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Tim Tipps — 2008 Tennessee House, District 48 campaign

Tennessee House, District 48 Democratic

2008 Tennessee House, District 48 · totals since Apr 1, 2008

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
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$81,520
includes $22,525 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
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 →
$1,224
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$83,048
less $1,527 in refunds & credits → $81,520 net disbursements
Donors
86
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:
  • Q4 2008 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
Q4 2008 reported receipts $3,500
Pre-General 2008 reported receipts $18,759
Q3 2008 reported receipts $34,231
Pre-Primary 2008 reported receipts $8,050
Q2 2008 reported receipts $16,980
Reported receipts $81,520
From each filing:
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  • Q2 2008 Initial $16,980 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
Receipts
$81,520
Spent
$83,048

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, 40% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $33K · 40%Organizations and PACs, itemized $26K · 32%Unitemized contributions $23K · 28%

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: $32,935 ÷ Reported receipts: $81,520
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
Individuals, itemized $32,935
Organizations and PACs, itemized $26,060
Unitemized contributions $22,525
From each filing:
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  • Q2 2008 Initial $16,980 filing-stated

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 →

$558average gift
$250median gift
59individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
19%
5%
$200–1K
56%
37%
$1K–5K
25%
58%
$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: $32,935 ÷ Individual donors: 59
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $32,935
Median gift $250
Individual donors 59
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

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 76 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 11 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $1,545 and their names are withheld.

76 named donors 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 (RPAC) 2 $3,000.00
John 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
Lawyers Involved for TN PAC 2 $1,500.00
Randy Rinks 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: Q4 2008 filing Report 26915
Pre-General 2008 $22,996.08 $7,149.01 Source: Pre-General 2008 filing Report 24841
Q3 2008 $13,834.10 $22,996.08 Source: Q3 2008 filing Report 24074
Pre-Primary 2008 $9,245.79 $13,834.10 Source: Pre-Primary 2008 filing Report 22655
Q2 2008 $0.00 $9,245.79 Source: Q2 2008 filing Report 21236