Steve McDaniel — 2016 Tennessee House, District 72 campaign

Tennessee House, District 72 Republican

2016 Tennessee House, District 72 · totals since Jan 16, 2015

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 2015–Q4 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 →
$90,953
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 →
$157,090
includes $2,610 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Total Spent
$117,438
Donors
154
total donors; qualifying names are listed below

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:
  • Q4 2016 Amendment $90,953 filing-stated

Reported receipts adds together the amounts listed below.

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Sum of Total Receipts reported on the selected source reports.

Inputs behind Reported receipts
Q4 2016 reported receipts $18,000
Pre-General 2016 reported receipts $2,750
Q3 2016 reported receipts $9,150
Pre-Primary 2016 reported receipts $14,850
Q2 2016 reported receipts $14,200
Q1 2016 reported receipts $0
Year-End 2015 reported receipts $98,140
Mid-Year 2015 reported receipts $0
Reported receipts $157,090
From each filing:
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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 $117,438
Total spent $117,438
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Receipts
$157,090
Spent
$117,438

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, 82% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $25K · 16%Organizations and PACs, itemized $129K · 82%Unitemized contributions $3K · 2%

Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized compares organizations and pacs, itemized with reported receipts.

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Each selected report's reported receipts split by the report's own lines; the parts of every report add up to its total, and the totals to the headline.

Organizations and PACs, itemized: $129,450 ÷ Reported receipts: $157,090
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized
Individuals, itemized $25,030
Organizations and PACs, itemized $129,450
Unitemized contributions $2,610
From each filing:
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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 →

$582average gift
$250median gift
43individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
5%
0.2%
$50–200
9%
2%
$200–1K
72%
38%
$1K–5K
14%
60%
$5K+
0%
0%

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: $25,030 ÷ Individual donors: 43
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $25,030
Median gift $250
Individual donors 43

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 →

80% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (20% from out of state).

Tennessee $123,080 Out of state $31,400
  • Nashville $81K52%
  • Brentwood $8K5%
  • Washington, DC $7K5%
  • Knoxville $5K3%
  • Lexington $8700.6%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $29K
  • Other out-of-state $24K

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: $31,400 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $154,480
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $31,400

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2015 – Jan 2017. Peak $47,730 in Oct 2015. Spending peaked at $27,184 in Oct 2016.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 148 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 6 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $480 and their names are withheld.

148 named donors 193 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennesseans for Good State Government PAC 1 $7,400.00
Jobs4Tn PAC 1 $6,000.00
Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) 3 $3,500.00
West View 2 $3,500.00
Reynolds American Inc. PAC (Tennessee) 2 $3,500.00
Delta Dental of Tennessee PAC 3 $3,000.00
Comcast Corporation PAC 3 $3,000.00
Janet Ayers 2 $3,000.00
James W Ayers 2 $3,000.00
Att Tennessee PAC 1 $2,500.00

Expenditures

118 vendors 253 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Margin of Victory Partners 2 $25,400.00 22%
Kaegi Resources 1 $12,720.00 11%
At&T 43 $8,494.27 7%
Oncitetek Network Corp 6 $7,088.81 6%
House Republican Caucus 3 $6,580.00 6%
Tennessee State Museum Foundation 3 $5,425.00 5%
Jimmy Kellys Restaurant 1 $3,204.46 3%
Reedy, Jay D. 2 $2,500.00 2%
Freed-Hardeman University 4 $2,400.00 2%
Fielder, Tracey 3 $1,800.00 2%

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 Steve McDaniel’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Contributions & donations $46,680 40%
  • Consulting & professional services $39,920 34%
  • Office & operations $21,408 18%
  • Other $4,421 4%
  • Fundraising & events $3,379 3%
  • Advertising & media $720 0.7%
  • Printing & mail $711 0.7%
  • Travel $200 0.2%

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
Q4 2016 Amended $88,422.81 $90,953.32 Source: Q4 2016 filing Report 70656
Pre-General 2016 $112,857.00 $88,422.81 Source: Pre-General 2016 filing Report 68778
Q3 2016 Amended $114,365.96 $112,857.00 Source: Q3 2016 filing Report 67817
Pre-Primary 2016 Amended $109,760.62 $114,365.96 Source: Pre-Primary 2016 filing Report 66620
Q2 2016 Amended $104,881.90 $109,760.62 Source: Q2 2016 filing Report 65269
Q1 2016 $122,460.32 $104,881.90 Source: Q1 2016 filing Report 63298
Year-End 2015 Amended $38,344.36 $122,460.32 Source: Year-End 2015 filing Report 64609
Mid-Year 2015 $51,301.77 $38,344.36 Source: Mid-Year 2015 filing Report 60663