Anne Backus — 2024 Tennessee House, District 33 campaign
2024 Tennessee House, District 33 · totals since Jul 1, 2023
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 → · 7 filings · Year-End 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 →
$10,998
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 →
$62,960
includes $1,135 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 →
$3,033
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$51,966
less $4 in refunds & credits → $51,962 net disbursements
Donors
290
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.
The candidate's own contributions, itemized $2K · 3%Individuals, itemized $60K · 95%Unitemized contributions $1K · 2%
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 →
$208average gift
$100median gift
288individual 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 →
90% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (10% from out of state).
Tennessee $54,168 Out of state $6,007
- Oak Ridge $39K64%
- Clinton $8K13%
- Knoxville $3K4%
- Los Angeles, CA $2K4%
- Nashville $8451%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $4K
- Other out-of-state $4K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Aug 2023 – Jan 2025. Peak $11,797 in Sep 2024. Spending peaked at $14,868 in Oct 2024.
Cash contributions Spent
Bars show $60,075 of $60,175 in itemized contributions. The other $100 can’t be placed in a month — the filing gave no usable date, or recorded no identifiable source.
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 93 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 200 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $13,795 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Susan Byrne | 3 | $3,500.00 |
| Marsha Livingston | 3 | $2,950.00 |
| Tennessee Democratic Party In-Kind ↺ paid $2,650.00 | 2 | $2,484.00 |
| Allen Ekkebus | 4 | $2,000.00 |
| Anne Backus Self Includes In-Kind | 18 | $1,948.72 |
| Elaine Culbert | 3 | $1,600.00 |
| Robin Graham | 2 | $1,600.00 |
| John Graham | 1 | $1,500.00 |
| Ellen Smith | 3 | $1,150.00 |
| Rosalyn McKeown Ice | 2 | $1,050.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Human Age Digital LLC | 5 | $30,000.00 | |
| Hill Print and Design | 5 | $4,691.19 | |
| Byram, Jennifer | 10 | $4,072.60 | |
| Printing Image | 2 | $2,874.23 | |
| Tennessee Democratic Party ↺ donor $2,484.00 | 2 | $2,650.00 | |
| Brackett, Amanda | 6 | $1,940.00 | |
| Actblue Tennessee | 70 | $1,413.37 | |
| The Courier News | 2 | $1,102.00 | |
| WYSH | 1 | $1,085.28 | |
| Morgan Street Strategies | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Michael Farley Rental Properties | 1 | $420.00 | |
| Anderson County Fair | 1 | $375.00 | |
| Wildcat Football Boosters | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Squarespace | 1 | $210.72 | |
| United States Postal Service | 3 | $196.10 | |
| Party City | 1 | $83.36 | |
| Printing Etc | 1 | $65.85 | |
| Truist | 1 | $20.00 | |
| Meta Platforms | 3 | $16.19 |
Dates
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
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 Anne Backus’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Advertising & media $33,215 64%
- Printing & mail $7,259 14%
- Field & voter contact $6,013 12%
- Contributions & donations $2,200 4%
- Office & operations $2,064 4%
- Other $632 1%
- Consulting & professional services $500 1.0%
- Fundraising & events $83 0.2%
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 | $13,838.80 | $10,997.77 | Source: Q4 2024 filing Report 119661 |
| Pre-General 2024 Amended | $24,874.93 | $13,838.80 | Source: Pre-General 2024 filing Report 119234 |
| Q3 2024 Amended | $31,481.09 | $24,874.93 | Source: Q3 2024 filing Report 121298 |
| Pre-Primary 2024 | $29,692.19 | $31,481.09 | Source: Pre-Primary 2024 filing Report 115560 |
| Q2 2024 Amended | $20,446.49 | $29,692.19 | Source: Q2 2024 filing Report 114993 |
| Q1 2024 | $11,239.28 | $20,446.49 | Source: Q1 2024 filing Report 112182 |
| Year-End 2023 | $0.00 | $11,239.28 | Source: Year-End 2023 filing Report 110263 |
After the election
Reports ending after Jan 15, 2025.
Contributions and spending
Net contributions (cash) $139 · Spent $256 · 4 donors 1 filing · Mid-Year 2025
Includes $14 net contributions (cash) not itemized below.
| Donor | Location | Employer | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anne Backus | OAK RIDGE, TN 37830 | — | $600.00 |
| Catherine Williamson | LOS ANGELES, CA 90027 | Bonhams Auctioneers | $100.00 |
| Amy Bell | KNOXVILLE, TN 37923 | Not Employed | $25.00 |
| Payee | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Actblue Tennessee | ACTBLUE FEE | $3.95 | 06/22/2025 |
| Actblue Tennessee | ACTBLUE FEE | $3.95 | 05/25/2025 |
| Actblue Tennessee | ACTBLUE FEE | $3.95 | 04/20/2025 |
| Actblue Tennessee | ACTBLUE FEE | $3.95 | 03/23/2025 |
| Actblue Tennessee | ACTBLUE FEE | $0.24 | 03/09/2025 |
| Actblue Tennessee | ACTBLUE FEE | $3.99 | 02/23/2025 |
| United States Postal Service | POSTAL BOX | $217.00 | 02/19/2025 |
| Actblue Tennessee | ACTBLUE FEE | $0.99 | 02/16/2025 |
| Actblue Tennessee | ACTBLUE FEE | $4.19 | 02/09/2025 |
| Actblue Tennessee | ACTBLUE FEE | $3.99 | 01/26/2025 |
| 1 more expenditure not shown | |||
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid-Year 2025 | $10,997.77 | $11,480.71 | Source: Mid-Year 2025 filing Report 122013 |