Memphis

Joe Towns Jr. — 2006 Tennessee House, District 84 campaign

Tennessee House, District 84 Democratic

2006 Tennessee House, District 84 · totals since 2005

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 → · 7 filings · Supplemental 2005 2005–Q4 2006

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 →
$12,017
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 →
$22,900
Loan entries in filing detail: $24,185. The report totals above govern this headline.
Total Spent
$17,594
Donors
39
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 2006 Initial $12,017 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 2006 reported receipts $1,150
Pre-General 2006 reported receipts $3,700
Q3 2006 reported receipts $1,200
Pre-Primary 2006 reported receipts $7,650
Q2 2006 reported receipts $1,000
Q1 2006 reported receipts $1,050
Supplemental 2005 2005 reported receipts $7,150
Reported receipts $22,900
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 $14,972
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $2,623
Total spent $17,594
From each filing:
  • Q4 2006 Initial $2,449 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,957 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $492 filing-stated
  • Q3 2006 Amendment $5,994 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $5,818 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $175 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2006 Initial $440 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $125 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $315 filing-stated
  • Q1 2006 Amendment $1,647 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,535 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $112 filing-stated
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  • Supplemental 2005 2005 Amendment $7,065 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $5,536 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,529 filing-stated
Receipts
$22,900
Spent
$17,594

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 $4K · 19%Organizations and PACs, itemized $19K · 81%

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: $18,550 ÷ Reported receipts: $22,900
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized
Individuals, itemized $4,350
Organizations and PACs, itemized $18,550
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 →

$395average gift
$300median gift
11individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
0%
0%
$200–1K
91%
77%
$1K–5K
9%
23%
$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: $4,350 ÷ Individual donors: 11
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $4,350
Median gift $300
Individual donors 11
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 →

87% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (13% from out of state).

Tennessee $19,900 Out of state $3,000
  • Nashville $11K50%
  • Memphis $5K21%
  • Bartlett $2K7%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $2K
  • Other out-of-state $3K

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: $3,000 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $22,900
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $3,000
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Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jun 2005 – Dec 2006. Peak $4,500 in Jun 2006. Spending peaked at $4,112 in Aug 2006.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 39 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200.

39 named donors 60 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Lawyers Involved for TN PAC 2 $2,500.00
Fedex Corporation PAC 2 $2,000.00
Friends of the University of Memphis PAC 3 $1,500.00
Tennessee Afl Cio Labor Committee 2 $1,000.00
Memphis-PACE PAC 1 $1,000.00
Tracy Young 1 $1,000.00
PAC for Progress 1 $1,000.00
Tennessee Educ Assn Fund for Children Public Edu 2 $750.00
Tennessee Bankers Association PAC 1 $750.00
Farris Bobango PAC 2 $750.00

Expenditures

33 vendors 51 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Enterprise Car Rental 2 $1,954.11 13%
Cash 1 $1,500.00 10%
Verizon 7 $1,400.00 9%
All Star Promions 1 $1,400.00 9%
Avis Rental Car 2 $1,152.95 8%
Guest House Inn 4 $867.83 6%
Days Inn 5 $770.88 5%
Lemoyne Owen College 1 $500.00 3%
Towns, Burnzell 1 $475.00 3%
Towns, Sr., Joe 2 $400.00 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
Q4 2006 $13,316.05 $12,016.66 Source: Q4 2006 filing Report 12715
Pre-General 2006 $9,616.05 $13,316.05 Source: Pre-General 2006 filing Report 11242
Q3 2006 Amended $14,409.78 $9,616.05 Source: Q3 2006 filing Report 13242
Pre-Primary 2006 Late $7,344.36 $14,409.78 Source: Pre-Primary 2006 filing Report 9699
Q2 2006 Late $6,344.36 $7,344.36 Source: Q2 2006 filing Report 8603
Q1 2006 Amended $6,941.21 $6,344.36 Source: Q1 2006 filing Report 7075
Supplemental 2005 2005 Amended $6,855.97 $6,941.21 Source: Supplemental 2005 2005 filing Report 6950

After the election

Reports ending after Jan 15, 2007.

Contributions and spending

No contributions or expenditures reported

1 filing · Mid-Year 2007

No individual donors or expenditures are published for this campaign.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Mid-Year 2007 $12,016.66 $12,016.66 Source: Mid-Year 2007 filing Report 13911