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Curtis Halford — 2010 Tennessee House, District 79 campaign

Tennessee House, District 79 Republican

2010 Tennessee House, District 79

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 →
$675
as of the Q4 report
→ carried into 2012 TN House 79
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 →
$60,350
includes $5,400 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 →
$28,321
goods or services
Total Spent
$69,167
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 →
114.6%
$69,167 spent of $60,350 raised (cash) · opened with $9,492
Donors
118
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
4%
$3,400 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 $675 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 $54,950
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $5,400
Raised (cash) $60,350
From each filing:
  • Q4 2010 Initial $1,750 derived
  • Pre-General 2010 Initial $15,910 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $15,850 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $60 filing-stated
  • Q3 2010 Amendment $17,565 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $14,400 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $3,165 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2010 Initial $2,050 derived
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  • Q2 2010 Amendment $8,650 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $8,500 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $150 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2009 Amendment $14,425 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $12,400 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $2,025 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 $68,952
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $215
Total spent $69,167
From each filing:
  • Q4 2010 Initial $1,951 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,936 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $15 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2010 Initial $30,070 derived
  • Q3 2010 Amendment $24,414 derived
  • Pre-Primary 2010 Initial $2,921 derived
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  • Q2 2010 Amendment $2,783 derived
  • Q1 2010 Initial $2,541 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $2,341 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $200 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2009 Amendment $3,419 derived
  • Mid-Year 2009 Supplemental $1,068 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: $3,400 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $88,671
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $3,400
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$88,671
Spent
$69,167

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 41%; organizations and PACs gave 27%; other sources made up 32%.

Individuals $36K · 41% Organizations & PACs $24K · 27% Other sources $28K · 32%
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: $36,475 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $88,671
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $36,475
From organizations and PACs $23,875
In-kind contributions (goods & services) $28,321
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 →

$404average gift
$250median gift
77individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
4%
0.3%
$50–200
31%
9%
$200–1K
52%
50%
$1K–5K
13%
42%
$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: $31,075 ÷ Individual donors: 77
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $31,075
Median gift $250
Individual donors 77
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 →

94% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (6% from out of state).

Tennessee $51,550 Out of state $3,400
  • Nashville $17K31%
  • Franklin $5K9%
  • Dyer $5K8%
  • Knoxville $4K7%
  • Kenton $2K4%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $19K
  • Other out-of-state $3K
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: $3,400 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $54,950
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $3,400
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2009 – Jan 2011. Peak $17,225 in Oct 2010. Spending peaked at $30,070 in Oct 2010.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $2,770 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 132 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee In-Kind 4 $17,846.00
House Republican Caucus In-Kind 6 $10,475.00
Cas PAC 1 $3,000.00
Independent Medicine S PAC TN 2 $2,000.00
Tennessee Bankers Assn PAC 1 $2,000.00
Beth Harwell 2 $2,000.00
Harry Brooks 2 $2,000.00
East Tennessee Gop 2 $1,700.00
Jack Siler 2 $1,200.00
Tennessee Health Care Assn PAC 2 $1,000.00

Expenditures

48 vendors 105 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
West Rogers 2 $31,135.00 45%
Tennessee Republican Party 2 $7,839.00 11%
Margin of Victory Partners 2 $7,187.00 10%
Thomas Media 1 $3,386.00 5%
Victory 93.7 11 $3,338.00 5%
Campaign Graphics 1 $1,986.20 3%
Humboldt Chronicle 10 $1,973.81 3%
Advertising 9 $1,441.75 2%
Tri-City Reporter 5 $1,382.00 2%
Tiger Express 5 $1,010.78 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 Curtis Halford’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Advertising & media $43,768 63%
  • Printing & mail $12,506 18%
  • Consulting & professional services $7,004 10%
  • Contributions & donations $2,590 4%
  • Office & operations $1,236 2%
  • Travel $1,011 1%
  • Field & voter contact $505 0.8%
  • Fundraising & events $208 0.4%
  • Other $125 0.2%

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 $876.44 $675.35 Source ↗
Pre-General 2010 $15,036.93 $876.44 Source ↗
Q3 2010 Amended $21,886.04 $15,036.93 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2010 $22,756.76 $21,886.04 Source ↗
Q2 2010 Amended $16,889.76 $22,756.76 Source ↗
Q1 2010 $19,430.76 $16,889.76 Source ↗
Year-End 2009 Amended $8,424.26 $19,430.76 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2009 $9,492.04 $8,424.26 Source ↗