Dennis Powers — 2016 Tennessee House, District 36 campaign
2016 Tennessee House, District 36 · totals since Jan 16, 2015
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 2015–Q4 2016
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 →
$19,727
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 →
$103,961
includes $1,765 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 →
$1,600
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$115,552
Donors
140
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: organizations and PACs, itemized, 60% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $39K · 38%Organizations and PACs, itemized $63K · 60%Unitemized contributions $2K · 2%
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 →
$540average 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 →
83% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (17% from out of state).
Tennessee $84,325 Out of state $17,850
- Nashville $26K25%
- Lafollette $17K17%
- Jacksboro $5K5%
- Washington, DC $4K4%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $37K
- Other out-of-state $14K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2015 – Jan 2017. Peak $22,450 in Sep 2016. Spending peaked at $20,571 in Oct 2016.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 138 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 3 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $428 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| TMX PAC | 2 | $3,500.00 |
| Majority Tennessee PAC | 1 | $3,000.00 |
| Campbell County Republican Women S Club | 2 | $3,000.00 |
| Mark Smith | 2 | $2,500.00 |
| Advance PAC | 2 | $2,500.00 |
| Tennessee Federation for Children PAC | 2 | $2,250.00 |
| Insurors of TN PAC | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Southern States Police Benevolent Assn PAC | 1 | $2,000.00 |
| Benjamin Chris Arnold | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Mike Malicote | 2 | $2,000.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low & Tritt Inc. | 3 | $12,081.90 | |
| Direct Mail Services | 5 | $8,590.71 | |
| Graphic Creations | 3 | $7,632.86 | |
| Lafollette Press | 4 | $6,747.74 | |
| Direct Edge Campaigns | 1 | $5,621.53 | |
| Verizon | 7 | $5,116.21 | |
| Creative Signs | 3 | $5,057.19 | |
| Elevation Outdoor Advertising | 6 | $4,854.67 | |
| Wlaf | 5 | $4,557.90 | |
| Alder, Mike | 2 | $3,000.00 | |
| Knox News Sentinel | 7 | $2,979.65 | |
| Revily Inc. | 2 | $2,720.07 | |
| Byrge Screen Printing | 2 | $2,431.91 | |
| Weigels | 6 | $2,124.90 | |
| WTNQ | 3 | $1,960.00 | |
| Campbell Co. Rotary Club | 7 | $1,750.00 | |
| A1 Downtown Storage | 5 | $1,680.39 | |
| Rinehart, Barbara | 5 | $1,500.00 | |
| TN House Republican Caucus | 1 | $1,500.00 | |
| Chrisitian Journal | 3 | $1,485.00 | |
| Ritz Carlton | 1 | $1,208.50 | |
| Adkins, Haley | 2 | $1,160.00 | |
| 4Imprint | 1 | $1,083.35 | |
| Hammertech LLC | 3 | $988.75 | |
| Celluar Sales | 3 | $934.14 | |
| National Pen | 1 | $815.44 | |
| Classy Threads Catering | 1 | $800.00 | |
| Little America Hotel | 2 | $771.64 | |
| Petals of Grace | 3 | $764.77 | |
| American Airlines | 1 | $736.20 | |
| Walmart | 2 | $712.18 | |
| Lithocraft Printing | 2 | $673.41 | |
| Two Men & A Truck | 1 | $673.39 | |
| CTC Constant Contact | 4 | $655.00 | |
| Delta Airlines | 1 | $649.60 | |
| Walgreens | 1 | $645.00 | |
| Postmaster General | 4 | $633.99 | |
| CVS | 1 | $632.49 | |
| Roane State Foundation | 1 | $600.00 | |
| Univ of TN | 2 | $524.00 | |
| Aiken, Raven | 1 | $500.00 | |
| M. Lee Smith Publishing | 2 | $494.00 | |
| Robert Huff Designs | 1 | $469.78 | |
| Campbell County Republican Party ↺ donor $1,000.00 | 2 | $460.00 | |
| The Cumberland | 2 | $450.00 | |
| Adkins, Sarah | 2 | $415.69 | |
| Anderson County Chamber of Commerce | 3 | $405.00 | |
| Right Way Marketing | 1 | $350.00 | |
| On Screen Advantage | 1 | $300.00 | |
| TN Kingdom Builders- Jb Purdie | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Puckett's Rest. | 1 | $262.76 | |
| Campbell County Children's Center | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Reedy, Jay D. | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Fleishman for Congress | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Yager, Ken ↺ donor $500.00 | 1 | $250.00 | |
| McCloud Mtn Restaurant | 1 | $220.26 | |
| Shepherd's Home | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Shutterfly | 1 | $190.08 | |
| Facebook Ads | 1 | $180.91 | |
| Union Co News Leader | 1 | $180.00 | |
| McGhee Tyson Airport | 1 | $175.50 | |
| WJJT | 1 | $170.73 | |
| Park Vista Hotel | 1 | $165.74 | |
| Campbell Co Chamber of Commerce | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Campbell County High School | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Ut Ext. Office for Campbell Co. 4H | 1 | $142.50 | |
| Dollar General | 1 | $130.00 | |
| Campbell Co. 4H | 1 | $130.00 | |
| Ayers, Ann | 1 | $125.00 | |
| Capitol Grill | 1 | $124.98 | |
| Holston Gas | 1 | $115.34 | |
| Amazon | 1 | $108.41 | |
| Grand American | 1 | $105.44 | |
| TN Governmental Prayer Alliance | 1 | $105.00 | |
| TN Right To Life | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Boy Scouts of America | 1 | $100.00 |
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 Dennis Powers’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Advertising & media $37,172 35%
- Printing & mail $31,460 29%
- Other $20,498 19%
- Travel $4,324 4%
- Contributions & donations $3,973 4%
- Office & operations $3,403 3%
- Fundraising & events $3,321 3%
- Field & voter contact $3,030 3%
- Consulting & professional services $350 0.4%
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 2016 | $34,235.44 | $19,726.70 | Source: Q4 2016 filing Report 69667 |
| Pre-General 2016 Amended | $36,241.65 | $34,235.44 | Source: Pre-General 2016 filing Report 68936 |
| Q3 2016 Amended | $36,387.59 | $36,241.65 | Source: Q3 2016 filing Report 68116 |
| Pre-Primary 2016 Amended | $37,110.91 | $36,387.59 | Source: Pre-Primary 2016 filing Report 66637 |
| Q2 2016 Amended | $33,782.18 | $37,110.91 | Source: Q2 2016 filing Report 65321 |
| Q1 2016 | $38,283.36 | $33,782.18 | Source: Q1 2016 filing Report 63126 |
| Year-End 2015 Amended | $25,869.31 | $38,283.36 | Source: Year-End 2015 filing Report 62765 |
| Mid-Year 2015 | $31,317.79 | $25,869.31 | Source: Mid-Year 2015 filing Report 60066 |