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Jeffrey S. Bivins — 2016 Tennessee Supreme Court campaign

Tennessee Supreme Court Nonpartisan

2016 Tennessee Supreme Court · totals since Apr 1, 2016

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-General 2016–Q4 2016

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 →
$27,875
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 →
$33,804
includes $504 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Loan entries in filing detail: $2,000. The report totals above govern this headline.
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 →
$2,037
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$3,929
Donors
212
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). Note: the opening cash balance on Q4 2016 is $29,525.37, and the ending cash balance on the previous filing, Pre-General 2016, is $33,289.16 — both as filed.

Reported on this filing:
  • Q4 2016 Amendment $27,875 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 2016 reported receipts $0
Pre-General 2016 reported receipts $21,967
Q3 2016 reported receipts $250
Q2 2016 reported receipts $11,587
Reported receipts $33,804
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 $3,767
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $161
Total spent $3,929
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
Receipts
$33,804
Spent
$3,929

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, 76% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $26K · 76%Organizations and PACs, itemized $6K · 17%Unitemized contributions $504 · 1%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $2K · 6%

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: $25,650 ÷ Reported receipts: $33,804
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
Individuals, itemized $25,650
Organizations and PACs, itemized $5,650
Unitemized contributions $504
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $2,000
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 →

$134average gift
$100median gift
191individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
6%
1%
$50–200
70%
49%
$200–1K
24%
50%
$1K–5K
0%
0%
$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: $25,650 ÷ Individual donors: 191
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $25,650
Median gift $100
Individual donors 191
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

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 2017. Peak $19,815 in Jul 2016. Spending peaked at $1,650 in Jan 2017.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 72 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 145 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $12,800 and their names are withheld.

72 named donors 72 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Farris Bobango PAC 1 $1,000.00
Adams and Reese, LLP 1 $1,000.00
Butler Snow LLP In-Kind 1 $667.00
Michael Keeney 1 $500.00
Miller and Martin PAC 1 $500.00
William Haslam 1 $500.00
John Konvalinka 1 $500.00
Lewis Conner 1 $500.00
Dixie Cooper 1 $500.00
Sandi Lawless 1 $500.00

Expenditures

6 vendors 7 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Franklin Christian Church 2 $1,500.00 40%
Neal & Harwell 1 $963.54 26%
Harry Phillips American Inn of Court 1 $525.00 14%
McNally, Randy 1 $500.00 13%
Tennessee Bar Association 1 $150.00 4%
Anedot 1 $128.84 3%

Loans

$2,000.00 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 $2,000
Loan principal shown $2,000
Source filings:
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown 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 $2,150 57%
  • Fundraising & events $964 26%
  • Office & operations $654 17%

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 2016 Amended $29,525.37 $27,875.37 Source: Q4 2016 filing Report 70720
Pre-General 2016 $11,518.56 $33,289.16 Source: Pre-General 2016 filing Report 65433
Q3 2016 $33,289.16 $29,525.37 Source: Q3 2016 filing Report 66961
Q2 2016 Amended $0.00 $11,518.56 Source: Q2 2016 filing Report 65031

After the election

Reports ending after Jan 15, 2017.

Contributions and spending

No contributions reported · Spent $8,528

10 filings · Mid-Year 2017–Year-End 2021

Includes $278 spent not itemized below.

After the election expenditures
Payee Purpose Amount Date
Franklin Christian Church DONATIONS $4,000.00 12/02/2021
Franklin Christian Church CONTRIBUTION $1,000.00 01/19/2018
Franklin Christian Church DONATIONS $750.00 08/15/2017
American Bar Foundation CONTRIBUTION $2,000.00 08/10/2017
High Hopes CONTRIBUTION $250.00 08/10/2017
Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee CONTRIBUTION $250.00 08/10/2017
Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Year-End 2021 $23,346.95 $19,346.95 Source: Year-End 2021 filing Report 96531
Mid-Year 2021 $23,346.95 $23,346.95 Source: Mid-Year 2021 filing Report 95184
Year-End 2020 $23,346.95 $23,346.95 Source: Year-End 2020 filing Report 93945
Mid-Year 2020 $23,346.95 $23,346.95 Source: Mid-Year 2020 filing Report 89033
Year-End 2019 $23,418.37 $23,346.95 Source: Year-End 2019 filing Report 86385
Mid-Year 2019 $23,418.37 $23,418.37 Source: Mid-Year 2019 filing Report 84148
Year-End 2018 $23,418.37 $23,418.37 Source: Year-End 2018 filing Report 83224
Mid-Year 2018 $24,505.87 $23,418.37 Source: Mid-Year 2018 filing Report 76988
Year-End 2017 $27,875.37 $24,505.87 Source: Year-End 2017 filing Report 72970
Mid-Year 2017 $27,875.37 $27,875.37 Source: Mid-Year 2017 filing Report 71601