Mary Littleton — 2016 Tennessee House, District 78 campaign

Tennessee House, District 78 Republican

2016 Tennessee House, District 78

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 2015–Q4 2016

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 →
$114,859
as of the Q4 report
→ carried into 2018 TN House 78
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 →
$97,465
includes $1,400 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Why this number?
Total Spent
$51,148
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 →
52%
$51,148 spent of $97,465 raised (cash)
Donors
137
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
16%
$15,600 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 2016 Initial $114,859 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.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $96,065
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $1,400
Raised (cash) $97,465
From each filing:
  • Q4 2016 Initial $5,150 derived
  • Pre-General 2016 Initial $14,250 derived
  • Q3 2016 Initial $18,850 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $18,400 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $450 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2016 Initial $8,250 derived
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  • Q2 2016 Initial $2,800 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $2,700 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $100 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2015 Supplemental $47,915 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $47,065 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $850 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2015 Supplemental $250 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 $40,049
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $11,099
Total spent $51,148
From each filing:
  • Q4 2016 Initial $5,584 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $3,991 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,593 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2016 Initial $12,734 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $12,251 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $483 filing-stated
  • Q3 2016 Initial $7,175 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $5,749 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,426 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2016 Initial $710 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2016 Initial $5,141 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $3,142 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,999 filing-stated
  • Q1 2016 Initial $3,445 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $2,680 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $765 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2015 Supplemental $10,632 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $8,185 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $2,447 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2015 Supplemental $5,726 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $4,050 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,677 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: $15,600 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $97,465
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $15,600
Raised incl. in-kind
$97,465
Spent
$51,148

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 28%; organizations and PACs gave 72%.

Individuals $27K · 28% Organizations & PACs $70K · 72%
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: $27,165 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $97,465
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $27,165
From organizations and PACs $70,300

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 →

$444average gift
$300median gift
58individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
38%
11%
$200–1K
38%
34%
$1K–5K
24%
54%
$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: $25,765 ÷ Individual donors: 58
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $25,765
Median gift $300
Individual donors 58

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 →

84% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (16% from out of state).

Tennessee $80,465 Out of state $15,600
  • Nashville $41K42%
  • Dickson $15K15%
  • Oakton, VA $6K6%
  • Washington, DC $4K4%
  • Burns $4K4%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $22K
  • Other out-of-state $6K
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: $15,600 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $96,065
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $15,600

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2015 – Jan 2017. Peak $16,765 in Oct 2015. Spending peaked at $12,001 in Oct 2016.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $2,915 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 174 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Jack Daniel's PAC 2 $6,000.00
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) 3 $4,500.00
Tennessee Assn of Nurse Anesthetists PAC 2 $3,000.00
Tennessee Health Care Assn PAC 3 $2,000.00
Tennessee Wine & Spirits Retailers Good Gov't Fund PAC 1 $2,000.00
Tennessee Dental PAC 2 $2,000.00
Tennessee Action Committee for Rural Electrification 2 $2,000.00
INC PAC Corecivic 2 $2,000.00
Wholesalers Assn PAC 3 $1,500.00
Jones Management Services PAC (JMS, W. Allan Jones) 2 $1,500.00

Expenditures

61 vendors 95 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Margin of Victory Partners 3 $12,801.00 32%
Events On Main 2 $3,019.00 8%
High Noon Rotary 5 $2,155.00 5%
Tennessee Republican Caucus 1 $2,000.00 5%
Conquest Communications Group 1 $1,276.80 3%
Gannett Tennessee 3 $1,217.95 3%
Vuocolo's Italian Pizzaria 2 $1,033.53 3%
Cheatham County Community Foundatin 2 $885.00 2%
Child Advocacy Center 3 $870.00 2%
Clement Museum 3 $785.00 2%

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 $12,008 30%
  • Contributions & donations $11,733 29%
  • Other $5,564 14%
  • Fundraising & events $5,453 14%
  • Office & operations $2,449 6%
  • Advertising & media $2,342 6%
  • Field & voter contact $500 1%

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 2016 $115,292.85 $114,858.62 Source ↗
Pre-General 2016 $113,777.19 $115,292.85 Source ↗
Q3 2016 $102,102.37 $113,777.19 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2016 $94,562.51 $102,102.37 Source ↗
Q2 2016 $96,903.14 $94,562.51 Source ↗
Q1 2016 $100,348.14 $96,903.14 Source ↗
Year-End 2015 $63,065.27 $100,348.14 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2015 $68,541.50 $63,065.27 Source ↗