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Joe Pitts — 2010 Tennessee House, District 67 campaign

Tennessee House, District 67 Democratic

2010 Tennessee House, District 67 · totals since Jan 16, 2009

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 2009–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 →
$17,447
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 →
$41,225
includes $50 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
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 →
$375
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$47,969
less $175 in refunds & credits → $47,794 net disbursements
Donors
102
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 2010 Initial $17,447 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 2010 reported receipts $1,200
Pre-General 2010 reported receipts $7,850
Q3 2010 reported receipts $21,950
Pre-Primary 2010 reported receipts $2,900
Q2 2010 reported receipts $1,500
Q1 2010 reported receipts $0
Year-End 2009 reported receipts $5,825
Mid-Year 2009 reported receipts $0
Reported receipts $41,225
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 $47,969
Total spent $47,969
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Receipts
$41,225
Spent
$47,969

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, 52% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $20K · 48%Organizations and PACs, itemized $21K · 52%

Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized compares organizations and pacs, 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.

Organizations and PACs, itemized: $21,325 ÷ Reported receipts: $41,225
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized
Individuals, itemized $19,850
Organizations and PACs, itemized $21,325
Unitemized contributions $50
From each filing:
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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 →

$320average gift
$250median gift
62individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
35%
11%
$200–1K
56%
58%
$1K–5K
8%
30%
$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: $19,850 ÷ Individual donors: 62
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $19,850
Median gift $250
Individual donors 62
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 →

82% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (18% from out of state).

Tennessee $33,575 Out of state $7,600
  • Nashville $14K34%
  • Clarksville $12K30%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $7K
  • Other out-of-state $8K

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: $7,600 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $41,175
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $7,600
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Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Feb 2009 – Dec 2011. Peak $19,400 in Sep 2010. Spending peaked at $16,538 in Oct 2010.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 81 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 22 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $2,250 and their names are withheld.

81 named donors 98 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennessee Educ Assn Fund for Children Public Edu 3 $2,500.00
Tennessee Bankers Association PAC 2 $2,500.00
Tracy Young 2 $2,000.00
Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) 3 $1,250.00
Clarksville Firefighters PAC 1 $1,000.00
Charles Curtiss 1 $1,000.00
O B Garland 1 $1,000.00
Stephen Kenney 1 $1,000.00
Tennessee Coalition for Working Families 1 $1,000.00
James Naifeh 1 $1,000.00

Expenditures

55 vendors 88 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Presto Services 4 $16,512.40 34%
Ledbetter Screenprinting Co 2 $3,159.96 7%
C&K Catering 2 $2,820.25 6%
House Democratic Caucus 1 $2,500.00 5%
McMillan, Kim 1 $2,500.00 5%
Cobb, Sherry 4 $1,967.00 4%
Grace Broadcasting Services Inc. 4 $1,548.00 3%
Northwest High School 7 $1,300.00 3%
Cobb, II, Ty 2 $1,050.00 2%
Imagine Media Solutions 4 $1,002.00 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 Joe Pitts’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Advertising & media $16,666 35%
  • Contributions & donations $11,796 25%
  • Consulting & professional services $7,291 15%
  • Fundraising & events $6,191 13%
  • Printing & mail $5,256 11%
  • Field & voter contact $500 1%
  • Office & operations $269 0.6%

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 $26,618.67 $17,447.25 Source: Q4 2010 filing Report 35828
Pre-General 2010 Amended $35,066.25 $26,618.67 Source: Pre-General 2010 filing Report 34910
Q3 2010 $24,147.01 $35,066.25 Source: Q3 2010 filing Report 33628
Pre-Primary 2010 $22,392.73 $24,147.01 Source: Pre-Primary 2010 filing Report 32322
Q2 2010 $22,592.73 $22,392.73 Source: Q2 2010 filing Report 31566
Q1 2010 $23,017.73 $22,592.73 Source: Q1 2010 filing Report 30129
Year-End 2009 $20,301.46 $23,017.73 Source: Year-End 2009 filing Report 29019
Mid-Year 2009 $24,016.46 $20,301.46 Source: Mid-Year 2009 filing Report 27574