Dean Sparks — 2020 Tennessee House, District 31 campaign
2020 Tennessee House, District 31
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 2019–Q4 2020
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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).
- Q4 2020 Initial $0 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.
| Itemized contributions from others | $5,850 |
| Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) | $2,001 |
| Raised (cash) | $7,851 |
- Q4 2020 Initial $2 filing-stated
- Pre-General 2020 Initial $1,112 mixed
- Itemized contributions from others $1,000 derived
- Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $112 filing-stated
- Q3 2020 Initial $3,261 mixed
- Itemized contributions from others $2,700 derived
- Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $561 filing-stated
- Q2 2020 Initial $1,976 mixed
- Itemized contributions from others $650 derived
- Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $1,326 filing-stated
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- Q1 2020 Initial $1,500 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.
| Itemized expenditures | $9,000 |
| Stated spending not itemized (credited) | $473 |
| Total spent | $9,473 |
- Q4 2020 Initial $2,376 mixed
- Itemized expenditures $2,376 derived
- Stated spending not itemized (credited) $0 filing-stated
- Pre-General 2020 Initial $1,024 mixed
- Itemized expenditures $890 derived
- Stated spending not itemized (credited) $134 filing-stated
- Q3 2020 Initial $5,717 mixed
- Itemized expenditures $5,624 derived
- Stated spending not itemized (credited) $93 filing-stated
- Q2 2020 Initial $264 mixed
- Itemized expenditures $110 derived
- Stated spending not itemized (credited) $155 filing-stated
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- Q1 2020 Initial $46 filing-stated
- Mid-Year 2019 Supplemental $46 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).
| From outside Tennessee | $1,650 |
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 87%; organizations and PACs gave 13%.
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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 | $6,851 |
| From organizations and PACs | $1,000 |
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 →
72% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (28% from out of state).
- Spring City $3K51%
- Dayton $1K21%
- Cliffside Park, NJ $1K17%
- Vandalia, OH $5009%
- Other out-of-state $150
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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).
| From outside Tennessee | $1,650 |
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Feb 2020 – Jan 2021. Peak $2,200 in Aug 2020. Spending peaked at $3,042 in Aug 2020.
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $150 total; their names are not disclosed here.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Ray Tidwell | 2 | $3,000.00 |
| Rhea County Democratic Party | 2 | $1,000.00 |
| Barbara Brayman | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Robert Pope | 1 | $500.00 |
| Robert Aikman | 1 | $200.00 |
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhea County Democratic Party | 1 | $1,834.15 | |
| Valley Publishing Co | 1 | $1,522.00 | |
| Fox Print Creative Publishing | 1 | $1,340.00 | |
| Rheaheraldnews | 1 | $1,120.00 | |
| Beverly Broadcasting | 2 | $890.00 | |
| Sparks, Dean | 1 | $541.45 | |
| United States Postal Service | 2 | $501.66 | |
| Rhea County Touchdown Club | 1 | $400.00 | |
| Wuat | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Tennessee Democratic Party | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Printing Etc. | 1 | $190.65 | |
| Microsoft | 1 | $109.74 |
| 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 $5,763 64%
- Contributions & donations $1,834 20%
- Office & operations $651 7%
- Printing & mail $502 6%
- Other $250 3%
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 2020 | $2,373.32 | $0.00 | Source ↗ |
| Pre-General 2020 | $2,285.35 | $2,373.32 | Source ↗ |
| Q3 2020 | $4,741.45 | $2,285.35 | Source ↗ |
| Pre-Primary 2020 | $4,515.61 | $4,741.45 | Source ↗ |
| Q2 2020 | $2,804.21 | $4,515.61 | Source ↗ |
| Q1 2020 | $1,350.21 | $2,804.21 | Source ↗ |
| Year-End 2019 | $1,350.21 | $1,350.21 | Source ↗ |
| Mid-Year 2019 | $1,396.21 | $1,350.21 | Source ↗ |