Ryan D. Williams — 2018 Tennessee House, District 42 campaign

Tennessee House, District 42 Republican

2018 Tennessee House, District 42 · totals since Jan 16, 2017

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 →
$131,512
as of the Q4 report
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$170,910
Total Spent
$171,842
less $249 in refunds & credits → $171,594 net disbursements
Donors
135
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:
  • Q4 2018 Amendment $131,512 filing-stated

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
Q4 2018 reported receipts $4,050
Pre-General 2018 reported receipts $8,400
Q3 2018 reported receipts $22,450
Pre-Primary 2018 reported receipts $13,500
Q2 2018 reported receipts $41,460
Q1 2018 reported receipts $0
Year-End 2017 reported receipts $51,550
Mid-Year 2017 reported receipts $29,500
Reported receipts $170,910
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 $171,842
Total spent $171,842
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Receipts
$170,910
Spent
$171,842

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: organizations and PACs, itemized, 89% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $18K · 11%Organizations and PACs, itemized $153K · 89%

Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized compares organizations and pacs, 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.

Organizations and PACs, itemized: $152,500 ÷ Reported receipts: $170,910
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized
Individuals, itemized $18,410
Organizations and PACs, itemized $152,500
From each filing:
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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 →

$575average gift
$300median gift
32individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
22%
1%
$50–200
13%
1%
$200–1K
41%
27%
$1K–5K
25%
71%
$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: $18,410 ÷ Individual donors: 32
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $18,410
Median gift $300
Individual donors 32

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 →

84% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (16% from out of state).

Tennessee $143,160 Out of state $27,750
  • Nashville $79K46%
  • Brentwood $22K13%
  • Washington, DC $7K4%
  • Cookeville $4K2%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $38K
  • Other out-of-state $21K

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: $27,750 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $170,910
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $27,750

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2017 – Jan 2019. Peak $41,460 in Jun 2018. Spending peaked at $32,872 in Oct 2018.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 124 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 11 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $460 and their names are withheld.

124 named donors 187 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
MARSHA PAC (Marsha Blackburn) 2 $6,000.00
Tennessee Dental PAC 3 $5,250.00
Tennessee Medical Association PAC (TMA) 2 $5,000.00
Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) 5 $5,000.00
Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) 3 $4,500.00
Tennessee Bankers Association PAC 2 $4,000.00
Advance PAC 2 $3,500.00
Tennessee Chiropractic Assn PAC 2 $3,250.00
Tennessee First PAC 2 $3,000.00
Tennessee Health Care Assn PAC 2 $3,000.00

Expenditures

111 vendors 170 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee ↺ donor $500.00 3 $21,099.11 12%
Direct Edge Campaigns LLC 3 $14,838.79 9%
Tennesse House Republican Caucus 1 $10,000.00 6%
Verizon 16 $5,996.05 3%
Iroquois Steeplchase 2 $5,194.50 3%
Grade A Catering 3 $5,096.91 3%
Tennessee Republican Party 1 $5,000.00 3%
Nashville Sounds 2 $4,732.50 3%
Habitat for Humanity 4 $4,700.00 3%
Dt McCalls 1 $4,460.00 3%

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 Ryan D. Williams’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Contributions & donations $81,395 47%
  • Printing & mail $38,112 22%
  • Office & operations $21,804 13%
  • Fundraising & events $7,517 4%
  • Advertising & media $6,827 4%
  • Other $6,425 4%
  • Consulting & professional services $5,505 3%
  • Travel $3,389 2%
  • Field & voter contact $868 0.6%

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 $146,872.95 $131,511.81 Source: Q4 2018 filing Report 83302
Pre-General 2018 $170,345.11 $146,872.95 Source: Pre-General 2018 filing Report 80984
Q3 2018 $176,256.85 $170,345.11 Source: Q3 2018 filing Report 79614
Pre-Primary 2018 $169,708.14 $176,256.85 Source: Pre-Primary 2018 filing Report 77759
Q2 2018 Amended $143,826.15 $169,708.14 Source: Q2 2018 filing Report 77445
Q1 2018 Amended $149,812.71 $143,826.15 Source: Q1 2018 filing Report 75254
Year-End 2017 $139,686.09 $149,812.71 Source: Year-End 2017 filing Report 72557
Mid-Year 2017 Amended $132,195.37 $139,686.09 Source: Mid-Year 2017 filing Report 72209