Memphis

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

Tennessee House, District 84 Democratic

2006 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 → · 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
→ carried into 2008 TN House 84
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 →
$22,900
Why this number?
Total Spent
$17,594
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 →
77%
$17,594 spent of $22,900 raised (cash)
Donors
39
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
13%
$3,000 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:
  • Q4 2006 Initial $12,017 filing-stated

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.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $22,900
Raised (cash) $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

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: $3,000 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $22,900
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $3,000
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$22,900
Spent
$17,594

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 19%; organizations and PACs gave 81%.

Individuals $4K · 19% Organizations & PACs $19K · 81%
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: $4,350 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $22,900
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $4,350
From organizations and PACs $18,550
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 →

$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%
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: $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
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: $3,000 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $22,900
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $3,000
Source filings:

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 donors whose cumulative giving reached $200.

Named donor list 60 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Lawyers Involved for TN 2 $2,500.00
Federal Express 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
Farris Mathews Branan Bobango Hellen PAC 2 $750.00
Tennessee Bankers Assn PAC 1 $750.00
Tennessee PAC for Education 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%

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 ↗
Pre-General 2006 $9,616.05 $13,316.05 Source ↗
Q3 2006 Amended $14,409.78 $9,616.05 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2006 Late $7,344.36 $14,409.78 Source ↗
Q2 2006 Late $6,344.36 $7,344.36 Source ↗
Q1 2006 Amended $6,941.21 $6,344.36 Source ↗
Supplemental 2005 2005 Amended $6,855.97 $6,941.21 Source ↗