Sarah M. Smith — 2016 Tennessee House, District 40 campaign

Tennessee House, District 40 Democratic

2016 Tennessee House, District 40

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 · Mid-Year 2015–Year-End 2016

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 →
$386
as of the Year-End report
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 →
$28,760
includes $460 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Why this number?
Total Spent
$75
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 →
0.3%
$75 spent of $28,760 raised (cash)
Donors
17
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Self-Funded
89%
$25,700 of $28,760 raised · campaign loans
Out-of-State
0%
$0 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:

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. Note: a separate cross-filing check found a loan-balance carryforward discontinuity in the filings behind this figure. The reports have not been reconciled to determine the cause of the unexplained balance change.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $2,600
Loans received $25,700
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $460
Raised (cash) $28,760
From each filing:
  • Mid-Year 2015 Supplemental $3,060 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $2,600 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $460 filing-stated
Not attributable to a single filing:
Loans $25,700 derived

Filings restate outstanding loans each period, so a loan belongs to the campaign rather than to any one 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
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $75
Total spent $75
From each filing:

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: $0 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $28,760
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $0
Raised incl. in-kind
$28,760
Spent
$75

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 →

The candidate’s own money made up 89% of the campaign’s funds — individuals gave 11%, organizations and PACs 0%.

Candidate’s own money $26K · 89% Individuals $3K · 11% Organizations & PACs $0 · 0%
Why this number?

Share from the candidate compares from the candidate's own money 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 the candidate divided by the total.

From the candidate's own money: $25,700 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $28,760
Inputs behind Share from the candidate
Candidate's own money (incl. self-loans) $25,700
From individuals $3,060

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 →

$153average gift
$100median gift
17individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
65%
42%
$200–1K
35%
58%
$1K–5K
0%
0%
$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: $2,600 ÷ Individual donors: 17
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $2,600
Median gift $100
Individual donors 17

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 →

100% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (0% from out of state).

Tennessee $2,600 Out of state $0
  • Gallatin $80031%
  • Alcoa $50019%
  • Carthage $30012%
  • Hartsville $30012%
  • Mount Juliet $2008%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $500
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: $0 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $2,600
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $0

Contributions Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions by month — Jan 2015 – Mar 2015. Peak $1,100 in Jan 2015.

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $1,100 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 6 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
David Hackett 1 $500.00
Darlene Hodges 1 $200.00
Joe Brown 1 $200.00
Robby Richardson 1 $200.00
Sue McKee 1 $200.00
Sandra Murray 1 $200.00

Expenditures

No expenditures on record.

Loans

$25,700.00 in loan principal shown. The filings date all of it to this campaign. Later reports can repeat an outstanding loan, so each reconstructed lender balance is counted once below.

Why this number?

Loan principal shown adds together the amounts listed below.

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Loan schedules can repeat an outstanding debt on later reports. This is the reconstructed principal for each lender, counted once, split between candidate or family loans and all other lenders. Repayments and outstanding balances are shown separately in the ledger.

Inputs behind Loan principal shown
Candidate and family loans $25,700
Loan principal shown $25,700
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Principal Repaid Outstanding
Self (Sarah M. Smith) Candidate loan — $25,700.00 $4,700.00 $21,000.00

Loans

Campaign loans
Lender Amount Date Received Outstanding Repaid

Each loan shows its balance as of the candidate's most recent filing; repayments since then appear when the next report is filed.

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
Year-End 2016 $385.56 $385.56 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2016 $385.56 $385.56 Source ↗
Year-End 2015 $585.56 $385.56 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2015 $2,100.56 $585.56 Source ↗