James M Coley — 2012 Tennessee House, District 97 campaign
2012 Tennessee House, District 97 · totals since Jan 16, 2011
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 2011–Q4 2012
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 →
$40,065
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 →
$46,618
includes $918 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Total Spent
$26,591
Donors
62
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, 91% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $3K · 7%Organizations and PACs, itemized $42K · 91%Unitemized contributions $918 · 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 →
$323average gift
$250median gift
10individual 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 →
89% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (11% from out of state).
Tennessee $40,450 Out of state $5,250
- Nashville $22K48%
- Memphis $12K25%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $7K
- Other out-of-state $5K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2011 – Jan 2013. Peak $8,900 in Jan 2012. Spending peaked at $6,203 in Oct 2012.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 61 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 1 person gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $125 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Fedex Corporation PAC | 1 | $3,550.00 |
| Tennessee Employees Action Movement PAC | 2 | $3,000.00 |
| Tennessee Educ Assn Fund for Children Public Edu | 3 | $2,500.00 |
| Tennessee Medical Association PAC (TMA) | 2 | $2,500.00 |
| Tennessee Bankers Association PAC | 3 | $2,500.00 |
| TN Safe Communities PAC | 1 | $2,000.00 |
| Tennessee Dental PAC | 1 | $1,500.00 |
| Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) | 2 | $1,250.00 |
| Tennessee Health Care Assn PAC | 2 | $1,250.00 |
| Comcast Corporation PAC | 2 | $1,250.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| House Republican Caucus | 2 | $5,566.00 | |
| Um Confucius Institute | 2 | $4,000.00 | |
| Margin of Victory Partners | 1 | $1,500.00 | |
| At&T Mobility | 13 | $1,271.34 | |
| Microsoft Online Store | 1 | $1,206.12 | |
| Winters, Iris | 1 | $1,163.47 | |
| Coley, Erin E | 2 | $950.00 | |
| Campaign Co-Op | 9 | $808.64 | |
| Fundraising Expenses | 1 | $750.00 | |
| Shelby County Republican Party | 1 | $637.00 | |
| Paula B. Coley, CPA | 2 | $550.00 | |
| Hawk, David | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Weirich, Amy | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Gaylord Opryland Convention Center | 2 | $432.55 | |
| Tin Angel Restaurant | 1 | $357.81 | |
| Peterson, Stephanie | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Memphis Area Racquetball Association | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Friends of Paula Sedgwick | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Bolton High School | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Keisling, Kelly | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Hall, Steve | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Kane, Roger | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Wirgau, Timothy | 1 | $250.00 | |
| National Foundation for Transplants | 2 | $250.00 | |
| Watkins Uiberall PLLC ↺ donor $250.00 | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Postage | 1 | $237.60 | |
| Gotto, Jim | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Consulting | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Jason's Deli | 1 | $196.13 | |
| Bin Xuan Jin | 1 | $171.09 | |
| Catering | 1 | $150.00 | |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Houston's | 1 | $136.55 | |
| Food / Beverage | 1 | $136.43 | |
| Office Supplies | 1 | $130.27 | |
| Kroger | 1 | $122.11 | |
| The Standard | 1 | $117.39 | |
| Fundraiser Supplies | 1 | $61.14 |
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 James M Coley’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Printing & mail $6,695 27%
- Other $4,900 20%
- Contributions & donations $4,350 18%
- Fundraising & events $3,833 16%
- Office & operations $2,608 11%
- Consulting & professional services $1,000 4%
- Field & voter contact $950 4%
- Travel $366 1%
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 2012 Amended | $34,961.54 | $40,064.54 | Source: Q4 2012 filing Report 47647 |
| Pre-General 2012 | $35,489.09 | $34,961.54 | Source: Pre-General 2012 filing Report 44721 |
| Q3 2012 Amended | $31,804.09 | $35,489.09 | Source: Q3 2012 filing Report 50941 |
| Pre-Primary 2012 Amended | $33,470.82 | $31,804.09 | Source: Pre-Primary 2012 filing Report 42899 |
| Q2 2012 Amended | $31,452.80 | $33,470.82 | Source: Q2 2012 filing Report 41793 |
| Q1 2012 | $31,942.47 | $31,452.80 | Source: Q1 2012 filing Report 39569 |
| As filed on this report: cash beginning $31,942.47, receipts $0.00, disbursements $0.00, cash ending $31,452.80. | |||
| Year-End 2011 Amended | $18,067.94 | $31,942.47 | Source: Year-End 2011 filing Report 39555 |
| Mid-Year 2011 | $20,527.26 | $18,067.94 | Source: Mid-Year 2011 filing Report 37420 |