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Dennis Powers — 2018 Tennessee House, District 36 campaign

Tennessee House, District 36 Republican

2018 Tennessee House, District 36

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 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 →
$40,945
as of the Q4 report
→ carried into 2020 TN House 36
Why this number?
Raised (cash) Cash and cash-like receipts the campaign took in: contributions, the candidate’s own money, loans, and transfers from affiliated committees. Donated goods and services are not cash; they appear separately as In-Kind Received. Bookkeeping entries such as a carried balance, accounting adjustment, or refund also stay only in the filing’s own totals. Full definition →
$89,102
includes $1,150 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Why this number?
Total Spent
$67,904
Why this number?
Spent of Cash Raised How much of the cash this campaign took in it went on to spend, measured now that its reporting has closed. Above 100% means it spent more than it raised for this race, drawing on money it already had when the cycle opened. Full definition →
76%
$67,904 spent of $89,102 raised (cash)
Donors
99
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
21%
$18,452 from outside TN
Why this number?

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:
  • Q4 2018 Initial $40,945 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.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $87,952
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $1,150
Raised (cash) $89,102
From each filing:
  • Q4 2018 Initial $9,050 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $9,000 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $50 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2018 Initial $15,600 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $15,550 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $50 filing-stated
  • Q3 2018 Amendment $12,800 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $12,700 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $100 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2018 Initial $10,785 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $10,300 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $485 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2018 Initial $6,190 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $6,050 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $140 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2017 Supplemental $34,677 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $34,352 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $325 filing-stated

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 $63,565
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $4,339
Total spent $67,904
From each filing:
  • Q4 2018 Initial $9,487 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $8,877 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $610 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2018 Initial $11,109 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $10,898 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $210 filing-stated
  • Q3 2018 Amendment $11,116 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $10,633 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $482 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2018 Initial $1,170 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,013 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $157 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2018 Initial $6,097 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $5,074 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,023 filing-stated
  • Q1 2018 Amendment $4,125 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $3,842 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $282 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2017 Supplemental $16,796 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $16,005 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $791 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2017 Amendment $8,005 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $7,221 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $784 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).

Itemized money from outside Tennessee: $18,452 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $89,102
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $18,452
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$89,102
Spent
$67,904

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 26%; organizations and PACs gave 74%.

Individuals $23K · 26% Organizations & PACs $66K · 74%
Why this number?

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: $23,450 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $89,102
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $23,450
From organizations and PACs $65,652
Source filings:

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 →

$719average gift
$500median gift
31individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
3%
0.7%
$200–1K
68%
37%
$1K–5K
29%
63%
$5K+
0%
0%
Why this number?

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: $22,300 ÷ Individual donors: 31
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $22,300
Median gift $500
Individual donors 31
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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 →

79% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (21% from out of state).

Tennessee $69,500 Out of state $18,452
  • Nashville $30K34%
  • Lafollette $13K14%
  • Knoxville $5K6%
  • McDonough, GA $5K6%
  • Washington, DC $5K5%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $22K
  • Other out-of-state $9K
Why this number?

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: $18,452 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $87,952
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $18,452
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Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2017 – Jan 2019. Peak $16,550 in Oct 2018. Spending peaked at $12,187 in Oct 2018.

Cash contributions Spent

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.

Named donor list 130 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Southern States Police Benevolent Assn PAC 1 $5,000.00
Advance PAC 2 $3,500.00
Comcast Corporation PAC 2 $2,551.80
Blue Cross Blue Shield of TN PAC 1 $2,500.00
Harry Stowers 2 $2,500.00
John C Davenport 2 $2,500.00
Tennessee Bankers Assn PAC 2 $2,250.00
Tennessee Natural Resources Development PAC 2 $2,100.00
Insurors of TN PAC 2 $2,000.00
Flex PAC 2 $2,000.00

Expenditures

75 vendors 121 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Verizon 7 $6,912.73 11%
Direct Mail Services 3 $4,210.44 7%
Wlaf 3 $3,275.00 5%
Jamestown Associates 1 $3,133.00 5%
TN House Republican Caucus 1 $3,000.00 5%
Weigels 8 $2,917.63 5%
All My Sons Moving & Storage 2 $2,575.34 4%
A1 Downtown Storage 2 $2,338.00 4%
Walgreens 6 $2,235.23 4%
Graphic Creations 1 $1,901.16 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 2018 $41,376.46 $40,945.09 Source ↗
Pre-General 2018 $36,883.16 $41,376.46 Source ↗
Q3 2018 Amended $35,195.45 $36,883.16 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2018 $25,579.51 $35,195.45 Source ↗
Q2 2018 $25,484.53 $25,579.51 Source ↗
Q1 2018 Amended $29,607.69 $25,484.53 Source ↗
Year-End 2017 $11,723.63 $29,607.69 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2017 Amended $19,726.70 $11,723.63 Source ↗