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Stephen Fincher — 2018 U.S. Senator campaign
2018 U.S. Senator
Latest filing: Year-End 2018 · Jan 30, 2019 · source: FEC
9 filings · Q1 2017–YE 2018
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Why this number?
Why this number?
Why this number?
The ending cash balance the campaign reported on its most recent filing (as filed, not computed).
- YE 2018 YEAR-END $1,743,199 filing-stated
Sum of every cash receipt bucket: itemized contributions from others + the candidate's own contributions + loans + filer-stated unitemized + (federal) transfers and other receipts.
| Itemized contributions from others | $1,429,153 |
| Loans, offsets, and other receipts | $99,445 |
| Funds raised | $1,528,598 |
- YE 2018 YEAR-END $1,990 filing-stated
- Q3 2018 OCTOBER QUARTERLY $6,104 filing-stated
- 12P 2018 PRE-PRIMARY $2,279 filing-stated
- Q2 2018 JULY QUARTERLY $1,922 filing-stated
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- Q1 2018 APRIL QUARTERLY $51,974 mixed
- Itemized contributions from others $49,600 derived
- Loans, offsets, and other receipts $2,374 filing-stated
- YE 2017 YEAR-END $1,456,455 mixed
- Itemized contributions from others $1,379,553 derived
- Loans, offsets, and other receipts $76,901 filing-stated
- Q3 2017 OCTOBER QUARTERLY $2,541 filing-stated
- Q2 2017 JULY QUARTERLY $2,556 filing-stated
- Q1 2017 APRIL QUARTERLY $2,777 filing-stated
Itemized expenditure rows plus the stated spending a filer reported as a lump sum without itemizing it.
| Itemized expenditures | -$810,698 |
| Stated spending not itemized (credited) | $794 |
| Total spent | -$809,904 |
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).
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 86% of the itemized money; organizations and PACs gave 8%; other sources made up 7%.
Why this number?
Everything the campaign raised, split into the candidate's own money (own contributions plus self- and family loans), itemized individuals, unitemized small donations, organizations and PACs, transfers from other committees (FEC line 12), and everything else (loans other than the candidate's, in-kind, offsets and other receipts). The parts add up to the total raised. The headline share is individuals divided by the total.
| From individuals (itemized) | $1,314,453 |
| From organizations and PACs | $114,700 |
| Offsets and other receipts | $99,445 |
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).
- Memphis $200K14%
- Knoxville $154K11%
- Jackson $113K8%
- Nashville $106K7%
- Dyersburg $88K6%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $595K
- Other out-of-state $172K
Why this number?
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).
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2017 – Dec 2018. Peak $1,070,353 in Dec 2017. Spending peaked at $213,818 in Mar 2018.
Contributions
545 donors gave $200 or more cumulatively.
| Donor | Donations | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Mike Eubank | 4 | $10,000.00 |
| Kelly McCulloch | 2 | $5,400.00 |
| Michael E Keeney | 2 | $5,400.00 |
| Craig Weiss | 2 | $5,400.00 |
| Mona Campbell | 2 | $5,400.00 |
| Timothy W Williams | 2 | $5,400.00 |
| Harry W Jr Stowers | 2 | $5,400.00 |
| William E Orgel | 2 | $5,400.00 |
| Raja Jubran | 2 | $5,400.00 |
| Stephen B Smith | 2 | $5,400.00 |
Showing the top 500 of 545 donors by total.
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Showing the top 500 of 683 contributions by amount. Download the full list (CSV) for every contribution.
Coverage: we hold 94% of the itemized contributions this committee reported to the FEC for the 2018 cycle — about $79,967 is not in the FEC bulk file we load.
