Tami (Tamara) Sawyer — 2016 Tennessee House, District 90 campaign
2016 Tennessee House, District 90
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 → · 4 filings · Pre-Primary 2016–Q3 2016
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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).
- Q3 2016 Amendment $0 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.
| Itemized contributions from others | $28,243 |
| Candidate's own contributions | $276 |
| Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) | $11,908 |
| Raised (cash) | $40,427 |
- Q3 2016 Amendment $1,676 mixed
- Itemized contributions from others $800 derived
- Candidate's own contributions $276 derived
- Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $600 filing-stated
- Pre-Primary 2016 Amendment $13,180 mixed
- Itemized contributions from others $11,000 derived
- Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $2,180 filing-stated
- Q2 2016 Amendment $23,866 mixed
- Itemized contributions from others $15,243 derived
- Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $8,623 filing-stated
- Q1 2016 Amendment $1,705 mixed
- Itemized contributions from others $1,200 derived
- Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $505 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.
| Itemized expenditures | $30,112 |
| Stated spending not itemized (credited) | $10,315 |
| Total spent | $40,427 |
- Q3 2016 Amendment $24,245 mixed
- Itemized expenditures $15,742 derived
- Stated spending not itemized (credited) $8,502 filing-stated
- Pre-Primary 2016 Amendment $7,982 mixed
- Itemized expenditures $7,235 derived
- Stated spending not itemized (credited) $748 filing-stated
- Q2 2016 Amendment $8,056 mixed
- Itemized expenditures $7,135 derived
- Stated spending not itemized (credited) $921 filing-stated
- Q1 2016 Amendment $144 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).
| From outside Tennessee | $10,350 |
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 0.7% of the campaign’s funds — individuals gave 91%, organizations and PACs 8%.
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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.
| Candidate's own money (incl. self-loans) | $276 |
| From individuals | $36,901 |
| From organizations and PACs | $3,250 |
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 →
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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 | $24,993 |
| Median gift | $142 |
| Individual donors | 102 |
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 →
63% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (37% from out of state).
- Memphis $16K56%
- Washington, DC $2K8%
- New York, NY $2K5%
- Greenwich, CT $2K5%
- San Francisco, CA $2K5%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $2K
- Other out-of-state $4K
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).
| From outside Tennessee | $10,350 |
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Feb 2016 – Sep 2016. Peak $11,800 in Jul 2016. Spending peaked at $13,162 in Jul 2016.
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $6,868 total; their names are not disclosed here.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Memphis-PACE PAC | 1 | $1,500.00 |
| Lesley Brown | 4 | $1,500.00 |
| Leadership for Educational Equity SCC | 2 | $1,500.00 |
| Arthur Rock | 1 | $1,500.00 |
| Jonathan Sackler | 1 | $1,500.00 |
| Emma Bloomberg | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Susan Quinn | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Robert Quinn | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Ashley Coffield | 2 | $800.00 |
| Tomeka Hart | 2 | $750.00 |
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfire Contact | 3 | $8,890.56 | |
| Windless, Frazer | 6 | $5,860.44 | |
| Leadership for Educational Equity (SCC) | 2 | $2,997.65 | |
| Amm Political Strategies, LLC | 1 | $2,533.45 | |
| Sawyer, Tami (Tamara) | 1 | $1,800.00 | |
| 3I Design Group | 3 | $1,610.10 | |
| Actblue | 3 | $1,120.05 | |
| Memphis Digital Documents | 3 | $990.00 | |
| 3 | $745.39 | ||
| Bailey, Carolyn | 1 | $350.00 | |
| Central BBQ | 1 | $324.71 | |
| Moore, Stevie | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Political Systems & Solutions | 1 | $290.00 | |
| Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis | 1 | $276.13 | |
| Shelby Democrat ▤ sample ballot | 1 | $250.00 | |
| V Rock Productions | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Tennessee Democratic Party | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Conley, Jermaine | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Walgreens | 1 | $197.40 | |
| The Mail Center | 1 | $196.65 | |
| FedEx | 1 | $160.00 | |
| Harmon, James | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Office Depot | 1 | $142.45 | |
| Democracy Engine | 1 | $121.93 | |
| Vistaprint | 1 | $104.85 |
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
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 Tami (Tamara) Sawyer’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Consulting & professional services $10,061 33%
- Advertising & media $8,168 27%
- Printing & mail $6,394 21%
- Office & operations $2,238 7%
- Field & voter contact $1,800 6%
- Fundraising & events $675 2%
- Contributions & donations $276 1.0%
- Sample ballot placement $250 0.9%
- Other $250 0.9%
Filing History
Totals as filed with the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance; see About for how this data is processed.