Dennis Powers — 2010 Tennessee House, District 36 campaign
2010 Tennessee House, District 36 · totals since Jan 16, 2010
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 · Pre-General 2010–Q4 2010
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 →
$4,043
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 →
$91,498
includes $9,884 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Loan entries in filing detail: $11,231. The report totals above govern this headline.
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 →
$33,557
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$83,224
Donors
109
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, 39% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $36K · 39%Organizations and PACs, itemized $35K · 38%Unitemized contributions $10K · 11%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $11K · 12%
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 →
$487average gift
$500median gift
73individual 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 →
96% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (4% from out of state).
Tennessee $67,428 Out of state $2,950
- Nashville $13K18%
- Franklin $12K17%
- Lafollette $7K11%
- College Grove $6K9%
- Knoxville $5K6%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $25K
- Other out-of-state $3K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Apr 2010 – Jan 2011. Peak $29,578 in Oct 2010. Spending peaked at $56,860 in Oct 2010.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 107 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 5 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $700 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee In-Kind ↺ paid $5,825.00 | 5 | $26,085.00 |
| Leaders of Tennessee PAC Includes In-Kind | 3 | $10,000.00 |
| Right Tennessee PAC | 2 | $6,250.00 |
| House Republican Caucus In-Kind | 4 | $6,000.00 |
| Tennesseans for Better Leadership PAC | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Halteman Committee | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Blair Wilson | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Union County Republicans | 1 | $2,000.00 |
| East Tennessee Gop | 2 | $1,500.00 |
| Gene Smith | 2 | $1,250.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comcast | 2 | $15,300.00 | |
| Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee ↺ donor $26,085.00 | 2 | $5,825.00 | |
| Lafollette Press | 4 | $5,508.60 | |
| Creative Signs | 4 | $5,504.87 | |
| TN Republican Party | 1 | $5,395.00 | |
| Wbir | 1 | $5,380.50 | |
| Wlaf | 3 | $4,429.24 | |
| WVLT | 1 | $4,024.75 | |
| Direct Mail Services | 4 | $3,471.69 | |
| Postcard Mania | 3 | $2,712.28 | |
| Byrge Screen Printing | 5 | $2,684.56 | |
| Union Co News Leader | 5 | $2,327.37 | |
| Knox News Sentinel | 4 | $2,145.00 | |
| Margin of Victory Partners | 1 | $1,763.00 | |
| Lithocraft Printing | 3 | $1,506.22 | |
| Victory Enterprises | 3 | $1,131.45 | |
| Classic Images | 1 | $1,112.01 | |
| WTNQ | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Postmaster General | 4 | $967.85 | |
| Victory Store | 2 | $929.28 | |
| Rachel Barrett Strategies | 1 | $850.00 | |
| WJJT | 1 | $756.00 | |
| National Pen | 2 | $711.63 | |
| Rinehart, Barbara | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Office Depot | 2 | $453.91 | |
| Marroitt | 1 | $438.79 | |
| Nashville City Club | 1 | $423.52 | |
| Chrisitian Journal | 1 | $387.00 | |
| Brandon Engraving | 1 | $314.64 | |
| Regas | 1 | $300.00 | |
| S & S Express | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Walmart | 1 | $222.24 | |
| Quik Stop BBQ | 1 | $215.00 | |
| Blooming Boutique | 1 | $213.68 | |
| Campbell Co Chamber of Commerce | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Shopper News Now | 1 | $195.00 | |
| Homewood Suites | 1 | $159.65 | |
| Shell | 1 | $156.58 | |
| Campbell Co Election Commission | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Brandon Trophies | 1 | $122.36 | |
| Shirt Magic | 1 | $111.27 | |
| Texas Roadhouse | 1 | $105.23 | |
| Shutterfly | 1 | $104.79 |
Dates
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
Loans
$11,231.11 in loan balances shown. The filings date all of it to this campaign. Later reports can repeat an outstanding loan, so each reconstructed lender balance is counted once below.
| Lender | Type | Received | Balance shown | Repaid | Outstanding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self (Dennis Powers) | Candidate loan | Apr 6, 2010 | $11,231.11 | $4,231.11 | $7,000.00 |
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 Powers’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Advertising & media $52,339 65%
- Printing & mail $19,907 25%
- Other $4,439 6%
- Fundraising & events $2,194 3%
- Travel $755 1.0%
- Office & operations $676 0.9%
- Contributions & donations $200 0.3%
Loans
| Lender | Amount | Date Received | Outstanding | Repaid |
|---|
Each loan shows its balance as of the candidate's most recent filing; repayments since then appear when the next report is filed.
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 2010 | $15,042.83 | $4,042.59 | Source: Q4 2010 filing Report 35745 |
| Pre-General 2010 Amended | $20,755.22 | $15,042.83 | Source: Pre-General 2010 filing Report 35882 |
| Q3 2010 Amended | $935.41 | $20,755.22 | Source: Q3 2010 filing Report 35373 |
| Pre-Primary 2010 | $1,286.38 | $935.41 | Source: Pre-Primary 2010 filing Report 32324 |
| Q2 2010 | $0.00 | $1,286.38 | Source: Q2 2010 filing Report 31059 |
| Q1 2010 | $0.00 | $0.00 | Source: Q1 2010 filing Report 30084 |