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Jason Potts — 2020 Tennessee House, District 59 campaign

Tennessee House, District 59 Democratic

2020 Tennessee House, District 59 · totals since Jan 16, 2019

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 →
$1,900
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 →
$24,000
includes $100 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Loan entries in filing detail: $18,634. The report totals above govern this headline.
Total Spent
$3,691
Donors
31
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 2020 Initial $1,900 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
Q4 2020 reported receipts $2,250
Pre-General 2020 reported receipts $4,550
Q3 2020 reported receipts $0
Pre-Primary 2020 reported receipts $0
Q2 2020 reported receipts $0
Q1 2020 reported receipts $0
Year-End 2019 reported receipts $17,200
Mid-Year 2019 reported receipts $0
Reported receipts $24,000
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 $3,456
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $235
Total spent $3,691
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  • Year-End 2019 Supplemental $3,416 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $3,206 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $210 filing-stated
Receipts
$24,000
Spent
$3,691

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, 91% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $1K · 5%Organizations and PACs, itemized $22K · 91%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $900 · 4%

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: $21,850 ÷ Reported receipts: $24,000
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized
Individuals, itemized $1,150
Organizations and PACs, itemized $21,850
Unitemized contributions $100
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $900
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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 →

70% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (30% from out of state).

Tennessee $16,000 Out of state $7,000
  • Nashville $14K61%
  • Washington, DC $4K17%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $2K
  • Other out-of-state $3K

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: $7,000 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $23,000
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $7,000
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jul 2019 – Jan 2021. Peak $8,150 in Nov 2019. Spending peaked at $2,000 in Nov 2019.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 30 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 1 person gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $150 and their names are withheld.

30 named donors 39 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Amazon.com Services LLC PAC 2 $3,000.00
Flex PAC 2 $2,000.00
Tennessee Bankers Association PAC 2 $1,750.00
Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC 1 $1,000.00
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) 1 $1,000.00
Tennessee Educ Assn Fund for Children Public Edu 1 $1,000.00
LAW PAC (Berkley Schwarz) 2 $1,000.00
LKQ Corporation Employee Good Government Fund PAC 2 $1,000.00
Service Employees Local 205 Cope Acct PAC 1 $1,000.00
Butler Snow PAC 2 $1,000.00

Expenditures

5 vendors 6 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Triumph Strategies, LLC 2 $2,812.50 81%
Dixie, Vincent 1 $250.00 7%
Sam's Club 1 $148.02 4%
Lucas Leverett 1 $125.00 4%
Publix 1 $120.41 3%

Loans

$18,633.86 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 $18,634
Loan principal shown $18,634
Source filings:
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (Jason Potts) Candidate loan Jul 12, 2019 $18,633.86 $18,633.86 $0.00

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.

  • Fundraising & events $3,081 89%
  • Contributions & donations $250 7%
  • Office & operations $125 4%

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 2020 $1,911.71 $1,899.73 Source: Q4 2020 filing Report 93738
Pre-General 2020 $66.71 $1,911.71 Source: Pre-General 2020 filing Report 92568
Q3 2020 $383.63 $66.71 Source: Q3 2020 filing Report 91633
Pre-Primary 2020 $633.63 $383.63 Source: Pre-Primary 2020 filing Report 89999
Q2 2020 $633.63 $633.63 Source: Q2 2020 filing Report 88842
Q1 2020 $633.63 $633.63 Source: Q1 2020 filing Report 87653
Year-End 2019 $224.10 $633.63 Source: Year-End 2019 filing Report 85831
Mid-Year 2019 $224.10 $224.10 Source: Mid-Year 2019 filing Report 84946