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Steve Southerland — 2018 Tennessee Senate, District 01 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 01 Republican

2018 Tennessee Senate, District 01

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 → · 13 filings · Mid-Year 2015–Year-End 2018

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 →
$61,406
as of the Year-End report
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 →
$155,400
includes $1,000 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Why this number?
Total Spent
$172,656
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 →
111.1%
$172,656 spent of $155,400 raised (cash) · opened with $95,846
Donors
At least 97 named
full total unavailable for this combined term
Out-of-State
18%
$28,150 from outside TN
Why this number?

Cash on hand is the amount reported on the filings listed below.

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The ending cash balances the campaign's 2 committees each reported on their most recent filing, added together (each as filed, not computed). Note: 2 filings covering periods that end on the same day state different ending balances — Year-End 2018 states $61,405.90, Q4 2018 states $48,779.82. The figure shown is Year-End 2018's; the reports have not been reconciled against each other.

Source filings:

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 $876.08 the filer reported on Schedule A as a refund or reimbursement — money paid back to the committee, not money it raised, so it is not counted here. It remains in the filing's own totals.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $154,400
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $1,000
Raised (cash) $155,400
From each filing:
  • Year-End 2016 Amendment $35,100 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $34,100 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $1,000 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2016 Supplemental $8,500 derived
  • Year-End 2015 Amendment $34,350 derived
  • Year-End 2018 Supplemental $11,750 derived
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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 $169,898
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $2,758
Total spent $172,656
From each filing:
  • Year-End 2016 Amendment $27,439 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $27,174 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $266 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2016 Supplemental $13,531 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $12,820 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $711 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2015 Amendment $11,831 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $11,690 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $141 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2015 Supplemental $7,089 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $6,674 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $415 filing-stated
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  • Q4 2018 Initial $50,962 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $50,638 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $324 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2018 Initial $9,963 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $9,763 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $200 filing-stated
  • Q3 2018 Initial $29,630 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $29,449 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $181 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2018 Initial $1,089 derived
  • Q2 2018 Initial $5,099 derived
  • Q1 2018 Initial $2,362 derived
  • Year-End 2017 Amendment $7,865 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $7,551 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $313 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2017 Supplemental $5,796 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $5,590 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $206 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: $28,150 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $155,400
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $28,150
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$155,400
Spent
$172,656

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 →

Individuals gave 4%; organizations and PACs gave 96%.

Individuals $6K · 4% Organizations & PACs $150K · 96%
Why this number?

Share from individuals compares from individuals 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 individuals divided by the total.

From individuals: $5,800 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $155,400
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $5,800
From organizations and PACs $149,600
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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 →

82% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (18% from out of state).

Tennessee $126,250 Out of state $28,150
  • Nashville $76K49%
  • Washington, DC $10K7%
  • Memphis $8K5%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $42K
  • Other out-of-state $18K
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: $28,150 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $154,400
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $28,150
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Mar 2014 – Jan 2019. Peak $21,000 in Jan 2018. Spending peaked at $45,318 in Nov 2018.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor figure above is a named-donor floor. A complete combined-term total is unavailable. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200.

Named donor list 97 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennessee Action Committee for Rural Electrification 2 $6,000.00
Fedex Corporation PAC 2 $5,500.00
KEYPAC (Ken Yager) 1 $3,000.00
JACK PAC (Jack Johnson) 1 $3,000.00
BOWPAC (Bo Watson) 1 $3,000.00
Anheuser Busch Companies 2 $2,500.00
Concerned Automotive Retailers PAC 2 $2,000.00
Wholesalers Assn PAC 2 $2,000.00
Tennessee Volunteer PAC 2 $2,000.00
Tennessee Realtors PAC 4 $2,000.00

Expenditures

95 vendors 464 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Senate Republican Caucus 2 $35,000.00 21%
Beaman Automotive Group 1 $28,291.52 17%
Buffalo Trail Baptist Church 1 $10,000.00 6%
Lee, Bill 1 $8,000.00 5%
Pedersen McGrath Associates 2 $6,500.00 4%
Verizon 48 $6,086.24 4%
Tennessee Republican Caucus 1 $5,000.00 3%
Ruth's Chris Steak House 2 $3,761.91 2%
Weigels 87 $3,431.23 2%
Insurance 17 $3,253.43 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 Southerland’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Contributions & donations $83,085 49%
  • Other $58,008 34%
  • Advertising & media $8,181 5%
  • Office & operations $6,503 4%
  • Travel $5,962 4%
  • Fundraising & events $4,216 2%
  • Printing & mail $2,918 2%
  • Field & voter contact $725 0.5%
  • Consulting & professional services $300 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
Year-End 2018 $48,779.82 $61,405.90 Source ↗
Q4 2018 $99,741.83 $48,779.82 Source ↗
Pre-General 2018 $101,305.29 $99,741.83 Source ↗
Q3 2018 $123,435.72 $101,305.29 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2018 $119,025.03 $123,435.72 Source ↗
Q2 2018 $120,823.63 $119,025.03 Source ↗
Q1 2018 $123,185.94 $120,823.63 Source ↗
Year-End 2017 Amended $90,050.45 $123,185.94 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2017 $95,846.24 $90,050.45 Source ↗
Year-End 2016 Amended $88,185.60 $95,846.24 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2016 $93,216.11 $88,185.60 Source ↗
Year-End 2015 Amended $70,696.99 $93,216.11 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2015 $77,786.03 $70,696.99 Source ↗