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Steven Dickerson — 2012 Tennessee Senate, District 20 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 20 Republican

2012 Tennessee Senate, District 20 · totals since Jul 1, 2011

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 · Year-End 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
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$621,250
includes $716 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
$1,450 refunded
Loan entries in filing detail: $244,977. The report totals above govern this headline.
Itemized in-kind 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. This figure adds the in-kind contributions itemized on the selected reports. The Registry reports in-kind apart from receipts, so it is not part of the receipts figure. Full definition →
$24,254
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$603,225
Donors
391
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:

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 2012 reported receipts $3,201
Pre-General 2012 reported receipts $49,475
Q3 2012 reported receipts $236,346
Pre-Primary 2012 reported receipts $12,375
Q2 2012 reported receipts $99,090
Q1 2012 reported receipts $206,964
Year-End 2011 reported receipts $0
Year-End 2012 reported receipts $13,800
Reported receipts $621,250
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 $603,070
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $155
Total spent $603,225
From each filing:
  • 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
  • Pre-Primary 2012 Amendment $101,554 derived
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  • 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
  • Year-End 2012 Amendment $326 derived
Receipts
$621,250
Spent
$603,225

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: organizations and PACs, itemized, 51% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $184K · 30%Organizations and PACs, itemized $317K · 51%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $120K · 19%

Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized compares organizations and pacs, itemized with reported receipts.

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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.

Organizations and PACs, itemized: $317,346 ÷ Reported receipts: $621,250
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized
Individuals, itemized $183,639
Organizations and PACs, itemized $317,346
Unitemized contributions $716
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $119,550
From each filing:
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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 →

$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%

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
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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 →

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

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 figure above is a named-donor floor. A complete combined-term total is unavailable. This table names 333 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200.

333 named donors 431 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Senate Republican Caucus Includes In-Kind ↺ paid $854.31 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 PAC 3 $19,845.69
Tennessee Medical Association PAC (TMA) 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
US Anesthesia Partners TN PAC (USAP-TN) 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

$244,977.00 in loan balances 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.

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 $244,977
Loan principal shown $244,977
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Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (Steven Dickerson) Candidate loan Mar 30, 2012 $244,977.00 $2,977.00 $242,000.00

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
Q4 2012 Amended $10,674.51 $7,019.72 Source: Q4 2012 filing Report 46853
Pre-General 2012 $245,808.64 $10,674.51 Source: Pre-General 2012 filing Report 44393
Q3 2012 Amended $64,404.40 $245,808.64 Source: Q3 2012 filing Report 45921
Pre-Primary 2012 Amended $153,583.28 $64,404.40 Source: Pre-Primary 2012 filing Report 42711
Q2 2012 Amended $184,507.20 $153,583.28 Source: Q2 2012 filing Report 42643
Q1 2012 Amended $0.00 $184,507.20 Source: Q1 2012 filing Report 40355
Year-End 2012 Amended $7,019.72 $20,493.28 Source: Year-End 2012 filing Report 60919
Year-End 2011 Amended $0.00 $0.00 Source: Year-End 2011 filing Report 39198