Caleb Hemmer — 2024 Tennessee House, District 59 campaign
2024 Tennessee House, District 59 · totals since Jan 16, 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 → · 8 filings · Mid-Year 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 →
$120,405
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 →
$222,082
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 →
$850
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$125,853
Donors
400
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, 53% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $118K · 53%Organizations and PACs, itemized $104K · 47%
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 →
$377average gift
$100median gift
313individual 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 →
91% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (9% from out of state).
Tennessee $202,420 Out of state $19,655
- Nashville $158K71%
- Brentwood $27K12%
- Washington, DC $10K4%
- Franklin $2K0.8%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $17K
- Other out-of-state $10K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Feb 2023 – Jan 2025. Peak $48,210 in Oct 2023. Spending peaked at $20,286 in Sep 2024.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 216 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 187 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $12,385 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) | 2 | $5,000.00 |
| TN Advance Financial PAC | 2 | $4,000.00 |
| Phil Bredesen | 2 | $3,600.00 |
| Kathy Olsen | 2 | $3,600.00 |
| Andrew BYRD | 2 | $3,600.00 |
| William Pinkston | 4 | $3,600.00 |
| Dorothy Morelli | 2 | $3,600.00 |
| Shannon Presley Martin | 2 | $3,600.00 |
| HCA TriStar Fund PAC | 2 | $3,500.00 |
| Tennessee Health Care Assn PAC | 2 | $3,000.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davidson County Democratic Executive Committee | 6 | $18,100.00 | |
| Kathryn Farris | 27 | $10,400.00 | |
| NGP VAN | 25 | $9,078.78 | |
| Triumph Strategies | 5 | $8,896.56 | |
| House Democratic Caucus | 1 | $7,500.00 | |
| Our Kids Deserve Better | 1 | $5,000.00 | |
| Registry of Election Finance | 1 | $4,671.41 | |
| Actblue | 7 | $3,910.69 | |
| Mitchell, Bo ↺ donor $350.00 | 1 | $3,600.00 | |
| GLYNN, Ronnie L. | 2 | $2,800.00 | |
| Rotary Club of Nashville | 1 | $2,058.00 | |
| Harpeth Strategies | 2 | $2,035.82 | |
| Percy Preist Pto | 2 | $2,000.00 | |
| Campbell, Heidi | 2 | $2,000.00 | |
| In This Together PAC | 1 | $2,000.00 | |
| Friends of Jason Spain ↺ donor $1,000.00 | 1 | $1,800.00 | |
| Nashville Public Library | 2 | $1,759.38 | |
| Frist Center | 1 | $1,500.00 | |
| Tennessee Democratic Party | 2 | $1,325.00 | |
| Bellevue Harpeth Chamber of Commerce | 4 | $1,315.00 | |
| Land Trust of Tennessee | 2 | $1,269.79 | |
| Best Buy | 2 | $1,070.45 | |
| Harris Victory Fund | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Nordstrom, Noah | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| McKenzie, Sam | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Beale, Alison | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| MATA, Luis | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Huseth, Jesse | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Tennessee Tomorrow PAC | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Davis, Anthony ↺ donor $1,150.00 | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Jeff Yarbro for Mayor | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Campbell for Mayor | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Sonder Holdings | 2 | $947.56 | |
| Amazon | 7 | $863.18 | |
| Nomadic Genius | 1 | $715.01 | |
| United States Postal Service | 5 | $596.20 | |
| Williamson, Jessica | 2 | $550.00 | |
| Harvard Printing | 1 | $540.56 | |
| Blankenship CPA | 1 | $500.00 | |
| James Lawson High School Theater Backers | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Citizens for Legal Justice | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Hakeem, Yusuf A. | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Radnor Democratic Committee | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Tennessee Wildlife Resources Foundation | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Freddie O'Connell for Mayor | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Quinn Evans Segall for Council | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Metro Parks | 2 | $475.63 | |
| Southwest Airlines | 3 | $462.92 | |
| Bellevue Community Foundation | 2 | $400.00 | |
| Delta Airlines | 1 | $392.40 | |
| Winn, Chris | 2 | $360.00 | |
| Minted LLC | 1 | $341.68 | |
| Tennessee Freedom Circle | 3 | $300.00 | |
| Jw Marriott Washington, Dc | 1 | $299.15 | |
| The Picnic | 2 | $286.61 | |
| Yogi's Pizza | 1 | $275.20 | |
| Friends of Radnor Lake | 1 | $275.00 | |
| Cinco De Mayo - Brentwood | 1 | $272.17 | |
| Harpeth Valley Elementary School | 1 | $260.90 | |
| Mayflower Hotel | 1 | $258.38 | |
