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Amos Scott Powers — 2016 Tennessee House, District 42 campaign

Tennessee House, District 42 Democratic

2016 Tennessee House, District 42 · totals since Apr 1, 2016

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 2016–Q4 2016

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 →
$841
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 →
$5,911
includes $1,711 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 →
$549
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$5,071
Donors
8
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 2016 Initial $841 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 2016 reported receipts $60
Pre-General 2016 reported receipts $664
Q3 2016 reported receipts $2,809
Pre-Primary 2016 reported receipts $0
Q2 2016 reported receipts $2,379
Reported receipts $5,911
From each filing:
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  • Q2 2016 Initial $2,379 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 $3,461
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,610
Total spent $5,071
From each filing:
  • Q4 2016 Initial $1,248 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $878 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $370 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2016 Amendment $1,654 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,396 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $258 filing-stated
  • Q3 2016 Initial $1,979 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,187 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $793 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2016 Initial $170 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2016 Initial $19 filing-stated
Receipts
$5,911
Spent
$5,071

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, 71% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $4K · 71%Unitemized contributions $2K · 29%

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: $4,200 ÷ Reported receipts: $5,911
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
Individuals, itemized $4,200
Unitemized contributions $1,711
From each filing:
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  • Q2 2016 Initial $2,379 filing-stated

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 →

100% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (0% from out of state).

Tennessee $4,200 Out of state $0
  • Cookeville $2K40%
  • Chattanooga $2K36%
  • Doyle $1K24%

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: $0 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $4,200
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $0
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — May 2016 – Dec 2016. Peak $1,800 in May 2016. Spending peaked at $1,396 in Oct 2016.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 8 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 1 person gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $150 and their names are withheld.

8 named donors 13 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Olan Mills 1 $1,500.00
Kathy Johnson 1 $1,000.00
Janet Moore 4 $600.00
Amos Powers Self In-Kind 3 $548.57
Sharon Chowdhuri 1 $300.00
Nancy Bryant 1 $250.00
Jim Woodford 1 $200.00
Adam Moran 1 $200.00

Expenditures

7 vendors 10 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Stonecom 2 $910.00 26%
Cookeville Communications 1 $696.00 20%
My Campaign Store 1 $681.00 20%
Sprint 3 $421.10 12%
Stroud's Barbeque 1 $294.50 9%
Country Inn and Suites 1 $233.50 7%
Cityscape 1 $225.00 7%

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 Amos Scott Powers’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Advertising & media $1,606 46%
  • Office & operations $880 25%
  • Printing & mail $681 20%
  • Fundraising & events $295 9%

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 2016 $2,029.04 $840.63 Source: Q4 2016 filing Report 70191
Pre-General 2016 Amended $3,019.21 $2,029.04 Source: Pre-General 2016 filing Report 69351
Q3 2016 Late $2,189.95 $3,019.21 Source: Q3 2016 filing Report 68173
Pre-Primary 2016 $2,360.17 $2,189.95 Source: Pre-Primary 2016 filing Report 66503
Q2 2016 $0.00 $2,360.17 Source: Q2 2016 filing Report 64922