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Janis Baird Sontany — 2008 Tennessee House, District 53 campaign

Tennessee House, District 53 Democratic

2008 Tennessee House, District 53

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 2007–Q4 2008

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 →
$13,178
as of the Q4 report
→ carried into 2010 TN House 53
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 →
$35,555
includes $3,530 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Why this number?
Total Spent
$32,211
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 →
91%
$32,211 spent of $35,555 raised (cash)
Donors
61
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
6%
$2,225 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 2008 Initial $13,178 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 $32,025
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $3,530
Raised (cash) $35,555
From each filing:
  • Q4 2008 Initial $1,050 derived
  • Pre-General 2008 Initial $1,000 derived
  • Q3 2008 Amendment $7,425 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $7,000 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $425 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2008 Amendment $9,295 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $7,950 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $1,345 filing-stated
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  • Year-End 2007 Amendment $16,785 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $15,025 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $1,760 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 $32,029
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $183
Total spent $32,211
From each filing:
  • Q4 2008 Initial $2,932 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $2,926 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $6 filing-stated
  • Q3 2008 Amendment $2,280 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $2,273 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $7 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2008 Amendment $2,317 derived
  • Q2 2008 Initial $7,020 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $6,950 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $70 filing-stated
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  • Q1 2008 Initial $3,009 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $2,959 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $50 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2007 Amendment $6,722 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $6,672 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $50 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2007 Supplemental $7,931 derived

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: $2,225 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $35,555
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $2,225
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$35,555
Spent
$32,211

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 31%; organizations and PACs gave 69%.

Individuals $11K · 31% Organizations & PACs $24K · 69%
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: $11,130 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $35,555
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $11,130
From organizations and PACs $24,425
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 →

$447average gift
$250median gift
17individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
18%
6%
$200–1K
65%
41%
$1K–5K
18%
53%
$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: $7,600 ÷ Individual donors: 17
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $7,600
Median gift $250
Individual donors 17
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 →

93% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (7% from out of state).

Tennessee $29,800 Out of state $2,225
  • Nashville $24K75%
  • Murfreesboro $2K6%
  • Memphis $2K5%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $2K
  • Other out-of-state $2K
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: $2,225 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $32,025
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $2,225
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2007 – Jan 2009. Peak $7,950 in Jul 2008. Spending peaked at $4,064 in Jun 2008.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $450 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 78 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Lawyers Involved for TN 3 $2,500.00
Nat L Health Corp PAC 4 $2,000.00
Dale Nichols 2 $2,000.00
Tennessee Health Care Assn PAC 2 $1,500.00
Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC 2 $1,500.00
Tennessee Bankers Assn PAC 3 $1,500.00
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) 2 $1,000.00
Independent Medicine S PAC TN 2 $1,000.00
Kirby Davis Jr 2 $1,000.00
William Pratt 1 $1,000.00

Expenditures

116 vendors 193 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
U. S. Postmaster 12 $3,973.11 12%
Boys & Girls Club of Middle TN 6 $2,500.00 8%
Boomerang 2 $1,400.00 4%
Professional Design 1 $1,371.42 4%
Advertising Vehicles, Inc. 2 $1,320.00 4%
Printing Etc. 1 $1,174.44 4%
Brent, Delano 2 $1,131.00 4%
Party Animals 4 $1,100.00 3%
Davidson County Democratic Party 6 $1,082.00 3%
House Democratic Caucus 1 $1,000.00 3%

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

  • Contributions & donations $10,911 34%
  • Printing & mail $9,069 28%
  • Other $5,161 16%
  • Fundraising & events $3,908 12%
  • Office & operations $2,189 7%
  • Advertising & media $485 2%
  • Travel $205 0.7%
  • Staff & payroll $100 0.4%

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 2008 $15,059.65 $13,177.77 Source ↗
Pre-General 2008 $14,059.65 $15,059.65 Source ↗
Q3 2008 Amended $8,914.15 $14,059.65 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2008 Amended $1,936.60 $8,914.15 Source ↗
Q2 2008 $8,956.82 $1,936.60 Source ↗
Q1 2008 $11,966.07 $8,956.82 Source ↗
Year-End 2007 Amended $1,903.17 $11,966.07 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2007 $9,834.20 $1,903.17 Source ↗