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Jason Potts — 2012 Tennessee House, District 53 campaign

Tennessee House, District 53 Democratic

2012 Tennessee House, District 53 · totals since Jan 16, 2012

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 · Pre-Primary 2012–Q4 2012

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 →
$5
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 →
$7,300
includes $275 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Loan entries in filing detail: $2,800. The report totals above govern this headline.
Total Spent
$6,405
Donors
8
total donors; qualifying names are listed below

Cash on hand is the amount reported on the filing listed below.

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The opening cash balance on the campaign's 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
Q4 2012 reported receipts $0
Q3 2012 reported receipts $500
Pre-Primary 2012 reported receipts $225
Q2 2012 reported receipts $5,450
Q1 2012 reported receipts $1,125
Reported receipts $7,300
From each filing:
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  • Q1 2012 Initial $1,125 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 $6,094
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $311
Total spent $6,405
From each filing:
  • Q3 2012 Amendment $115 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $100 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $15 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2012 Initial $1,064 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $980 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $84 filing-stated
  • Q2 2012 Initial $4,398 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $4,186 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $212 filing-stated
  • Q1 2012 Initial $828 derived
Receipts
$7,300
Spent
$6,405

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, 48% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $725 · 10%Organizations and PACs, itemized $4K · 48%Unitemized contributions $275 · 4%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $3K · 38%

Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized compares organizations and pacs, 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.

Organizations and PACs, itemized: $3,500 ÷ Reported receipts: $7,300
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized
Individuals, itemized $725
Organizations and PACs, itemized $3,500
Unitemized contributions $275
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $2,800
From each filing:
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  • Q1 2012 Initial $1,125 filing-stated

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 $4,225 Out of state $0
  • Nashville $4K95%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $200

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: $4,225
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 — Mar 2012 – Jul 2012. Peak $2,600 in Jun 2012. Spending peaked at $1,979 in Jun 2012.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 5 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 3 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $325 and their names are withheld.

5 named donors 5 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Friends of Police PAC 1 $2,500.00
Nashville Fire Fighters Local 140 PAC 1 $500.00
The Jones Law Group PLLC 1 $500.00
Allen Gebhardt 1 $200.00
Donna Patterson 1 $200.00

Expenditures

7 vendors 16 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Source One Signology 7 $3,002.85 49%
U.S. Post Office 3 $2,205.00 36%
Lucas Leverett 1 $275.00 5%
Sendcalls.Com 2 $200.00 3%
Metro Parks and Recreation 1 $165.00 3%
Office Max 1 $145.04 2%
Barbecutie Catering 1 $101.30 2%

Loans

$2,800.00 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 $2,800
Loan principal shown $2,800
Source filings:
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (Jason Potts) Candidate loan Mar 7, 2012 $2,800.00 $894.83 $1,905.17

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

  • Printing & mail $5,208 85%
  • Consulting & professional services $475 8%
  • Office & operations $310 5%
  • Fundraising & events $101 2%

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 2012 $4.83 — Source: Q4 2012 filing Report 45585
Q3 2012 Amended $509.83 $4.83 Source: Q3 2012 filing Report 43332
Pre-Primary 2012 $1,348.59 $509.83 Source: Pre-Primary 2012 filing Report 42133
Q2 2012 $297.00 $1,348.59 Source: Q2 2012 filing Report 40883
Q1 2012 $0.00 $297.00 Source: Q1 2012 filing Report 39535