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W. Kent Williams — 2012 Tennessee House, District 04 campaign

Tennessee House, District 04 Independent

2012 Tennessee House, District 04

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 2011–Q4 2012

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 →
$15,784
as of the Q4 report
→ carried into 2014 TN House 4
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 →
$94,950
includes $2,475 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Why this number?
Total Spent
$97,951
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 →
103.1%
$97,951 spent of $94,950 raised (cash) · opened with $18,385
Donors
114
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
11%
$10,100 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 2012 Initial $15,784 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.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $92,475
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $2,475
Raised (cash) $94,950
From each filing:
  • Q4 2012 Initial $1,900 derived
  • Pre-General 2012 Initial $8,750 derived
  • Q3 2012 Amendment $31,025 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $30,775 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $250 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2012 Initial $15,550 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $15,250 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $300 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2012 Initial $7,925 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $7,000 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $925 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2011 Amendment $19,450 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $19,350 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $100 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2011 Supplemental $10,350 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $9,450 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $900 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 $83,542
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $14,409
Total spent $97,951
From each filing:
  • Q4 2012 Initial $9,034 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $6,987 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $2,047 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2012 Initial $32,457 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $31,919 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $538 filing-stated
  • Q3 2012 Amendment $25,709 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $23,468 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $2,241 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2012 Initial $3,921 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $3,204 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $717 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2012 Initial $5,190 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $3,621 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,569 filing-stated
  • Q1 2012 Initial $1,612 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $431 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,181 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2011 Amendment $12,530 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $9,311 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $3,219 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2011 Supplemental $7,498 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $4,602 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $2,896 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: $10,100 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $94,950
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $10,100
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$94,950
Spent
$97,951

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 33%; organizations and PACs gave 67%.

Individuals $31K · 33% Organizations & PACs $64K · 67%
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: $31,300 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $94,950
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $31,300
From organizations and PACs $63,650
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 →

$489average gift
$300median gift
59individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
25%
5%
$200–1K
51%
37%
$1K–5K
24%
58%
$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: $28,825 ÷ Individual donors: 59
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $28,825
Median gift $300
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 →

89% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (11% from out of state).

Tennessee $82,375 Out of state $10,100
  • Nashville $49K53%
  • Elizabethton $8K9%
  • Johnson City $5K6%
  • Chattanooga $5K5%
  • Washington, DC $5K5%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $16K
  • Other out-of-state $5K
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: $10,100 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $92,475
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $10,100
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2011 – Jan 2013. Peak $19,150 in Jul 2012. Spending peaked at $31,919 in Oct 2012.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $1,475 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 141 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) 4 $7,000.00
Tennessee Educ Assn Fund for Children Public Edu 3 $5,500.00
Tennessee Employees Action Movement PAC 3 $3,600.00
Tennessee State Pipe Trades Association PAC 1 $3,500.00
Lawyers Involved for TN 3 $3,250.00
Tennessee Wine & Spirits Retailers Good Gov't Fund PAC 2 $3,000.00
Plumbers Pipefitters Education Committee 1 $3,000.00
John C Hobbs 4 $2,800.00
Att Tennessee PAC 2 $2,000.00
Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC 3 $2,000.00

Expenditures

63 vendors 180 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Elizabethton Star 21 $11,983.98 14%
Johnson City Press 5 $7,720.16 9%
Graphic Creations, Inc. 7 $7,474.62 9%
Washington Political Group 5 $6,830.78 8%
Lamar Tri-Cities 3 $6,710.00 8%
Direct Mail Services 3 $6,389.64 8%
Pep Screen 9 $3,598.50 4%
Sprint 23 $3,550.85 4%
Wbej Radio 11 $3,378.00 4%
Dino's Restaurant 6 $3,216.39 4%

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 W. Kent Williams’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Advertising & media $35,662 43%
  • Printing & mail $16,851 20%
  • Other $9,575 11%
  • Consulting & professional services $7,831 9%
  • Contributions & donations $7,130 9%
  • Fundraising & events $5,137 6%
  • Travel $629 0.8%
  • Office & operations $555 0.7%
  • Field & voter contact $171 0.3%

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 2012 $22,918.31 $15,784.06 Source ↗
Pre-General 2012 $46,625.19 $22,918.31 Source ↗
Q3 2012 Amended $41,309.04 $46,625.19 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2012 $29,680.23 $41,309.04 Source ↗
Q2 2012 $26,545.19 $29,680.23 Source ↗
Q1 2012 $28,157.28 $26,545.19 Source ↗
Year-End 2011 Amended $21,236.88 $28,157.28 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2011 $18,384.56 $21,236.88 Source ↗