Janis Baird Sontany — 2010 Tennessee House, District 53 campaign
2010 Tennessee House, District 53 · totals since Jan 16, 2009
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 2009–Q4 2010
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 →
$16,214
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 →
$68,670
includes $7,170 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Total Spent
$65,634
Donors
82
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, 67% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $15K · 23%Organizations and PACs, itemized $46K · 67%Unitemized contributions $7K · 10%
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 →
$468average gift
$250median gift
33individual 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 →
96% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (4% from out of state).
Tennessee $58,950 Out of state $2,550
- Nashville $51K83%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $8K
- Other out-of-state $3K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2009 – Jan 2011. Peak $15,500 in Sep 2010. Spending peaked at $21,536 in Oct 2010.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 80 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.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Nashville Fire Fighters Local 140 PAC | 3 | $8,500.00 |
| Plumbers Pipefitters Education Committee | 2 | $5,000.00 |
| Davidson County Democratic Women Gwen McFarland | 1 | $3,500.00 |
| Friends of Police PAC | 2 | $2,750.00 |
| Tennessee Educ Assn Fund for Children Public Edu | 4 | $2,000.00 |
| William Pratt | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Fedex Corporation PAC | 2 | $1,500.00 |
| Tennessee Bankers Association PAC | 2 | $1,500.00 |
| Phran Galante | 3 | $1,500.00 |
| Humane Tennessee PAC | 1 | $1,500.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Datamarketing Network | 5 | $10,316.29 | |
| Mailer's Choice | 5 | $4,828.16 | |
| U. S. Postmaster | 24 | $4,490.35 | |
| Buford Lewis Co. | 3 | $4,064.12 | |
| Jarvis Signs | 5 | $3,398.99 | |
| Mad Dog Design | 4 | $2,632.75 | |
| Boys & Girls Club of Middle TN | 6 | $2,500.00 | |
| TN House Democratic Caucus | 1 | $2,000.00 | |
| TN Economic Women's Foundation | 2 | $1,775.00 | |
| Advertising Vehicles, Inc. | 3 | $1,500.00 | |
| Boomerang | 2 | $1,400.00 | |
| Progress, Inc. | 8 | $1,350.00 | |
| Party Animals | 4 | $1,250.00 | |
| Glencliff High School | 5 | $1,125.00 | |
| Brent, Delano | 2 | $1,076.00 | |
| House Democratic Caucus | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| McKinney, Richard | 2 | $1,000.00 | |
| Ymca - Joe C. Davis Foundation - Camp Widjiwagan | 2 | $1,000.00 | |
| Barclay & Williams | 3 | $820.00 | |
| Crieve Hall Neighborhood Association | 5 | $810.00 | |
| H H Gregg | 1 | $798.27 | |
| Dairy King | 1 | $775.00 | |
| I Design, Inc. | 3 | $710.00 | |
| Neighborhood News | 3 | $690.00 | |
| Cobb, Ty | 2 | $600.00 | |
| Nashville Women's Political Caucus | 9 | $575.00 | |
| Tennessee Democratic Party | 2 | $550.00 | |
| Davidson County Democratic Party | 3 | $550.00 | |
| Ezell Harding Christian School | 2 | $500.00 | |
| Athena Scholarship | 2 | $400.00 | |
| The Sign Shop | 1 | $400.00 | |
| TN Department of Agriculture | 2 | $400.00 | |
| TN Campaign Basics | 1 | $336.38 | |
| Sam's Club | 2 | $300.07 | |
| The Home Depot | 3 | $287.81 | |
| Nashville Drug Court Support Foundation | 3 | $285.00 | |
| Flatrock Heritage Foundation | 4 | $278.39 | |
| Lovie's Legacy | 3 | $250.00 | |
| Women In Numbers | 3 | $250.00 | |
| Cable/Athena Awards | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Deaner (Closed), Dawn | 1 | $250.00 | |
| World Market | 2 | $239.16 | |
| Mary Ann Eckles | 1 | $221.00 | |
| Davidson County Democratic Women | 4 | $220.00 | |
| Nashville Cash and Carry | 3 | $206.90 | |
| The Hundred Club of Nashville | 2 | $200.00 | |
| Davidson County Young Democrats | 2 | $200.00 | |
| Southeast Easter Event | 2 | $200.00 | |
| McMillan, Kim | 2 | $200.00 | |
| Ryan's Smokehouse | 1 | $200.00 | |
| DCRP Candidate Fund | 1 | $200.00 | |
| United Way of Metro Nashville | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Bronner's | 1 | $189.79 | |
| Emma | 3 | $181.00 | |
| Markum, Jan | 2 | $180.00 | |
| Tigerdirect.Com | 1 | $159.99 | |
| Hooligan's | 2 | $150.00 | |
| Baskets By Design | 2 | $140.00 | |
| Lowe's | 1 | $109.44 | |
| TN Young Democrats | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Democratic Congressional Campaign | 2 | $100.00 | |
| Neighborhood Resource Center | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Legal Aid Society of Mid TN | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Young, Debbie | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Democratic Senatorial Campaign | 2 | $100.00 | |
