Sydney Rogers — 2016 Tennessee House, District 56 campaign

Tennessee House, District 56 Democratic

2016 Tennessee House, District 56 · totals since Apr 1, 2016

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 → · 3 filings · Pre-Primary 2016–Q3 2016

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 →
$0
as of the Q3 report
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$35,186
includes $1,611 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Total Spent
$35,186
Donors
118
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:
  • Q3 2016 Amendment $0 filing-stated

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
Q3 2016 reported receipts $2,718
Pre-Primary 2016 reported receipts $6,969
Q2 2016 reported receipts $25,499
Reported receipts $35,186
From each filing:

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 $33,697
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,488
Total spent $35,186
From each filing:
  • Q3 2016 Amendment $11,367 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $10,801 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $566 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2016 Initial $8,320 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $8,025 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $295 filing-stated
  • Q2 2016 Amendment $15,499 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $14,872 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $627 filing-stated
Receipts
$35,186
Spent
$35,186

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: individuals, itemized, 87% of receipts on these reports.

The candidate's own contributions, itemized $2K · 6%Individuals, itemized $30K · 87%Organizations and PACs, itemized $1K · 3%Unitemized contributions $2K · 5%

Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized compares individuals, 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.

Individuals, itemized: $30,463 ÷ Reported receipts: $35,186
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
The candidate's own contributions, itemized $2,112
Individuals, itemized $30,463
Organizations and PACs, itemized $1,000
Unitemized contributions $1,611
From each filing:

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 →

$260average gift
$100median gift
117individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
6%
0.7%
$50–200
54%
18%
$200–1K
32%
43%
$1K–5K
9%
38%
$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: $30,463 ÷ Individual donors: 117
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $30,463
Median gift $100
Individual donors 117

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 →

99% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (1% from out of state).

Tennessee $31,078 Out of state $385
  • Nashville $28K89%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $3K
  • Other out-of-state $385

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: $385 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $31,463
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $385

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Apr 2016 – Sep 2016. Peak $13,410 in Jun 2016. Spending peaked at $12,228 in Jun 2016.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 50 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 70 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $5,763 and their names are withheld.

50 named donors 61 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
William Freeman 1 $1,500.00
Thomas Cigarran 1 $1,500.00
Constance Cigarran 1 $1,500.00
Sydney Rogers Self 3 $1,111.52
Michael Carter 1 $1,000.00
John Spence 1 $1,000.00
John Nefflen 1 $1,000.00
Wallace W Dietz 1 $1,000.00
Babs Freeman 1 $1,000.00
Elliott Ozment 1 $1,000.00

Expenditures

24 vendors 53 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Pomeroy-Wallace, Marjori 3 $5,776.68 17%
Compupay, Inc. 7 $5,152.49 15%
Sheeran, Joseph 5 $4,720.18 14%
Gumbinner Davies 1 $3,670.00 11%
Caldwell, April 3 $2,451.92 7%
Rhealistic LLC 1 $2,270.00 7%
E. Allen Brandon, LLC 1 $2,173.05 6%
Zhang, Cathy 5 $1,039.63 3%
Ranseen, Olivia 5 $1,013.51 3%
Rivero, Erica 3 $916.23 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 Sydney Rogers’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Staff & payroll $12,211 36%
  • Printing & mail $8,897 26%
  • Field & voter contact $5,739 17%
  • Office & operations $5,100 15%
  • Consulting & professional services $1,042 3%
  • Fundraising & events $709 2%

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
Q3 2016 Amended $8,649.43 $0.00 Source: Q3 2016 filing Report 68151
Pre-Primary 2016 $10,000.33 $8,649.43 Source: Pre-Primary 2016 filing Report 65979
Q2 2016 Amended $0.00 $10,000.33 Source: Q2 2016 filing Report 67425