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Kirk Haston — 2020 Tennessee House, District 72 campaign

Tennessee House, District 72 Republican

2020 Tennessee House, District 72

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 →
$20,122
as of the Q4 report
→ carried into 2022 TN House 72
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 →
$99,279
includes $579 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
$600 refunded
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 →
$8,868
goods or services
Total Spent
$76,070
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%
$76,070 spent of $99,279 raised (cash)
Donors
132
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
8%
$8,650 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 2020 Initial $20,122 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. Note: a separate cross-filing check found a loan-balance carryforward discontinuity in the filings behind this figure. The reports have not been reconciled to determine the cause of the unexplained balance change.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $90,700
Loans received $8,000
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $579
Raised (cash) $99,279
From each filing:
  • Q4 2020 Initial $5,029 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $5,000 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $29 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2020 Amendment $5,550 derived
  • Q3 2020 Initial $4,060 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $3,750 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $310 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2020 Amendment $29,775 derived
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  • Q2 2020 Amendment $14,300 derived
  • Year-End 2019 Amendment $30,815 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $30,575 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $240 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2019 Amendment $9,750 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 $68,819
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $7,251
Total spent $76,070
From each filing:
  • Q4 2020 Initial $2,572 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,105 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,467 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2020 Amendment $1,592 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,059 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $533 filing-stated
  • Q3 2020 Initial $22,664 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $21,399 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,265 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2020 Amendment $33,840 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $32,652 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,189 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2020 Amendment $8,941 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $7,723 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,219 filing-stated
  • Q1 2020 Initial $658 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $473 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $185 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2019 Amendment $3,585 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $2,859 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $727 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2019 Amendment $2,217 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,550 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $667 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: $8,650 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $108,147
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $8,650
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$108,147
Spent
$76,070

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 23%; organizations and PACs gave 62%; other sources made up 16%.

Individuals $24K · 23% Organizations & PACs $67K · 62% Other sources $17K · 16%
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: $24,429 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $108,147
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $24,429
From organizations and PACs $66,850
Loans other than the candidate's $8,000
In-kind contributions (goods & services) $8,868
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 →

$341average gift
$175median gift
70individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
23%
2%
$50–200
27%
7%
$200–1K
37%
45%
$1K–5K
13%
46%
$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: $23,850 ÷ Individual donors: 70
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $23,850
Median gift $175
Individual donors 70
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 →

90% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (10% from out of state).

Tennessee $81,550 Out of state $8,650
  • Nashville $40K44%
  • Linden $6K7%
  • Lexington $2K2%
  • Henderson $5100.6%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $34K
  • Other out-of-state $9K
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: $8,650 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $90,200
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $8,650
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2019 – Jan 2021. Peak $30,275 in Jul 2020. Spending peaked at $34,271 in Jul 2020.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $2,050 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 138 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
LAMBERTH PAC (William Lamberth) Includes In-Kind 2 $7,500.00
Tennessee Educ Assn Fund for Children Public Edu 2 $7,000.00
CAM PAC (Cameron Sexton) Includes In-Kind 3 $6,038.31
Tennessee Bankers Assn PAC 2 $5,500.00
TN Advance Financial PAC 2 $3,000.00
Tennessee Realtors PAC 5 $2,500.00
Amazon.com Services LLC PAC 2 $2,000.00
Todd for A Better Tennessee PAC 1 $2,000.00
Tennesseans for Putting Students First 3 $2,000.00
Assn Builders Contractors Mid TN Chapter 2 $2,000.00

Expenditures

49 vendors 100 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Direct Edge Campaigns 5 $38,677.69 56%
All American Signs 3 $3,841.26 6%
Discount Mugs 3 $2,498.11 4%
Custom Ink 4 $2,271.77 3%
Chester Co Independent 8 $2,137.32 3%
Lexington Progress 5 $1,883.20 3%
County Line Bldg 1 $1,500.00 2%
Sanders Service Center 1 $1,104.60 2%
Bug Eyed Signs 2 $1,040.26 2%
Henderson Elks Lodge 3 $1,000.00 1%

Loans

$8,000.00 in loan principal 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.

Why this number?

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
Other lenders $8,000
Loan principal shown $8,000
Source filings:
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Principal Repaid Outstanding
Bank of Perry County Other lender Jun 26, 2019 $8,000.00 $8,000.00 $0.00

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 Kirk Haston’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Printing & mail $45,499 66%
  • Advertising & media $7,344 11%
  • Other $6,603 10%
  • Contributions & donations $6,327 9%
  • Fundraising & events $1,771 3%
  • Office & operations $1,175 2%
  • Consulting & professional services $100 0.2%

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 $17,664.40 $20,121.65 Source ↗
Pre-General 2020 Amended $13,706.69 $17,664.40 Source ↗
Q3 2020 $32,310.85 $13,706.69 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2020 Amended $36,376.10 $32,310.85 Source ↗
Q2 2020 Amended $35,017.50 $36,376.10 Source ↗
Q1 2020 $35,675.48 $35,017.50 Source ↗
Year-End 2019 Amended $13,045.85 $35,675.48 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2019 Amended $5,513.10 $13,045.85 Source ↗