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Curtis Halford — 2014 Tennessee House, District 79 campaign

Tennessee House, District 79 Republican

2014 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 2013–Q4 2014

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 →
$45,287
as of the Q4 report
→ carried into 2016 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 →
$52,295
includes $2,645 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Why this number?
Total Spent
$34,862
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 →
67%
$34,862 spent of $52,295 raised (cash)
Donors
83
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
14%
$7,300 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 2014 Initial $45,287 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 $49,650
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $2,645
Raised (cash) $52,295
From each filing:
  • Q4 2014 Initial $4,020 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $4,000 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $20 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2014 Initial $12,175 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $9,650 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $2,525 filing-stated
  • Q3 2014 Initial $6,500 derived
  • Pre-Primary 2014 Initial $6,500 derived
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  • Q2 2014 Initial $6,350 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $6,250 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $100 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2013 Amendment $16,750 derived

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 $33,864
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $997
Total spent $34,862
From each filing:
  • Q4 2014 Initial $2,920 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $2,865 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $55 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2014 Initial $7,672 derived
  • Q3 2014 Initial $4,944 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $4,427 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $517 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2014 Initial $780 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $630 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $150 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2014 Initial $5,050 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $4,850 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $200 filing-stated
  • Q1 2014 Initial $3,209 derived
  • Year-End 2013 Amendment $4,471 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $4,421 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $50 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2013 Supplemental $5,816 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $5,791 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $25 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: $7,300 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $52,295
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $7,300
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$52,295
Spent
$34,862

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 24%; organizations and PACs gave 76%.

Individuals $13K · 24% Organizations & PACs $40K · 76%
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: $12,795 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $52,295
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $12,795
From organizations and PACs $39,500
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 →

$376average gift
$250median gift
27individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
15%
6%
$200–1K
78%
62%
$1K–5K
7%
32%
$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: $10,150 ÷ Individual donors: 27
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $10,150
Median gift $250
Individual donors 27
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 →

85% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (15% from out of state).

Tennessee $42,350 Out of state $7,300
  • Nashville $22K44%
  • Franklin $3K5%
  • Winston Salem, NC $3K5%
  • Dyer $2K4%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $16K
  • Other out-of-state $5K
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: $7,300 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $49,650
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $7,300
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2013 – Jan 2015. Peak $9,900 in Oct 2014. Spending peaked at $8,122 in Oct 2014.

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 96 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Reynolds American Inc. PAC (Tennessee) 2 $2,500.00
West View 2 $2,250.00
Jobs4Tn PAC 1 $2,000.00
Tennessee Veterinary PAC 2 $2,000.00
The Jackson Clinic PAC 1 $2,000.00
Tennessee Dental PAC 2 $1,500.00
Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) 2 $1,250.00
Tennessee Health Care Assn PAC 2 $1,250.00
Tennessee Bankers Assn PAC 2 $1,250.00
Att Tennessee PAC 2 $1,000.00

Expenditures

70 vendors 139 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee 3 $6,897.00 20%
Tiger Express 20 $4,049.03 12%
Commere Street Events 2 $2,750.00 8%
Republican House Majority Fund 1 $2,500.00 7%
Victory 93.7 11 $1,348.00 4%
Carl Perkinscenter for the Prevention Of 6 $1,165.00 3%
The Tennessee State Museum Foundation 1 $1,000.00 3%
Humboldt Chronicle 8 $987.00 3%
The Southern 1 $600.00 2%
West Tennessee Regional Art Center 3 $570.00 2%

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.

  • Contributions & donations $12,282 36%
  • Advertising & media $10,763 32%
  • Travel $4,049 12%
  • Consulting & professional services $2,809 8%
  • Office & operations $1,289 4%
  • Printing & mail $1,086 3%
  • Fundraising & events $1,056 3%
  • Other $530 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 2014 $44,186.73 $45,286.99 Source ↗
Pre-General 2014 $39,683.71 $44,186.73 Source ↗
Q3 2014 $38,127.94 $39,683.71 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2014 $32,407.57 $38,127.94 Source ↗
Q2 2014 $31,107.55 $32,407.57 Source ↗
Q1 2014 $34,316.72 $31,107.55 Source ↗
Year-End 2013 Amended $22,037.90 $34,316.72 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2013 $27,853.82 $22,037.90 Source ↗