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Steve Southerland — 2022 Tennessee Senate, District 09 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 09 Republican

2022 Tennessee Senate, District 09

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 2021–Q4 2022

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 →
$173,577
as of the Q4 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 →
$127,800
Why this number?
Total Spent
$59,110
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 →
46%
$59,110 spent of $127,800 raised (cash)
Donors
86
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
31%
$39,750 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:
  • Q4 2022 Initial $173,577 filing-stated

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 $11,170.02 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 $127,800
Raised (cash) $127,800
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 $58,902
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $208
Total spent $59,110
From each filing:
  • Q4 2022 Initial $5,722 derived
  • Pre-General 2022 Initial $1,790 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,782 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $8 filing-stated
  • Q3 2022 Initial $17,687 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $17,523 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $165 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2022 Initial $348 derived
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  • Q2 2022 Initial $6,459 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $6,424 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $35 filing-stated
  • Q1 2022 Initial $5,300 derived
  • Year-End 2021 Supplemental $12,697 derived
  • Mid-Year 2021 Supplemental $9,107 derived

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: $39,750 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $127,800
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $39,750
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$127,800
Spent
$59,110

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 5%; organizations and PACs gave 95%.

Individuals $6K · 5% Organizations & PACs $122K · 95%
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: $6,250 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $127,800
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $6,250
From organizations and PACs $121,550
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 →

69% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (31% from out of state).

Tennessee $88,050 Out of state $39,750
  • Nashville $50K39%
  • Washington, DC $15K12%
  • Chattanooga $12K9%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $26K
  • Other out-of-state $25K
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: $39,750 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $127,800
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $39,750
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2021 – Jan 2023. Peak $23,250 in Jan 2022. Spending peaked at $16,334 in Aug 2022.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200.

Named donor list 119 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Blue Cross Blue Shield of TN PAC 2 $10,000.00
Unitedhealth Group Incorporated 2 $5,000.00
Amazon.com Services LLC PAC 2 $4,000.00
Cigna Corporation Employee PAC 3 $4,000.00
Tennessee Realtors PAC 3 $4,000.00
Waller Lansden PAC 2 $3,500.00
Housing Industry PAC 2 $3,000.00
Wholesalers Assn PAC 2 $3,000.00
Tennessee Educ Assn Fund for Children Public Edu 2 $3,000.00
Reynolds American Inc. PAC (Tennessee) 2 $3,000.00

Expenditures

69 vendors 368 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Buffalo Trail Baptist Church 1 $14,835.00 25%
Beaman Automotive Group 6 $4,985.49 8%
Weigels 82 $2,601.70 4%
Lee, Bill 1 $2,500.00 4%
Bristol Broadcasting Company Inc. 14 $1,795.00 3%
Walmart 8 $1,663.20 3%
Mercer, James Bradley 1 $1,600.00 3%
Collins for Sheriff, Dwayne 1 $1,600.00 3%
Verizon 23 $1,597.93 3%
First American Bible 1 $1,500.00 3%

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 $26,143 44%
  • Other $14,200 24%
  • Advertising & media $6,855 12%
  • Travel $5,887 10%
  • Office & operations $4,450 8%
  • Printing & mail $909 2%
  • Fundraising & events $458 0.8%

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 2022 $149,310.95 $173,577.06 Source ↗
Pre-General 2022 $138,413.19 $149,310.95 Source ↗
Q3 2022 $132,663.89 $138,413.19 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2022 $128,042.38 $132,663.89 Source ↗
Q2 2022 $129,030.56 $128,042.38 Source ↗
Q1 2022 $132,570.95 $129,030.56 Source ↗
Year-End 2021 $88,327.38 $132,570.95 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2021 $91,660.08 $88,327.38 Source ↗