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Jim Gotto — 2010 Tennessee House, District 60 campaign

Tennessee House, District 60 Republican

2010 Tennessee House, District 60

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 → · 6 filings · Pre-General 2010–Q4 2010

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 →
$4,248
as of the Q4 report
→ carried into 2012 TN House 60
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 →
$116,671
includes $10,599 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 →
$15,815
goods or services
Total Spent
$112,423
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 →
96%
$112,423 spent of $116,671 raised (cash)
Donors
194
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
3%
$4,600 from outside TN
Why this number?

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 2010 Initial $4,248 filing-stated

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.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $106,072
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $10,599
Raised (cash) $116,671
From each filing:
  • Q4 2010 Initial $6,670 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $6,550 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $120 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2010 Amendment $20,626 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $18,912 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $1,714 filing-stated
  • Q3 2010 Amendment $52,905 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $50,625 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $2,280 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2010 Amendment $2,950 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $2,750 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $200 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2010 Amendment $22,445 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $17,785 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $4,660 filing-stated
  • Q1 2010 Initial $11,075 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $9,450 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $1,625 filing-stated

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 $107,890
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $4,533
Total spent $112,423
From each filing:
  • Q4 2010 Initial $12,120 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $10,550 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,569 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2010 Amendment $82,152 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $81,305 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $848 filing-stated
  • Q3 2010 Amendment $5,548 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $4,630 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $918 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2010 Amendment $1,795 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,312 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $483 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2010 Amendment $9,085 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $8,622 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $462 filing-stated
  • Q1 2010 Initial $1,723 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,470 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $253 filing-stated

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: $4,600 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $132,486
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $4,600
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$132,486
Spent
$112,423

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 →

Individuals gave 56%; organizations and PACs gave 32%; other sources made up 12%.

Individuals $75K · 56% Organizations & PACs $42K · 32% Other sources $16K · 12%
Why this number?

Share from individuals compares from individuals 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 individuals divided by the total.

From individuals: $74,785 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $132,486
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $74,785
From organizations and PACs $41,886
In-kind contributions (goods & services) $15,815
Source filings:

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 →

$462average gift
$300median gift
139individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
14%
4%
$200–1K
68%
53%
$1K–5K
17%
44%
$5K+
0%
0%
Why this number?

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: $64,186 ÷ Individual donors: 139
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $64,186
Median gift $300
Individual donors 139
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 $101,472 Out of state $4,600
  • Nashville $43K41%
  • Franklin $15K14%
  • College Grove $8K7%
  • Hermitage $6K6%
  • Brentwood $4K4%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $26K
  • Other out-of-state $5K
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: $4,600 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $106,072
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $4,600
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Feb 2010 – Jan 2011. Peak $39,875 in Sep 2010. Spending peaked at $82,150 in Oct 2010.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $2,426 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 224 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee In-Kind 3 $14,215.33
Cas PAC 2 $7,500.00
Leaders of Tennessee PAC 1 $5,000.00
NRW PAC 1 $3,000.00
Friends of Police PAC 1 $2,500.00
Stuart Anderson 2 $2,000.00
Cas PAC 1 $2,000.00
Charles Sargent Jr 2 $2,000.00
Blair Wilson 2 $2,000.00
Lee Beaman 3 $1,500.00

Expenditures

39 vendors 104 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
West Rogers LLC 3 $50,200.00 47%
Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee 2 $22,500.00 21%
Teletarget LLC 2 $6,701.26 6%
Parks, Mary 6 $4,000.00 4%
Right Way Marketing 6 $3,058.50 3%
Margin of Victory Partners 1 $2,900.00 3%
US Postal Service 7 $2,682.53 2%
Joslin Signs 5 $1,845.24 2%
Desumo Strategies 1 $1,625.00 2%
Skow, Tim 3 $1,145.45 1%

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

  • Advertising & media $75,179 70%
  • Consulting & professional services $7,640 7%
  • Printing & mail $7,139 7%
  • Field & voter contact $5,503 5%
  • Office & operations $5,375 5%
  • Fundraising & events $4,071 4%
  • Contributions & donations $1,461 1%
  • Travel $1,022 1.0%
  • Other $500 0.5%

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 2010 $9,697.81 $4,248.31 Source ↗
Pre-General 2010 Amended $71,223.99 $9,697.81 Source ↗
Q3 2010 Amended $23,867.09 $71,223.99 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2010 Amended $22,712.46 $23,867.09 Source ↗
Q2 2010 Amended $9,352.26 $22,712.46 Source ↗
Q1 2010 $0.00 $9,352.26 Source ↗