Dennis Milton Clark — 2018 Tennessee House, District 28 campaign

Tennessee House, District 28 Democratic

2018 Tennessee House, District 28 · totals since Jan 16, 2017

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 → · 6 filings · Mid-Year 2017–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 →
$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 →
$5,650
includes $1,191 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Itemized in-kind 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. This figure adds the in-kind contributions itemized on the selected reports. The Registry reports in-kind apart from receipts, so it is not part of the receipts figure. Full definition →
$1,517
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$4,452
Donors
14
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 2018 reported receipts $0
Q3 2018 reported receipts $1,522
Pre-Primary 2018 reported receipts $1,437
Q2 2018 reported receipts $2,691
Year-End 2017 reported receipts $0
Mid-Year 2017 reported receipts $0
Reported receipts $5,650
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 $3,163
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,289
Total spent $4,452
From each filing:
  • Q3 2018 Initial $415 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $260 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $155 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2018 Initial $1,376 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,347 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $29 filing-stated
  • Q2 2018 Initial $2,661 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,556 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,105 filing-stated
Receipts
$5,650
Spent
$4,452

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, 42% of receipts on these reports.

The candidate's own contributions, itemized $2K · 37%Individuals, itemized $2K · 42%Unitemized contributions $1K · 21%

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: $2,372 ÷ Reported receipts: $5,650
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
The candidate's own contributions, itemized $2,087
Individuals, itemized $2,372
Unitemized contributions $1,191
From each filing:
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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 →

$169average gift
$100median gift
14individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
71%
42%
$200–1K
29%
58%
$1K–5K
0%
0%
$5K+
0%
0%

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: $2,372 ÷ Individual donors: 14
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $2,372
Median gift $100
Individual donors 14

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 →

87% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (13% from out of state).

Tennessee $2,072 Out of state $300
  • Chattanooga $2K87%
  • Lookout Mtn, GA $2008%
  • Other out-of-state $100

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: $300 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $2,372
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $300

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Mar 2018 – Jul 2018. Peak $1,300 in Apr 2018. Spending peaked at $1,607 in Jul 2018.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 7 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 9 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $900 and their names are withheld.

7 named donors 10 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Dennis Clark Self 2 $2,087.00
Vector Printing In-Kind ↺ paid $900.00 1 $1,066.50
Sharon Kelly 2 $572.00
Tiffanie Robinson Includes In-Kind 2 $550.00
Peter Murphy 1 $300.00
Trena Clark 1 $300.00
Archibald Willingham 1 $200.00

Expenditures

7 vendors 10 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Vector Printing ↺ donor $1,066.50 1 $900.00 28%
Advantage Printing 1 $710.00 22%
Brewer Media 2 $575.00 18%
Goprint.Com 3 $527.81 17%
Morris , Ricardo 1 $160.00 5%
Watkins, Latoya 1 $150.00 5%
Watkins, Shkayla 1 $140.00 4%

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 Dennis Milton Clark’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Printing & mail $2,138 68%
  • Advertising & media $575 18%
  • Field & voter contact $290 9%
  • Fundraising & events $160 5%

Filing History

Totals as filed with the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance; see About for how this data is processed.

Four overdue reports filed together on May 9, 2019.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Q4 2018 $0.00 $0.00 Source: Q4 2018 filing Report 83744
Q3 2018 $92.72 $0.00 Source: Q3 2018 filing Report 83743
Pre-Primary 2018 $31.43 $92.72 Source: Pre-Primary 2018 filing Report 83742
Q2 2018 $1.64 $31.43 Source: Q2 2018 filing Report 83734
Year-End 2017 $1.64 $1.64 Source: Year-End 2017 filing Report 73940
Mid-Year 2017 $1.64 $1.64 Source: Mid-Year 2017 filing Report 71960