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Aftyn Behn — 2024 Tennessee House, District 51 campaign

Tennessee House, District 51 Democratic

2024 Tennessee House, District 51

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 → · 11 filings · Pre-General 2023–Q4 2024

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 →
$15,291
as of the Q4 report
→ carried into 2026 TN House 51
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 →
$181,227
Why this number?
Total Spent
$164,886
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 →
91%
$164,886 spent of $181,227 raised (cash)
Donors
915
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Self-Funded
0.1%
$140 of $181,227 raised · self-contributions
Out-of-State
28%
$50,906 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 2024 Amendment $15,291 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 $181,087
Candidate's own contributions $140
Raised (cash) $181,227
From each filing:
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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 $164,886
Total spent $164,886
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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: $50,906 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $181,227
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $50,906
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$181,227
Spent
$164,886

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 →

The candidate’s own money made up 0.1% of the campaign’s funds — individuals gave 80%, organizations and PACs 20%.

Candidate’s own money $140 · 0.1% Individuals $145K · 80% Organizations & PACs $36K · 20%
Why this number?

Share from the candidate compares from the candidate's own money 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 the candidate divided by the total.

From the candidate's own money: $140 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $181,227
Inputs behind Share from the candidate
Candidate's own money (incl. self-loans) $140
From individuals $145,395
From organizations and PACs $35,692
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 →

$163average gift
$50median gift
893individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
39%
5%
$50–200
43%
23%
$200–1K
15%
32%
$1K–5K
2%
26%
$5K+
0.4%
14%
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: $145,395 ÷ Individual donors: 893
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $145,395
Median gift $50
Individual donors 893
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 →

72% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (28% from out of state).

Tennessee $130,157 Out of state $50,906
  • Nashville $67K37%
  • Knoxville $28K15%
  • Oakland, CA $15K8%
  • Brentwood $6K3%
  • Washington, DC $5K3%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $29K
  • Other out-of-state $32K
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: $50,906 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $181,062
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $50,906
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jun 2023 – Jan 2025. Peak $35,792 in Jun 2023. Spending peaked at $36,496 in Jul 2023.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $41,026 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 480 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
California Nurses Association PAC Cna PAC 1 $14,400.00
Bruce Behn 4 $7,200.00
Betty Hopgood 4 $7,200.00
Julianne Behn 4 $5,525.00
Cwa Cope PCC PAC 2 $4,000.00
Emilee Warner 2 $3,600.00
Marianne Smith 4 $3,340.00
Tennessee Assn of Nurse Anesthetists PAC 1 $3,000.00
Bahr Weiss 6 $2,950.00
Service Employees Local 205 Cope Acct PAC 1 $2,500.00

Expenditures

99 vendors 311 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Blue Nation Strategies 4 $36,961.38 22%
Briefs, Katherine 9 $21,700.00 13%
Nichole Pope 11 $10,000.00 6%
Printing Etc. 17 $8,308.88 5%
Hustle Inc. 7 $8,225.10 5%
Reyn Haun 12 $8,180.00 5%
Lamar 2 $6,135.00 4%
NGP VAN 13 $5,943.20 4%
Ainsley Costello 9 $5,000.00 3%
Riverside Revival 3 $4,661.04 3%

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 Aftyn Behn’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Field & voter contact $50,792 31%
  • Office & operations $33,653 20%
  • Advertising & media $31,179 19%
  • Consulting & professional services $30,350 18%
  • Printing & mail $8,814 5%
  • Contributions & donations $4,099 2%
  • Other $3,198 2%
  • Fundraising & events $2,285 1%
  • Travel $516 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 2024 Amended $10,783.81 $15,291.39 Source ↗
Pre-General 2024 Amended $12,125.70 $10,783.81 Source ↗
Q3 2024 Amended $601.06 $12,125.70 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2024 $4,976.60 $601.06 Source ↗
Q2 2024 Amended $4,443.64 $4,976.60 Source ↗
Q1 2024 $14,072.21 $4,443.64 Source ↗
Year-End 2023 Amended $9,763.02 $14,072.21 Source ↗
Pre-General 2023 Amended $12,372.09 $8,082.71 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2023 Amended $29,294.61 $12,372.09 Source ↗
Q3 2023 Amended $8,082.71 $9,763.02 Source ↗
Q2 2023 Amended $0.00 $29,294.61 Source ↗