Ben West Jr. — 2010 Tennessee House, District 60 campaign
2010 Tennessee House, District 60 · totals since Jan 16, 2009
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 · Mid-Year 2009–Year-End 2010
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 Year-End report
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$10,445
includes $1,800 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 →
$303
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$11,247
Donors
17
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
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: organizations and PACs, itemized, 83% of receipts on these reports.
Organizations and PACs, itemized $9K · 83%Unitemized contributions $2K · 17%
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 $8,395 Out of state $250
- Nashville $8K92%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $450
- Other out-of-state $250
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Feb 2009 – Sep 2010. Peak $4,950 in Jan 2010. Spending peaked at $2,915 in Jan 2010.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 18 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Nashville Fire Fighters Local 140 PAC | 2 | $2,500.00 |
| Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Wholesalers Assn PAC | 2 | $750.00 |
| Concerned Automotive Retailers PAC | 1 | $500.00 |
| Tennessee Afl Cio Labor Committee | 1 | $500.00 |
| Lawyers Involved for TN PAC | 1 | $500.00 |
| Atmu, LLC | 1 | $445.00 |
| Tenn Afl Cio Labor Council In-Kind | 1 | $302.50 |
| Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) | 1 | $250.00 |
| Tennessee Utilities PAC | 1 | $250.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Edwards School | 1 | $1,250.00 | |
| Ledger Newspapers | 3 | $1,158.93 | |
| Dick's Flowers | 2 | $1,154.77 | |
| News Herald | 3 | $1,078.00 | |
| Donelson-Hermitage Chamber of Commerce | 3 | $620.00 | |
| Purity Dairies | 1 | $562.35 | |
| Coleman, Samuel E. | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Seps, LLC | 1 | $452.88 | |
| National Rifle Association | 1 | $400.00 | |
| Hot Shot Signs | 1 | $306.00 | |
| Enterprise Rent-A-Car | 1 | $279.43 | |
| Two Rivers Ford | 1 | $274.23 | |
| Donelson Civitan Girls Softball | 1 | $250.00 | |
| US Postal Service | 1 | $246.40 | |
| Karen Johnson for Juvenile Clerk | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Father Ryan Baseball | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Haynes, Joe | 1 | $167.20 | |
| Allen, Lisa Allen | 1 | $125.00 |
Dates
| 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 Ben West Jr.’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Fundraising & events $2,887 31%
- Advertising & media $2,237 24%
- Other $1,995 22%
- Contributions & donations $1,150 12%
- Printing & mail $552 6%
- Travel $279 3%
- Office & operations $125 1%
Filing History
Totals as filed with the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance; see About for how this data is processed.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year-End 2010 | $2,350.35 | $0.00 | Source: Year-End 2010 filing Report 35576 |
| Q2 2010 | $4,611.59 | $2,350.35 | Source: Q2 2010 filing Report 31057 |
| Q1 2010 Amended | $6,184.25 | $4,611.59 | Source: Q1 2010 filing Report 29792 |
| Year-End 2009 Amended | -$345.12 | $6,184.25 | Source: Year-End 2009 filing Report 31010 |
| Mid-Year 2009 | $802.08 | -$345.12 | Source: Mid-Year 2009 filing Report 27922 |