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Steve Nelson — 2004 Tennessee House, District 45 campaign

Tennessee House, District 45 Republican

2004 Tennessee House, District 45 · totals since 2004

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 → · 2 filings · Post-Primary 2004 2004–Pre-Primary 2004

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 →
$25
as of the Post-Primary 2004 report
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$18,055
includes $7,000 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Itemized in-kind Goods or services donated to the campaign instead of cash — say, free printing or donated consulting — reported at fair-market value. Counted toward the same $200 disclosure threshold as cash gifts. This figure adds the in-kind contributions itemized on the selected reports. The Registry reports in-kind apart from receipts, so it is not part of the receipts figure. Full definition →
$1,175
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$18,030
Donors
46
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:

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
Post-Primary 2004 2004 reported receipts $1,550
Pre-Primary 2004 reported receipts $16,505
Reported receipts $18,055
From each 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
Itemized expenditures $17,402
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $628
Total spent $18,030
From each filing:
  • Post-Primary 2004 2004 Initial $1,525 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,183 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $342 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2004 Initial $16,505 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $16,219 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $286 filing-stated
Receipts
$18,055
Spent
$18,030

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: individuals, itemized, 58% of receipts on these reports.

The candidate's own contributions, itemized $573 · 3%Individuals, itemized $10K · 58%Unitemized contributions $7K · 39%

Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized compares individuals, 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.

Individuals, itemized: $10,482 ÷ Reported receipts: $18,055
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
The candidate's own contributions, itemized $573
Individuals, itemized $10,482
Unitemized contributions $7,000
From each filing:

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 →

$228average gift
$125median gift
46individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
59%
26%
$200–1K
41%
74%
$1K–5K
0%
0%
$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: $10,482 ÷ Individual donors: 46
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $10,482
Median gift $125
Individual donors 46
Source filings:

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 →

90% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (10% from out of state).

Tennessee $9,482 Out of state $1,000
  • Hendersonville $4K42%
  • Gallatin $2K21%
  • Brentwood $1K10%
  • Hilton Head, SC $1K10%
  • Memphis $9509%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $1K

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: $1,000 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $10,482
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $1,000
Source filings:

Contributions Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions by month — Feb 2004 – Aug 2004. Peak $3,441 in Mar 2004.

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 21 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 26 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $2,636 and their names are withheld.

21 named donors 45 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Steve Nelson Self Includes In-Kind 2 $1,371.29
Kristi Pennington 9 $560.50
Michael Pennington 9 $560.50
Carol Ann Draper 1 $500.00
James Draper Jr 1 $500.00
John R Drose 1 $500.00
Kathleen Meadows 1 $500.00
Robert Meadows 1 $500.00
Jean Meaney 1 $500.00
Martin Meaney 1 $500.00

Expenditures

18 vendors 23 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
World of Plastics 2 $5,816.24 33%
Middle Tennessee Community Newspapers 1 $3,099.87 18%
U. S. Postal Service 1 $2,035.00 12%
Gallatin News Examiner 1 $1,623.50 9%
Carousel Services, Inc. 1 $1,305.37 8%
Lowe's 2 $563.16 3%
Kinko's 3 $479.79 3%
Walmart 1 $387.64 2%
Compass Systems Group 1 $350.00 2%
Personalized Gifts & Apparel 2 $310.88 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 Nelson’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Printing & mail $11,118 64%
  • Advertising & media $4,723 27%
  • Other $823 5%
  • Office & operations $738 4%

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
Post-Primary 2004 2004 $0.34 $25.34 Source: Post-Primary 2004 2004 filing Report 1550
Pre-Primary 2004 $0.00 $0.34 Source: Pre-Primary 2004 filing Report 798

After the election

Reports ending after Jan 15, 2005.

Contributions and spending

No contributions or expenditures reported

1 filing · Supplemental 2005 2005

No individual donors or expenditures are published for this campaign.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Supplemental 2005 2005 $25.34 — Source: Supplemental 2005 2005 filing Report 4594