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Steven Dickerson — 2012 Tennessee Senate, District 20 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 20 Republican

2012 Tennessee Senate, District 20

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 → · 9 filings · Mid-Year 2011–Year-End 2012

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 →
$20,493
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 →
$625,677
includes $716 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
$1,450 refunded
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 →
$24,254
goods or services
Total Spent
$603,225
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 →
96%
$603,225 spent of $625,677 raised (cash)
Donors
391
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Self-Funded
19%
$123,977 of $649,932 raised, including in-kind · campaign loans
Out-of-State
3%
$20,080 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). Note: 2 filings covering periods that end on the same day state different ending balances — Year-End 2012 states $20,493.28, Q4 2012 states $7,019.72. The figure shown is Year-End 2012's; the reports have not been reconciled against each other.

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 $500,985
Loans received $123,977
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $716
Raised (cash) $625,677
From each filing:
  • Year-End 2012 Amendment $13,800 derived
  • Q4 2012 Amendment $3,201 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $3,200 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $1 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2012 Initial $49,475 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $28,400 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $75 filing-stated
    • Loans $21,000 derived
  • Q3 2012 Amendment $236,846 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $236,696 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $150 filing-stated
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  • Pre-Primary 2012 Amendment $12,375 derived
  • Q2 2012 Amendment $100,040 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $99,550 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $490 filing-stated
  • Q1 2012 Amendment $206,964 derived
Not attributable to a single filing:
Loans $2,977 derived

Borrowing that no filing dates to its own reporting period — a balance carried forward from an earlier period, or a loan reported without a date. The rest is shown against the filing that reported borrowing it.

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 $603,070
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $155
Total spent $603,225
From each filing:
  • Year-End 2012 Amendment $326 derived
  • Q4 2012 Amendment $6,855 derived
  • Pre-General 2012 Initial $287,077 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $287,040 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $37 filing-stated
  • Q3 2012 Amendment $54,941 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $54,853 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $88 filing-stated
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  • Pre-Primary 2012 Amendment $101,554 derived
  • Q2 2012 Amendment $130,014 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $129,984 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $30 filing-stated
  • Q1 2012 Amendment $22,457 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: $20,080 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $649,932
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $20,080
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$649,932
Spent
$603,225

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 19% of the campaign’s funds — individuals gave 28%, organizations and PACs 49%, with 4% from other sources.

Candidate’s own money $124K · 19% Individuals $184K · 28% Organizations & PACs $317K · 49% Other sources $24K · 4%
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: $123,977 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $649,932
Inputs behind Share from the candidate
Candidate's own money (incl. self-loans) $123,977
From individuals $184,355
From organizations and PACs $317,346
In-kind contributions (goods & services) $24,254
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 →

$604average gift
$275median gift
304individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
1.0%
0.1%
$50–200
18%
3%
$200–1K
56%
33%
$1K–5K
25%
64%
$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: $183,639 ÷ Individual donors: 304
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $183,639
Median gift $275
Individual donors 304
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 →

96% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (4% from out of state).

Tennessee $480,905 Out of state $20,080
  • Nashville $270K54%
  • Franklin $39K8%
  • Knoxville $29K6%
  • Chattanooga $25K5%
  • Brentwood $21K4%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $97K
  • Other out-of-state $20K
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: $20,080 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $500,985
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $20,080
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2012 – Mar 2015. Peak $138,096 in Aug 2012. Spending peaked at $287,396 in Oct 2012.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $5,385 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 431 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Senate Republican Caucus Includes In-Kind 9 $113,254.31
RAAMPAC 2 $21,400.00
Tennessee Anesthesiologists PAC 2 $21,400.00
P C PAC Anesthesiologists Associated 3 $21,400.00
Anesthesia Services Associates 3 $19,845.69
Independent Medicine S PAC TN 4 $19,250.00
Tennessee Parentsteachers Putting Students First PAC 2 $11,500.00
MPAC 1 $10,700.00
Majority Tennessee PAC 1 $5,000.00
Amg PAC 3 $4,000.00

Expenditures

103 vendors 436 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Onmessage Inc. 9 $231,822.12 38%
Majority Strategies 18 $146,449.00 24%
Barrett Johns Strategies 7 $37,308.21 6%
Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee 6 $34,182.57 6%
Brooks, Charlie 30 $23,425.94 4%
Gill Media, Inc. 7 $23,000.00 4%
Peters, Jackie 9 $16,400.00 3%
Russell, Matt 16 $14,013.30 2%
Acklen Post Office 14 $8,555.90 1%
FLS Connect 3 $5,232.15 0.9%

Loans

$123,977.00 in loan principal shown. The filings date all of it to this campaign. Later reports can repeat an outstanding loan, so each reconstructed lender balance is counted once below.

Why this number?

Loan principal shown adds together the amounts listed below.

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Loan schedules can repeat an outstanding debt on later reports. This is the reconstructed principal for each lender, counted once, split between candidate or family loans and all other lenders. Repayments and outstanding balances are shown separately in the ledger.

Inputs behind Loan principal shown
Candidate and family loans $123,977
Loan principal shown $123,977
Source filings:
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Principal Repaid Outstanding
Self (Steven Dickerson) Candidate loan Mar 30, 2012 $123,977.00 $2,977.00 $121,000.00

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

  • Advertising & media $244,199 40%
  • Printing & mail $160,765 27%
  • Other $46,786 8%
  • Fundraising & events $45,474 8%
  • Contributions & donations $37,715 6%
  • Consulting & professional services $28,315 5%
  • Office & operations $22,754 4%
  • Staff & payroll $6,471 1%
  • Travel $5,529 1.0%
  • Field & voter contact $5,063 0.9%

Loans

Campaign loans
Lender Amount Date Received Outstanding Repaid

Each loan shows its balance as of the candidate's most recent filing; repayments since then appear when the next report is filed.

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 2012 Amended $7,019.72 $20,493.28 Source ↗
Q4 2012 Amended $10,674.51 $7,019.72 Source ↗
Pre-General 2012 $245,808.64 $10,674.51 Source ↗
Q3 2012 Amended $64,404.40 $245,808.64 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2012 Amended $153,583.28 $64,404.40 Source ↗
Q2 2012 Amended $184,507.20 $153,583.28 Source ↗
Q1 2012 Amended $0.00 $184,507.20 Source ↗
Year-End 2011 Amended $0.00 $0.00 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2011 $0.00 $0.00 Source ↗