Mike Sparks — 2010 Tennessee House, District 49 campaign
2010 Tennessee House, District 49 · totals since Jan 16, 2010
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 → · 6 filings · Pre-General 2010–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 →
$3,857
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 →
$77,879
includes $5,279 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Loan entries in filing detail: $1,000. 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 →
$30,544
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$74,965
less $943 in refunds & credits → $74,022 net disbursements
Donors
106
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
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, 49% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $33K · 43%Organizations and PACs, itemized $38K · 49%Unitemized contributions $5K · 7%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $1K · 1%
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 →
$412average gift
$250median gift
81individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
$50–200
$200–1K
$1K–5K
$5K+
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 $71,600 Out of state $0
- Murfreesboro $16K22%
- Nashville $13K18%
- College Grove $9K12%
- Franklin $8K11%
- Smyrna $6K8%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $20K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2010 – Jan 2011. Peak $29,885 in Oct 2010. Spending peaked at $61,501 in Oct 2010.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 88 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 19 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $2,175 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee In-Kind ↺ paid $11,000.00 | 6 | $30,544.30 |
| Right Tennessee PAC | 3 | $8,500.00 |
| Nat L Health Corp PAC | 2 | $5,000.00 |
| Leaders of Tennessee PAC | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Red State PAC | 1 | $3,150.00 |
| Beth Harwell | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| NRW PAC | 1 | $2,000.00 |
| Stuart Anderson | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Tennessee Health Management PAC (THMCAREPAC) | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Blair J Wilson Charitable Trust | 1 | $2,000.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navagation Advertising | 4 | $45,000.00 | |
| Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee ↺ donor $30,544.30 | 1 | $11,000.00 | |
| Gop Sources | 1 | $2,355.39 | |
| Capital Creative | 1 | $1,478.38 | |
| Express Signs | 4 | $1,259.94 | |
| Walmart | 6 | $1,127.27 | |
| WGNS Radio | 4 | $963.31 | |
| Smyrna Rotary Club | 5 | $836.00 | |
| The Very Idea | 3 | $816.77 | |
| Africano, Jim | 1 | $750.00 | |
| Rutherford Reader | 1 | $720.00 | |
| The Reader Paper | 1 | $720.00 | |
| Wall, Tori | 3 | $503.06 | |
| United States Postal Service | 3 | $498.90 | |
| Austin, Bradley | 2 | $450.00 | |
| Caperton, Frank | 2 | $350.00 | |
| Fedex - Kinkos | 2 | $323.19 | |
| Sparks, Phillip | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Hunter, Scott | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Tractor Supply | 1 | $280.64 | |
| Chance, Pat | 2 | $250.00 | |
| Oldham, Varene | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Carr, Joe ↺ donor $1,000.00 | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Smyrna Devine | 1 | $226.06 | |
| Sparks, Felicia | 1 | $220.00 | |
| Stewart's Events | 1 | $207.66 | |
| Smith, Brenda | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Stewart's Table Rentals | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Byerline, Gregory | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce | 1 | $175.00 | |
| Stoddard, Justin | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Boys & Girls Club | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Prince, Laura | 1 | $135.00 | |
| Spot Light Signs | 1 | $135.00 | |
| Carpenter, Marc | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Calfee, Andrea | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Harris, Rodney | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Haslam, Bill | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Stones River Storage | 1 | $90.00 | |
| Lester, Cory | 2 | $86.31 | |
| Slick Pig Barbeque | 1 | $74.00 | |
| Keisling, Kelly | 1 | $60.00 | |
| State of Tennessee | 1 | $60.00 | |
| Coates, Maranda | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Smyrna Seniors Center | 1 | $35.00 | |
| City of Murfreesboro | 2 | $30.00 | |
| Tennessee Legal Community Foundation | 1 | $25.00 | |
| Newman, Jordan | 1 | $25.00 | |
| Dollar Tree | 1 | $12.05 | |
| Central Parking | 1 | $10.00 |
Dates
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
Loans
$1,000.00 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.
| Lender | Type | Received | Balance shown | Repaid | Outstanding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self (Mike Sparks) | Candidate loan | Jul 2, 2010 | $1,000.00 | $0.00 | $1,000.00 |
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 Mike Sparks’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Advertising & media $50,491 68%
- Printing & mail $15,965 22%
- Field & voter contact $2,036 3%
- Fundraising & events $1,524 2%
- Office & operations $1,454 2%
- Consulting & professional services $850 1%
- Contributions & donations $713 1.0%
- Travel $705 1.0%
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.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2010 Amended | $7,450.60 | $3,856.77 | Source: Q4 2010 filing Report 37306 |
| Pre-General 2010 Amended | $33,011.75 | $7,450.60 | Source: Pre-General 2010 filing Report 37226 |
| Q3 2010 Amended | $10,504.68 | $33,011.75 | Source: Q3 2010 filing Report 47130 |
| Pre-Primary 2010 Amended | $8,674.83 | $10,504.68 | Source: Pre-Primary 2010 filing Report 37225 |
| Q2 2010 Amended | $1,650.00 | $8,674.83 | Source: Q2 2010 filing Report 32664 |
| Q1 2010 Amended | $0.00 | $1,650.00 | Source: Q1 2010 filing Report 32647 |