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Susan M Lynn — 2018 Tennessee House, District 57 campaign

Tennessee House, District 57 Republican

2018 Tennessee House, District 57

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 2017–Q4 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 →
$27,827
as of the Q4 report
→ carried into 2020 TN House 57
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 →
$113,975
includes $375 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
$250 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 →
$250
goods or services
Total Spent
$110,988
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 →
97%
$110,988 spent of $113,975 raised (cash)
Donors
111
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
8%
$9,650 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 2018 Initial $27,827 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 the value of donated goods & services, shown separately as In-Kind Received.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $113,600
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $375
Raised (cash) $113,975
From each filing:
  • Q4 2018 Initial $7,875 derived
  • Pre-General 2018 Initial $7,750 derived
  • Q3 2018 Initial $7,300 derived
  • Pre-Primary 2018 Amendment $9,950 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $9,850 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $100 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2018 Amendment $40,400 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $40,300 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $100 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2017 Amendment $40,700 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $40,525 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $175 filing-stated

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 $99,210
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $11,778
Total spent $110,988
From each filing:
  • Q4 2018 Initial $10,643 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $9,180 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,463 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2018 Initial $1,453 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,030 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $423 filing-stated
  • Q3 2018 Initial $24,058 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $21,902 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $2,156 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2018 Amendment $18,129 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $16,783 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,346 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2018 Amendment $40,227 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $38,035 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $2,192 filing-stated
  • Q1 2018 Initial $7,056 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $6,403 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $653 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2017 Amendment $5,289 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $3,235 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $2,054 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2017 Supplemental $4,134 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $2,642 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,492 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: $9,650 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $114,225
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $9,650
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$114,225
Spent
$110,988

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 20%; organizations and PACs gave 80%.

Individuals $23K · 20% Organizations & PACs $91K · 80%
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: $22,825 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $114,225
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $22,825
From organizations and PACs $91,150
In-kind contributions (goods & services) $250
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 →

$702average gift
$400median gift
32individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
13%
2%
$200–1K
56%
27%
$1K–5K
31%
71%
$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: $22,450 ÷ Individual donors: 32
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $22,450
Median gift $400
Individual donors 32
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 →

92% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (8% from out of state).

Tennessee $103,950 Out of state $9,650
  • Nashville $67K59%
  • Lebanon $10K9%
  • Mount Juliet $6K5%
  • Brentwood $4K4%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $17K
  • Other out-of-state $10K
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: $9,650 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $113,600
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $9,650
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2017 – Jan 2019. Peak $40,300 in Jun 2018. Spending peaked at $30,299 in Jul 2018.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $375 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 151 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC 2 $10,000.00
Middle Tennessee Business Leaders for Common Sense PAC 2 $3,500.00
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) 2 $3,500.00
Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry PAC 2 $3,000.00
Fedex Corporation PAC 2 $3,000.00
Tennessee Bankers Assn PAC 1 $3,000.00
Tennessee Hospitality PAC 2 $3,000.00
Dale McCulloch 2 $3,000.00
Flex PAC 3 $3,000.00
Tennessee Realtors PAC 5 $2,500.00

Expenditures

58 vendors 118 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Office Support Systems 8 $20,488.93 21%
Viamedia 1 $11,582.00 12%
Allen Printing 5 $10,609.00 11%
Elizabeth Ashwood 8 $9,921.96 10%
U. S. Postal Service 1 $7,360.62 7%
Comcast 1 $5,553.90 6%
Capitol Promotions 4 $5,141.00 5%
Republican Caucus 1 $4,000.00 4%
Ernie Calabria 5 $3,035.00 3%
Roland Digital Media 3 $2,280.00 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 Susan M Lynn’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Printing & mail $42,658 43%
  • Advertising & media $25,170 25%
  • Field & voter contact $14,176 14%
  • Office & operations $10,238 10%
  • Fundraising & events $3,901 4%
  • Consulting & professional services $1,684 2%
  • Contributions & donations $750 0.8%
  • Other $634 0.7%

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 2018 $30,076.42 $27,826.53 Source ↗
Pre-General 2018 $23,778.94 $30,076.42 Source ↗
Q3 2018 $40,537.23 $23,778.94 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2018 Amended $53,204.54 $40,537.23 Source ↗
Q2 2018 Amended $53,281.64 $53,204.54 Source ↗
Q1 2018 $60,337.46 $53,281.64 Source ↗
Year-End 2017 Amended $24,925.99 $60,337.46 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2017 $29,060.04 $24,925.99 Source ↗