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Jason L Powell — 2020 Tennessee House, District 53 campaign

Tennessee House, District 53 Democratic

2020 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 2019–Q4 2020

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 →
$44,106
as of the Q4 report
→ carried into 2022 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 →
$54,550
Why this number?
Total Spent
$25,174
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 →
46%
$25,174 spent of $54,550 raised (cash)
Donors
58
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
25%
$13,750 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 2020 Initial $44,106 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 $54,550
Raised (cash) $54,550
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 $24,505
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $669
Total spent $25,174
From each filing:
  • Q4 2020 Initial $1,378 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,312 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $66 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2020 Initial $6,193 derived
  • Q3 2020 Initial $7,466 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $7,366 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $100 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2020 Initial $516 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $500 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $16 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2020 Amendment $6,216 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $6,050 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $166 filing-stated
  • Q1 2020 Initial $755 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $583 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $172 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2019 Supplemental $2,651 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $2,501 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $150 filing-stated

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: $13,750 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $54,550
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $13,750
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$54,550
Spent
$25,174

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 1%; organizations and PACs gave 99%.

Individuals $800 · 1% Organizations & PACs $54K · 99%
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: $800 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $54,550
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $800
From organizations and PACs $53,750
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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 →

75% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (25% from out of state).

Tennessee $40,800 Out of state $13,750
  • Nashville $30K55%
  • Brentwood $5K9%
  • Washington, DC $4K7%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $6K
  • Other out-of-state $10K
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: $13,750 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $54,550
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $13,750
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Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jul 2019 – Jan 2021. Peak $11,200 in Aug 2019. Spending peaked at $6,693 in Oct 2020.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200.

Named donor list 78 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) 2 $9,000.00
Tennessee Realtors PAC 4 $2,750.00
Tennessee Action Committee for Rural Electrification 2 $2,500.00
Amazon.com Services LLC PAC 2 $2,000.00
BIV-PAC (Bivens) 3 $2,000.00
Charter Communications INC Tennessee PAC 2 $2,000.00
Comcast Corporation PAC 2 $1,750.00
Jack Daniel's PAC 2 $1,750.00
Lawyers Involved for TN 2 $1,250.00
Tennessee Apartment PAC 2 $1,000.00

Expenditures

33 vendors 46 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
A Better Tomorrow 1 $5,000.00 20%
Stewart, Mike 1 $3,000.00 12%
Freeman, Bob 2 $2,500.00 10%
Green, Jerri 2 $1,000.00 4%
Thompson, Hilman Dwayne 1 $1,000.00 4%
Emerge America 2 $1,000.00 4%
Hodges, Jason 1 $1,000.00 4%
Salinas, Gabby 1 $1,000.00 4%
Converge Government Affairs 1 $1,000.00 4%
Fifth Third Bank 8 $659.55 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 Jason L Powell’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Contributions & donations $19,850 81%
  • Office & operations $1,289 5%
  • Advertising & media $1,268 5%
  • Printing & mail $862 4%
  • Field & voter contact $500 2%
  • Other $418 2%
  • Fundraising & events $216 0.9%
  • Consulting & professional services $102 0.5%

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 2020 $36,133.52 $44,105.70 Source ↗
Pre-General 2020 $38,076.37 $36,133.52 Source ↗
Q3 2020 $39,592.31 $38,076.37 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2020 $38,508.69 $39,592.31 Source ↗
Q2 2020 Amended $43,474.23 $38,508.69 Source ↗
Q1 2020 $44,229.18 $43,474.23 Source ↗
Year-End 2019 $14,729.73 $44,229.18 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2019 Late $14,729.73 $14,729.73 Source ↗