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Mary Littleton — 2012 Tennessee House, District 78 campaign

Tennessee House, District 78 Republican

2012 Tennessee House, District 78 · totals since Apr 1, 2012

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 → · 5 filings · Pre-General 2012–Q4 2012

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 →
$17,561
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 →
$79,815
includes $7,794 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
$1,000 refunded
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 →
$4,550
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$62,254
Donors
107
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 2012 Initial $17,561 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 2012 reported receipts $4,173
Pre-General 2012 reported receipts $21,034
Q3 2012 reported receipts $22,387
Pre-Primary 2012 reported receipts $2,260
Q2 2012 reported receipts $29,960
Reported receipts $79,815
From each filing:
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  • Q2 2012 Amendment $29,960 filing-stated

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 $61,716
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $538
Total spent $62,254
From each filing:
  • Q4 2012 Initial $7,067 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $6,917 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $150 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2012 Initial $19,003 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $18,930 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $73 filing-stated
  • Q3 2012 Amendment $5,762 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $5,698 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $64 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2012 Amendment $12,667 derived
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  • Q2 2012 Amendment $17,755 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $17,504 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $251 filing-stated
Receipts
$79,815
Spent
$62,254

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, 48% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $34K · 42%Organizations and PACs, itemized $39K · 48%Unitemized contributions $8K · 10%

Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds: −$1,000. Shares are of the $80,815 before it.

Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized compares organizations and pacs, itemized with reported receipts before the negative part.

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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. Shares are of the receipts before the negative part.

Organizations and PACs, itemized: $39,000 ÷ Reported receipts before the negative part: $80,815
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized
Individuals, itemized $34,021
Organizations and PACs, itemized $39,000
Unitemized contributions $7,794
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds -$1,000
From each filing:
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  • Q2 2012 Amendment $29,960 filing-stated

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 →

$532average gift
$500median gift
64individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
11%
3%
$200–1K
70%
50%
$1K–5K
19%
47%
$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: $34,021 ÷ Individual donors: 64
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $34,021
Median gift $500
Individual donors 64
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 →

92% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (8% from out of state).

Tennessee $67,521 Out of state $5,500
  • Nashville $21K29%
  • Dickson $15K20%
  • Franklin $9K12%
  • Memphis $4K5%
  • Burns $3K4%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $17K
  • Other out-of-state $6K

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: $5,500 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $73,021
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $5,500
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Apr 2012 – Jan 2013. Peak $19,211 in Oct 2012. Spending peaked at $25,369 in Oct 2012.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 103 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 7 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $976 and their names are withheld.

103 named donors 120 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee ↺ paid $11,908.00 1 $7,100.00
Leaders of Tennessee PAC 1 $7,000.00
Tennessee Republican Caucus In-Kind 1 $3,300.00
Majority Tennessee PAC 1 $3,000.00
Beth Harwell 2 $2,800.00
Tennessee Parentsteachers Putting Students First PAC 1 $2,500.00
NRW PAC 1 $2,000.00
Linda Hayes 3 $1,800.00
Thomas W Beasley 2 $1,500.00
Robert Garrett 1 $1,400.00

Expenditures

19 vendors 32 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Margin of Victory Partners 6 $29,150.00 47%
Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee ↺ donor $7,100.00 1 $11,908.00 19%
Tennessee Republican Party 1 $5,954.00 10%
Kane Sesler Printing 3 $5,615.00 9%
Stephens and Associates 4 $2,560.04 4%
WDKN1260 2 $1,044.00 2%
Salinas, Dora 2 $900.00 1%
WQSV 790 1 $700.00 1%
Goal Post 1 $600.62 1.0%
Ashland City Times 1 $485.00 0.8%

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

  • Printing & mail $34,103 55%
  • Advertising & media $20,927 34%
  • Fundraising & events $3,455 6%
  • Office & operations $1,616 3%
  • Other $1,460 2%
  • Field & voter contact $155 0.3%

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 2012 $20,454.54 $17,560.86 Source: Q4 2012 filing Report 46113
Pre-General 2012 $18,423.57 $20,454.54 Source: Pre-General 2012 filing Report 44570
Q3 2012 Amended $1,797.96 $18,423.57 Source: Q3 2012 filing Report 44126
Pre-Primary 2012 Amended $12,204.96 $1,797.96 Source: Pre-Primary 2012 filing Report 42953
Q2 2012 Amended $0.00 $12,204.96 Source: Q2 2012 filing Report 44125