Jim Gotto — 2012 Tennessee House, District 60 campaign
2012 Tennessee House, District 60 · totals since Jan 16, 2011
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 2011–Q4 2012
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 →
$2,146
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 →
$126,008
includes $2,208 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
$537 refunded
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 →
$35,499
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$128,111
Donors
202
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
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: organizations and PACs, itemized, 58% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $51K · 40%Organizations and PACs, itemized $73K · 58%Unitemized contributions $2K · 2%
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds: −$537. Shares are of the $126,545 before it.
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 →
$434average gift
$250median gift
118individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
$50–200
$200–1K
$1K–5K
$5K+
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 →
93% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (7% from out of state).
Tennessee $115,387 Out of state $8,950
- Nashville $69K55%
- Franklin $13K11%
- Memphis $6K5%
- Hermitage $6K4%
- Brentwood $2K1%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $20K
- Other out-of-state $9K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2011 – Jan 2013. Peak $27,800 in Jun 2012. Spending peaked at $104,927 in Oct 2012.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 162 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 41 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $4,567 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee Includes In-Kind ↺ paid $27,764.00 | 2 | $19,937.00 |
| House Republican Caucus In-Kind | 3 | $12,500.00 |
| Tennessee Republican Caucus In-Kind | 3 | $6,000.00 |
| Majority Tennessee PAC | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Tennessee Parentsteachers Putting Students First PAC | 3 | $5,000.00 |
| Truth Matters PAC | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Beth Harwell | 2 | $2,800.00 |
| Tami Miller | 2 | $2,800.00 |
| Andrew Miller | 2 | $2,800.00 |
| Carl Burch Includes In-Kind | 5 | $2,525.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Rogers LLC | 3 | $67,502.00 | |
| Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee ↺ donor $19,937.00 | 3 | $27,764.00 | |
| Margin of Victory Partners | 5 | $7,425.00 | |
| Joslin Signs | 3 | $2,905.18 | |
| Maggart, Debra Young | 1 | $1,400.00 | |
| US Postal Service | 17 | $1,022.15 | |
| Staples | 20 | $1,003.97 | |
| Hibbs, Todd | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Donelson Hermitage Chamber of Commerce | 9 | $978.25 | |
| Netboots | 20 | $956.46 | |
| Bodie, Erin | 1 | $800.00 | |
| Teletarget LLC | 4 | $674.85 | |
| Hermitage House Smorgasbord | 1 | $579.74 | |
| Pregnancy Care Center | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Leaders of Tennessee | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Donelson Hermitage Exchange Club | 6 | $475.00 | |
| Thorntons | 15 | $459.55 | |
| McGavock High School Varsity Chearleader | 2 | $400.00 | |
| Mapco | 8 | $348.12 | |
| The Standard Club | 1 | $343.54 | |
| The Home Depot | 11 | $334.44 | |
| Constant Contact | 22 | $330.00 | |
| Granny's Catering | 2 | $325.19 | |
| Ledger Newspapers | 5 | $303.00 | |
| Morning Star Sanctuary | 2 | $300.00 | |
| Boy Scouts of America | 1 | $300.00 | |
| O'Reilly Auto Parts | 1 | $299.25 | |
| Friends of the Nra | 2 | $280.00 | |
| Walmart | 6 | $278.56 | |
| Andrew Jackson School | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Friends of Daron Hall | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Michael Craddock for Mayor | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Panera Bread | 6 | $226.53 | |
| Zacks 4 | 8 | $216.85 | |
| Frugal McDougals | 4 | $209.97 | |
| Verizon Wireless | 6 | $203.04 | |
| At&T | 2 | $201.25 | |
| Women In Numbers | 2 | $200.00 | |
| Fifty Forward | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Volunteers of America | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Durham, Jeremy | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Story, Bill | 1 | $200.00 | |
| FedEx Office | 6 | $168.65 | |
| Porter Paints | 1 | $162.56 | |
| Ace Hardware | 8 | $156.67 | |
| Robert Duvall Campaign Fund | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Tennessee Federation of Republican Women | 1 | $150.00 | |
| First Tuesday Nashville | 3 | $145.00 | |
| Tennessee Right To Life Education Fund | 1 | $130.00 | |
| Daily's | 3 | $128.29 | |
| Godaddy.Com | 2 | $122.52 | |
| Dupont Middle School Pto | 1 | $105.00 | |
| Sam's Club | 3 | $100.65 | |
| Nashville Vanderbilt Marriott | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Middle Tennessee Heat Basketball Assn | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Cumberland | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Old Hickory Chamber of Commerce | 1 | $100.00 | |
| The Donelson Gateway Project | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Iris Fund | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Southeast Easter Event | 1 | $100.00 | |
| The Hermitage | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Gray Line Tours | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Tennessee Republican Party | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Office Max | 2 | $83.30 | |
| Firehouse Subs | 1 | $79.65 | |
| Cartridge World | 1 | $72.09 | |
| Leadership Donelson Hermitage | 1 | $60.00 | |
| News Herald | 1 | $60.00 | |
| Target | 1 | $59.88 | |
| Famous Daves | 1 | $54.61 | |
| Kroger | 4 | $54.31 | |
| Jets Pizza | 1 | $52.96 | |
| Davidson County Republican Party | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Wilson County Republican Party | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Nashville Chamber of Commerce | 1 | $35.00 | |
| Walgreens | 3 | $31.94 | |
| Pei Wei | 1 | $27.37 | |
| Rojo Reds | 2 | $15.00 | |
| Dollar General | 1 | $12.75 | |
| Marcone | 1 | $12.60 | |
| White Castle | 1 | $3.81 |
Dates
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
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 $74,917 59%
- Printing & mail $33,988 27%
- Contributions & donations $5,633 4%
- Office & operations $4,286 3%
- Fundraising & events $2,319 2%
- Other $2,029 2%
- Travel $1,206 1.0%
- Field & voter contact $800 0.7%
- Consulting & professional services $753 0.6%
Filing History
Totals as filed with the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance; see About for how this data is processed.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2012 | $8,964.34 | $2,145.75 | Source: Q4 2012 filing Report 44778 |
| Pre-General 2012 Amended | $95,399.23 | $8,964.34 | Source: Pre-General 2012 filing Report 45430 |
| Q3 2012 Amended | $56,419.47 | $95,399.23 | Source: Q3 2012 filing Report 44972 |
| Pre-Primary 2012 | $52,030.73 | $56,419.47 | Source: Pre-Primary 2012 filing Report 41226 |
| Q2 2012 Amended | $24,586.16 | $52,030.73 | Source: Q2 2012 filing Report 44410 |
| Q1 2012 | $26,121.80 | $24,586.16 | Source: Q1 2012 filing Report 38310 |
| Year-End 2011 Amended | $2,215.61 | $26,121.80 | Source: Year-End 2011 filing Report 38540 |
| Mid-Year 2011 | $4,248.31 | $2,215.61 | Source: Mid-Year 2011 filing Report 36588 |