Bobby Harshbarger — 2024 Tennessee Senate, District 04 campaign
2024 Tennessee Senate, District 04 · 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 →
$78,914
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 →
$520,188
includes $1,872 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Loan entries in filing detail: $410,000. 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 →
$880
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$441,274
Donors
93
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: loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds, 79% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $29K · 6%Organizations and PACs, itemized $79K · 15%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $410K · 79%
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 →
$730average gift
$500median gift
40individual 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 →
94% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (6% from out of state).
Tennessee $101,816 Out of state $6,500
- Nashville $31K28%
- Brentwood $19K17%
- Chattanooga $7K6%
- Kingsport $6K6%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $39K
- Other out-of-state $7K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Apr 2024 – Jan 2025. Peak $27,816 in Oct 2024. Spending peaked at $249,947 in Jul 2024.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 92 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 2 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $300 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) | 1 | $10,000.00 |
| MARSHA PAC (Marsha Blackburn) | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| PB PAC (Paul Bailey) | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| MAC-PAC (MacKenzie) | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| TN Firearms Assn Legislative Action Comm Tfalac | 1 | $4,500.00 |
| Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC | 1 | $2,500.00 |
| Tennessee Credit Union League PAC | 1 | $2,000.00 |
| KEYPAC (Ken Yager) | 1 | $2,000.00 |
| JACK PAC (Jack Johnson) | 1 | $2,000.00 |
| Holland Knight Tennessee PAC | 1 | $2,000.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Axmedia | 3 | $226,600.00 | |
| The Stoneridge Group | 9 | $95,045.12 | |
| The Political Firm | 8 | $51,415.16 | |
| Remington Research Group | 2 | $21,000.00 | |
| Rose, Caleb | 4 | $14,000.00 | |
| I360, LLC | 1 | $7,736.97 | |
| Highly Dangerous Graphics | 2 | $6,394.81 | |
| Derrick, Lakie | 3 | $4,500.00 | |
| UZ Marketing | 1 | $3,959.91 | |
| Hawkins County Republican Party | 2 | $2,000.00 | |
| The Greenville Sun | 1 | $1,940.00 | |
| LCM Strategies | 1 | $1,512.40 | |
| Mortons Nshvlle BQT | 1 | $1,035.78 | |
| UPrinting | 4 | $1,034.82 | |
| Mail Works Inc. | 1 | $860.12 | |
| Morton's the Steakhouse | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Jersey Mike's Subs | 1 | $417.96 | |
| GoDaddy | 4 | $352.95 | |
| Constant Contact | 4 | $284.72 | |
| Chick-fil-A | 1 | $264.44 | |
| Mountain Empire Chapter NFF | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Hawkins County Rescue Squad | 1 | $125.00 | |
| Kingsport Chamber of Commerce | 2 | $94.00 | |
| Bank of TN | 6 | $40.00 | |
| Believe In Bristol LLC | 1 | $10.00 |
Dates
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
Loans
$410,000.00 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 (Bobby Harshbarger) | Candidate loan | Apr 15, 2024 | $410,000.00 | $0.00 | $410,000.00 |
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 Bobby Harshbarger’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Advertising & media $280,480 64%
- Printing & mail $105,327 24%
- Field & voter contact $26,237 6%
- Consulting & professional services $21,000 5%
- Office & operations $3,746 0.9%
- Fundraising & events $2,447 0.6%
- Contributions & donations $2,000 0.5%
- Other $37 0.1%
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 | $41,366.59 | $78,913.84 | Source: Q4 2024 filing Report 119957 |
| Pre-General 2024 | $16,550.15 | $41,366.59 | Source: Pre-General 2024 filing Report 118478 |
| Q3 2024 Amended | $27,306.76 | $16,550.15 | Source: Q3 2024 filing Report 117065 |
| Pre-Primary 2024 Amended | $59,035.45 | $27,306.76 | Source: Pre-Primary 2024 filing Report 116731 |
| Q2 2024 Amended | $0.00 | $59,035.45 | Source: Q2 2024 filing Report 116730 |