Sam Whitson — 2018 Tennessee House, District 65 campaign
2018 Tennessee House, District 65 · 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 →
$130,499
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 →
$149,236
includes $8,401 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Total Spent
$65,045
Donors
160
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
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, 65% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $44K · 29%Organizations and PACs, itemized $97K · 65%Unitemized contributions $8K · 6%
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 →
$583average gift
$500median gift
75individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
$50–200
$200–1K
$1K–5K
$5K+
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 within Tennessee (12% from out of state).
Tennessee $124,585 Out of state $16,250
- Nashville $56K40%
- Franklin $36K25%
- Brentwood $13K10%
- Washington, DC $4K2%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $20K
- Other out-of-state $13K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2017 – Jan 2019. Peak $22,825 in Nov 2017. Spending peaked at $9,940 in May 2018.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 155 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 5 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $725 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| Community Health Systems, Inc. (CHS) PAC | 2 | $6,000.00 |
| Middle Tennessee Business Leaders for Common Sense PAC | 2 | $4,500.00 |
| Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) | 1 | $2,500.00 |
| Pfizer Inc. PAC | 2 | $2,500.00 |
| Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) | 4 | $2,500.00 |
| Johnson Victory PAC | 2 | $2,500.00 |
| Tennessee Health Care Assn PAC | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Tennessee Truck PAC | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Adams and Reese TN PAC | 2 | $2,000.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boyatt, Ted | 6 | $11,000.00 | |
| Williamson Herald | 5 | $4,036.95 | |
| Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee | 1 | $3,126.28 | |
| Williamson County Republican Party | 5 | $2,700.00 | |
| Wakm Am950 | 6 | $2,365.00 | |
| War Room Strategies | 1 | $1,750.00 | |
| Ogles, Brandon | 1 | $1,500.00 | |
| Johnson, Jack | 2 | $1,500.00 | |
| Smith, Eddie | 2 | $1,500.00 | |
| Hicks, Jr., Gary | 1 | $1,500.00 | |
| Nation Builder | 1 | $1,430.40 | |
| Costco | 4 | $1,019.67 | |
| Boyd, Clark | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| LYNN, Susan | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Tillis, Thomas R. | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| White, Mark | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| House Republican Caucus | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Best Buy | 1 | $998.72 | |
| Rotary Club Noon Franklin | 3 | $785.00 | |
| The Advertiser News - Spring Hill | 1 | $630.00 | |
| Duda for Alderman | 1 | $600.00 | |
| Ami, Inc. | 2 | $587.66 | |
| Puckett's Grocery | 2 | $576.98 | |
| Bill Lee Inaugural 2019 | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Southern Exposure Magazine | 1 | $500.00 | |
| MARSHA PAC (Marsha Blackburn) ↺ donor $1,000.00 | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Farmer, Andrew Ellis | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Faison, Jeremy | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Matlock, Jimmy | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Sherrell, Paul | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Brian Beathard for County Commission | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Education Foundation for Williamson Coun | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Usa Today Network Tennessee | 1 | $485.00 | |
| Noon Rotary | 1 | $440.00 | |
| Boys and Girls Club of Middle Tennessee | 2 | $420.00 | |
| Walmart | 2 | $403.67 | |
| New, John | 1 | $400.00 | |
| Williamson Inc. | 2 | $400.00 | |
| Five Points Station Po | 1 | $377.10 | |
| Verizon | 2 | $358.94 | |
| Doss, Barry ↺ donor $1,500.00 | 1 | $325.00 | |
| Spring Hill Chamber of Commerce | 2 | $320.00 | |
| Amazon | 1 | $318.25 | |
| Friends of Williamson County Animal Cent | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Blackburn for Congress | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Carr, Bruce Dale | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Downtown Franklin Rotary | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Friends of Franklin Parks | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Leap | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Franklin Noon Rotary | 1 | $220.00 | |
| Leipers Fork Distillery | 1 | $215.24 | |
| Franklin Rotary Club At Breakfast | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Independence High School | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Middle TN Council Bsa | 1 | $200.00 | |
| New Hope Academy | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Publix | 1 | $184.35 | |
| A Vintage Affair | 1 | $173.02 | |
| Kroger | 1 | $163.73 | |
| Uncle Julios's | 1 | $155.70 | |
| Williamson County Republican Career Wome | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Wix | 1 | $149.00 | |
| Pueblo Real Restaurant | 1 | $145.38 | |
| Del Rio Wine & Spirits | 1 | $138.70 | |
| 1 | $113.91 | ||
| Jones, Trey | 1 | $110.00 | |
| Moe's BBQ | 1 | $108.57 |
Dates
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
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 Sam Whitson’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Contributions & donations $20,783 37%
- Consulting & professional services $11,000 20%
- Advertising & media $7,831 14%
- Office & operations $5,609 10%
- Printing & mail $4,091 7%
- Other $3,929 7%
- Fundraising & events $2,428 4%
- Field & voter contact $110 0.2%
Filing History
Totals as filed with the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance; see About for how this data is processed.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2018 | $139,774.82 | $130,498.57 | Source: Q4 2018 filing Report 81880 |
| Pre-General 2018 | $135,181.04 | $139,774.82 | Source: Pre-General 2018 filing Report 80275 |
| Q3 2018 Amended | $121,865.06 | $135,181.04 | Source: Q3 2018 filing Report 81547 |
| Pre-Primary 2018 | $115,509.98 | $121,865.06 | Source: Pre-Primary 2018 filing Report 77326 |
| Q2 2018 | $108,249.46 | $115,509.98 | Source: Q2 2018 filing Report 75640 |
| Q1 2018 | $110,647.29 | $108,249.46 | Source: Q1 2018 filing Report 74065 |
| Year-End 2017 | $41,790.11 | $110,647.29 | Source: Year-End 2017 filing Report 72431 |
| Mid-Year 2017 | $46,307.58 | $41,790.11 | Source: Mid-Year 2017 filing Report 70977 |