Memphis

Joe Towns Jr. — 2020 Tennessee House, District 84 campaign

Tennessee House, District 84 Democratic

2020 Tennessee House, District 84 · totals since Jan 16, 2019

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 2019–Q4 2020

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 →
$60,032
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 →
$40,601
Loan entries in filing detail: $26,635. The report totals above govern this headline.
Total Spent
$11,171
Donors
71
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 2020 Amendment $60,032 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 2020 reported receipts $2,000
Pre-General 2020 reported receipts $500
Q3 2020 reported receipts $19,951
Pre-Primary 2020 reported receipts $7,100
Q2 2020 reported receipts $5,300
Q1 2020 reported receipts $0
Year-End 2019 reported receipts $5,750
Mid-Year 2019 reported receipts $0
Reported receipts $40,601
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 $9,793
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,378
Total spent $11,171
From each filing:
  • Q4 2020 Amendment $2,124 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,951 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $173 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2020 Initial $195 derived
  • Pre-Primary 2020 Amendment $815 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $725 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $90 filing-stated
  • Q2 2020 Initial $1,091 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $779 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $313 filing-stated
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  • Q1 2020 Initial $626 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $326 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $300 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2019 Supplemental $3,963 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $3,815 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $148 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2019 Supplemental $2,356 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $2,001 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $355 filing-stated
Receipts
$40,601
Spent
$11,171

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, 64% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $15K · 36%Organizations and PACs, itemized $26K · 64%

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: $25,800 ÷ Reported receipts: $40,601
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized
Individuals, itemized $14,801
Organizations and PACs, itemized $25,800
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 →

$315average gift
$250median gift
47individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
30%
11%
$200–1K
64%
65%
$1K–5K
6%
24%
$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: $14,801 ÷ Individual donors: 47
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $14,801
Median gift $250
Individual donors 47
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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 →

88% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (12% from out of state).

Tennessee $35,551 Out of state $5,050
  • Nashville $20K48%
  • Memphis $13K32%
  • Washington, DC $3K7%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $3K
  • Other out-of-state $2K

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: $5,050 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $40,601
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $5,050
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Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Apr 2019 – Jan 2021. Peak $14,951 in Jul 2020. Spending peaked at $1,753 in Nov 2019.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 57 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 14 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $1,601 and their names are withheld.

57 named donors 77 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Lawyers Involved for TN PAC 4 $5,000.00
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) 2 $3,000.00
Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) 5 $2,250.00
Tennessee Educ Assn Fund for Children Public Edu 1 $2,000.00
Cwa Cope PCC PAC 4 $2,000.00
Metaproject Resource 1 $1,600.00
Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. PAC 2 $1,000.00
Wholesalers Assn PAC 2 $1,000.00
Tennessee Volunteer PAC 2 $1,000.00
Tennessee Dental PAC 2 $1,000.00

Expenditures

25 vendors 38 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Verizon 9 $1,785.85 18%
Marriot Beach Hotel 1 $1,552.62 16%
Printing Ext. 1 $600.00 6%
Thompson, Betran 2 $600.00 6%
Herron Travel Agency 1 $580.60 6%
Sam Club Stores 3 $576.54 6%
Towns, Barnzell 2 $400.00 4%
Cash Savers 1 $389.83 4%
Walmart (Corporate Address) 2 $366.01 4%
Julianni, Debbie 1 $346.98 4%

Loans

$26,635.29 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 $26,635
Loan principal shown $26,635
Source filings:
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (Joe Towns Jr.) Candidate loan — $26,635.29 $0.00 $26,635.29

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 2020 Amended $60,156.44 $60,032.44 Source: Q4 2020 filing Report 94560
Pre-General 2020 $59,851.44 $60,156.44 Source: Pre-General 2020 filing Report 92586
Q3 2020 Amended $39,900.44 $59,851.44 Source: Q3 2020 filing Report 94563
Pre-Primary 2020 Amended $33,615.44 $39,900.44 Source: Pre-Primary 2020 filing Report 90855
Q2 2020 $29,406.73 $33,615.44 Source: Q2 2020 filing Report 88699
Q1 2020 $30,233.02 $29,406.73 Source: Q1 2020 filing Report 87696
Year-End 2019 $28,446.06 $30,233.02 Source: Year-End 2019 filing Report 86480
Mid-Year 2019 Late $30,802.37 $28,446.06 Source: Mid-Year 2019 filing Report 86479