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Sherry Jones — 2008 Tennessee House, District 59 campaign

Tennessee House, District 59 Democratic

2008 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 → · 8 filings · Mid-Year 2007–Q4 2008

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 →
$17,332
as of the Q4 report
→ carried into 2010 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 →
$32,533
includes $493 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Why this number?
Total Spent
$46,626
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 →
143.3%
$46,626 spent of $32,533 raised (cash) · opened with $31,425
Donors
61
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
8%
$2,575 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 2008 Amendment $17,332 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 $32,040
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $493
Raised (cash) $32,533
From each filing:
  • Q4 2008 Amendment $500 derived
  • Pre-General 2008 Amendment $3,250 derived
  • Q3 2008 Amendment $8,893 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $8,400 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $493 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2008 Amendment $3,700 derived
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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 $28,521
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $18,105
Total spent $46,626
From each filing:
  • Q4 2008 Amendment $6,771 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $4,230 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $2,541 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2008 Amendment $1,714 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,188 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $526 filing-stated
  • Q3 2008 Amendment $5,944 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $3,603 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $2,342 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2008 Amendment $1,143 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $313 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $829 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2008 Amendment $6,621 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $3,971 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $2,650 filing-stated
  • Q1 2008 Amendment $3,098 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $2,129 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $969 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2007 Amendment $12,400 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $7,407 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $4,993 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2007 Amendment $8,936 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $5,680 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $3,256 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: $2,575 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $32,533
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $2,575
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$32,533
Spent
$46,626

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 6%; organizations and PACs gave 94%.

Individuals $2K · 6% Organizations & PACs $31K · 94%
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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: $1,808 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $32,533
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $1,808
From organizations and PACs $30,725
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 $29,465 Out of state $2,575
  • Nashville $24K74%
  • Knoxville $3K9%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $3K
  • 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: $2,575 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $32,040
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $2,575
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2007 – Dec 2008. Peak $8,500 in Sep 2008. Spending peaked at $2,264 in Dec 2007.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $365 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 69 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Independent Medicine S PAC TN 2 $2,000.00
Tennessee Committee for the Advancement of Psychology 2 $2,000.00
Lawyers Involved for TN 2 $1,500.00
Tennessee Chiropractic Assn PAC 2 $1,500.00
Tennessee Anesthesiologists PAC 3 $1,500.00
Plumbers Pipefitters Education Committee 1 $1,500.00
Nashville Fire Fighters Local 140 Committee Pe 1 $1,250.00
Tennessee Health Care Assn PAC 1 $1,000.00
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) 2 $1,000.00
Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) 2 $1,000.00

Expenditures

54 vendors 123 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Verizon 22 $6,797.67 24%
Kroger 15 $3,180.39 11%
Sam's Club 4 $1,105.76 4%
Michael's 5 $1,071.37 4%
Postmaster 3 $1,013.00 4%
Office Depot 4 $987.32 3%
Costco 3 $729.00 3%
Office Max 3 $694.31 2%
Tennessee Campaign Basis 3 $686.49 2%
American Airlines 2 $611.70 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.

  • Office & operations $10,503 37%
  • Travel $5,786 20%
  • Other $3,390 12%
  • Contributions & donations $3,144 11%
  • Fundraising & events $3,065 11%
  • Printing & mail $1,663 6%
  • Field & voter contact $970 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 2008 Amended $23,602.23 $17,331.72 Source ↗
Pre-General 2008 Amended $22,065.90 $23,602.23 Source ↗
Q3 2008 Amended $19,117.66 $22,065.90 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2008 Amended $16,560.22 $19,117.66 Source ↗
Q2 2008 Amended $23,181.24 $16,560.22 Source ↗
Q1 2008 Amended $26,279.48 $23,181.24 Source ↗
Year-End 2007 Amended $22,489.07 $26,279.48 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2007 Amended $31,424.81 $22,489.07 Source ↗