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Steven Dickerson — 2020 Tennessee Senate, District 20 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 20 Republican

2020 Tennessee Senate, District 20 · totals since Jan 16, 2017

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 2017–Year-End 2020

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 →
$7,723
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 →
$528,656
includes $2,830 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
$1,100 refunded
Loan entries in filing detail: $856,500. 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 →
$10,136
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$561,125
Donors
260
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
Year-End 2018 reported receipts $70,350
Mid-Year 2018 reported receipts $5,121
Year-End 2017 reported receipts $62,850
Mid-Year 2017 reported receipts $1,500
Q4 2020 reported receipts $15,400
Pre-General 2020 reported receipts $56,185
Q3 2020 reported receipts $202,800
Pre-Primary 2020 reported receipts $29,750
Q2 2020 reported receipts $36,050
Q1 2020 reported receipts $0
Year-End 2019 reported receipts $40,550
Mid-Year 2019 reported receipts $0
Year-End 2020 reported receipts $8,100
Reported receipts $528,656
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 $560,739
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $385
Total spent $561,125
From each filing:
  • Year-End 2018 Amendment $9,055 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $8,939 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $115 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2018 Supplemental $6,609 derived
  • Year-End 2017 Supplemental $2,226 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $2,075 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $151 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2017 Supplemental $2,432 derived
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Receipts
$528,656
Spent
$561,125

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, 71% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $153K · 29%Organizations and PACs, itemized $374K · 71%

Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds: −$1,100. Shares are of the $529,756 before it.

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

Organizations and PACs, itemized: $374,321 ÷ Reported receipts before the negative part: $529,756
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized
Individuals, itemized $152,605
Organizations and PACs, itemized $374,321
Unitemized contributions $2,830
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds -$1,100
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 →

$1,011average gift
$500median gift
151individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
3%
0.4%
$200–1K
52%
19%
$1K–5K
45%
81%
$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: $152,605 ÷ Individual donors: 151
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $152,605
Median gift $500
Individual donors 151
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 →

95% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (5% from out of state).

Tennessee $498,005 Out of state $26,050
  • Nashville $342K65%
  • Knoxville $33K6%
  • Brentwood $19K4%
  • Franklin $16K3%
  • Washington, DC $8K2%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $89K
  • Other out-of-state $18K

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: $26,050 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $524,055
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $26,050
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Feb 2017 – Dec 2020. Peak $143,800 in Aug 2020. Spending peaked at $320,918 in Oct 2020.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor figure above is a named-donor floor. A complete combined-term total is unavailable. This table names 256 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200.

256 named donors 367 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Senate Republican Caucus Includes In-Kind ↺ paid $5,000.00 6 $130,136.07
Tennessee Medical Association PAC (TMA) 4 $20,000.00
Tennessee Anesthesiologists PAC 4 $16,800.00
Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) 8 $14,000.00
Tennessee Hospitality and Tourism PAC 4 $10,000.00
Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC 4 $10,000.00
Doc PAC 1 $8,100.00
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) 3 $8,000.00
Middle Tennessee Business Leaders for Common Sense PAC 3 $8,000.00
JACK PAC (Jack Johnson) 3 $7,000.00

Expenditures

44 vendors 101 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Smart Media Group, LLC 7 $368,708.00 66%
McBay, Kyle 17 $55,000.00 10%
Anchor Research LLC 3 $33,500.00 6%
Prime Media Partners 2 $31,797.29 6%
Anderson, Austin 5 $20,000.00 4%
Southland Advantage 4 $15,262.63 3%
Big Dog Strategies LLC 1 $6,448.00 1%
Aquire Digital LLC 1 $5,500.00 1.0%
Senate Republican Caucus ↺ donor $130,136.07 1 $5,000.00 0.9%
Coco's Italian Market 1 $2,639.26 0.5%

Loans

$856,500.00 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 $856,500
Loan principal shown $856,500
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Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (Steven Dickerson) Candidate loan — $856,500.00 $0.00 $856,500.00

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 $406,505 72%
  • Consulting & professional services $103,763 19%
  • Other $16,209 3%
  • Printing & mail $10,956 2%
  • Contributions & donations $9,985 2%
  • Fundraising & events $4,497 0.9%
  • Staff & payroll $4,000 0.8%
  • Office & operations $3,485 0.7%
  • Field & voter contact $1,315 0.3%
  • Travel $24 0.1%

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 2020 Amended $47,186.62 $4,622.62 Source: Q4 2020 filing Report 93856
Pre-General 2020 Amended $267,876.20 $47,186.62 Source: Pre-General 2020 filing Report 93857
Q3 2020 Amended $177,292.67 $267,876.20 Source: Q3 2020 filing Report 93851
Pre-Primary 2020 Amended $147,542.67 $177,292.67 Source: Pre-Primary 2020 filing Report 90621
Q2 2020 $147,388.96 $147,542.67 Source: Q2 2020 filing Report 88709
Q1 2020 $157,237.96 $147,388.96 Source: Q1 2020 filing Report 87404
Year-End 2020 $4,622.62 $7,722.62 Source: Year-End 2020 filing Report 94364
Year-End 2019 Amended $138,408.96 $157,237.96 Source: Year-End 2019 filing Report 87399
Mid-Year 2019 $159,690.96 $138,408.96 Source: Mid-Year 2019 filing Report 84817
Year-End 2018 Amended $98,395.47 $159,690.96 Source: Year-End 2018 filing Report 90625
Mid-Year 2018 $99,882.89 $98,395.47 Source: Mid-Year 2018 filing Report 76576
Year-End 2017 $39,259.11 $99,882.89 Source: Year-End 2017 filing Report 73421
Mid-Year 2017 $40,191.24 $39,259.11 Source: Mid-Year 2017 filing Report 71939