Cameron Sexton — 2024 Tennessee House, District 25 campaign

Tennessee House, District 25 Republican

2024 Tennessee House, District 25 · 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 → · 9 filings · Mid-Year 2023–Year-End 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 →
$422,688
as of the Year-End report
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$562,057
includes $198 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
$3,426 refunded
Loan entries in filing detail: $50,000. 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 →
$3,744
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$501,801
Donors
315
total donors; qualifying names are listed below

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).

Reported on this filing:

Reported receipts adds together the amounts listed below.

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Sum of Total Receipts reported on the selected source reports.

Inputs behind Reported receipts
Year-End 2024 reported receipts $55,500
Q4 2024 reported receipts $13,674
Pre-General 2024 reported receipts $109,250
Q3 2024 reported receipts $78,915
Pre-Primary 2024 reported receipts $5,960
Q2 2024 reported receipts $35,225
Q1 2024 reported receipts $0
Year-End 2023 reported receipts $262,768
Mid-Year 2023 reported receipts $765
Reported receipts $562,057
From each filing:
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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.

Inputs behind Total spent
Itemized expenditures $501,801
Total spent $501,801
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Receipts
$562,057
Spent
$501,801

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, 51% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $289K · 51%Organizations and PACs, itemized $276K · 49%

Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds: −$3,426. Shares are of the $565,483 before it.

Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized compares individuals, itemized with reported receipts before the negative part.

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Each selected report's reported receipts split by the report's own lines; the parts of every report add up to its total, and the totals to the headline. Shares are of the receipts before the negative part.

Individuals, itemized: $289,285 ÷ Reported receipts before the negative part: $565,483
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
Individuals, itemized $289,285
Organizations and PACs, itemized $276,000
Unitemized contributions $198
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds -$3,426
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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 →

$1,247average gift
$1,000median gift
232individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
20%
0.2%
$50–200
9%
0.7%
$200–1K
13%
4%
$1K–5K
59%
95%
$5K+
0%
0%

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: $289,285 ÷ Individual donors: 232
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $289,285
Median gift $1,000
Individual donors 232

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 $516,308 Out of state $48,977
  • Nashville $187K33%
  • Memphis $113K20%
  • Crossville $44K8%
  • Chattanooga $20K4%
  • Washington, DC $17K3%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $153K
  • Other out-of-state $32K

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).

Itemized money from outside Tennessee: $48,977 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $565,285
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $48,977

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2023 – Jan 2025. Peak $109,850 in Oct 2024. Spending peaked at $106,803 in Oct 2024.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor figure above is a named-donor floor. A complete combined-term total is unavailable. This table names 249 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200.

249 named donors 340 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) 2 $20,000.00
Tennessee Bankers Association PAC 3 $18,000.00
Tennessee First PAC 2 $12,500.00
Tennessee Wine & Spirits Retailers Good Gov't Fund PAC 2 $12,500.00
Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry PAC Includes In-Kind 2 $10,917.27
Att Tennessee PAC 1 $10,000.00
Blue Cross Blue Shield of TN PAC 1 $10,000.00
Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC 2 $10,000.00
Tennessee Manufactured Housing Assn PAC 2 $7,500.00
Adams and Reese TN PAC 2 $7,500.00

Expenditures

109 vendors 527 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Southland Advantage 7 $59,605.90 12%
Lamar Companies 49 $36,543.00 7%
Oaklawn Farms 3 $31,113.85 6%
Peg Broadcasting 21 $29,830.00 6%
Direct Edge Campaigns LLC 4 $29,269.56 6%
S&S Strategies 24 $25,000.00 5%
Crossville News First 16 $19,800.00 4%
Cumulus Media 4 $19,221.38 4%
Watchtower Compliance 23 $18,400.00 4%
Cumulus-Knoxille 1 $16,462.00 3%

Loans

$50,000.00 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.

Loan principal shown adds together the amounts listed below.

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Loan schedules can repeat an outstanding debt on later reports. This is the reconstructed principal for each lender, counted once, split between candidate or family loans and all other lenders. Repayments and outstanding balances are shown separately in the ledger.

Inputs behind Loan principal shown
Candidate and family loans $50,000
Loan principal shown $50,000
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (Cameron Sexton) Candidate loan — $50,000.00 $0.00 $50,000.00

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 Cameron Sexton’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Advertising & media $186,168 37%
  • Consulting & professional services $125,812 25%
  • Fundraising & events $88,152 18%
  • Printing & mail $31,892 6%
  • Contributions & donations $28,230 6%
  • Office & operations $24,104 5%
  • Other $14,922 3%
  • Travel $2,522 0.6%

Loans

Campaign 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.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Q4 2024 Amended $404,639.44 $367,188.14 Source: Q4 2024 filing Report 120873
Pre-General 2024 $390,020.10 $404,639.44 Source: Pre-General 2024 filing Report 118285
Q3 2024 Amended $382,454.26 $390,020.10 Source: Q3 2024 filing Report 119000
Pre-Primary 2024 $397,429.42 $382,454.26 Source: Pre-Primary 2024 filing Report 114979
Q2 2024 $401,460.35 $397,429.42 Source: Q2 2024 filing Report 113744
Q1 2024 $457,615.80 $401,460.35 Source: Q1 2024 filing Report 111953
Year-End 2024 Amended $367,188.14 $422,688.14 Source: Year-End 2024 filing Report 120911
Year-End 2023 $302,607.47 $457,615.80 Source: Year-End 2023 filing Report 110157
Mid-Year 2023 $360,672.72 $302,607.47 Source: Mid-Year 2023 filing Report 108701