Stephen Matson Darden — 2020 U.S. Representative, District 1 campaign
2020 U.S. Representative, District 1 · totals since Jan 1, 2020
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 · 12P 2020–YE 2020
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 →
8% of this campaign’s individual contributions came as small unitemized donations — gifts under the federal itemization threshold (about $200 a cycle) that the filer reports only as a lump sum, never broken out by donor. The gift-size and location breakdowns below cover the itemized 92%.
Largest part: individuals, itemized (line 11a), 75% of receipts on these reports.
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 →
89% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (11% from out of state).
- Johnson City $77K26%
- Sevierville $25K8%
- Knoxville $24K8%
- Kingsport $18K6%
- Bristol $14K5%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $109K
- Other out-of-state $32K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Mar 2020 – Sep 2020. Peak $101,500 in Mar 2020. Spending peaked at $190,058 in Jul 2020.
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 302 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 1 person gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $100 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| James W Ayers | 1 | $2,800.00 |
| R T Summers | 1 | $2,800.00 |
| Susan Haslam | 1 | $2,800.00 |
| Janet Ayers | 1 | $2,800.00 |
| James J Powell | 2 | $2,800.00 |
| John Compton | 1 | $2,800.00 |
| Cindy Compton | 1 | $2,800.00 |
| David Golden | 1 | $2,800.00 |
| Elizabeth R Poland | 1 | $2,800.00 |
| Sandra Powell | 1 | $2,800.00 |
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Coverage: we hold 95% of the itemized contributions this committee reported to the FEC for the 2020 cycle — about $15,158 is not in the FEC bulk file we load.
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smart Media Group, LLC | 4 | $224,265.00 | |
| North Star Opinion Research | 2 | $35,000.00 | |
| Creative Energy | 2 | $32,800.00 | |
| Strategic Perception, Inc. | 6 | $28,654.71 | |
| Mail Works, Inc. | 8 | $25,651.70 | |
| White, Preston | 4 | $6,750.00 | |
| Ammen, Spencer Mr. | 3 | $4,900.00 | |
| East Tennessee Radio Group | 3 | $4,200.00 | |
| Itd Interactive | 3 | $3,498.56 | |
| Pointech | 1 | $3,300.00 | |
| i360 | 1 | $2,967.96 | |
| Mountcastle / Pritchett LLC ↺ donor $2,358.07 ⇄ in-kind (given, not paid) | 4 | $2,358.07 | |
| Burch, Leigh Anson Ms | 1 | $2,012.90 | |
| News Services for Nc TN | 2 | $1,920.00 | |
| WGRV - Wikq - MSMG | 1 | $1,720.00 | |
| The Home Depot | 12 | $1,622.28 | |
| Victory Phones | 4 | $1,500.00 | |
| Stripe Online Payment Processing | 123 | $1,429.29 | |
| Tina Wilson Photography | 1 | $1,314.00 | |
| Fame Media Productions | 2 | $1,200.00 | |
| Wlik | 1 | $850.00 | |
| Fresh Press'd Tees | 1 | $813.05 | |
| Bonefish Grill | 1 | $730.42 | |
| Best Buy | 1 | $697.47 | |
| Sullivan County Republican Party | 1 | $650.00 | |
| Hawkins County Republican Party | 1 | $350.00 | |
| Wampler, Nathan Mr. | 1 | $350.00 | |
| Kroger | 4 | $348.44 | |
| Hunter, Smith & Davis | 1 | $306.27 | |
| Spectrum | 1 | $252.89 | |
| Tennessee Hills Distillery | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Office Depot | 1 | $183.83 | |
| Rogersville Review | 1 | $154.50 | |
| Walmart Supercenter | 5 | $80.28 | |
| Bank of Tennessee | 5 | $55.00 | |
| US Post Office | 2 | $34.05 |
| 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 Matson Darden’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Advertising & media $306,652 78%
- Consulting & professional services $41,913 11%
- Printing & mail $28,004 7%
- Field & voter contact $6,750 2%
- Office & operations $5,685 1%
- Other $3,168 0.9%
- Fundraising & events $650 0.2%
- Travel $348 0.1%
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 2020 | -$9.69 | -$24.69 | Source: YE 2020 filing |
| Q3 2020 | $78,778.20 | -$9.69 | Source: Q3 2020 filing |
| 12P 2020 | $163,010.53 | $78,778.20 | Source: 12P 2020 filing |
| Q2 2020 | $129,906.00 | $163,010.53 | Source: Q2 2020 filing |
| Q1 2020 | $0.00 | $129,906.00 | Source: Q1 2020 filing |