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Charles Curtiss — 2010 Tennessee House, District 43 campaign

Tennessee House, District 43 Democratic

2010 Tennessee House, District 43

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 2009–Q4 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 →
$87,913
as of the Q4 report
→ carried into 2012 TN House 43
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 →
$60,225
includes $800 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Why this number?
Total Spent
$77,506
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 →
128.6%
$77,506 spent of $60,225 raised (cash) · opened with $102,886
Donors
89
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
21%
$12,600 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 2010 Initial $87,913 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 $59,425
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $800
Raised (cash) $60,225
From each filing:
  • Q4 2010 Initial $650 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $550 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $100 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2010 Initial $13,850 derived
  • Q3 2010 Initial $9,725 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $9,625 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $100 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2010 Amendment $3,700 derived
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  • Q2 2010 Initial $500 derived
  • Year-End 2009 Amendment $31,800 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $31,200 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $600 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 $77,188
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $318
Total spent $77,506
From each filing:
  • Q4 2010 Initial $2,887 derived
  • Pre-General 2010 Initial $5,374 derived
  • Q3 2010 Initial $7,201 derived
  • Pre-Primary 2010 Amendment $2,087 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $2,069 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $18 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2010 Initial $35,955 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $35,855 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $100 filing-stated
  • Q1 2010 Initial $3,176 derived
  • Year-End 2009 Amendment $13,335 derived
  • Mid-Year 2009 Supplemental $7,491 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $7,291 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $200 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: $12,600 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $60,225
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $12,600
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$60,225
Spent
$77,506

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 18%; organizations and PACs gave 82%.

Individuals $11K · 18% Organizations & PACs $49K · 82%
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: $10,825 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $60,225
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $10,825
From organizations and PACs $49,400
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 →

$456average gift
$400median gift
22individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
5%
1%
$200–1K
86%
69%
$1K–5K
9%
30%
$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: $10,025 ÷ Individual donors: 22
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $10,025
Median gift $400
Individual donors 22
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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 →

79% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (21% from out of state).

Tennessee $46,825 Out of state $12,600
  • Nashville $27K46%
  • Memphis $6K10%
  • Franklin $6K9%
  • Washington, DC $3K5%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $8K
  • Other out-of-state $9K
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: $12,600 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $59,425
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $12,600
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2009 – Jan 2011. Peak $13,650 in Oct 2010. Spending peaked at $31,030 in Jun 2010.

Cash contributions Spent

Bars show $59,225 of $59,425 in itemized contributions. The other $200 can’t be placed in a month — the filing gave no usable date, or recorded no identifiable source.

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $125 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 117 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Federal Express PAC 4 $5,500.00
Tennessee Dental PAC 3 $3,300.00
Independent Medicine S PAC TN 2 $3,000.00
Tennessee Chiropractic Assn PAC 2 $3,000.00
Tennessee Bankers Assn PAC 2 $2,000.00
Venessa Fox Seivers 2 $2,000.00
Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC 2 $1,500.00
Insurors of TN PAC 2 $1,500.00
Deere Company PAC 2 $1,500.00
Insurance and Financial Advisors PAC 2 $1,250.00

Expenditures

59 vendors 114 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Expositor 23 $16,062.80 21%
House Democratic Caucus 2 $10,000.00 13%
Curtiss PAC 1 $5,000.00 6%
Southern Standard 16 $2,012.75 3%
Gracemoor 3 $1,735.00 2%
Monterey Depot Historical Society 2 $1,500.00 2%
Citizens for Progress 2 $1,500.00 2%
American Legion Post 99 1 $1,000.00 1%
Barker, Judy 1 $1,000.00 1%
Bass, Eddie 1 $1,000.00 1%

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

  • Contributions & donations $55,090 71%
  • Advertising & media $20,746 27%
  • Other $1,021 1%
  • Fundraising & events $332 0.5%

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 2010 $90,149.97 $87,912.57 Source ↗
Pre-General 2010 $81,673.97 $90,149.97 Source ↗
Q3 2010 $78,705.13 $81,673.97 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2010 Amended $77,092.28 $78,705.13 Source ↗
Q2 2010 $112,546.99 $77,092.28 Source ↗
Q1 2010 $115,232.39 $112,546.99 Source ↗
Year-End 2009 Amended $96,259.56 $115,232.39 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2009 $102,885.75 $96,259.56 Source ↗