Sheila Butt — 2018 Tennessee House, District 64 campaign

Tennessee House, District 64 Republican

2018 Tennessee House, District 64

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 · Mid-Year 2017–Year-End 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 →
$0
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 →
$11,160
includes $2,175 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Why this number?
Total Spent
$28,218
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 →
252.8%
$28,218 spent of $11,160 raised (cash) · opened with $17,059
Donors
37
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
3%
$355 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.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $8,985
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $2,175
Raised (cash) $11,160
From each filing:
  • Q1 2018 Initial $535 derived
  • Year-End 2017 Amendment $5,985 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $5,500 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $485 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2017 Amendment $4,640 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $2,950 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $1,690 filing-stated

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 $24,611
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $3,607
Total spent $28,218
From each filing:
  • Year-End 2018 Supplemental $289 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $209 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $79 filing-stated
  • Q2 2018 Initial $1,202 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $895 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $307 filing-stated
  • Q1 2018 Initial $3,982 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $3,372 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $610 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2017 Amendment $9,085 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $7,741 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,344 filing-stated
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  • Mid-Year 2017 Amendment $13,660 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $12,393 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,267 filing-stated

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: $355 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $11,160
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $355
Raised incl. in-kind
$11,160
Spent
$28,218

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 →

Individuals gave 59%; organizations and PACs gave 41%.

Individuals $7K · 59% Organizations & PACs $5K · 41%
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Share from individuals compares from individuals 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 individuals divided by the total.

From individuals: $6,605 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $11,160
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $6,605
From organizations and PACs $4,555

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 →

$164average gift
$100median gift
27individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
67%
40%
$200–1K
33%
60%
$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: $4,430 ÷ Individual donors: 27
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $4,430
Median gift $100
Individual donors 27

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 $8,630 Out of state $355
  • Nashville $3K32%
  • Columbia $3K28%
  • Lynnville $8009%
  • Brentwood $5006%
  • Franklin $5006%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $1K
  • Other out-of-state $355
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: $355 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $8,985
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $355

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2017 – Sep 2018. Peak $2,850 in Jun 2017. Spending peaked at $2,610 in May 2017.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $1,780 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 27 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennessee Action Committee for Rural Electrification 1 $1,000.00
Phillip Budd 8 $800.00
Tennessee Assn of Nurse Anesthetists PAC 1 $500.00
Tennessee Dental PAC 1 $500.00
Tennessee Realtors PAC 1 $500.00
Tennessee Anesthesiologists PAC 1 $500.00
HCA TriStar Fund PAC 1 $500.00
Tmcta PAC 1 $500.00
Daniel Scott 1 $300.00
General Motors Company PAC GMPAC 1 $250.00

Expenditures

45 vendors 162 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
WXRQ Radio Station 10 $2,890.50 12%
Brandfire Consulting 2 $2,600.00 11%
Columbia Fast Fuel 53 $2,498.88 10%
WKRM 6 $1,600.00 7%
Noise Advocacy, LLC 3 $1,500.00 6%
Tennessee House Republican Caucus 2 $1,400.00 6%
Verizon 9 $1,172.51 5%
Love, Jacob 2 $1,000.00 4%
Hyatt Regency 1 $849.17 3%
Walmart 1 $822.03 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 Sheila Butt’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Advertising & media $7,510 31%
  • Office & operations $4,117 17%
  • Travel $4,043 16%
  • Other $3,226 13%
  • Contributions & donations $2,750 11%
  • Printing & mail $1,224 5%
  • Field & voter contact $1,000 4%
  • Fundraising & events $741 3%

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 2018 $288.63 $0.00 Source ↗
Q2 2018 $1,490.82 $288.63 Source ↗
Q1 2018 $4,938.40 $1,490.82 Source ↗
Year-End 2017 Amended $8,038.62 $4,938.40 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2017 Amended $17,058.62 $8,038.62 Source ↗