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Mike Sparks — 2020 Tennessee House, District 49 campaign

Tennessee House, District 49 Republican

2020 Tennessee House, District 49

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 →
$23,437
as of the Q4 report
→ carried into 2022 TN House 49
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 →
$45,348
includes $75 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
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 →
$2,102
goods or services
Total Spent
$42,261
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 →
93%
$42,261 spent of $45,348 raised (cash)
Donors
88
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
13%
$6,275 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 $23,437 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.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $45,273
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $75
Raised (cash) $45,348
From each filing:
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  • Year-End 2019 Supplemental $16,199 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $16,124 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $75 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 $37,395
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $4,866
Total spent $42,261
From each filing:
  • Q4 2020 Initial $7,306 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $6,006 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,300 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2020 Initial $7,233 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $6,669 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $564 filing-stated
  • Q3 2020 Initial $9,776 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $9,062 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $715 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2020 Initial $3,151 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $2,710 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $441 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2020 Initial $2,527 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $2,014 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $514 filing-stated
  • Q1 2020 Initial $962 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $471 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $491 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2019 Supplemental $6,868 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $6,148 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $720 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2019 Supplemental $4,437 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $4,315 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $122 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: $6,275 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $47,450
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $6,275
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$47,450
Spent
$42,261

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 30%; organizations and PACs gave 66%; other sources made up 4%.

Individuals $14K · 30% Organizations & PACs $31K · 66% Other sources $2K · 4%
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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: $14,073 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $47,450
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $14,073
From organizations and PACs $31,275
In-kind contributions (goods & services) $2,102
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 →

$286average gift
$200median gift
49individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
8%
0.8%
$50–200
35%
11%
$200–1K
49%
56%
$1K–5K
8%
33%
$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: $13,998 ÷ Individual donors: 49
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $13,998
Median gift $200
Individual donors 49
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 →

86% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (14% from out of state).

Tennessee $38,998 Out of state $6,275
  • Nashville $13K28%
  • Murfreesboro $6K13%
  • Brentwood $3K7%
  • Washington, DC $3K7%
  • Crossville $3K7%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $15K
  • Other out-of-state $3K
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: $6,275 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $45,273
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $6,275
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2019 – Jan 2021. Peak $11,300 in Aug 2020. Spending peaked at $8,403 in Oct 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 $1,598 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 90 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
CAM PAC (Cameron Sexton) 1 $3,000.00
LAMBERTH PAC (William Lamberth) 2 $3,000.00
TN House Republican Caucus In-Kind 1 $2,102.00
Sandra Jean Butler 3 $1,550.00
Atmos Energy PAC 3 $1,500.00
Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) 2 $1,500.00
Tennesseans for Putting Students First 2 $1,500.00
Tennessee Bankers Assn PAC 2 $1,500.00
Tennessee Realtors PAC 4 $1,250.00
Concerned Automotive Retailers PAC 3 $1,200.00

Expenditures

52 vendors 112 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Direct Edge 3 $5,285.65 14%
T-Mobile 8 $4,588.33 12%
Murfreesboro Post 4 $2,900.00 8%
Sosna, Will 3 $2,073.50 6%
Presson, Curtis 3 $2,061.50 6%
Rotary Club of Smyrna 6 $1,862.00 5%
Staples 4 $1,671.13 4%
Fuel 8 $1,670.08 4%
GoDaddy 6 $1,564.32 4%
Walmart 4 $1,268.51 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 2020 $26,218.73 $23,436.54 Source ↗
Pre-General 2020 $30,601.61 $26,218.73 Source ↗
Q3 2020 $21,428.00 $30,601.61 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2020 Late $21,753.76 $21,428.00 Source ↗
Q2 2020 $24,281.18 $21,753.76 Source ↗
Q1 2020 $25,243.59 $24,281.18 Source ↗
Year-End 2019 $15,912.83 $25,243.59 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2019 $20,349.75 $15,912.83 Source ↗