Ron Ramsey — 2014 Governor campaign

Governor Republican

2014 Governor

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 → · 7 filings · Mid-Year 2011–Mid-Year 2014

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 →
$0
as of the Mid-Year 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 →
$0
$1,000 refunded
Why this number?
Total Spent
$247,757
Why this number?
Donors
At least 0 named
full total unavailable for this combined term

Cash on hand is the amount reported on the filings listed below.

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The ending cash balances the campaign's 2 committees each reported on their most recent filing, added together (each as filed, not computed).

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.

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 $247,582
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $175
Total spent $247,757
From each filing:
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Raised incl. in-kind
$0
Spent
$247,757

Contributions

No itemized contributions on record.

Expenditures

27 vendors 95 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Ramsey, Ron 1 $63,709.65 26%
Barrett Johns Strategies, LLC 14 $35,000.00 14%
Barrett, Rachel 11 $31,000.00 13%
Rachel Barrett and Company, LLC 11 $27,500.00 11%
Young, Jordan G. 31 $26,482.48 11%
Public Opinion Strategies 1 $25,000.00 10%
Gopac Tennessee 2008 1 $10,000.00 4%
Mailings/E-Mailings 1 $5,923.42 2%
Hensley, Joey 1 $2,800.00 1%
Green, Mark E. 1 $2,800.00 1%

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.

  • Consulting & professional services $134,064 54%
  • Transfers between accounts $63,710 26%
  • Contributions & donations $28,050 11%
  • Other $6,198 3%
  • Printing & mail $5,923 2%
  • Travel $5,344 2%
  • Fundraising & events $3,167 1%
  • Office & operations $1,125 0.5%

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
Mid-Year 2014 $68,709.65 $0.00 Source ↗
Year-End 2013 Amended $99,544.83 $68,709.65 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2013 Amended $113,366.83 $99,544.83 Source ↗
Year-End 2012 Amended $133,806.83 $113,366.83 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2012 $149,596.83 $133,806.83 Source ↗
Year-End 2011 Amended $173,740.25 $149,596.83 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2011 Amended $248,757.18 $173,740.25 Source ↗