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Marilyn Toppins — 2008 Tennessee House, District 36 campaign

Tennessee House, District 36 Democratic

2008 Tennessee House, District 36 · totals since Apr 1, 2008

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 → · 4 filings · Pre-Primary 2008–Q4 2008

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 →
$0
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 →
$7,220
includes $1,970 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
$500 refunded
Loan entries in filing detail: $3,900. The report totals above govern this headline.
Itemized in-kind 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. This figure adds the in-kind contributions itemized on the selected reports. The Registry reports in-kind apart from receipts, so it is not part of the receipts figure. Full definition →
$150
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$6,696
Donors
3
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:

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 2008 reported receipts $0
Q3 2008 reported receipts $600
Pre-Primary 2008 reported receipts $3,140
Q2 2008 reported receipts $3,480
Reported receipts $7,220
From each filing:

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 $6,599
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $97
Total spent $6,696
From each filing:
Receipts
$7,220
Spent
$6,696

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: loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds, 47% of receipts on these reports.

The candidate's own contributions, itemized $1K · 14%Individuals, itemized $100 · 1%Organizations and PACs, itemized $750 · 10%Unitemized contributions $2K · 27%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $3K · 47%

Share of reported receipts: Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds compares loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds 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.

Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds: $3,400 ÷ Reported receipts: $7,220
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds
The candidate's own contributions, itemized $1,000
Individuals, itemized $100
Organizations and PACs, itemized $750
Unitemized contributions $1,970
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $3,400
From each filing:

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 →

100% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (0% from out of state).

Tennessee $850 Out of state $0
  • Lafollette $50059%
  • Nashville $25029%
  • Corryton $10012%

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: $0 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $850
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $0
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — May 2008 – Jul 2008. Peak $500 in May 2008. Spending peaked at $3,447 in Jun 2008.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 3 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 1 person gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $100 and their names are withheld.

3 named donors 3 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Marilyn Toppins Self 1 $1,000.00
Tennessee Educ Assn Fund for Children Public Edu 1 $250.00
Brian Leach Grace Rehab CTR, Inc. ↺ $500.00 refunded 1 $0.00 net
$500.00 gross

Expenditures

8 vendors 16 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
The Business Office, Inc. 5 $3,175.39 48%
The Lamar Companies 2 $1,340.00 20%
Wlaf 2 $695.00 11%
Channel 5 3 $400.00 6%
BBB Creative Services 1 $400.00 6%
Lafollette Press 1 $338.63 5%
House of David Productions 1 $150.00 2%
WMRD Radio 1 $100.00 2%

Loans

$3,900.00 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 $3,900
Loan principal shown $3,900
Source filings:
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (Marilyn Toppins) Candidate loan Apr 15, 2008 $3,900.00 $2,924.33 $975.67

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

  • Printing & mail $3,175 48%
  • Advertising & media $3,024 46%
  • Consulting & professional services $400 6%

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 2008 $0.00 $0.00 Source: Q4 2008 filing Report 26071
Q3 2008 $20.98 $0.00 Source: Q3 2008 filing Report 23277
Pre-Primary 2008 Late $33.17 $20.98 Source: Pre-Primary 2008 filing Report 23275
Q2 2008 Amended $0.00 $33.17 Source: Q2 2008 filing Report 23274

After the election

Reports ending after Jan 15, 2009.

Contributions and spending

No contributions or expenditures reported

1 filing · Mid-Year 2009

No individual donors or expenditures are published for this campaign.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Mid-Year 2009 Late $0.00 $0.00 Source: Mid-Year 2009 filing Report 28283