Dean Sparks — 2018 Tennessee House, District 31 campaign
2018 Tennessee House, District 31 · totals since Apr 1, 2018
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 → · 5 filings · Pre-General 2018–Q4 2018
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 →
$1,396
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 →
$12,008
includes $4,214 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
$237 refunded
Total Spent
$11,079
less $467 in refunds & credits → $10,612 net disbursements
Donors
14
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: individuals, itemized, 44% of receipts on these reports.
The candidate's own contributions, itemized $880 · 7%Individuals, itemized $5K · 44%Organizations and PACs, itemized $2K · 14%Unitemized contributions $4K · 34%
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds: −$237. Shares are of the $12,245 before it.
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 →
$450average gift
$350median gift
12individual 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 →
62% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (38% from out of state).
Tennessee $4,452 Out of state $2,700
- Dayton $2K27%
- Spring City $2K23%
- Cliffside Park, NJ $1K14%
- Lanham, MD $1K14%
- Evensville $89613%
- Other out-of-state $700
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — May 2018 – Dec 2018. Peak $3,015 in May 2018. Spending peaked at $3,461 in Oct 2018.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 12 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 3 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $406 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Ray Tidwell | 3 | $1,500.00 |
| Intl Assn Heat Frost Insulators Allied Workers | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Barbara Brayman | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Dean Sparks Self | 3 | $879.54 |
| Rhea County Democratic Party | 2 | $750.00 |
| Robert Pope | 1 | $500.00 |
| Melissa Germany | 2 | $400.00 |
| David Woody | 2 | $400.00 |
| James Taylor | 1 | $300.00 |
| Lisa Woody ↺ $237.42 refunded | 2 | $258.33 net $495.75 gross |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galloway's , Ace Hardware | 4 | $2,537.98 | |
| WDNT Radio | 2 | $1,000.00 | |
| Printing Etc. | 2 | $939.01 | |
| The Sullivan Band | 1 | $750.00 | |
| The Herald News | 2 | $725.00 | |
| Main Street Dayton | 2 | $625.00 | |
| Lesuer, Keith | 1 | $600.00 | |
| Keener Marketing | 1 | $576.19 | |
| Valley Publishing Co | 1 | $496.50 | |
| Verizon | 1 | $315.00 | |
| Wuat | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Lowe's | 1 | $288.48 | |
| Hall, Ashley | 1 | $252.00 | |
| Tennessee Democratic Party | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Inkheads | 1 | $237.42 | |
| Costco | 1 | $228.26 | |
| Publix | 1 | $131.99 | |
| Actblue | 1 | $107.50 | |
| Tractor Supply | 1 | $43.89 | |
| United States Postal Service | 1 | $23.50 |
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 Dean Sparks’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Advertising & media $5,462 52%
- Printing & mail $2,529 24%
- Fundraising & events $882 8%
- Office & operations $804 8%
- Contributions & donations $500 5%
- Other $250 2%
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 2018 | $3,203.60 | $1,396.21 | Source: Q4 2018 filing Report 82170 |
| Pre-General 2018 | $3,951.37 | $3,203.60 | Source: Pre-General 2018 filing Report 81009 |
| Q3 2018 Amended | $2,475.65 | $3,951.37 | Source: Q3 2018 filing Report 79595 |
| Pre-Primary 2018 | $4,318.14 | $2,475.65 | Source: Pre-Primary 2018 filing Report 77708 |
| Q2 2018 | $0.00 | $4,318.14 | Source: Q2 2018 filing Report 76047 |