Memphis

Joe Towns Jr. — 2010 Tennessee House, District 84 campaign

Tennessee House, District 84 Democratic

2010 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 → · 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 →
$4,444
as of the Q4 report
→ carried into 2012 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 →
$25,375
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 →
$1,000
goods or services
Total Spent
$20,964
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 →
83%
$20,964 spent of $25,375 raised (cash)
Donors
45
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
13%
$3,500 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 2010 Amendment $4,444 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. Excludes the value of donated goods & services, shown separately as In-Kind Received.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $25,375
Raised (cash) $25,375
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 $19,303
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,661
Total spent $20,964
From each filing:
  • Q4 2010 Amendment $4,092 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $3,587 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $505 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2010 Amendment $2,375 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $2,228 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $147 filing-stated
  • Q3 2010 Amendment $9,261 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $8,529 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $732 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2010 Amendment $1,485 derived
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  • Q2 2010 Initial $2,080 derived
  • Q1 2010 Initial $218 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $148 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $70 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2009 Supplemental $570 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $475 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $95 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2009 Amendment $883 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $771 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $112 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: $3,500 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $26,375
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $3,500
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$26,375
Spent
$20,964

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 13%; organizations and PACs gave 83%; other sources made up 4%.

Individuals $3K · 13% Organizations & PACs $22K · 83% Other sources $1K · 4%
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: $3,450 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $26,375
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $3,450
From organizations and PACs $21,925
In-kind contributions (goods & services) $1,000
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 →

$345average gift
$225median gift
10individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
30%
9%
$200–1K
60%
62%
$1K–5K
10%
29%
$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: $3,450 ÷ Individual donors: 10
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $3,450
Median gift $225
Individual donors 10
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 →

86% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (14% from out of state).

Tennessee $21,875 Out of state $3,500
  • Nashville $15K59%
  • Memphis $3K14%
  • Franklin $2K6%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $2K
  • Other out-of-state $4K
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: $3,500 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $25,375
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $3,500
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2009 – Jan 2011. Peak $7,450 in Jul 2010. Spending peaked at $6,169 in Aug 2010.

Cash contributions Spent

Bars show $25,275 of $25,375 in itemized contributions. The other $100 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 $300 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 57 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennessee Educ Assn Fund for Children Public Edu 4 $3,500.00
Tennessee Dental PAC 3 $1,550.00
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) 1 $1,000.00
Tennessee Podiatric Medical Assn PAC 1 $1,000.00
Independent Medicine S PAC TN 2 $1,000.00
Memphis-PACE PAC 1 $1,000.00
Tennessee Bankers Assn PAC 1 $1,000.00
Lawyers Involved for TN 2 $1,000.00
Tennessee Optometric PAC 1 $1,000.00
Charles Curtiss 1 $1,000.00

Expenditures

33 vendors 54 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Verizon 14 $3,956.48 20%
Towns, Jr., Joe 1 $2,500.00 13%
MLGW 4 $2,250.00 12%
Enterprise Car Rental 2 $1,419.48 7%
Wolf Camera 2 $926.16 5%
Marriott Hotel 1 $899.00 5%
Sam Club Stores 1 $740.69 4%
Mathew, Thaddeus 1 $500.00 3%
Matthews, Thadeus 1 $500.00 3%
Tennco Marketing 1 $500.00 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 2010 Amended $8,285.53 $4,443.88 Source ↗
Pre-General 2010 Amended $6,960.51 $8,285.53 Source ↗
Q3 2010 Amended $11,271.24 $6,960.51 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2010 Amended $4,406.05 $11,271.24 Source ↗
Q2 2010 $4,586.31 $4,406.05 Source ↗
Q1 2010 $4,804.69 $4,586.31 Source ↗
Year-End 2009 -$850.30 $4,804.69 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2009 Amended $32.59 -$850.30 Source ↗