Caleb Hemmer — 2024 Tennessee House, District 59 campaign
2024 Tennessee House, District 59
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
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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).
- Q4 2024 Initial $120,405 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. Excludes the value of donated goods & services, shown separately as In-Kind Received.
| Itemized contributions from others | $222,075 |
| Raised (cash) | $222,075 |
- Q4 2024 Initial $15,448 derived
- Pre-General 2024 Initial $5,981 derived
- Q3 2024 Initial $77,079 derived
- Pre-Primary 2024 Initial $4,667 derived
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- Q2 2024 Amendment $6,633 derived
- Year-End 2023 Amendment $106,945 derived
- Mid-Year 2023 Amendment $5,322 derived
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.
| Itemized expenditures | $125,853 |
| Total spent | $125,853 |
- Q4 2024 Initial $13,447 derived
- Pre-General 2024 Initial $5,832 derived
- Q3 2024 Initial $35,051 derived
- Pre-Primary 2024 Initial $9,436 derived
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- Q2 2024 Amendment $15,644 derived
- Q1 2024 Initial $12,922 derived
- Year-End 2023 Amendment $21,377 derived
- Mid-Year 2023 Amendment $12,144 derived
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).
| From outside Tennessee | $19,655 |
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 →
Individuals gave 53%; organizations and PACs gave 47%.
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Share from individuals compares from individuals 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 individuals divided by the total.
| From individuals | $118,081 |
| From organizations and PACs | $103,994 |
| In-kind contributions (goods & services) | $850 |
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 →
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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 | $118,081 |
| Median gift | $100 |
| Individual donors | 315 |
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).
- Nashville $158K71%
- Brentwood $27K12%
- Washington, DC $10K4%
- Franklin $2K0.8%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $17K
- Other out-of-state $10K
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).
| From outside Tennessee | $19,655 |
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.
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $12,385 total; their names are not disclosed here.
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |
| 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 ↗ |
| Pre-General 2024 | $118,255.37 | $118,404.35 | Source ↗ |
| Q3 2024 | $76,227.60 | $118,255.37 | Source ↗ |
| Pre-Primary 2024 | $80,996.36 | $76,227.60 | Source ↗ |
| Q2 2024 Amended | $90,005.03 | $80,996.36 | Source ↗ |
| Q1 2024 | $102,925.08 | $90,005.03 | Source ↗ |
| Year-End 2023 Amended | $17,355.34 | $102,925.08 | Source ↗ |
| Mid-Year 2023 Amended | $24,176.84 | $17,355.34 | Source ↗ |