| Mending Hearts | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Coleman, Samuel E. | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Bohr, Leslie | 2 | $100.00 | |
| Bradley, Tommy | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Jim Cooper | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Al Menah Shriners | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Tennessee Apartment PAC ↺ donor $500.00 | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Phillip Pinion | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Kroger | 2 | $99.30 | |
| Shell | 2 | $98.24 | |
| Big River Grill | 1 | $93.07 | |
| Dunkin' | 2 | $89.23 | |
| Hobby Lobby | 1 | $87.79 | |
| Longhorn Restaurant | 2 | $84.02 | |
| Kinko's | 2 | $82.57 | |
| Brown Dog Foundation | 2 | $80.00 | |
| Caldwell Abbay Hall Neighborhood Associa | 1 | $75.00 | |
| Prince, Lena | 2 | $75.00 | |
| Hickory Woods Apartments | 1 | $70.00 | |
| Ink Jet Super Store | 2 | $68.88 | |
| Dollar Tree Stores | 3 | $67.75 | |
| K-Mart | 2 | $62.27 | |
| Home Style Bakery | 1 | $61.19 | |
| Continental Carbonic | 2 | $60.59 | |
| TN Conservation Voters | 1 | $60.00 | |
| Capitol Grille | 1 | $55.89 | |
| Germantown Cafe | 1 | $54.07 | |
| J. Alexander's | 1 | $50.61 | |
| Emily's List | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Central Labor Council of Nashville and Mid. TN PAC | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Nashville Fire Fighters | 1 | $50.00 | |
| McWherter, Michael | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Johnson, Karen | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Castlegate Civic Club | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Jimmy Kelly's Restaurant | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Vanderbilt University | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Tennessee Democratic Women's PAC ↺ donor $500.00 | 1 | $50.00 | |
| John Arriola | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Alpha Delta Omega Foundation | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Nashville Fire Fighters Local 140 Committee P/E | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Van Cleave, Karen | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Morgan, Jo | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Kwik Sak | 1 | $49.00 | |
| Fuel Market | 1 | $47.10 | |
| McCarthy, Jones & Woodard | 1 | $43.72 | |
| Rafferty's | 1 | $42.20 | |
| Eig Power | 2 | $41.88 | |
| TN Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence | 1 | $35.00 | |
| Walmart | 1 | $30.38 | |
| Donnie, Redd | 1 | $30.00 | |
| Cable | 1 | $30.00 | |
| A Piece of Cake Bakery | 1 | $27.30 | |
| Public Square Parking Garage | 4 | $27.00 | |
| FedEx Office | 1 | $26.74 | |
| Last Minute Toy Store | 1 | $25.00 | |
| Leukemia & Lymphoma Society | 1 | $25.00 | |
| Smith Springs Baptist Church | 1 | $25.00 | |
| Senate Democratic Caucus | 1 | $25.00 | |
| Breast Cancer Coalition | 1 | $25.00 | |
| Walk To Defeat Als | 1 | $25.00 | |
| Davidson County Democratic Executive Committee | 1 | $25.00 | |
| Jo Ann Fabrics | 1 | $23.32 | |
| Hardee's | 1 | $20.75 | |
| Greater Nashville Association of Realtor | 1 | $20.00 | |
| Office Depot | 2 | $19.16 | |
| Target | 1 | $18.56 | |
| Osborne Grocery | 1 | $10.97 | |
| Walgreens | 1 | $10.83 | |
| Cracker Barrel | 1 | $10.27 | |
| Advance Auto Parts | 1 | $6.28 | |
| K & T Auto Parts | 1 | $3.57 |
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 Janis Baird Sontany’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Printing & mail $27,384 42%
- Other $14,584 22%
- Contributions & donations $12,904 20%
- Fundraising & events $6,308 10%
- Office & operations $1,960 3%
- Advertising & media $1,794 3%
- Field & voter contact $435 0.7%
- Travel $125 0.2%
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 2010 Amended | $18,589.19 | $16,213.57 | Source: Q4 2010 filing Report 38022 |
| Pre-General 2010 Amended | $29,982.31 | $18,589.19 | Source: Pre-General 2010 filing Report 38021 |
| Q3 2010 Amended | $12,786.15 | $29,982.31 | Source: Q3 2010 filing Report 38020 |
| Pre-Primary 2010 Amended | $6,428.58 | $12,786.15 | Source: Pre-Primary 2010 filing Report 38019 |
| Q2 2010 | $10,301.29 | $6,428.58 | Source: Q2 2010 filing Report 31483 |
| Q1 2010 | $13,919.50 | $10,301.29 | Source: Q1 2010 filing Report 30104 |
| Year-End 2009 Amended | $4,121.17 | $13,919.50 | Source: Year-End 2009 filing Report 38018 |
| Mid-Year 2009 Late | $13,177.77 | $4,121.17 | Source: Mid-Year 2009 filing Report 28126 |