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James T Bletner — 2004 Tennessee House, District 17 campaign

Tennessee House, District 17 Republican

2004 Tennessee House, District 17 · 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 → · 2 filings · Post-Primary 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 →
$152
as of the Post-Primary 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 →
$24,438
includes $7,938 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Loan entries in filing detail: $6,300. 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 →
$2,700
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$24,286
Donors
20
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).

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-Primary 2004 2004 reported receipts $10,735
Pre-Primary 2004 reported receipts $13,703
Reported receipts $24,438
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 $23,583
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $703
Total spent $24,286
From each filing:
  • Post-Primary 2004 2004 Initial $16,842 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $16,428 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $414 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2004 Initial $7,444 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $7,155 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $289 filing-stated
Receipts
$24,438
Spent
$24,286

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, 37% of receipts on these reports.

The candidate's own contributions, itemized $1K · 4%Individuals, itemized $9K · 37%Unitemized contributions $8K · 32%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $7K · 27%

Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized compares individuals, 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.

Individuals, itemized: $9,000 ÷ Reported receipts: $24,438
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
The candidate's own contributions, itemized $1,000
Individuals, itemized $9,000
Unitemized contributions $7,938
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $6,500
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 →

$450average gift
$250median gift
20individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
20%
6%
$200–1K
55%
38%
$1K–5K
25%
56%
$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: $9,000 ÷ Individual donors: 20
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $9,000
Median gift $250
Individual donors 20
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 →

100% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (0% from out of state).

Tennessee $9,000 Out of state $0
  • Knoxville $8K92%
  • Dandridge $5006%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $250

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: $0 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $9,000
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $0
Source filings:

Contributions Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions by month — Mar 2004 – Aug 2004. Peak $3,800 in Jul 2004.

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 22 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 2 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $300 and their names are withheld.

22 named donors 24 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Romono Lacy 1 $1,000.00
Stephen R Moseley 1 $1,000.00
James K Bletner Self 1 $1,000.00
Diana C Samples 1 $1,000.00
Robert Talbott 1 $1,000.00
Wayne Kline 1 $1,000.00
Gail Brabson Includes In-Kind 2 $775.00
Leonard A Brabson Includes In-Kind 2 $775.00
Herman Weaver In-Kind 1 $700.00
Tom Midyett 1 $500.00

Expenditures

17 vendors 21 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Bacon & Company 1 $7,670.00 33%
Burns Printing 2 $7,651.00 32%
U. S. Post Office 2 $2,259.00 10%
Charter Media 2 $1,067.00 5%
Smith & Sons 1 $627.00 3%
Ten - 2 - News 2 $603.00 3%
Win-Your-Race 1 $600.00 3%
Standard Banner 1 $565.00 2%
If-Its-Paper 1 $502.00 2%
Kinko's 1 $366.00 2%

Loans

$6,500.00 in loan balances shown. $6,300.00 was borrowed in this campaign; $200.00 was carried into these filings from an earlier period. Later reports can repeat an outstanding loan, so each reconstructed lender balance is counted once below.

Loan principal shown adds together the amounts listed below.

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Loan schedules can repeat an outstanding debt on later reports. This is the reconstructed principal for each lender, counted once, split between candidate or family loans and all other lenders. Repayments and outstanding balances are shown separately in the ledger.

Inputs behind Loan principal shown
Candidate and family loans $6,500
Loan principal shown $6,500
Source filings:
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (James T Bletner) Candidate loan May 21, 2004 $6,500.00 $0.00 $6,500.00

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

  • Printing & mail $11,100 47%
  • Other $8,489 36%
  • Advertising & media $3,468 15%
  • Office & operations $526 2%

Loans

Campaign loans
Lender Amount Date Received Outstanding Repaid

Of the $6,500 lent, $6,300 was borrowed during the filings shown here. The other $200 was drawn before them and is still listed because it has not been fully repaid — so it counts as debt this campaign owes, not as money it raised.

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.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Post-Primary 2004 2004 $6,259.00 $152.00 Source: Post-Primary 2004 2004 filing Report 1675
Pre-Primary 2004 $0.00 $6,259.00 Source: Pre-Primary 2004 filing Report 795