| The New Deal | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislat | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Insbank | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Lennon, Kathy | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Tdot | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Parkinson, Antonio '2 Shay' | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Big and Bright PAC | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Olivia Hill for Metro Council | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Elect Courtney Durrett | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Bellevue Community Foodbank | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Mike Cortese for Council | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Russ Pulley Council At-Large | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Jeff Preptit for Tennessee | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Friends of Sheri Weiner | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Rawlings, Cameron | 1 | $240.00 | |
| Compass Insurance Group | 1 | $236.40 | |
| Switchboard | 4 | $208.23 | |
| Dj Carter | 1 | $191.25 | |
| Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority | 3 | $176.00 | |
| Target | 1 | $162.26 | |
| Shell | 2 | $150.56 | |
| Planned Parenthood Tennessee Action Fund | 1 | $150.00 | |
| American Airlines | 1 | $141.30 | |
| Kroger | 6 | $139.32 | |
| Old Ebitt Grille | 1 | $138.00 | |
| Verizon | 1 | $134.75 | |
| The Smith | 1 | $125.62 | |
| Green Hills Grille | 1 | $123.70 | |
| Bellevue Middle School | 1 | $119.43 | |
| Tircc | 1 | $109.28 | |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Nashville | 1 | $103.94 | |
| Davidson County Democratic Women Gwen McFarland | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Davidson County Young Democrats | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Nashville Humane Society | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Angie Henderson for Vice Mayor | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Emily Benedict for Council | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Rollin Horton for Council | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Zulfat Suara for Council | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Clemmons, John Ray ↺ donor $1,000.00 | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Little Ceasers Pizza | 1 | $96.43 | |
| Wendell Smith's Restaurant | 1 | $95.23 | |
| Jonathan's Grille | 2 | $95.07 | |
| Nashville Chamber of Commerce | 1 | $95.00 | |
| J. Alexander's Restaurant | 1 | $90.12 | |
| Belmont Curb Center | 1 | $83.58 | |
| Chef's Market Cafe | 1 | $67.32 | |
| Costco | 1 | $64.02 | |
| Nashville Airport | 1 | $60.00 | |
| Puckett's Restaurant | 1 | $60.00 | |
| Corner Pub | 1 | $59.02 | |
| 7-Eleven | 1 | $57.06 | |
| Sam's Club | 1 | $56.22 | |
| Anderson Design Group | 1 | $52.43 | |
| Hobby Lobby | 1 | $50.40 | |
| The Loveless Cafe ⇄ in-kind (given, not paid) | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Go Fund Me for Hope Leach - Aayden Haye | 1 | $50.00 | |
| West Meade Neighborhood Association | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Blanco Cocina | 1 | $49.40 | |
| Greenhouse Bar | 1 | $48.07 | |
| Whole Foods | 1 | $45.83 | |
| M.L. Rose | 1 | $44.86 | |
| Light the World | 1 | $41.20 | |
| First Watch | 1 | $40.40 | |
| Taziki Mediterranean | 1 | $39.84 | |
| Thorntons | 1 | $37.02 | |
| Brown's Diner | 1 | $35.56 | |
| Flying Ghost Pumpkin | 1 | $35.00 | |
| Chicken Salad Chick | 1 | $30.88 | |
| City of Belle Meade | 1 | $30.00 | |
| Jersey Mike's | 1 | $28.70 | |
| Publix | 1 | $25.83 | |
| Crieve Hall Neighborhood Association | 1 | $25.00 | |
| Amerigo Italian Restaurant | 1 | $20.89 | |
| Whitt's BBQ | 1 | $18.00 | |
| Truist | 1 | $18.00 | |
| Ace Hardware | 1 | $17.47 | |
| Office Depot | 1 | $15.83 | |
| Chicago Transit Authority | 1 | $15.00 | |
| Park Happy | 1 | $13.44 | |
| Frothy Monkey | 1 | $13.27 | |
| Music City Center | 1 | $10.00 | |
| Tax1099 | 2 | $8.55 |
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 Caleb Hemmer’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Contributions & donations $65,496 52%
- Office & operations $20,636 16%
- Consulting & professional services $20,313 16%
- Fundraising & events $6,833 5%
- Other $5,955 5%
- Travel $2,905 2%
- Printing & mail $1,985 2%
- Advertising & media $1,473 1%
- Field & voter contact $258 0.3%
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 | $118,404.35 | $120,404.94 | Source: Q4 2024 filing Report 120063 |
| Pre-General 2024 | $118,255.37 | $118,404.35 | Source: Pre-General 2024 filing Report 118676 |
| Q3 2024 | $76,227.60 | $118,255.37 | Source: Q3 2024 filing Report 117374 |
| Pre-Primary 2024 | $80,996.36 | $76,227.60 | Source: Pre-Primary 2024 filing Report 115480 |
| Q2 2024 Amended | $90,005.03 | $80,996.36 | Source: Q2 2024 filing Report 116494 |
| Q1 2024 | $102,925.08 | $90,005.03 | Source: Q1 2024 filing Report 113033 |
| Year-End 2023 Amended | $17,355.34 | $102,925.08 | Source: Year-End 2023 filing Report 113513 |
| Mid-Year 2023 Amended | $24,176.84 | $17,355.34 | Source: Mid-Year 2023 filing Report 117460 |