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Brent Davis Staton — 2010 U.S. Representative, District 3 campaign

U.S. Representative, District 3 Democratic

2010 U.S. Representative, District 3 · totals since Apr 1, 2010

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 → · 3 filings · 12P 2010–Q3 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 →
$996
as of the Q3 report
Receipts Selected source reports cover overlapping dates. Their totals cannot yet be added without checking whether they repeat the same money; the filing history below links to each report. Full definition →
Under review
Selected reports overlap. This campaign’s receipt total is held for report-level review.
Total disbursed
$22,793
Donors
22
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:
  • Q3 2010 OCTOBER QUARTERLY $996 filing-stated

Total disbursed adds together the amounts listed below.

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Total disbursements on the selected FEC reports, including operating expenditures, transfers, loan repayments, contribution refunds and other disbursements.

Inputs behind Total disbursed
Reported disbursements $22,793
Total disbursed $22,793
From each filing:
  • Q3 2010 OCTOBER QUARTERLY $7,013 filing-stated
  • 12P 2010 PRE-PRIMARY $2,598 filing-stated
  • Q2 2010 JULY QUARTERLY $13,182 filing-stated

Who funds this campaign 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 →

13% 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 87%.

Itemized $15K · 87% Small unitemized gifts $2K · 13%

Share of individual money that is small unitemized gifts compares unitemized small donations (filer-stated lump sum) with all individual contributions.

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The money a filer reported as an unitemized lump sum — small individual gifts that never cross the federal ~$200 cycle itemization threshold, so they are disclosed only as a total, never by donor — divided by all individual contributions (itemized plus that lump sum). Both figures come straight from the filer's own report summaries. The gift-size and geography figures on this page cover the itemized portion only; this share is the part they cannot break down.

Unitemized small donations (filer-stated lump sum): $2,300 ÷ All individual contributions: $17,600
Inputs behind Share of individual money that is small unitemized gifts
Itemized individual contributions $15,300
Unitemized small donations $2,300
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 →

92% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (8% from out of state).

Tennessee $14,050 Out of state $1,250
  • Chattanooga $10K64%
  • Crossville $2K11%
  • Clinton $1K7%
  • Cleveland $1K7%
  • Durham, NC $1K7%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $450
  • Other out-of-state $250

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: $1,250 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $15,300
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $1,250
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Apr 2010 – Aug 2010. Peak $5,150 in May 2010. Spending peaked at $8,382 in Jun 2010.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 23 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200.

23 named donors 26 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Brent Staton Self 3 $4,056.55
Anuj Chandra 1 $2,400.00
David Bryan 2 $1,500.00
Kent Lee 1 $1,000.00
C Leland Davis 1 $1,000.00
Pamela J Ladd 1 $1,000.00
Sharon Mills 1 $1,000.00
Mandy Halford 1 $1,000.00
Subroto Kundu 1 $1,000.00
R Singh 1 $1,000.00

Expenditures

14 vendors 28 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Perception Concepts, LLC 6 $8,231.50 42%
Brazile Strategies, LLC 4 $2,790.83 14%
Benedict, Brent 2 $2,600.00 13%
Siler, Christian 2 $2,112.73 11%
Blue Utopia 3 $1,138.75 6%
Scenic City 1 $682.45 3%
Dr. Don's Buttons 1 $620.00 3%
Hot Cards 1 $518.25 3%
Perception Concepts LLC (Bob Frost) 1 $500.00 3%
First Tennessee Bank 3 $132.34 0.7%

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 Brent Davis Staton’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Consulting & professional services $11,522 59%
  • Field & voter contact $2,600 13%
  • Fundraising & events $2,129 11%
  • Office & operations $1,252 6%
  • Advertising & media $1,138 6%
  • Printing & mail $682 3%
  • Contributions & donations $100 0.6%
  • Other $100 0.6%
  • Travel $47 0.3%

Filing History

Totals as filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC); see About for how this data is processed.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Q3 2010 $7,758.00 $995.98 Source: Q3 2010 filing
12P 2010 $3,967.00 $5,626.00 Source: 12P 2010 filing
Q2 2010 $0.00 $7,189.00 Source: Q2 2010 filing