William Michael Padgett — 2008 U.S. Senator campaign
2008 U.S. Senator · totals since Jan 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 · 12P 2008–YE 2008
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 →
7% of this campaign’s individual contributions came as small unitemized donations — gifts under the federal itemization threshold (about $200 a cycle) that the filer reports only as a lump sum, never broken out by donor. The gift-size and location breakdowns below cover the itemized 93%.
Largest part: individuals, itemized (line 11a), 85% of receipts on these reports.
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).
- Knoxville $56K44%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $71K
- Other out-of-state $2K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Mar 2008 – Dec 2008. Peak $73,085 in Mar 2008. Spending peaked at $37,787 in May 2008.
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 137 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 2 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $100 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Zane B Jr Harris | 2 | $4,600.00 |
| John Sharpe | 4 | $2,500.00 |
| Warren Gooch | 1 | $2,300.00 |
| George McGuffin | 1 | $2,300.00 |
| Jerry Fortner | 1 | $2,300.00 |
| Gary Hibben | 1 | $2,300.00 |
| Johnny Hayes | 2 | $2,300.00 |
| Tammy B Hibben | 1 | $2,300.00 |
| Debbie Goode | 1 | $2,300.00 |
| Sonny W Marsh | 1 | $2,300.00 |
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Solutions LLC | 10 | $58,650.00 | |
| Piper, Cortney | 9 | $15,943.00 | |
| Dunavant, Jake | 5 | $10,451.00 | |
| Lui Nashville Demonbruen Street LLC | 3 | $10,000.00 | |
| Memphis Tours | 2 | $9,500.00 | |
| Groovy Soup | 51 | $5,968.00 | |
| Bratcher, John | 6 | $4,589.00 | |
| Signs, PC | 4 | $4,078.00 | |
| Rutledge, David | 2 | $3,290.00 | |
| Padgett, Mike | 3 | $2,767.00 | |
| Professional Printing & Design | 2 | $2,502.00 | |
| TN Democratic Party | 1 | $2,500.00 | |
| Talmage, Greg | 1 | $2,350.00 | |
| Shelby County Dems | 1 | $1,800.00 | |
| Nelson, Malcolm | 4 | $1,500.00 | |
| Hamilton Co. Democratic Party | 1 | $1,500.00 | |
| Wolf Camera | 1 | $1,361.00 | |
| Verizon Wireless | 4 | $1,357.00 | |
| Payne, J L | 1 | $1,250.00 | |
| Knox Dems | 1 | $1,240.00 | |
| Bates, Melantha | 4 | $1,160.00 | |
| Pollard, Ruth | 4 | $1,160.00 | |
| Integrated Communications | 1 | $1,031.00 | |
| Sidney Chism | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Garrison, Freddie | 4 | $965.00 | |
| Boone, James | 4 | $955.00 | |
| Murphy, Eddie | 4 | $955.00 | |
| Hurt, James | 4 | $955.00 | |
| At&T | 2 | $942.00 | |
| Avis | 1 | $784.00 | |
| United States Postal Service | 2 | $588.00 | |
| Aubrun Quad | 4 | $515.00 | |
| Clemmson, Vincent | 2 | $440.00 | |
| Ledbetter, Clement | 1 | $400.00 | |
| Expedia | 3 | $282.00 | |
| TN Fed Dem Women | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Auburn Quad | 3 | $174.00 | |
| Fedex | 2 | $50.00 |
| 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 William Michael Padgett’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Consulting & professional services $91,067 59%
- Office & operations $16,188 10%
- Printing & mail $16,021 10%
- Field & voter contact $10,290 7%
- Fundraising & events $9,724 6%
- Other $3,601 2%
- Advertising & media $3,499 2%
- Travel $2,762 2%
- Loan & debt repayment $2,050 1%
Filing History
Totals as filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC); see About for how this data is processed.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| YE 2008 | $47.00 | $19.00 | Source: YE 2008 filing |
| Q3 2008 | $6,642.00 | $47.00 | Source: Q3 2008 filing |
| 12P 2008 | $31,775.00 | $6,642.00 | Source: 12P 2008 filing |
| Q2 2008 | $77,052.00 | $31,775.00 | Source: Q2 2008 filing |
| Q1 2008 | $0.00 | $77,052.00 | Source: Q1 2008 filing |