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Charles Curtiss — 2012 Tennessee House, District 43 campaign

Tennessee House, District 43 Democratic

2012 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 2011–Q4 2012

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 →
$54,741
as of the Q4 report
→ carried into 2014 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 →
$92,725
includes $2,400 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Why this number?
In-Kind Received 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. Full definition →
$14,763
goods or services
Total Spent
$127,535
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 →
137.5%
$127,535 spent of $92,725 raised (cash) · opened with $87,913
Donors
107
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
10%
$10,875 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 2012 Amendment $54,741 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. Excludes the value of donated goods & services, shown separately as In-Kind Received.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $90,325
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $2,400
Raised (cash) $92,725
From each filing:
  • Q4 2012 Amendment $3,750 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $3,550 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $200 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2012 Initial $13,350 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $12,950 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $400 filing-stated
  • Q3 2012 Initial $33,475 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $32,025 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $1,450 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2012 Initial $14,950 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $14,700 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $250 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2012 Amendment $11,150 derived
  • Year-End 2011 Supplemental $16,050 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $15,950 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $100 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 $127,170
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $364
Total spent $127,535
From each filing:
  • Q4 2012 Amendment $27,729 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $27,569 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $160 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2012 Initial $60,584 derived
  • Q3 2012 Initial $12,932 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $12,757 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $175 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2012 Initial $3,880 derived
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  • Q2 2012 Amendment $3,922 derived
  • Q1 2012 Initial $3,696 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $3,666 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $29 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2011 Supplemental $8,603 derived
  • Mid-Year 2011 Supplemental $6,188 derived

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: $10,875 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $107,488
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $10,875
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$107,488
Spent
$127,535

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 15%; organizations and PACs gave 71%; other sources made up 14%.

Individuals $17K · 15% Organizations & PACs $76K · 71% Other sources $15K · 14%
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: $16,500 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $107,488
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $16,500
From organizations and PACs $76,225
In-kind contributions (goods & services) $14,763
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 →

$504average gift
$250median gift
28individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
14%
4%
$200–1K
61%
33%
$1K–5K
25%
63%
$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: $14,100 ÷ Individual donors: 28
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $14,100
Median gift $250
Individual donors 28
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 →

88% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (12% from out of state).

Tennessee $79,450 Out of state $10,875
  • Nashville $42K46%
  • Memphis $5K6%
  • Columbia $5K6%
  • Franklin $4K5%
  • Sparta $3K3%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $20K
  • Other out-of-state $11K
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: $10,875 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $90,325
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $10,875
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Feb 2011 – Jan 2013. Peak $21,350 in Sep 2012. Spending peaked at $61,084 in Oct 2012.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $600 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 142 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennessee Democratic Party In-Kind 4 $14,372.81
Tennessee Educ Assn Fund for Children Public Edu 2 $5,000.00
Federal Express PAC 1 $5,000.00
Farmers Employee Agents PAC 2 $3,500.00
Tennessee Employees Action Movement PAC 3 $3,100.00
Tennessee Dental PAC 3 $2,800.00
Tennessee Bankers Assn PAC 2 $2,750.00
Insurors of TN PAC 2 $2,500.00
Assn General Contractors TN PAC 1 $2,500.00
Att Tennessee PAC 2 $2,000.00

Expenditures

51 vendors 117 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Tennessee Democratic Party 2 $36,000.00 28%
Expositor 23 $17,753.75 14%
Southern Standard 17 $9,489.15 7%
Comcast Spotlight 1 $6,000.00 5%
Tennessee Right To Life 1 $5,000.00 4%
Peg Broadcasting 4 $4,474.50 4%
Stone Com 2 $3,972.00 3%
Capad 2 $3,572.09 3%
Grundy County Herald 4 $3,487.04 3%
Grundy County Tv 4 $3,360.00 3%

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.

  • Advertising & media $65,409 51%
  • Consulting & professional services $37,550 30%
  • Contributions & donations $13,490 11%
  • Printing & mail $4,172 3%
  • Travel $3,308 3%
  • Other $2,316 2%
  • Fundraising & events $925 0.8%

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 2012 Amended $78,350.05 $54,741.31 Source ↗
Pre-General 2012 $125,583.92 $78,350.05 Source ↗
Q3 2012 $105,041.30 $125,583.92 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2012 $93,971.59 $105,041.30 Source ↗
Q2 2012 Amended $86,525.98 $93,971.59 Source ↗
Q1 2012 $89,619.08 $86,525.98 Source ↗
Year-End 2011 $82,172.13 $89,619.08 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2011 $87,912.57 $82,172.13 Source ↗