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Dean Sparks — 2020 Tennessee House, District 31 campaign

Tennessee House, District 31 Democratic

2020 Tennessee House, District 31 · totals since Jan 16, 2019

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

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 →
$0
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 →
$7,851
includes $2,001 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Total Spent
$9,473
Donors
6
total donors; qualifying names are listed below

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:

Reported receipts adds together the amounts listed below.

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Sum of Total Receipts reported on the selected source reports.

Inputs behind Reported receipts
Q4 2020 reported receipts $2
Pre-General 2020 reported receipts $1,112
Q3 2020 reported receipts $3,261
Pre-Primary 2020 reported receipts $0
Q2 2020 reported receipts $1,976
Q1 2020 reported receipts $1,500
Year-End 2019 reported receipts $0
Mid-Year 2019 reported receipts $0
Reported receipts $7,851
From each filing:
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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 $9,000
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $473
Total spent $9,473
From each filing:
  • 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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Receipts
$7,851
Spent
$9,473

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, 62% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $5K · 62%Organizations and PACs, itemized $1K · 13%Unitemized contributions $2K · 25%

Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized compares individuals, itemized with reported receipts.

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Each selected report's reported receipts split by the report's own lines; the parts of every report add up to its total, and the totals to the headline.

Individuals, itemized: $4,850 ÷ Reported receipts: $7,851
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
Individuals, itemized $4,850
Organizations and PACs, itemized $1,000
Unitemized contributions $2,001
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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).

Tennessee $4,200 Out of state $1,650
  • Spring City $3K51%
  • Dayton $1K21%
  • Cliffside Park, NJ $1K17%
  • Vandalia, OH $5009%
  • Other out-of-state $150

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: $1,650 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $5,850
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $1,650
Source filings:

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.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 5 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 1 person gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $150 and their names are withheld.

5 named donors 7 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Ray Tidwell 2 $3,000.00
Rhea County Democratic Party ↺ paid $1,834.15 2 $1,000.00
Barbara Brayman 1 $1,000.00
Robert Pope 1 $500.00
Robert M Aikman 1 $200.00

Expenditures

12 vendors 14 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Rhea County Democratic Party ↺ donor $1,000.00 1 $1,834.15 20%
Valley Publishing Co 1 $1,522.00 17%
Fox Print Creative Publishing 1 $1,340.00 15%
Rheaheraldnews 1 $1,120.00 12%
Beverly Broadcasting 2 $890.00 10%
Sparks, Dean 1 $541.45 6%
United States Postal Service 2 $501.66 6%
Rhea County Touchdown Club 1 $400.00 4%
Wuat 1 $300.00 3%
Tennessee Democratic Party 1 $250.00 3%

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.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Q4 2020 $2,373.32 $0.00 Source: Q4 2020 filing Report 93250
Pre-General 2020 $2,285.35 $2,373.32 Source: Pre-General 2020 filing Report 92334
Q3 2020 $4,741.45 $2,285.35 Source: Q3 2020 filing Report 90866
Pre-Primary 2020 $4,515.61 $4,741.45 Source: Pre-Primary 2020 filing Report 89645

As filed on this report: cash beginning $4,515.61, receipts $0.00, disbursements $0.00, cash ending $4,741.45.
Q2 2020 $2,804.21 $4,515.61 Source: Q2 2020 filing Report 88283
Q1 2020 $1,350.21 $2,804.21 Source: Q1 2020 filing Report 87362
Year-End 2019 $1,350.21 $1,350.21 Source: Year-End 2019 filing Report 85509
Mid-Year 2019 $1,396.21 $1,350.21 Source: Mid-Year 2019 filing Report 84042