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Joda Thongnopnua — 2018 Tennessee House, District 30 campaign

Tennessee House, District 30 Democratic

2018 Tennessee House, District 30

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 · Year-End 2017–Q3 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 →
$4,839
as of the Pre-General 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 →
$114,141
includes $6,802 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 →
$1,500
goods or services
Total Spent
$109,302
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%
$109,302 spent of $114,141 raised (cash)
Donors
227
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
6%
$6,560 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:

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 $107,339
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $6,802
Raised (cash) $114,141
From each filing:
  • Pre-General 2018 Amendment $26,741 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $23,600 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $3,141 filing-stated
  • Q3 2018 Initial $18,169 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $15,420 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $2,749 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2018 Amendment $5,746 derived
  • Q2 2018 Initial $28,931 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $28,090 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $841 filing-stated
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  • Q1 2018 Initial $26,254 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $26,183 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $71 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2017 Supplemental $8,300 derived

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 $103,598
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $5,704
Total spent $109,302
From each filing:
  • Pre-General 2018 Amendment $44,606 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $43,392 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,214 filing-stated
  • Q3 2018 Initial $28,645 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $26,946 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,699 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2018 Amendment $7,218 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $6,847 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $371 filing-stated
  • Q2 2018 Initial $19,634 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $18,801 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $832 filing-stated
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  • Q1 2018 Initial $5,985 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $4,819 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,165 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2017 Supplemental $3,215 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $2,791 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $424 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: $6,560 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $115,641
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $6,560
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$115,641
Spent
$109,302

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 70%; organizations and PACs gave 29%; other sources made up 1%.

Individuals $81K · 70% Organizations & PACs $34K · 29% Other sources $2K · 1%
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: $80,541 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $115,641
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $80,541
From organizations and PACs $33,600
In-kind contributions (goods & services) $1,500
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 →

$345average gift
$100median gift
214individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
26%
1%
$50–200
34%
9%
$200–1K
30%
33%
$1K–5K
10%
56%
$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: $73,739 ÷ Individual donors: 214
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $73,739
Median gift $100
Individual donors 214
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 →

94% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (6% from out of state).

Tennessee $100,779 Out of state $6,560
  • Chattanooga $65K60%
  • Nashville $23K21%
  • Signal Mountain $2K2%
  • Ooltewah $5300.5%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $10K
  • Other out-of-state $7K
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: $6,560 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $107,339
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $6,560
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Sep 2017 – Oct 2018. Peak $23,600 in Oct 2018. Spending peaked at $43,392 in Oct 2018.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $7,763 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 157 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Iron Workers Local Union 704 3 $10,000.00
Tennessee Democratic Party 1 $10,000.00
Olan Mills 3 $3,000.00
Barry Large 2 $3,000.00
Asbestos Workers Local 90 PAC 1 $3,000.00
Jennifer Mills 2 $3,000.00
Brent Mills 2 $3,000.00
James Mills 2 $3,000.00
Gary Allan Davis Jr 2 $3,000.00
Stephanie Large 2 $3,000.00

Expenditures

47 vendors 100 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Chadderdon Lestingi 4 $32,713.18 32%
Edmondson, Julie 9 $23,000.00 22%
Secrest Strategies 1 $5,980.00 6%
Sba Strategies 5 $5,000.00 5%
Facebook 10 $4,312.34 4%
Signs, PC 2 $4,006.69 4%
Shield Political Research LLC 2 $4,003.40 4%
Printing Etc. of Nashville 3 $2,320.47 2%
Kahle, Aj 1 $2,000.00 2%
Epb 9 $1,974.43 2%

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

  • Consulting & professional services $49,247 48%
  • Staff & payroll $24,000 23%
  • Advertising & media $8,555 8%
  • Printing & mail $7,936 8%
  • Office & operations $5,901 6%
  • Fundraising & events $4,091 4%
  • Contributions & donations $1,500 1%
  • Field & voter contact $1,500 1%
  • Other $471 0.5%
  • Travel $397 0.4%

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
Pre-General 2018 Amended $22,703.70 $4,838.99 Source ↗
Q3 2018 $33,179.79 $22,703.70 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2018 Amended $34,651.54 $33,179.79 Source ↗
Q2 2018 $25,354.53 $34,651.54 Source ↗
Q1 2018 $5,085.37 $25,354.53 Source ↗
Year-End 2017 Late $0.00 $5,085.37 Source ↗