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Jerry Sexton — 2018 Tennessee House, District 35 campaign

Tennessee House, District 35 Republican

2018 Tennessee House, District 35 · totals since Jan 16, 2017

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 2017–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 →
$649
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 →
$102,400
Loan entries in filing detail: $299,652. The report totals above govern this headline.
Total Spent
$131,439
Donors
20
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 Initial $649 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 2018 reported receipts $1,250
Pre-General 2018 reported receipts $2,700
Q3 2018 reported receipts $2,500
Pre-Primary 2018 reported receipts $46,700
Q2 2018 reported receipts $30,000
Q1 2018 reported receipts $17,350
Year-End 2017 reported receipts $1,900
Mid-Year 2017 reported receipts $0
Reported receipts $102,400
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 $131,369
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $70
Total spent $131,439
From each filing:
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  • Q2 2018 Initial $31,320 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $31,285 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $35 filing-stated
  • Q1 2018 Initial $13,130 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $13,095 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $35 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2017 Supplemental $15,979 derived
  • Mid-Year 2017 Supplemental $13,840 derived
Receipts
$102,400
Spent
$131,439

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, 86% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $4K · 4%Organizations and PACs, itemized $11K · 10%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $88K · 86%

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: $88,000 ÷ Reported receipts: $102,400
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds
Individuals, itemized $3,700
Organizations and PACs, itemized $10,700
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $88,000
From each filing:
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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 →

74% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (26% from out of state).

Tennessee $10,650 Out of state $3,750
  • Nashville $4K31%
  • Washington, DC $3K19%
  • Morristown $2K10%
  • Athens, GA $1K7%
  • Clarksville $1K7%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $4K

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: $3,750 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $14,400
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $3,750
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2017 – Dec 2018. Peak $3,700 in Jul 2018. Spending peaked at $49,664 in Jul 2018.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 20 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200.

20 named donors 26 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) 4 $1,750.00
Steve Southerland 1 $1,500.00
Tennesseecan Action Fund PAC 1 $1,000.00
Autry Debusk 1 $1,000.00
General Motors Company PAC GMPAC 2 $1,000.00
Johnson Victory PAC 1 $1,000.00
J Russell Associates 1 $1,000.00
CSX Good Government Fund TN PAC 2 $650.00
Norfolk Southern Corporation PAC 2 $600.00
Beverage Association of Tennessee PAC 1 $500.00

Expenditures

20 vendors 65 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
War Room Strategies 20 $94,636.68 72%
Hatmaker, Timothy S 15 $12,147.19 9%
Tennessee Homegrown Tomatoes 3 $6,000.00 5%
WNTT 4 $3,700.00 3%
WCRK WMTN 1 $3,500.00 3%
Faulkner House Media 1 $2,850.00 2%
United States Treasury 6 $1,751.98 1%
White, Dawn 1 $1,500.00 1%
Union News Leader 2 $1,140.00 0.9%
House Republican Caucus 1 $1,000.00 0.8%

Loans

$299,652.44 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 $299,652
Loan principal shown $299,652
Source filings:
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (Jerry Sexton) Candidate loan Jan 23, 2018 $299,652.44 $0.00 $299,652.44

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

  • Consulting & professional services $93,827 71%
  • Advertising & media $17,780 14%
  • Other $12,957 10%
  • Contributions & donations $4,850 4%
  • Staff & payroll $1,752 1%
  • Office & operations $203 0.2%

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 $1,568.47 $648.84 Source: Q4 2018 filing Report 83076
Pre-General 2018 $2,182.92 $1,568.47 Source: Pre-General 2018 filing Report 81220
Q3 2018 Amended $1,704.16 $2,182.92 Source: Q3 2018 filing Report 81215
Pre-Primary 2018 Amended $4,668.49 $1,704.16 Source: Pre-Primary 2018 filing Report 81213
Q2 2018 $5,988.69 $4,668.49 Source: Q2 2018 filing Report 76495
Q1 2018 $1,768.85 $5,988.69 Source: Q1 2018 filing Report 74969
Year-End 2017 $15,847.86 $1,768.85 Source: Year-End 2017 filing Report 73530
Mid-Year 2017 $29,687.70 $15,847.86 Source: Mid-Year 2017 filing Report 71744