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Jeffrey S. Bivins — 2022 Tennessee Supreme Court campaign

Tennessee Supreme Court Independent

2022 Tennessee Supreme Court

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 → · 18 filings · Pre-General 2016–Q4 2022

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 →
$17,972
as of the Q4 report
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 →
$33,804
includes $504 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Why this number?
In-Kind Received 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. Full definition →
$2,037
goods or services
Total Spent
$13,832
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 →
41%
$13,832 spent of $33,804 raised (cash)
Donors
At least 67 named
full total unavailable for this combined term
Self-Funded
6%
$2,000 of $35,841 raised, including in-kind · campaign loans
Out-of-State
3%
$1,100 from outside TN
Why this number?

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

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The ending cash balances the campaign's 4 committees each reported on their most recent filing, added together (each as filed, not computed).

Source filings:

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. Excludes the value of donated goods & services, shown separately as In-Kind Received. Note: a separate cross-filing check found a loan-balance carryforward discontinuity in the filings behind this figure. The reports have not been reconciled to determine the cause of the unexplained balance change.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $31,300
Loans received $2,000
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $504
Raised (cash) $33,804
From each filing:
  • Pre-General 2016 Initial $19,967 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $19,915 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $52 filing-stated
  • Q3 2016 Initial $250 derived
  • Q2 2016 Amendment $11,587 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $11,135 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $452 filing-stated
Not attributable to a single filing:
Loans $2,000 derived

Filings restate outstanding loans each period, so a loan belongs to the campaign rather than to any one 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 $13,392
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $440
Total spent $13,832
From each filing:
  • Q4 2016 Amendment $1,650 derived
  • Pre-General 2016 Initial $196 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $129 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $68 filing-stated
  • Q3 2016 Initial $2,014 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,989 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $25 filing-stated
  • Q2 2016 Amendment $68 filing-stated
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  • Mid-Year 2018 Supplemental $1,088 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,000 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $88 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2017 Supplemental $3,370 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $3,250 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $120 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2019 Supplemental $71 filing-stated
  • Q4 2022 Initial $700 derived
  • Q3 2022 Initial $675 derived
  • Year-End 2021 Supplemental $4,000 derived

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: $1,100 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $35,841
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $1,100
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$35,841
Spent
$13,832

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 →

The candidate’s own money made up 6% of the campaign’s funds — individuals gave 73%, organizations and PACs 16%, with 6% from other sources.

Candidate’s own money $2K · 6% Individuals $26K · 73% Organizations & PACs $6K · 16% Other sources $2K · 6%
Why this number?

Share from the candidate compares from the candidate's own money 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 the candidate divided by the total.

From the candidate's own money: $2,000 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $35,841
Inputs behind Share from the candidate
Candidate's own money (incl. self-loans) $2,000
From individuals $26,154
From organizations and PACs $5,650
In-kind contributions (goods & services) $2,037
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 →

96% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (4% from out of state).

Tennessee $30,200 Out of state $1,100
  • Nashville $10K33%
  • Memphis $6K21%
  • Knoxville $3K10%
  • Franklin $2K7%
  • Jackson $2K6%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $6K
  • Other out-of-state $1K
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: $1,100 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $31,300
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $1,100
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jun 2016 – Jan 2023. Peak $19,815 in Jul 2016. Spending peaked at $4,000 in Dec 2021.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

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

Named donor list 72 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net

Expenditures

11 vendors 15 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Franklin Christian Church 5 $7,250.00 54%
American Bar Foundation 1 $2,000.00 15%
Neal & Harwell 1 $963.54 7%
Bill Lee Inaugural, Inc. 1 $700.00 5%
Williamson County Bar Association 1 $675.00 5%
Harry Phillips American Inn of Court 1 $525.00 4%
McNally, Randy 1 $500.00 4%
High Hopes 1 $250.00 2%
Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee 1 $250.00 2%
Tennessee Bar Association 1 $150.00 1%

Loans

$2,000.00 in loan principal 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.

Why this number?

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 $2,000
Loan principal shown $2,000
Source filings:
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Principal Repaid Outstanding
Self (Jeffrey S. Bivins) Candidate loan Jul 24, 2016 $2,000.00 $0.00 $2,000.00

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

  • Contributions & donations $10,400 78%
  • Fundraising & events $2,339 17%
  • Office & operations $654 5%

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 2022 $18,671.95 $17,971.95 Source ↗
Pre-General 2022 $19,346.95 $19,346.95 Source ↗
Q3 2022 $19,346.95 $18,671.95 Source ↗
Q2 2022 $19,346.95 $19,346.95 Source ↗
Year-End 2021 $23,346.95 $19,346.95 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2021 $23,346.95 $23,346.95 Source ↗
Year-End 2020 $23,346.95 $23,346.95 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2020 $23,346.95 $23,346.95 Source ↗
Year-End 2019 $23,418.37 $23,346.95 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2019 $23,418.37 $23,418.37 Source ↗
Year-End 2018 $23,418.37 $23,418.37 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2018 $24,505.87 $23,418.37 Source ↗
Year-End 2017 $27,875.37 $24,505.87 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2017 $27,875.37 $27,875.37 Source ↗
Q4 2016 Amended $29,525.37 $27,875.37 Source ↗
Pre-General 2016 $11,518.56 $33,289.16 Source ↗
Q3 2016 $33,289.16 $29,525.37 Source ↗
Q2 2016 Amended $0.00 $11,518.56 Source ↗