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Jason Potts — 2018 Tennessee House, District 59 campaign

Tennessee House, District 59 Democratic

2018 Tennessee House, District 59 · totals since Jan 16, 2013

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 → · 13 filings · Mid-Year 2013–Q4 2018

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 →
$224
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 →
$57,970
includes $928 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Loan entries in filing detail: $36,703. The report totals above govern this headline.
Total Spent
$42,588
Donors
34
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 2018 Amendment $224 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
Year-End 2014 reported receipts $0
Mid-Year 2014 reported receipts $0
Year-End 2013 reported receipts $0
Mid-Year 2013 reported receipts $0
Year-End 2015 reported receipts $0
Mid-Year 2015 reported receipts $0
Q4 2018 reported receipts $3,165
Pre-General 2018 reported receipts $7,380
Q3 2018 reported receipts $5,331
Pre-Primary 2018 reported receipts $8,550
Q2 2018 reported receipts $14,141
Q1 2018 reported receipts $16,879
Year-End 2017 reported receipts $2,524
Reported receipts $57,970
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 $38,789
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $3,799
Total spent $42,588
From each filing:
  • Q4 2018 Amendment $1,805 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $938 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $867 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2018 Initial $798 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $384 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $414 filing-stated
  • Q3 2018 Initial $20,227 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $19,154 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,072 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2018 Initial $2,937 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $2,694 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $243 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2018 Initial $9,899 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $8,954 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $945 filing-stated
  • Q1 2018 Initial $6,135 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $5,916 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $220 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2017 Supplemental $787 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $750 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $37 filing-stated
Receipts
$57,970
Spent
$42,588

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, 57% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $4K · 7%Organizations and PACs, itemized $20K · 34%Unitemized contributions $928 · 2%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $33K · 57%

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: $32,892 ÷ Reported receipts: $57,970
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds
Individuals, itemized $4,200
Organizations and PACs, itemized $19,950
Unitemized contributions $928
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $32,892
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 →

$382average gift
$250median gift
11individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
36%
11%
$200–1K
55%
65%
$1K–5K
9%
24%
$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: $4,200 ÷ Individual donors: 11
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $4,200
Median gift $250
Individual donors 11
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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 →

95% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (5% from out of state).

Tennessee $22,900 Out of state $1,250
  • Nashville $20K84%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $3K
  • Other out-of-state $1K

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: $1,250 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $24,150
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $1,250
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Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2018 – Jan 2019. Peak $8,500 in Jul 2018. Spending peaked at $19,273 in Jul 2018.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor figure above is a named-donor floor. A complete combined-term total is unavailable. This table names 30 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200.

30 named donors 35 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennessee Educ Assn Fund for Children Public Edu 2 $6,000.00
Tennessee Laborers PAC 1 $1,500.00
Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC 1 $1,000.00
Friends of Police PAC 1 $1,000.00
Nashville Fire Fighters Local 140 PAC 1 $1,000.00
Tennessee Professional Firefighters PAC 2 $1,000.00
David Briley 1 $1,000.00
Advance PAC 1 $1,000.00
Nashville Business Coalition 1 $1,000.00
Flex PAC 1 $1,000.00

Expenditures

21 vendors 48 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Harpeth Strategies 3 $11,193.10 29%
Postmaster 3 $4,961.26 13%
Mailer's Choice 3 $3,735.22 10%
White Strategies 1 $2,900.00 7%
Lucas Leverett 4 $2,750.00 7%
Lowe's 10 $2,090.92 5%
Latoya Ewing 3 $1,860.00 5%
Starwood Pizza 4 $1,523.21 4%
Joyce Martin 2 $1,240.00 3%
Norma Morton 2 $1,220.00 3%

Loans

$36,702.58 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 $36,703
Loan principal shown $36,703
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Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (Jason Potts) Candidate loan Jan 1, 2018 $36,702.58 $17,063.55 $19,639.03

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 $22,329 58%
  • Field & voter contact $7,470 19%
  • Advertising & media $4,412 11%
  • Fundraising & events $2,776 7%
  • Other $787 2%
  • Consulting & professional services $439 1%
  • Office & operations $375 1.0%
  • Contributions & donations $200 0.6%

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 2018 Amended $6,171.39 $224.10 Source: Q4 2018 filing Report 82470
Pre-General 2018 $2,489.07 $6,171.39 Source: Pre-General 2018 filing Report 80760
Q3 2018 $21,535.31 $2,489.07 Source: Q3 2018 filing Report 79654
Pre-Primary 2018 $16,722.44 $21,535.31 Source: Pre-Primary 2018 filing Report 77957
Q2 2018 $12,480.54 $16,722.44 Source: Q2 2018 filing Report 76445
Q1 2018 $1,736.42 $12,480.54 Source: Q1 2018 filing Report 72849
Year-End 2017 $0.00 $1,736.42 Source: Year-End 2017 filing Report 72867
Year-End 2015 $0.00 $0.00 Source: Year-End 2015 filing Report 62195
Mid-Year 2015 $0.00 $0.00 Source: Mid-Year 2015 filing Report 60701
Year-End 2014 $0.00 $0.00 Source: Year-End 2014 filing Report 59421
Mid-Year 2014 $0.00 $0.00 Source: Mid-Year 2014 filing Report 53471
Year-End 2013 $0.00 $0.00 Source: Year-End 2013 filing Report 49269
Mid-Year 2013 $0.00 $0.00 Source: Mid-Year 2013 filing Report 47962