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James T Bletner — 2006 Tennessee House, District 17 campaign

Tennessee House, District 17 Republican

2006 Tennessee House, District 17 · totals since 2005

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 → · 5 filings · Supplemental 2005 2005–Q4 2006

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 →
$49
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 →
$27,000
includes $7,110 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Loan entries in filing detail: $18,940. The report totals above govern this headline.
Total Spent
$26,075
less $62 in refunds & credits → $26,013 net disbursements
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:
  • Q4 2006 Initial $49 filing-stated

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
Q4 2006 reported receipts $0
Q3 2006 reported receipts $5,315
Pre-Primary 2006 reported receipts $19,835
Q2 2006 reported receipts $1,850
Supplemental 2005 2005 reported receipts $0
Reported receipts $27,000
From each filing:
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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 $25,476
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $599
Total spent $26,075
From each filing:
  • Q3 2006 Amendment $15,996 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $15,898 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $98 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2006 Initial $9,561 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $9,383 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $178 filing-stated
  • Q2 2006 Amendment $518 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $195 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $323 filing-stated
Receipts
$27,000
Spent
$26,075

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: loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds, 45% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $8K · 29%Unitemized contributions $7K · 26%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $12K · 45%

Share of reported receipts: Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds compares loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds 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.

Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds: $12,140 ÷ Reported receipts: $27,000
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds
Individuals, itemized $7,750
Unitemized contributions $7,110
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $12,140
From each filing:
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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 →

$388average gift
$250median gift
20individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
10%
4%
$200–1K
80%
70%
$1K–5K
10%
26%
$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: $7,750 ÷ Individual donors: 20
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $7,750
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 $7,750 Out of state $0
  • Knoxville $6K82%
  • Johnson City $1K13%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $400

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: $7,750
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $0
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — May 2006 – Sep 2006. Peak $6,000 in Jul 2006. Spending peaked at $13,110 in Aug 2006.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 18 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.

18 named donors 18 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Diana C Samples 1 $1,000.00
Rebecca Henderson 1 $1,000.00
H E Christenberry 1 $500.00
Leonard A Brabson 1 $500.00
Bill D Schmidt 1 $500.00
Jerry Price 1 $500.00
Randolph Humble 1 $500.00
Jane Burchfield 1 $500.00
H Peter Claussen 1 $250.00
James Hart 1 $250.00

Expenditures

14 vendors 18 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Burns Printing 2 $13,441.93 53%
Ten - 2 - News 2 $3,013.25 12%
Bacon & Company 1 $2,386.25 9%
U. S. Post Office 2 $1,288.00 5%
Charter Media 1 $1,080.00 4%
Standard Banner 2 $790.40 3%
Melrose Place 1 $700.00 3%
Wnox Radio 1 $688.50 3%
WJFC Radio 1 $560.00 2%
Kinko's 1 $456.00 2%

Loans

$18,940.00 in loan balances shown. The filings date all of it to this campaign. 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 $18,940
Loan principal shown $18,940
Source filings:
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (James T Bletner) Candidate loan Jul 3, 2006 $18,940.00 $1,340.00 $17,600.00

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 $17,743 70%
  • Advertising & media $6,733 26%
  • Office & operations $700 3%
  • Fundraising & events $300 1%

Loans

Campaign loans
Lender Amount Date Received Outstanding Repaid

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
Q4 2006 $48.96 $48.96 Source: Q4 2006 filing Report 12719
Q3 2006 Amended $12,008.00 $48.96 Source: Q3 2006 filing Report 12010
Pre-Primary 2006 $1,734.00 $12,008.00 Source: Pre-Primary 2006 filing Report 9235
Q2 2006 Amended $402.00 $1,734.00 Source: Q2 2006 filing Report 8671
Supplemental 2005 2005 $152.00 $402.00 Source: Supplemental 2005 2005 filing Report 4591

As filed on this report: cash beginning $152.00, receipts $0.00, disbursements $0.00, cash ending $402.00.

After the election

Reports ending after Jan 15, 2007.

Contributions and spending

No contributions or expenditures reported

3 filings · Mid-Year 2007–Mid-Year 2008

No individual donors or expenditures are published for this campaign.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Mid-Year 2008 Late $48.96 — Source: Mid-Year 2008 filing Report 23421
Year-End 2007 $48.96 $48.96 Source: Year-End 2007 filing Report 15262
Mid-Year 2007 $48.96 $48.96 Source: Mid-Year 2007 filing Report 13874