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Sherry Jones — 2010 Tennessee House, District 59 campaign

Tennessee House, District 59 Democratic

2010 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 2009–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 →
$76,011
as of the Q4 report
→ carried into 2012 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 →
$111,120
includes $540 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
$250 refunded
Why this number?
Total Spent
$52,191
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 →
47%
$52,191 spent of $111,120 raised (cash)
Donors
139
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
12%
$12,850 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 2010 Amendment $76,011 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 $110,580
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $540
Raised (cash) $111,120
From each filing:
  • Q4 2010 Amendment $23,990 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $23,450 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $540 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2010 Amendment $21,245 derived
  • Q3 2010 Initial $27,255 derived
  • Pre-Primary 2010 Amendment $11,200 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 $42,272
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $9,918
Total spent $52,191
From each filing:
  • Q4 2010 Amendment $18,402 derived
  • Pre-General 2010 Amendment $2,590 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,794 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $797 filing-stated
  • Q3 2010 Initial $2,470 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $2,133 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $337 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2010 Amendment $4,710 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $4,366 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $343 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2010 Amendment $3,462 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $2,028 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,434 filing-stated
  • Q1 2010 Amendment $2,668 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $902 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,766 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2009 Amendment $9,571 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $7,084 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $2,487 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2009 Amendment $8,318 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $5,563 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $2,754 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: $12,850 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $111,120
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $12,850
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$111,120
Spent
$52,191

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 14%; organizations and PACs gave 86%.

Individuals $15K · 14% Organizations & PACs $96K · 86%
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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: $15,020 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $111,120
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $15,020
From organizations and PACs $96,100
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 →

$198average gift
$100median gift
73individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
22%
3%
$50–200
53%
24%
$200–1K
21%
25%
$1K–5K
3%
14%
$5K+
1%
35%
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: $14,480 ÷ Individual donors: 73
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $14,480
Median gift $100
Individual donors 73
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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 →

88% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (12% from out of state).

Tennessee $97,730 Out of state $12,850
  • Nashville $66K60%
  • Washington, DC $11K10%
  • Cleveland $10K9%
  • Franklin $6K6%
  • Knoxville $1K1%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $13K
  • Other out-of-state $2K
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: $12,850 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $110,580
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $12,850
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2009 – Jan 2011. Peak $23,055 in Sep 2010. Spending peaked at $15,980 in Oct 2010.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $3,830 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 139 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennessee Professional Firefighters PAC 4 $10,000.00
Nashville Fire Fighters Local 140 Committee Pe 3 $10,000.00
Tennessee Dental PAC ↺ $250.00 refunded 3 $6,000.00 net
$6,250.00 gross
Tennessee Educ Assn Fund for Children Public Edu 7 $5,500.00
D R I V E Dc PAC 1 $5,000.00
Lawyers Involved for TN 3 $5,000.00
Int L Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Education 2 $5,000.00
D R I V E TN PAC 1 $5,000.00
Davidson County Democratic Women Gwen McFarland 1 $3,500.00
Plumbers Pipefitters Education Committee 1 $3,000.00

Expenditures

49 vendors 102 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Tennessee Campaign Basis 2 $14,189.00 34%
Verizon 14 $6,474.64 15%
Kroger 12 $3,139.83 7%
American Press 2 $2,337.95 6%
Tennessee Democratic Party 2 $1,400.00 3%
Sam's Club 2 $1,140.32 3%
Walmart 5 $813.13 2%
Postmaster 3 $765.50 2%
Office Max 4 $704.05 2%
Campaign Fundamentals 1 $682.81 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 $17,906 42%
  • Office & operations $9,093 22%
  • Contributions & donations $4,367 10%
  • Travel $3,935 9%
  • Other $3,625 9%
  • Fundraising & events $3,200 8%
  • Field & voter contact $146 0.4%

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 2010 Amended $70,423.27 $76,011.14 Source ↗
Pre-General 2010 Amended $51,768.70 $70,423.27 Source ↗
Q3 2010 $26,983.85 $51,768.70 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2010 Amended $20,743.67 $26,983.85 Source ↗
Q2 2010 Amended $15,405.88 $20,743.67 Source ↗
Q1 2010 Amended $14,423.58 $15,405.88 Source ↗
Year-End 2009 Amended $9,314.20 $14,423.58 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2009 Amended $17,331.72 $9,314.20 Source ↗