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Charlotte Burks — 2010 Tennessee Senate, District 15 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 15 Democratic

2010 Tennessee Senate, District 15

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 → · 12 filings · Mid-Year 2007–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 →
$10,864
as of the Q4 report
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 →
$64,374
includes $5,564 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
$400 refunded
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 →
$7,614
goods or services
Total Spent
$120,036
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 →
186.4%
$120,036 spent of $64,374 raised (cash) · opened with $47,209
Donors
At least 76 named
full total unavailable for this combined term
Out-of-State
11%
$8,200 from outside TN
Why this number?

Cash on hand is the amount reported on the filings listed below.

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The ending cash balances the campaign's 2 committees each reported on their most recent filing, added together (each as filed, not computed).

Source filings:

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 $58,810
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $5,564
Raised (cash) $64,374
From each filing:
  • Year-End 2008 Supplemental $2,391 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $2,250 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $141 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2007 Amendment $4,750 derived
  • Q4 2010 Amendment $2,824 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $2,550 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $274 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2010 Amendment $17,745 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $14,500 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $3,245 filing-stated
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  • Q3 2010 Amendment $19,865 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $18,060 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $1,805 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2010 Amendment $7,050 derived
  • Year-End 2009 Supplemental $9,750 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $9,650 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 $116,575
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $3,461
Total spent $120,036
From each filing:
  • Year-End 2008 Supplemental $21,631 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $21,190 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $441 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2008 Amendment $1,064 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $725 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $339 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2007 Amendment $2,171 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,576 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $596 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2007 Amendment $1,591 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,050 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $541 filing-stated
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  • Q4 2010 Amendment $26,142 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $25,058 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,084 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2010 Amendment $14,131 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $14,031 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $100 filing-stated
  • Q3 2010 Amendment $48,731 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $48,576 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $155 filing-stated
  • Q2 2010 Initial $975 derived
  • Q1 2010 Initial $3,070 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $2,940 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $130 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2009 Supplemental $530 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $455 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $75 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: $8,200 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $71,988
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $8,200
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$71,988
Spent
$120,036

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 25%; organizations and PACs gave 65%; other sources made up 11%.

Individuals $18K · 25% Organizations & PACs $47K · 65% Other sources $8K · 11%
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: $17,824 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $71,988
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $17,824
From organizations and PACs $46,550
In-kind contributions (goods & services) $7,614
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 →

86% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (14% from out of state).

Tennessee $50,610 Out of state $8,200
  • Nashville $31K52%
  • Cookeville $4K7%
  • Crossville $2K4%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $14K
  • Other out-of-state $8K
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: $8,200 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $58,810
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $8,200
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Apr 2007 – Jan 2011. Peak $15,550 in Oct 2010. Spending peaked at $42,027 in Sep 2010.

Cash contributions Spent

Bars show $58,510 of $58,810 in itemized contributions. The other $300 can’t be placed in a month — the filing gave no usable date, or recorded no identifiable source.

Contributions

The donor figure above is a named-donor floor. A complete combined-term total is unavailable. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200.

Named donor list 77 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Senate Democratic Caucus In-Kind 1 $7,613.97
Tennessee Educ Assn Fund for Children Public Edu 4 $7,000.00
Independent Medicine S PAC TN 2 $3,000.00
Tennessee Realtors PAC 3 $2,250.00
Arda Roc PAC 2 $2,000.00
Tennessee Bankers Assn PAC 1 $2,000.00
United Association Political Action Fund 1 $2,000.00
Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC 2 $1,500.00
Tennessee Dental PAC 2 $1,500.00
Assn Builders Contractors Mid TN Chapter 2 $1,500.00

Expenditures

25 vendors 35 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Mma Creative 6 $80,177.39 69%
House Senate Democratic Caucus 1 $20,000.00 17%
Senate Democratic Caucus 1 $4,292.57 4%
I Desing 2 $2,980.00 3%
Select Designs 1 $1,520.04 1%
Boy Scouts of America 2 $750.00 0.7%
Cumberland Business Journal 1 $700.00 0.7%
Cookeville Evening Lions 3 $600.00 0.6%
Price Paint Furniture 1 $575.75 0.5%
Crawdaddys 1 $567.83 0.5%

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

  • Advertising & media $89,035 76%
  • Contributions & donations $23,425 20%
  • Fundraising & events $1,225 1%
  • Consulting & professional services $975 0.9%
  • Office & operations $916 0.8%
  • Other $750 0.7%
  • Travel $250 0.3%

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 Amended $34,181.36 $10,863.53 Source ↗
Pre-General 2010 Amended $30,567.84 $34,181.36 Source ↗
Q3 2010 Amended $59,433.93 $30,567.84 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2010 Amended $52,383.93 $59,433.93 Source ↗
Q2 2010 $53,358.93 $52,383.93 Source ↗
Q1 2010 $56,428.93 $53,358.93 Source ↗
Year-End 2009 $47,208.93 $56,428.93 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2009 $47,208.93 $47,208.93 Source ↗
Year-End 2008 $66,449.18 $47,208.93 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2008 Amended $67,513.18 $66,449.18 Source ↗
Year-End 2007 Amended $64,934.52 $67,513.18 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2007 Amended $66,925.52 $64,934.52 Source ↗