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Ronald Leadbetter — 2008 Tennessee House, District 18 campaign

Tennessee House, District 18 Republican

2008 Tennessee House, District 18 · totals since Jan 16, 2008

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 → · 4 filings · Pre-Primary 2008–Q3 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 →
$0
as of the Q3 report
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$24,785
includes $2,175 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
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 →
$2,923
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$24,785
Donors
116
total donors; qualifying names are listed below

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:

Reported receipts adds together the amounts listed below.

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Sum of Total Receipts reported on the selected source reports.

Inputs behind Reported receipts
Q3 2008 reported receipts $510
Pre-Primary 2008 reported receipts $7,170
Q2 2008 reported receipts $17,030
Q1 2008 reported receipts $75
Reported receipts $24,785
From each filing:

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 $24,416
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $369
Total spent $24,785
From each filing:
  • Q3 2008 Initial $4,857 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $4,772 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $85 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2008 Initial $6,675 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $6,550 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $125 filing-stated
  • Q2 2008 Amendment $13,201 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $13,094 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $107 filing-stated
  • Q1 2008 Initial $52 filing-stated
Receipts
$24,785
Spent
$24,785

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, 79% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $20K · 79%Organizations and PACs, itemized $3K · 12%Unitemized contributions $2K · 9%

Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized compares individuals, itemized with reported receipts.

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Each selected report's reported receipts split by the report's own lines; the parts of every report add up to its total, and the totals to the headline.

Individuals, itemized: $19,660 ÷ Reported receipts: $24,785
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
The candidate's own contributions, itemized $100
Individuals, itemized $19,660
Organizations and PACs, itemized $2,850
Unitemized contributions $2,175
From each filing:

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 →

$174average gift
$100median gift
113individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
69%
40%
$200–1K
29%
50%
$1K–5K
2%
10%
$5K+
0%
0%

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: $19,660 ÷ Individual donors: 113
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $19,660
Median gift $100
Individual donors 113
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 →

96% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (4% from out of state).

Tennessee $21,710 Out of state $800
  • Knoxville $17K78%
  • Nashville $3K13%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $1K
  • Other out-of-state $800

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: $800 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $22,510
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $800
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Apr 2008 – Jun 2009. Peak $7,285 in May 2008. Spending peaked at $6,938 in Jul 2008.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 40 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 78 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $7,910 and their names are withheld.

40 named donors 48 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) 1 $2,500.00
Ronald Leadbetter Self Includes In-Kind 5 $1,323.40
Buddie Caroll 2 $1,000.00
Joe Johnson 2 $1,000.00
Carol Carroll Includes In-Kind 2 $1,000.00
LYNN Redmon In-Kind 1 $1,000.00
John Whitehead 1 $500.00
Harold BYRD 1 $500.00
Samuel Furrow 1 $500.00
Henry McIlwaine 1 $500.00

Expenditures

15 vendors 24 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Burns Mailing and Printing 6 $9,596.79 39%
Pureline Printing 4 $3,171.94 13%
Rothchild Catering 2 $2,938.82 12%
Heritage Signs 1 $1,587.92 7%
The Armstrong Co. 1 $1,500.00 6%
Watkins Group, LLC 1 $1,200.00 5%
Committee To Elect Tony Shipley 1 $1,000.00 4%
Direct Mail Services 1 $1,000.00 4%
Children's Center of Knoxville 1 $976.04 4%
West Side Shopper 1 $388.50 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 Ronald Leadbetter’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Printing & mail $13,442 55%
  • Advertising & media $4,364 18%
  • Fundraising & events $3,225 13%
  • Contributions & donations $1,976 8%
  • Office & operations $1,200 5%
  • Travel $209 0.9%

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
Q3 2008 $4,346.68 $0.00 Source: Q3 2008 filing Report 23614
Pre-Primary 2008 $3,851.38 $4,346.68 Source: Pre-Primary 2008 filing Report 22788
Q2 2008 Amended $22.85 $3,851.38 Source: Q2 2008 filing Report 21417
Q1 2008 $0.00 $22.85 Source: Q1 2008 filing Report 20361