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James Carpenter — 2004 Tennessee House, District 26 campaign

Tennessee House, District 26 Democratic

2004 Tennessee House, District 26 · totals since 2004

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 → · 4 filings · Post-General 2004 2004–Pre-Primary 2004

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 Post-General 2004 report
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$9,368
includes $1,993 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 →
$747
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$9,368
Donors
26
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). Another report, Post-Primary 2004 2004, gives the same end date and states $2,369.69.

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
Post-General 2004 2004 reported receipts $250
Post-Primary 2004 2004 reported receipts $2,085
Pre-General 2004 reported receipts $5,588
Pre-Primary 2004 reported receipts $1,445
Reported receipts $9,368
From each filing:

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 $9,012
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $355
Total spent $9,368
From each filing:
Receipts
$9,368
Spent
$9,368

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, 41% of receipts on these reports.

The candidate's own contributions, itemized $100 · 1%Individuals, itemized $3K · 37%Organizations and PACs, itemized $4K · 41%Unitemized contributions $2K · 21%

Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized compares organizations and pacs, 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.

Organizations and PACs, itemized: $3,800 ÷ Reported receipts: $9,368
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized
The candidate's own contributions, itemized $100
Individuals, itemized $3,475
Organizations and PACs, itemized $3,800
Unitemized contributions $1,993
From each filing:

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 →

$217average gift
$150median gift
16individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
6%
0.8%
$50–200
56%
29%
$200–1K
31%
42%
$1K–5K
6%
29%
$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: $3,475 ÷ Individual donors: 16
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $3,475
Median gift $150
Individual donors 16
Source filings:

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 →

90% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (10% from out of state).

Tennessee $6,475 Out of state $700
  • Chattanooga $3K42%
  • Nashville $2K28%
  • Knoxville $6509%
  • Jackson $5007%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $300
  • Other out-of-state $700

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: $700 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $7,175
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $700
Source filings:

Contributions Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions by month — May 2004 – Oct 2004. Peak $3,350 in Sep 2004.

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 17 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 10 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $1,025 and their names are withheld.

17 named donors 22 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Iupat 1 $1,000.00
James K Carpenter Self Includes In-Kind 6 $847.09
Tennessee Afl Cio Labor Committee 1 $500.00
Operating Engineers 917 PAC 1 $500.00
Tennessee Federation of Democratic Women 1 $500.00
Carpenters Local Union 223 PAC 1 $500.00
Tennessee Carpenters Regional Council PAC 1 $500.00
Plumbers Pipefitters Education Committee 1 $500.00
Olin Mills 1 $400.00
Int L Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Education 1 $350.00

Expenditures

8 vendors 11 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Diversified Company 3 $5,525.17 61%
Carpenter, James 2 $2,148.42 24%
Best Way Printing 1 $491.63 5%
Carpenter, James 1 $405.00 4%
Sam's 1 $152.21 2%
Kinko 1 $133.27 1%
Amsouth Bank 1 $101.17 1%
If Its Paper 1 $55.27 0.7%

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

  • Printing & mail $6,069 67%
  • Other $2,635 29%
  • Office & operations $309 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
Post-General 2004 2004 $6,320.03 $0.00 Source: Post-General 2004 2004 filing Report 2574
Post-Primary 2004 2004 $1,207.00 $2,369.69 Source: Post-Primary 2004 2004 filing Report 1587
Pre-General 2004 $2,369.69 $6,320.03 Source: Pre-General 2004 filing Report 2404
Pre-Primary 2004 Amended $0.00 $1,207.00 Source: Pre-Primary 2004 filing Report 1445