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Sherry Jones — 2004 Tennessee House, District 59 campaign

Tennessee House, District 59 Democratic

2004 Tennessee House, District 59

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 · Early Supplemental 2003 2003–Pre-Primary 2004

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 →
$22,400
as of the Post-General 2004 report
→ carried into 2006 TN House 59
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 →
$63,245
includes $650 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 →
$2,052
goods or services
Total Spent
$59,050
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%
$59,050 spent of $63,245 raised (cash)
Donors
126
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
8%
$5,150 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). Note: 2 filings covering periods that end on the same day state different ending balances — Post-General 2004 2004 states $22,400.01, Post-Primary 2004 2004 states $24,603.26. The figure shown is Post-General 2004 2004's; the reports have not been reconciled against each other.

Reported on this filing:

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 $62,595
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $650
Raised (cash) $63,245
From each filing:
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  • Early Supplemental 2003 2003 Supplemental $15,075 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $14,425 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $650 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 $51,888
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $7,161
Total spent $59,050
From each filing:
  • Post-General 2004 2004 Amendment $6,409 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $5,232 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,177 filing-stated
  • Post-Primary 2004 2004 Amendment $12,741 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $11,971 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $770 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2004 Initial $2,169 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,439 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $730 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2004 Amendment $19,588 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $18,167 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,420 filing-stated
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  • Early Supplemental 2003 2003 Supplemental $18,143 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $15,079 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $3,064 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: $5,150 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $65,297
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $5,150
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$65,297
Spent
$59,050

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 16%; organizations and PACs gave 81%; other sources made up 3%.

Individuals $10K · 16% Organizations & PACs $53K · 81% Other sources $2K · 3%
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: $10,470 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $65,297
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $10,470
From organizations and PACs $52,775
In-kind contributions (goods & services) $2,052
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 →

$149average gift
$100median gift
66individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
9%
2%
$50–200
65%
35%
$200–1K
24%
48%
$1K–5K
2%
15%
$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: $9,820 ÷ Individual donors: 66
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $9,820
Median gift $100
Individual donors 66
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 $57,445 Out of state $5,150
  • Nashville $39K62%
  • Memphis $5K9%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $13K
  • Other out-of-state $5K
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: $5,150 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $62,595
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $5,150
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jul 2003 – Jan 2005. Peak $31,845 in Jul 2004. Spending peaked at $9,557 in Aug 2004.

Cash contributions Spent

Bars show $62,095 of $62,595 in itemized contributions. The other $500 can’t be placed in a month — the filing gave no usable date, or recorded no identifiable source.

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $3,645 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 117 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Lawyers Involved for TN 2 $5,000.00
D R I V E TN PAC 1 $5,000.00
Tennessee Afl Cio Labor Committee Includes In-Kind 6 $3,540.67
Tennessee Professional Firefighters PAC 1 $3,000.00
Nashville Fire Fighters Local 140 Committee Pe 3 $2,100.00
Iron Workers L U 492 PAC 1 $2,000.00
Tennessee State United Auto Workers PAC (UAW) 3 $2,000.00
Tennessee Chiropractic Assn PAC 2 $2,000.00
Concerned Automotive Retailers PAC 3 $1,500.00
Tennessee Optometric PAC 2 $1,500.00

Expenditures

40 vendors 81 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Matt Little & Co. 2 $15,855.00 31%
Bank One 6 $10,623.57 20%
Verizon 5 $5,525.91 11%
Enterprise Rental 5 $2,418.17 5%
Sam's Club 3 $2,029.37 4%
Michael's 4 $1,149.38 2%
Derby Storage 4 $1,105.00 2%
Walmart 4 $1,093.77 2%
Postmaster 4 $1,045.62 2%
Office Max 4 $1,040.93 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 Sherry Jones’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Printing & mail $18,612 36%
  • Other $13,809 27%
  • Travel $6,558 13%
  • Office & operations $5,822 11%
  • Fundraising & events $5,541 11%
  • Contributions & donations $935 2%
  • Advertising & media $310 0.6%
  • Consulting & professional services $300 0.6%

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
Post-General 2004 2004 Amended $26,808.77 $22,400.01 Source ↗
Post-Primary 2004 2004 Amended $27,443.89 $24,603.26 Source ↗
Pre-General 2004 $24,603.26 $26,808.77 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2004 Amended $15,136.45 $27,443.89 Source ↗
Early Supplemental 2003 2003 $18,204.62 $15,136.45 Source ↗