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Shirley B. Curry — 2012 Tennessee House, District 71 campaign

Tennessee House, District 71 Republican

2012 Tennessee House, District 71 · totals since Jan 16, 2012

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 → · 4 filings · Pre-Primary 2012–Q3 2012

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 →
$0
as of the Q3 report
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$31,925
includes $725 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
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 →
$363
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$31,925
Donors
44
total donors; qualifying names are listed below

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:

Reported receipts adds together the amounts listed below.

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Sum of Total Receipts reported on the selected source reports.

Inputs behind Reported receipts
Q3 2012 reported receipts $2,275
Pre-Primary 2012 reported receipts $3,450
Q2 2012 reported receipts $5,225
Q1 2012 reported receipts $20,975
Reported receipts $31,925
From each filing:

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 $31,204
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $721
Total spent $31,925
From each filing:
  • Q3 2012 Initial $6,068 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $5,831 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $237 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2012 Initial $15,981 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $15,749 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $232 filing-stated
  • Q2 2012 Amendment $9,876 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $9,624 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $252 filing-stated
Receipts
$31,925
Spent
$31,925

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: individuals, itemized, 85% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $27K · 85%Organizations and PACs, itemized $4K · 13%Unitemized contributions $725 · 2%

Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized compares individuals, itemized with reported receipts.

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Each selected report's reported receipts split by the report's own lines; the parts of every report add up to its total, and the totals to the headline.

Individuals, itemized: $27,000 ÷ Reported receipts: $31,925
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
Individuals, itemized $27,000
Organizations and PACs, itemized $4,200
Unitemized contributions $725
From each filing:

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 →

$659average gift
$500median gift
41individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
2%
0.1%
$50–200
5%
0.9%
$200–1K
56%
31%
$1K–5K
37%
68%
$5K+
0%
0%

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: $27,000 ÷ Individual donors: 41
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $27,000
Median gift $500
Individual donors 41
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 →

67% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (33% from out of state).

Tennessee $20,800 Out of state $10,400
  • Waynesboro $7K24%
  • Collinwood $5K17%
  • Chattanooga $3K11%
  • Alton, IL $3K9%
  • Saint Louis, MO $3K9%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $5K
  • Other out-of-state $5K

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: $10,400 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $31,200
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $10,400
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Feb 2012 – Sep 2012. Peak $17,675 in Mar 2012. Spending peaked at $17,417 in Jul 2012.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 42 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 3 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $250 and their names are withheld.

42 named donors 45 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Bob Haggard 1 $1,400.00
John Foy 1 $1,400.00
R M Hughes Jr 1 $1,400.00
Eagle Forum PAC 1 $1,400.00
Family PAC 1 $1,400.00
Phyllis Schlafly 1 $1,400.00
Tom Cori 1 $1,400.00
Rep National Coalition for Life 1 $1,400.00
Ann Drexel 1 $1,400.00
Sherry Heard 1 $1,300.00

Expenditures

28 vendors 38 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Winning Edge Comm 2 $12,144.76 39%
Custon Tinting and Tires of Columbia 1 $2,271.75 7%
Color Coded Design 1 $2,137.50 7%
Wayne County News 3 $2,013.71 6%
Tennessee Federation Republican Women-B. McAndrew Iris Fund 1 $1,750.00 6%
U.S. Post Office 2 $1,381.84 4%
Best Buy 1 $1,231.16 4%
J & M Printing 2 $1,057.78 3%
Advocate 2 $856.43 3%
Lewis Co. Herald 1 $756.75 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 Shirley B. Curry’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Printing & mail $19,565 63%
  • Advertising & media $5,675 18%
  • Office & operations $2,366 8%
  • Other $2,272 7%
  • Travel $1,190 4%
  • Field & voter contact $137 0.5%

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
Q3 2012 $3,793.26 $0.00 Source: Q3 2012 filing Report 43383
Pre-Primary 2012 $16,324.05 $3,793.26 Source: Pre-Primary 2012 filing Report 41831
Q2 2012 Amended $20,975.00 $16,324.05 Source: Q2 2012 filing Report 41540
Q1 2012 Amended $0.00 $20,975.00 Source: Q1 2012 filing Report 40223