Memphis

Joe Towns Jr. — 2004 Tennessee House, District 84 campaign

Tennessee House, District 84 Democratic

2004 Tennessee House, District 84

Also ran for Criminal Court Clerk on Who Funds Memphis

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 → · 5 filings · Supplemental 2003 2003–Pre-Primary 2004

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 →
$3,828
as of the Post-Primary 2004 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 →
$15,600
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 →
$96
goods or services
Total Spent
$32,943
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 →
211.1%
$32,943 spent of $15,600 raised (cash) · opened with $14
Donors
34
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
4%
$550 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). Note: 2 filings covering periods that end on the same day state different ending balances — Post-Primary 2004 2004 states $3,827.97, Post-General 2004 2004 states $6,855.97. The figure shown is Post-Primary 2004 2004's; the reports have not been reconciled against each other.

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 $15,600
Raised (cash) $15,600
From each filing:

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 $8,370
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $24,573
Total spent $32,943
From each filing:
  • Post-Primary 2004 2004 Amendment $1,041 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $908 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $132 filing-stated
  • Post-General 2004 2004 Initial $2,104 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,651 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $452 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2004 Amendment $493 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $278 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $215 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2004 Amendment $6,559 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $5,533 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,026 filing-stated
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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: $550 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $15,696
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $550
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$15,696
Spent
$32,943

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 11%; organizations and PACs gave 88%.

Individuals $2K · 11% Organizations & PACs $14K · 88%
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: $1,750 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $15,696
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $1,750
From organizations and PACs $13,850
In-kind contributions (goods & services) $96
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 $15,050 Out of state $550
  • Nashville $10K67%
  • Memphis $3K21%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $1K
  • Other out-of-state $550
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: $550 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $15,600
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $550
Source filings:

Contributions Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions by month — Jan 2004 – Dec 2004. Peak $5,000 in Oct 2004.

Bars show $14,600 of $15,600 in itemized contributions. The other $1,000 can’t be placed in a month — the filing gave no usable date, or recorded no identifiable source.

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $100 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 42 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Lawyers Involved for TN 2 $2,000.00
Housing Industry PAC 3 $1,750.00
Tennessee Bankers Assn PAC 2 $1,250.00
Concerned Automotive Retailers PAC 1 $1,000.00
Federal Express PAC 1 $1,000.00
Tennessee Radiologists PAC 2 $750.00
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) 1 $500.00
Memphis-PACE PAC 1 $500.00
Kids PAC 1 $500.00
Tennessee Realtors PAC 1 $500.00

Expenditures

16 vendors 29 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Registry of Election Finance 1 $2,000.00 24%
Verizon 6 $1,543.36 18%
Towns, Jr., Joe 4 $800.00 10%
Days Inn 4 $776.90 9%
Wyndam Hotel 1 $772.91 9%
B.A. Framers 2 $425.31 5%
Towns, Diane 2 $386.36 5%
Heartland America 1 $281.97 3%
Kyles, Dewayne 1 $250.00 3%
Romax Enterprise 1 $209.50 3%

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
Post-Primary 2004 2004 Amended $693.47 $3,827.97 Source ↗
Post-General 2004 2004 $7,459.50 $6,855.97 Source ↗
Pre-General 2004 Amended $3,827.97 $7,459.50 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2004 Amended $13.63 $693.47 Source ↗
Supplemental 2003 2003 $13.63 $13.63 Source ↗