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Jay Bush — 2018 Tennessee House, District 73 campaign

Tennessee House, District 73 Republican

2018 Tennessee House, District 73 · totals since Jan 16, 2018

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 → · 4 filings · Pre-Primary 2018–Q3 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 →
$0
as of the Q3 report
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$64,715
includes $200 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Itemized in-kind Goods or services donated to the campaign instead of cash — say, free printing or donated consulting — reported at fair-market value. Counted toward the same $200 disclosure threshold as cash gifts. This figure adds the in-kind contributions itemized on the selected reports. The Registry reports in-kind apart from receipts, so it is not part of the receipts figure. Full definition →
$2,733
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$64,715
Donors
182
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:

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
Q3 2018 reported receipts $506
Pre-Primary 2018 reported receipts $8,040
Q2 2018 reported receipts $38,394
Q1 2018 reported receipts $17,775
Reported receipts $64,715
From each filing:

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 $64,621
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $94
Total spent $64,715
From each filing:
  • Q3 2018 Initial $12,754 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $12,698 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $56 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2018 Initial $33,859 derived
  • Q2 2018 Amendment $18,063 derived
  • Q1 2018 Amendment $38 filing-stated
Receipts
$64,715
Spent
$64,715

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: individuals, itemized, 83% of receipts on these reports.

The candidate's own contributions, itemized $1K · 2%Individuals, itemized $54K · 83%Organizations and PACs, itemized $10K · 15%

Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized compares individuals, 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.

Individuals, itemized: $53,915 ÷ Reported receipts: $64,715
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
The candidate's own contributions, itemized $1,000
Individuals, itemized $53,915
Organizations and PACs, itemized $9,600
Unitemized contributions $200
From each filing:

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 →

$315average gift
$250median gift
171individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0.6%
0.1%
$50–200
35%
11%
$200–1K
58%
60%
$1K–5K
7%
29%
$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: $53,915 ÷ Individual donors: 171
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $53,915
Median gift $250
Individual donors 171
Source filings:

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 →

99.6% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (0.4% from out of state).

Tennessee $63,265 Out of state $250
  • Jackson $51K80%
  • Clarksville $5K7%
  • Medina $3K5%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $5K
  • Other out-of-state $250

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: $250 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $63,515
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $250
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Mar 2018 – Aug 2018. Peak $19,500 in May 2018. Spending peaked at $45,530 in Jul 2018.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 127 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 60 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $5,915 and their names are withheld.

127 named donors 159 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Johnson Victory PAC 2 $3,000.00
Charlotte Matlock 1 $1,500.00
Clare Little 2 $1,500.00
Betsy C Little 2 $1,500.00
Haltom Real Estate Group LLC 1 $1,500.00
Matlock Family LLC 2 $1,500.00
Mary Browning 2 $1,500.00
James Campbell 2 $1,500.00
Montie Matlock 1 $1,500.00
James Exum 2 $1,250.00

Expenditures

24 vendors 72 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Direct Edge Campaigns LLC ↺ donor $326.07 7 $37,705.47 58%
Via Media 1 $5,004.00 8%
Facebook 17 $3,882.19 6%
Integrated Marketing Systems 1 $3,543.55 5%
WNWS Fm 3 $2,334.00 4%
Adelsberger Marketing 2 $1,958.99 3%
North Jackson Post Office 6 $1,895.00 3%
Tennessee Industrial Printing, Inc. 3 $1,565.12 2%
Gourmet Your Way ↺ donor $1,000.00 1 $1,190.79 2%
Grace Broadcasting 1 $1,120.00 2%

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

  • Advertising & media $57,861 90%
  • Printing & mail $4,045 6%
  • Fundraising & events $1,191 2%
  • Other $600 1.0%
  • Contributions & donations $371 0.6%
  • Consulting & professional services $210 0.4%
  • Field & voter contact $200 0.4%
  • Office & operations $144 0.3%

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
Q3 2018 $12,248.27 $0.00 Source: Q3 2018 filing Report 78296
Pre-Primary 2018 $38,067.76 $12,248.27 Source: Pre-Primary 2018 filing Report 76022
Q2 2018 Amended $17,737.20 $38,067.76 Source: Q2 2018 filing Report 78019
Q1 2018 Amended $0.00 $17,737.20 Source: Q1 2018 filing Report 78021