Amber (Bennie) Taylor — 2024 Tennessee House, District 42 campaign
2024 Tennessee House, District 42 · totals since Apr 1, 2024
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 · Pre-General 2024–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 →
$1,236
as of the Q4 report
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$7,132
includes $201 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Loan entries in filing detail: $46. The report totals above govern this headline.
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 →
$2,622
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$5,942
Donors
84
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
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, 95% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $7K · 95%Organizations and PACs, itemized $100 · 1%Unitemized contributions $201 · 3%
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 →
$82average gift
$50median gift
83individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
$50–200
$200–1K
$1K–5K
$5K+
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 →
97% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (3% from out of state).
Tennessee $6,660 Out of state $225
- Cookeville $5K70%
- Baxter $4757%
- Nashville $2353%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $1K
- Other out-of-state $225
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Apr 2024 – Jan 2025. Peak $2,420 in Jun 2024. Spending peaked at $1,332 in Oct 2024.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 12 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 76 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $4,075 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Margaret Austin Includes In-Kind | 15 | $1,251.27 |
| Donna Jasitt Includes In-Kind | 4 | $562.00 |
| Amber Bennie Taylor Self In-Kind | 18 | $469.36 |
| Cailey Webb Includes In-Kind | 3 | $425.00 |
| Putnam County TN Democratic Party In-Kind | 1 | $364.50 |
| Putnam County Democratic Party In-Kind ↺ paid $240.00 | 2 | $330.00 |
| Barbara Reynolds Includes In-Kind | 3 | $275.00 |
| Brian Paddock | 1 | $250.00 |
| Deidre Scott | 1 | $250.00 |
| Daphni Wetzlich Engle In-Kind | 1 | $250.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staples | 6 | $694.06 | |
| Nelson Trophy and Screen | 1 | $586.70 | |
| Cookeville Inclusive | 1 | $585.00 | |
| Tennessee Democratic Party | 1 | $450.00 | |
| Recovery Kitchen | 1 | $400.00 | |
| Walmart | 7 | $347.44 | |
| Out the Door Printing | 1 | $329.00 | |
| Askins-Dunn, Anna | 2 | $300.00 | |
| Cookeville Queer Closet | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Upper Cumberland Pride | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Putnam County Democratic Party ↺ donor $330.00 | 1 | $240.00 | |
| Alex's Friends | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Squarespace | 7 | $180.12 | |
| Scale To Win | 1 | $173.41 | |
| Hobby Lobby | 4 | $161.61 | |
| Actblue Technical Services | 27 | $160.78 | |
| Zack Ciulus Designs | 1 | $122.50 | |
| Campaign Verify | 1 | $95.00 | |
| Naacp Cookeville-Putnam Co. Branch | 1 | $75.00 | |
| Five Guys Burgers and Fries | 1 | $56.40 | |
| Zoom Video Communications Inc. | 3 | $52.65 | |
| Dollar General, 9379 | 4 | $49.07 | |
| Party City | 1 | $45.66 | |
| Panera Bread | 1 | $43.62 | |
| Aldi | 1 | $42.34 | |
| NGP Van, Inc. | 1 | $27.52 | |
| United States Postal Service | 1 | $18.40 | |
| Food City | 1 | $5.48 |
Dates
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
Loans
$45.79 in loan balances shown. The filings date all of it to this campaign. Later reports can repeat an outstanding loan, so each reconstructed lender balance is counted once below.
| Lender | Type | Received | Balance shown | Repaid | Outstanding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self (Amber (bennie) Taylor) | Candidate loan | Oct 3, 2024 | $45.79 | $0.00 | $45.79 |
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 Amber (Bennie) Taylor’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Contributions & donations $2,000 34%
- Office & operations $1,621 27%
- Printing & mail $1,250 21%
- Fundraising & events $801 13%
- Advertising & media $271 5%
Loans
| Lender | Amount | Date Received | Outstanding | Repaid |
|---|
Each loan shows its balance as of the candidate's most recent filing; repayments since then appear when the next report is filed.
Filing History
Totals as filed with the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance; see About for how this data is processed.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 Amended | $2,638.03 | $1,235.94 | Source: Q4 2024 filing Report 124823 |
| Pre-General 2024 Amended | $3,207.79 | $2,592.24 | Source: Pre-General 2024 filing Report 126160 |
| Q3 2024 Amended | $3,173.38 | $3,207.79 | Source: Q3 2024 filing Report 124847 |
| Pre-Primary 2024 Amended | $2,938.38 | $3,173.38 | Source: Pre-Primary 2024 filing Report 124846 |
| Q2 2024 Amended | $0.00 | $2,938.38 | Source: Q2 2024 filing Report 124844 |
After the election
Reports ending after Jan 15, 2025.
Contributions and spending
No contributions reported · Spent $1,187 3 filings · Mid-Year 2025–Mid-Year 2026
| Payee | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Squarespace | EMAIL ACCESS | $9.22 | 06/29/2026 |
| Squarespace | EMAIL ACCESS | $9.22 | 05/28/2026 |
| Squarespace | EMAIL ACCESS | $9.22 | 04/28/2026 |
| Squarespace | EMAIL ACCESS | $9.22 | 03/30/2026 |
| Squarespace | WEBSITE HOSTING | $20.00 | 03/13/2026 |
| Squarespace | EMAIL ACCESS | $9.22 | 03/02/2026 |
| Hp Inc. | DUES / SUBSCRIPTIONS | $17.55 | 02/17/2026 |
| Squarespace | WEBSITE HOSTING | $9.22 | 01/28/2026 |
| Hp Inc. | DUES / SUBSCRIPTIONS | $17.55 | 01/16/2026 |
| Squarespace | WEBSITE HOSTING | $9.22 | 12/29/2025 |
| 28 more expenditures not shown | |||
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid-Year 2026 Late | $86.99 | $3.34 | Source: Mid-Year 2026 filing Report 127832 |
| Year-End 2025 Amended | $1,004.67 | $86.99 | Source: Year-End 2025 filing Report 124818 |
| Mid-Year 2025 Amended | $1,190.15 | $1,004.67 | Source: Mid-Year 2025 filing Report 124821 |