Sep 2012.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200.

Named donor list 109 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Federal Express PAC 4 $13,700.00
Tennessee Realtors PAC 2 $8,500.00
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) 1 $5,000.00
Tennessee Business Roundtable Business PAC 1 $5,000.00
Tennessee Bankers Assn PAC 2 $5,000.00
Tennessee Parentsteachers Putting Students First PAC 1 $5,000.00
Tennessee Dental PAC 3 $4,100.00
Tennessee Title Pledge PAC 2 $4,000.00
Tennessee Radiologists PAC 2 $3,500.00
Tennessee Professional Firefighters PAC 2 $3,000.00

Expenditures

54 vendors 97 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Tennessee Republican Caucus 1 $25,000.00 29%
Vistaprint 1 $6,345.94 7%
Mailchimp 21 $5,280.00 6%
Mail Works 1 $4,307.33 5%
Harris Media 1 $3,083.88 4%
WMCT 3 $2,975.00 3%
Green, Mark E. 1 $2,800.00 3%
Tennessee Right To Life PAC 4 $2,750.00 3%
MUMPAC (Jason Mumpower) 1 $2,500.00 3%
Tennessee Federation Republican Women-B. McAndrew Iris Fund 2 $2,100.00 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 Ron Ramsey’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Contributions & donations $53,072 62%
  • Printing & mail $11,527 14%
  • Advertising & media $8,655 10%
  • Other $6,181 7%
  • Fundraising & events $3,981 5%
  • Office & operations $1,911 2%

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 2012 $89,081.85 $85,694.32 Source ↗
Pre-General 2012 $77,602.68 $89,081.85 Source ↗
Q3 2012 $93,406.12 $77,602.68 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2012 $79,793.41 $93,406.12 Source ↗
Q2 2012 $79,889.49 $79,793.41 Source ↗
Q1 2012 $83,334.21 $79,889.49 Source ↗
Year-End 2011 $24,149.82 $83,334.21 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2011 $30,645.13 $24,149.82 Source ↗