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaegi Resources | 2 | $178,598.68 | |
| North Star Opinion Research | 1 | $61,040.79 | |
| Midanek, Thomas | 9 | $55,391.59 | |
| ,Push Digital LLC | 5 | $31,390.84 | |
| Cavalier Bldg LLC | 8 | $30,513.31 | |
| Tennessee Republican Party Federal Election Account | 1 | $30,000.00 | |
| Data Targeting Research LLC | 2 | $25,000.00 | |
| TN Republican Party | 1 | $25,000.00 | |
| Hall Strategies LLC | 3 | $22,273.95 | |
| American Express | 22 | $16,090.58 | |
| Hopper Group | 3 | $15,572.52 | |
| You Enjoy Media | 4 | $15,076.00 | |
| Troy Brewer CPA Inc. | 8 | $14,635.00 | |
| The Lukens Company | 1 | $11,622.06 | |
| Oglesby, Elizabeth D | 5 | $10,014.20 | |
| Meeks, Logan S | 7 | $9,293.16 | |
| The Mail Haus | 1 | $8,227.50 | |
| Fec Financial Inc. | 11 | $7,688.33 | |
| Fincher, Stephen | 1 | $6,283.09 | |
| Anedot | 1 | $6,265.61 | |
| Internal Revenue Service | 4 | $6,185.83 | |
| Imageworks Printing &Design | 3 | $6,089.52 | |
| Delay, William T | 2 | $5,400.00 | |
| Hurt, Shelbie L | 3 | $5,287.55 | |
| TN Sports Hall of Fame | 1 | $5,000.00 | |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | 1 | $5,000.00 | |
| Hart, David E | 6 | $4,381.46 | |
| Alexander Thompson Arnold PLLC | 1 | $4,360.00 | |
| Rick Scott for Florida | 2 | $4,000.00 | |
| Chris Hurt for State Representative | 1 | $3,000.00 | |
| Crockett Christmas Store | 2 | $2,500.00 | |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | 1 | $2,500.00 | |
| Crockett County Neighbors Offering Assistance & Hope | 1 | $2,500.00 | |
| Got Print | 2 | $2,346.65 | |
| Americal Express | 1 | $2,060.79 | |
| Pinnacle Bank | 7 | $2,039.63 | |
| Marsha for Senate | 1 | $2,000.00 | |
| Friends of Joy Touliatos | 1 | $2,000.00 | |
| Office Depot | 3 | $1,975.39 | |
| Verizon | 14 | $1,970.41 | |
| Berke Farah LLP | 2 | $1,950.00 | |
| Birthchoice | 1 | $1,800.00 | |
| Strategic Perception | 1 | $1,667.56 | |
| Shelby County Gop | 1 | $1,650.00 | |
| N.O.A..H | 1 | $1,500.00 | |
| Crockett County Right To Life | 1 | $1,500.00 | |
| Amazon | 1 | $1,393.65 | |
| Ikea | 1 | $1,233.15 | |
| Hampton Inn | 1 | $1,214.20 | |
| Comcast | 4 | $1,205.75 | |
| Verizon | 9 | $1,147.93 | |
| Aristotle | 2 | $1,100.00 | |
| Cherokee Country Club | 2 | $1,061.91 | |
| John Holden for Dyersburg City Mayor | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Chris Todd for State Representative | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| John Rose for Tennessee | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Confidential Cares | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Jackson Area Council On Alcoholism | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Tennessee Dept. of Labor & Workforce | 1 | $872.83 | |
| Vonage | 3 | $840.74 | |
| Department of the Treasury | 2 | $735.11 | |
| Madison County Gop | 1 | $600.00 | |
| McCarley, Tee ⇄ in-kind (given, not paid) | 1 | $513.00 | |
| Halls High School Foundation | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Crockett County Girls Softball League | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Comacast | 1 | $462.59 | |
| Apple Inc. | 1 | $424.98 | |
| Cracker Barrel | 1 | $381.01 | |
| American Airline | 1 | $356.08 | |
| Auto Owners Insurance | 1 | $324.00 | |
| Royal Concierge LLC | 1 | $277.50 | |
| Postmaster | 2 | $276.00 | |
| Hillis, Larry ⇄ in-kind (given, not paid) | 1 | $240.48 | |
| Intuit | 3 | $204.54 | |
| Peak Business Solutions | 1 | $118.00 | |
| Internal Revenue Service | 1 | $32.40 | |
| 1 | $10.98 |
| 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 Stephen Fincher’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Consulting & professional services $359,789 53%
- Contributions & donations $73,213 11%
- Office & operations $67,091 10%
- Other $47,429 7%
- Advertising & media $32,410 5%
- Staff & payroll $31,839 5%
- Printing & mail $28,486 4%
- Transfers between accounts $25,000 4%
- Travel $12,201 2%
- Fundraising & events $4,211 0.7%
Filing History
Totals as filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC); see About for how this data is processed.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| YE 2018 Late | $1,745,403.15 | $1,743,198.84 | Source ↗ |
| Q3 2018 | $1,790,382.13 | $1,745,403.15 | Source ↗ |
| 12P 2018 | $1,788,102.00 | $1,790,382.13 | Source ↗ |
| Q2 2018 | $1,822,349.00 | $1,788,102.74 | Source ↗ |
| Q1 2018 | $3,707,501.00 | $1,822,349.35 | Source ↗ |
| YE 2017 Late | $2,339,926.00 | $3,707,468.47 | Source ↗ |
| Q3 2017 | $2,375,399.89 | $2,339,926.73 | Source ↗ |
| Q2 2017 | $2,378,826.93 | $2,375,399.89 | Source ↗ |
| Q1 2017 | $2,389,553.60 | $2,378,826.93 | Source ↗ |