Charles Curtiss — 2012 Tennessee House, District 43 campaign
2012 Tennessee House, District 43 · totals since Jan 16, 2011
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
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$93,993
includes $2,400 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 →
$14,763
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$127,535
less $370 in refunds & credits → $127,165 net disbursements
Donors
107
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, 81% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $14K · 15%Organizations and PACs, itemized $76K · 81%Unitemized contributions $2K · 3%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $1K · 1%
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
$50–200
$200–1K
$1K–5K
$5K+
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
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 105 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 4 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $600 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Democratic Party In-Kind ↺ paid $36,000.00 | 4 | $14,372.81 |
| Tennessee Educ Assn Fund for Children Public Edu | 2 | $5,000.00 |
| Fedex Corporation 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 Association 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 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Democratic Party ↺ donor $14,372.81 | 2 | $36,000.00 | |
| Expositor | 23 | $17,753.75 | |
| Southern Standard | 17 | $9,489.15 | |
| Comcast Spotlight | 1 | $6,000.00 | |
| Tennessee Right To Life | 1 | $5,000.00 | |
| Peg Broadcasting | 4 | $4,474.50 | |
| Stone Com | 2 | $3,972.00 | |
| Capad | 2 | $3,572.09 | |
| Grundy County Herald | 4 | $3,487.04 | |
| Grundy County Tv | 4 | $3,360.00 | |
| Curtiss, Charles | 2 | $3,308.28 | |
| Cookeville Communications | 2 | $3,242.00 | |
| Robinson Racing Products & Signs | 1 | $2,135.94 | |
| Hilltop Express | 3 | $1,965.00 | |
| House Democratic Caucus | 1 | $1,550.00 | |
| BLTV | 1 | $1,545.00 | |
| Id Printing Specialties | 1 | $1,544.20 | |
| Citizens for Progress | 2 | $1,500.00 | |
| Alpine Advertising | 2 | $1,463.00 | |
| Russel Steel Products Inc. | 1 | $1,282.50 | |
| Gracemoor | 3 | $1,280.00 | |
| Concepts Inc. | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Todd Bohannon | 1 | $820.00 | |
| White County Democratic Party | 3 | $750.00 | |
| Boy Souts Middle TN Council | 1 | $750.00 | |
| Lee Willman | 4 | $741.60 | |
| Brady Printing Co. | 2 | $711.26 | |
| White County Quarterback Club | 2 | $600.00 | |
| Marriott Grand Hotel | 1 | $541.24 | |
| Dar | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Young Life Upper Cumberlands | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Sparta Rotary Club | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Middle TN Council Boy Scouts of America | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Tennessee Fisher House | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Grissom, Donna | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Monterey Senior Citizens CTR. | 1 | $500.00 | |
| GoDaddy | 1 | $475.84 | |
| Ncoil | 1 | $350.00 | |
| Prater's Barbeque & More | 1 | $329.25 | |
| Wanda Stafford | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Warren County Democratic Party | 2 | $300.00 | |
| Sam's Wholesale | 1 | $295.89 | |
| Walsworth Publishing Inc. | 1 | $250.00 | |
| St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Relay for Life | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Hill, Herman | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Curtiss, Jack | 1 | $207.47 | |
| White County Middle School Football | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Child Advocacy CTR. 31st Judicial Dist. | 1 | $200.00 | |
| RRP & Signs | 1 | $98.33 | |
| Standing Stone Historical Society | 1 | $75.00 |
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 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.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2012 Amended | $78,350.05 | $54,741.31 | Source: Q4 2012 filing Report 47363 |
| Pre-General 2012 | $125,583.92 | $78,350.05 | Source: Pre-General 2012 filing Report 44344 |
| Q3 2012 | $105,041.30 | $125,583.92 | Source: Q3 2012 filing Report 43013 |
| Pre-Primary 2012 | $93,971.59 | $105,041.30 | Source: Pre-Primary 2012 filing Report 42155 |
| Q2 2012 Amended | $86,525.98 | $93,971.59 | Source: Q2 2012 filing Report 41532 |
| Q1 2012 | $89,619.08 | $86,525.98 | Source: Q1 2012 filing Report 39641 |
| Year-End 2011 | $82,172.13 | $89,619.08 | Source: Year-End 2011 filing Report 38309 |
| Mid-Year 2011 | $87,912.57 | $82,172.13 | Source: Mid-Year 2011 filing Report 37134 |