John W. Forgety — 2010 Tennessee House, District 23 campaign

Tennessee House, District 23 Republican

2010 Tennessee House, District 23

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 · Year-End 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 →
$5,742
as of the Q4 report
→ carried into 2012 TN House 23
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 →
$25,291
includes $620 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
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 →
$421
goods or services
Total Spent
$19,549
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%
$19,549 spent of $25,291 raised (cash)
Donors
122
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Self-Funded
3%
$781 of $25,712 raised, including in-kind · self-contributions
Out-of-State
2%
$600 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 Initial $5,742 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 $23,890
Candidate's own contributions $781
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $620
Raised (cash) $25,291
From each filing:
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  • Q2 2010 Initial $3,925 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $3,725 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $200 filing-stated
  • Q1 2010 Amendment $11,560 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $11,140 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $420 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2009 Amendment $3,456 derived

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 $19,549
Total spent $19,549
From each filing:
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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: $600 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $25,712
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $600
Raised incl. in-kind
$25,712
Spent
$19,549

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 →

The candidate’s own money made up 3% of the campaign’s funds — individuals gave 69%, organizations and PACs 26%, with 2% from other sources.

Candidate’s own money $781 · 3% Individuals $18K · 69% Organizations & PACs $7K · 26% Other sources $421 · 2%
Why this number?

Share from the candidate compares from the candidate's own money 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 the candidate divided by the total.

From the candidate's own money: $781 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $25,712
Inputs behind Share from the candidate
Candidate's own money (incl. self-loans) $781
From individuals $17,810
From organizations and PACs $6,700
In-kind contributions (goods & services) $421

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 →

$165average gift
$100median gift
104individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
7%
1.0%
$50–200
63%
35%
$200–1K
28%
46%
$1K–5K
3%
17%
$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: $17,190 ÷ Individual donors: 104
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $17,190
Median gift $100
Individual donors 104

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 →

97% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (3% from out of state).

Tennessee $23,290 Out of state $600
  • Athens $11K47%
  • Nashville $5K22%
  • Englewood $1K5%
  • Etowah $7753%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $5K
  • Other out-of-state $600
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: $600 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $23,890
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $600

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Nov 2009 – Jan 2011. Peak $8,415 in Jan 2010. Spending peaked at $4,295 in Jun 2010.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $6,240 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 58 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennessee Bankers Assn PAC 1 $1,000.00
John Seaton 1 $1,000.00
Darrell Malone 1 $1,000.00
Jim Pitt 1 $1,000.00
John W Forgety Self 1 $781.35
Lawyers Involved for TN 2 $750.00
Riley Joe 2 $750.00
Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC 1 $500.00
Tennessee Educ Assn Fund for Children Public Edu 2 $500.00
Lifepoint Health PAC 1 $500.00

Expenditures

43 vendors 90 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Daily Post-Athenian 10 $3,022.39 15%
Hacker Sign & Graphics Co. 5 $2,956.63 15%
Gresco Advertising 7 $2,305.00 12%
Valley Printers, Inc. 2 $1,373.53 7%
Forgety, John W. 4 $1,227.00 6%
Arnoldmiller Promotions 5 $1,049.25 5%
Bright, Gary 2 $1,000.00 5%
Wyxi Morning Fax 4 $976.35 5%
Advertising Specialties 1 $502.88 3%
McMinn County Republican Party 1 $500.00 3%

Where the money went Each expenditure carries a short description of what it was for, written by the campaign. We sort those descriptions into a fixed set of categories; one expenditure goes in one category, so the amounts add up to John W. Forgety’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Advertising & media $6,879 35%
  • Printing & mail $5,414 28%
  • Contributions & donations $1,770 9%
  • Other $1,670 9%
  • Consulting & professional services $1,104 6%
  • Fundraising & events $1,000 5%
  • Office & operations $905 5%
  • Travel $808 4%

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 $4,782.63 $5,741.99 Source ↗
Pre-General 2010 Amended $5,126.87 $4,782.63 Source ↗
Q3 2010 Amended $6,013.27 $5,126.87 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2010 $4,590.45 $6,013.27 Source ↗
Q2 2010 $7,511.60 $4,590.45 Source ↗
Q1 2010 Amended $1,026.58 $7,511.60 Source ↗
Year-End 2009 Amended $0.00 $1,026.58 Source ↗