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Steve Roller — 2008 Tennessee Senate, District 14 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 14 Democratic

2008 Tennessee Senate, District 14 · totals since Jul 1, 2007

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 → · 6 filings · Year-End 2007–Q4 2008

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 →
$0
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 →
$133,258
includes $13,075 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
$300 refunded
Total Spent
$133,258
Donors
291
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 2008 Amendment $0 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 2008 reported receipts $2,892
Q3 2008 reported receipts $7,053
Pre-Primary 2008 reported receipts $37,558
Q2 2008 reported receipts $62,889
Q1 2008 reported receipts $0
Year-End 2007 reported receipts $22,866
Reported receipts $133,258
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 $129,837
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $3,421
Total spent $133,258
From each filing:
  • Q4 2008 Amendment $3,292 derived
  • Q3 2008 Amendment $8,809 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $5,726 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $3,083 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2008 Amendment $92,727 derived
  • Q2 2008 Amendment $27,455 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $27,124 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $331 filing-stated
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Receipts
$133,258
Spent
$133,258

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, 69% of receipts on these reports.

The candidate's own contributions, itemized $6K · 5%Individuals, itemized $92K · 69%Organizations and PACs, itemized $22K · 17%Unitemized contributions $13K · 10%

Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds: −$300. Shares are of the $133,558 before it.

Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized compares individuals, itemized with reported receipts before the negative part.

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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. Shares are of the receipts before the negative part.

Individuals, itemized: $91,730 ÷ Reported receipts before the negative part: $133,558
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
The candidate's own contributions, itemized $6,353
Individuals, itemized $91,730
Organizations and PACs, itemized $22,400
Unitemized contributions $13,075
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds -$300
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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 →

$338average gift
$250median gift
271individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
2%
0.2%
$50–200
30%
8%
$200–1K
54%
50%
$1K–5K
14%
41%
$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: $91,730 ÷ Individual donors: 271
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $91,730
Median gift $250
Individual donors 271
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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 →

99.4% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (0.6% from out of state).

Tennessee $113,230 Out of state $650
  • McMinnville $57K50%
  • Nashville $22K19%
  • Rock Island $9K8%
  • Morrison $4K4%
  • Smithville $3K3%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $18K
  • Other out-of-state $650

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: $650 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $113,880
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $650
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Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Dec 2007 – Jan 2009. Peak $53,035 in Jun 2008. Spending peaked at $92,927 in Jul 2008.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 204 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 88 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $7,830 and their names are withheld.

204 named donors 230 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) 2 $7,500.00
Steve Roller Self 6 $6,353.01
Lawyers Involved for TN PAC 1 $5,000.00
Concerned Automotive Retailers PAC 2 $1,500.00
Insurors of TN PAC 1 $1,000.00
Tennessee Electric Cooperatives PAC 1 $1,000.00
GLYNN Young 1 $1,000.00
Bettye Seivers 1 $1,000.00
Michael Galligan 1 $1,000.00
Joel Akers 1 $1,000.00

Expenditures

29 vendors 72 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
360 JMG, LLC 8 $75,847.64 58%
Cunningham and Harris and Associates 3 $10,580.10 8%
Cooper and Secrest 2 $10,125.00 8%
Roller, Stephanie 9 $7,837.97 6%
Magicbox 1 $6,000.00 5%
Signs, PC 2 $2,891.87 2%
United States Treasury (IRS) 2 $2,845.95 2%
Tennessee Campaign Basics 3 $2,028.16 2%
Lorance, Micah 7 $1,997.54 2%
Wood, Clay 1 $1,722.44 1%

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

  • Advertising & media $82,862 64%
  • Field & voter contact $23,517 18%
  • Consulting & professional services $11,932 9%
  • Printing & mail $5,002 4%
  • Staff & payroll $3,120 2%
  • Office & operations $2,104 2%
  • Fundraising & events $917 0.8%
  • Travel $250 0.2%
  • Other $132 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 2008 Amended $400.00 $0.00 Source: Q4 2008 filing Report 29635
Q3 2008 Amended $2,155.95 $400.00 Source: Q3 2008 filing Report 29440
Pre-Primary 2008 Amended $57,325.27 $2,155.95 Source: Pre-Primary 2008 filing Report 29439
Q2 2008 Amended $21,890.82 $57,325.27 Source: Q2 2008 filing Report 29437
Q1 2008 Amended $21,897.82 $21,890.82 Source: Q1 2008 filing Report 29436
Year-End 2007 Amended $0.00 $21,897.82 Source: Year-End 2007 filing Report 29433