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Steve Nelson — 2004 Tennessee House, District 45 campaign

Tennessee House, District 45 Republican

2004 Tennessee House, District 45

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
→ carried into 2006 TN House 45
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 →
$18,055
includes $7,000 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Why this number?
In-Kind Received 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. Full definition →
$1,175
goods or services
Total Spent
$18,030
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 →
99.8%
$18,030 spent of $18,055 raised (cash)
Donors
46
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Self-Funded
3%
$573 of $19,230 raised, including in-kind · self-contributions
Out-of-State
5%
$1,000 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. Excludes the value of donated goods & services, shown separately as In-Kind Received.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $10,482
Candidate's own contributions $573
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $7,000
Raised (cash) $18,055
From each filing:
  • Post-Primary 2004 2004 Initial $1,550 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $900 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $650 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2004 Initial $16,505 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $9,582 derived
    • Candidate's own contributions $573 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $6,350 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 $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

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: $1,000 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $19,230
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $1,000
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$19,230
Spent
$18,030

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 →

The candidate’s own money made up 3% of the campaign’s funds — individuals gave 91%, organizations and PACs 0%, with 6% from other sources.

Candidate’s own money $573 · 3% Individuals $17K · 91% Organizations & PACs $0 · 0% Other sources $1K · 6%
Why this number?

Share from the candidate compares from the candidate's own money 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 the candidate divided by the total.

From the candidate's own money: $573 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $19,230
Inputs behind Share from the candidate
Candidate's own money (incl. self-loans) $573
From individuals $17,482
In-kind contributions (goods & services) $1,175
Source filings:

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%
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: $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
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: $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 donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $2,636 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 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 ↗
Pre-Primary 2004 $0.00 $0.34 Source ↗