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Tim Tipps — 2008 Tennessee House, District 48 campaign

Tennessee House, District 48 Democratic

2008 Tennessee House, District 48

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 → · 5 filings · Pre-General 2008–Q4 2008

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 Q4 report
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 →
$81,520
includes $22,525 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
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 →
$1,224
goods or services
Total Spent
$83,048
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 →
101.8%
$83,048 spent of $81,520 raised (cash)
Donors
87
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
2%
$1,950 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 2008 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. Excludes the value of donated goods & services, shown separately as In-Kind Received.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $58,995
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $22,525
Raised (cash) $81,520
From each filing:
  • Q4 2008 Amendment $3,500 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $2,650 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $850 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2008 Initial $18,759 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $14,795 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $3,964 filing-stated
  • Q3 2008 Initial $34,231 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $27,950 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $6,281 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2008 Initial $8,050 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $6,000 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $2,050 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2008 Initial $16,980 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $7,600 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $9,380 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 $82,518
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $530
Total spent $83,048
From each filing:
  • Q4 2008 Amendment $12,177 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $12,013 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $163 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2008 Initial $34,606 derived
  • Q3 2008 Initial $25,069 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $24,851 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $218 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2008 Initial $3,462 derived
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  • Q2 2008 Initial $7,734 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $7,586 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $148 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: $1,950 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $82,745
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $1,950
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$82,745
Spent
$83,048

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 67%; organizations and PACs gave 31%; other sources made up 1%.

Individuals $55K · 67% Organizations & PACs $26K · 31% Other sources $1K · 1%
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: $55,460 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $82,745
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $55,460
From organizations and PACs $26,060
In-kind contributions (goods & services) $1,224
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 →

$549average gift
$300median gift
60individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
18%
5%
$200–1K
58%
40%
$1K–5K
23%
55%
$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: $32,935 ÷ Individual donors: 60
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $32,935
Median gift $300
Individual donors 60
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 →

97% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (3% from out of state).

Tennessee $57,045 Out of state $1,950
  • Nashville $16K27%
  • Murfreesboro $15K25%
  • Covington $12K20%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $15K
  • Other out-of-state $2K
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: $1,950 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $58,995
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $1,950
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jun 2007 – Dec 2008. Peak $18,250 in Sep 2008. Spending peaked at $38,550 in Oct 2008.

Cash contributions Spent

Bars show $58,495 of $58,995 in itemized contributions. The other $500 can’t be placed in a month — the filing gave no usable date, or recorded no identifiable source.

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $1,545 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 104 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
The Speaker S Fund PAC 2 $10,000.00
Tennessee Educ Assn Fund for Children Public Edu 1 $3,000.00
Tennessee Realtors PAC 2 $3,000.00
John D Floyd 2 $2,000.00
Gary Odom 2 $2,000.00
James Naifeh 2 $2,000.00
Sandra Trail Includes In-Kind 4 $1,974.30
Randy Rinks 2 $1,500.00
Lawyers Involved for TN 2 $1,500.00
Wholesalers Assn PAC 3 $1,050.00

Expenditures

26 vendors 88 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Canine Creative 4 $32,545.94 39%
U.S. Post Office 16 $15,473.83 19%
Caddell's Volume Mailing Service 9 $6,343.15 8%
Comcast Spotlight 2 $6,197.24 8%
Cooper & Secrest Associates 1 $4,000.00 5%
Screen Art 3 $3,391.28 4%
The Clinton Group 4 $2,407.98 3%
American Press 4 $2,341.43 3%
The Murfreesboro Post 6 $2,304.50 3%
Copymatte Printing, Inc. 4 $2,097.88 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 Tim Tipps’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Advertising & media $53,247 65%
  • Printing & mail $23,183 28%
  • Consulting & professional services $4,000 5%
  • Field & voter contact $1,000 1%
  • Fundraising & events $654 0.8%
  • Travel $434 0.6%

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 2008 Amended $7,149.01 $0.00 Source ↗
Pre-General 2008 $22,996.08 $7,149.01 Source ↗
Q3 2008 $13,834.10 $22,996.08 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2008 $9,245.79 $13,834.10 Source ↗
Q2 2008 $0.00 $9,245.79 Source ↗