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Ron Travis — 2018 Tennessee House, District 31 campaign

Tennessee House, District 31 Republican

2018 Tennessee House, District 31

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 2017–Q4 2018

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 →
$162,760
as of the Q4 report
→ carried into 2020 TN House 31
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 →
$127,725
includes $100 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Why this number?
Total Spent
$100,025
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 →
78%
$100,025 spent of $127,725 raised (cash)
Donors
141
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
18%
$23,000 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 2018 Amendment $162,760 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 $127,625
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $100
Raised (cash) $127,725
From each filing:
  • Q4 2018 Amendment $4,500 derived
  • Pre-General 2018 Amendment $9,200 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $9,150 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $50 filing-stated
  • Q3 2018 Amendment $11,500 derived
  • Pre-Primary 2018 Initial $15,500 derived
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  • Q2 2018 Amendment $19,000 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $18,950 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $50 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2017 Amendment $68,025 derived

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 $97,861
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $2,164
Total spent $100,025
From each filing:
  • Q4 2018 Amendment $7,055 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $6,819 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $236 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2018 Amendment $15,491 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $15,441 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $50 filing-stated
  • Q3 2018 Amendment $19,581 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $19,461 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $120 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2018 Initial $2,208 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,967 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $241 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2018 Amendment $16,032 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $15,631 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $401 filing-stated
  • Q1 2018 Initial $4,180 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $4,155 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $25 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2017 Amendment $26,579 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $25,712 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $867 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2017 Supplemental $8,898 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $8,673 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $224 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: $23,000 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $127,725
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $23,000
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$127,725
Spent
$100,025

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 14%; organizations and PACs gave 86%.

Individuals $18K · 14% Organizations & PACs $109K · 86%
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: $18,325 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $127,725
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $18,325
From organizations and PACs $109,400
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 →

$320average gift
$250median gift
57individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
28%
10%
$200–1K
65%
62%
$1K–5K
7%
27%
$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: $18,225 ÷ Individual donors: 57
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $18,225
Median gift $250
Individual donors 57
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 →

82% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (18% from out of state).

Tennessee $104,625 Out of state $23,000
  • Nashville $64K50%
  • Washington, DC $9K7%
  • Dayton $8K7%
  • Brentwood $5K4%
  • Pikeville $3K2%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $25K
  • Other out-of-state $14K
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: $23,000 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $127,625
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $23,000
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Feb 2017 – Jan 2019. Peak $19,325 in Oct 2017. Spending peaked at $15,736 in Oct 2018.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $1,875 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 161 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Blue Cross Blue Shield of TN PAC 3 $10,000.00
Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC 2 $6,000.00
Tennessee Bankers Assn PAC 2 $5,000.00
Unitedhealth Group Incorporated 2 $4,000.00
Insurors of TN PAC 2 $3,000.00
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) 2 $2,500.00
Advance PAC 1 $2,500.00
Farmers Employee Agents PAC 1 $2,500.00
Att Tennessee PAC 2 $2,000.00
Tennessee Truck PAC 2 $2,000.00

Expenditures

140 vendors 252 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Tennessee Republician Party 2 $11,052.00 11%
Lee, Bill 1 $8,000.00 8%
House Republican Caucus 1 $8,000.00 8%
Travis, Ron 5 $5,685.15 6%
Harwell, Beth 1 $4,000.00 4%
Hearld News 7 $3,699.41 4%
Lovett Printing 3 $3,602.44 4%
Noise Advocacy 2 $3,250.00 3%
Tennessee Musuem Foundation 3 $2,000.00 2%
The Henderson 1 $1,560.99 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 Travis’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Contributions & donations $38,216 39%
  • Printing & mail $12,204 12%
  • Fundraising & events $10,246 10%
  • Office & operations $8,892 9%
  • Advertising & media $8,559 9%
  • Travel $7,512 8%
  • Other $5,166 5%
  • Consulting & professional services $4,155 4%
  • Field & voter contact $2,912 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
Q4 2018 Amended $165,314.40 $162,759.56 Source ↗
Pre-General 2018 Amended $171,605.28 $165,314.40 Source ↗
Q3 2018 Amended $179,686.75 $171,605.28 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2018 $166,395.02 $179,686.75 Source ↗
Q2 2018 Amended $163,427.10 $166,395.02 Source ↗
Q1 2018 $167,607.44 $163,427.10 Source ↗
Year-End 2017 Amended $126,161.74 $167,607.44 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2017 $135,059.57 $126,161.74 Source ↗