Memphis

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

Tennessee House, District 84 Democratic

2004 Tennessee House, District 84 · totals since 2004

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 → · 4 filings · Post-General 2004 2004–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
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$17,039
Loan entries in filing detail: $24,185. The report totals above govern this headline.
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 →
$96
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$10,196
Donors
34
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). Another report, Post-General 2004 2004, gives the same end date and states $6,855.97.

Reported on this filing:

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
Post-Primary 2004 2004 reported receipts $4,175
Post-General 2004 2004 reported receipts $1,500
Pre-General 2004 reported receipts $4,125
Pre-Primary 2004 reported receipts $7,239
Reported receipts $17,039
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) $1,826
Total spent $10,196
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
Receipts
$17,039
Spent
$10,196

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, 81% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $2K · 10%Organizations and PACs, itemized $14K · 81%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $1K · 8%

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: $13,850 ÷ Reported receipts: $17,039
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized
Individuals, itemized $1,750
Organizations and PACs, itemized $13,850
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $1,439
From each filing:

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

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 33 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 1 person gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $100 and their names are withheld.

33 named donors 42 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Lawyers Involved for TN PAC 2 $2,000.00
Housing Industry PAC 3 $1,750.00
Tennessee Bankers Association PAC 2 $1,250.00
Concerned Automotive Retailers PAC 1 $1,000.00
Fedex Corporation PAC 1 $1,000.00
Tennessee Radiologists PAC 2 $750.00
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) 1 $500.00
Tennessee Educ Assn Fund for Children Public Edu 2 $500.00
Memphis-PACE PAC 1 $500.00
Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) 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%

Loans

$24,185.29 in loan balances shown. The filings date all of it to this campaign. Later reports can repeat an outstanding loan, so each reconstructed lender balance is counted once below.

Loan principal shown adds together the amounts listed below.

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Loan schedules can repeat an outstanding debt on later reports. This is the reconstructed principal for each lender, counted once, split between candidate or family loans and all other lenders. Repayments and outstanding balances are shown separately in the ledger.

Inputs behind Loan principal shown
Candidate and family loans $24,185
Loan principal shown $24,185
Source filings:
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (Joe Towns Jr.) Candidate loan — $24,185.29 $0.00 $24,185.29

Loans

Campaign loans
Lender Amount Date Received Outstanding Repaid

Each loan shows its balance as of the candidate's most recent filing; repayments since then appear when the next report is filed.

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-Primary 2004 2004 filing Report 3408
Post-General 2004 2004 $7,459.50 $6,855.97 Source: Post-General 2004 2004 filing Report 3354
Pre-General 2004 Amended $3,827.97 $7,459.50 Source: Pre-General 2004 filing Report 3409
Pre-Primary 2004 Amended $13.63 $693.47 Source: Pre-Primary 2004 filing Report 2536