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Russell Wayne Steele — 2024 Tennessee Senate, District 16 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 16 Democratic

2024 Tennessee Senate, District 16 · totals since Jan 16, 2024

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 → · 5 filings · Pre-General 2024–Q3 2024

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 →
$1,120
as of the Pre-General report
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$7,161
Total Spent
$6,144
Donors
54
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
Pre-General 2024 reported receipts $4,419
Q3 2024 reported receipts $2,742
Pre-Primary 2024 reported receipts $0
Q2 2024 reported receipts $0
Q1 2024 reported receipts $0
Reported receipts $7,161
From each filing:
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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 $6,144
Total spent $6,144
From each filing:
Receipts
$7,161
Spent
$6,144

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, 70% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $5K · 70%Organizations and PACs, itemized $2K · 30%

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: $5,007 ÷ Reported receipts: $7,161
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
Individuals, itemized $5,007
Organizations and PACs, itemized $2,154
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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 →

$94average gift
$50median gift
53individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
43%
9%
$50–200
43%
41%
$200–1K
13%
50%
$1K–5K
0%
0%
$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: $5,007 ÷ Individual donors: 53
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $5,007
Median gift $50
Individual donors 53
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 →

88% of located dollars came from outside Tennessee (12% from inside).

Tennessee $885 Out of state $6,276
  • Washington, DC $2K30%
  • Boston, MA $5007%
  • Pacific Palisades, CA $5007%
  • Reston, VA $5007%
  • Nashville $4256%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $460
  • Other out-of-state $3K

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: $6,276 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $7,161
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $6,276
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Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jul 2024 – Oct 2024. Peak $4,419 in Oct 2024. Spending peaked at $3,969 in Oct 2024.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 8 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 46 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $2,507 and their names are withheld.

8 named donors 9 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Blue Tennessee PAC 2 $2,154.14
John Staropoli 1 $500.00
Frances Berman 1 $500.00
Julie Wallick 1 $500.00
Shelley Cammack 1 $250.00
Eileen Wyatt 1 $250.00
Theresa Boschert 1 $250.00
Ashley Pease 1 $250.00

Expenditures

26 vendors 44 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Polygraphics Dba Signrocket.Com 2 $2,704.25 44%
Bowman Broadcasting 1 $855.00 14%
Scale To Win 2 $370.54 6%
Lakeway Publishers 1 $350.00 6%
Marvin's Home Improvement 2 $291.10 5%
Grassroots Analytics, Inc. 2 $265.40 4%
Schoening, Marilyn 3 $206.43 3%
Bridgeway Motel 1 $160.00 3%
Steele, Russell Wayne 3 $158.12 3%
Intuit Mailchimp 1 $147.83 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 Russell Wayne Steele’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Printing & mail $3,022 49%
  • Advertising & media $1,690 28%
  • Office & operations $707 12%
  • Travel $512 8%
  • Fundraising & events $138 2%
  • Other $75 1%

Filing History

Totals as filed with the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance; see About for how this data is processed.

Three overdue reports filed together on August 7, 2024.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Pre-General 2024 $669.23 $1,119.87 Source: Pre-General 2024 filing Report 117571
Q3 2024 $103.12 $669.23 Source: Q3 2024 filing Report 117568
Pre-Primary 2024 $33.12 $103.12 Source: Pre-Primary 2024 filing Report 116538

As filed on this report: cash beginning $33.12, receipts $0.00, disbursements $0.00, cash ending $103.12.
Q2 2024 $0.00 $33.12 Source: Q2 2024 filing Report 116537

As filed on this report: cash beginning $0.00, receipts $0.00, disbursements $0.00, cash ending $33.12.
Q1 2024 $0.00 $0.00 Source: Q1 2024 filing Report 116536