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Cheryl (Cheri) Brown — 2024 Tennessee House, District 37 campaign

Tennessee House, District 37 Democratic

2024 Tennessee House, District 37 · totals since Jan 16, 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 → · 6 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 →
$2,906
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 →
$3,889
includes $25 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Loan entries in filing detail: $950. 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 →
$1,526
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$984
Donors
23
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:
  • Q4 2024 Initial $2,906 filing-stated

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
Q4 2024 reported receipts $0
Pre-General 2024 reported receipts $1,659
Q3 2024 reported receipts $505
Pre-Primary 2024 reported receipts $25
Q2 2024 reported receipts $725
Q1 2024 reported receipts $975
Reported receipts $3,889
From each filing:
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  • Q2 2024 Initial $725 filing-stated
  • Q1 2024 Initial $975 filing-stated

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 $984
Total spent $984
From each filing:
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Receipts
$3,889
Spent
$984

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, 59% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $2K · 59%Organizations and PACs, itemized $624 · 16%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $950 · 24%

Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized compares individuals, itemized with reported receipts.

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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.

Individuals, itemized: $2,290 ÷ Reported receipts: $3,889
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
Individuals, itemized $2,290
Organizations and PACs, itemized $624
Unitemized contributions $25
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $950
From each filing:
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  • Q2 2024 Initial $725 filing-stated
  • Q1 2024 Initial $975 filing-stated

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 →

$104average gift
$25median gift
22individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
55%
10%
$50–200
36%
24%
$200–1K
5%
22%
$1K–5K
5%
44%
$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: $2,290 ÷ Individual donors: 22
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $2,290
Median gift $25
Individual donors 22
Source filings:

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 →

75% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (25% from out of state).

Tennessee $2,190 Out of state $724
  • Murfreesboro $1K36%
  • Memphs $1K34%
  • Washington, DC $62421%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $135
  • Other out-of-state $100

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: $724 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $2,914
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $724
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Mar 2024 – Oct 2024. Peak $1,659 in Oct 2024. Spending peaked at $450 in Mar 2024.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 4 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 20 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $790 and their names are withheld.

4 named donors 20 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Cheryl Cheri Brown Self In-Kind 17 $1,525.85
Abigail Smack 1 $1,000.00
Blue Tennessee PAC 1 $624.14
Sherri Harris 1 $500.00

Expenditures

7 vendors 11 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Tennessee Democratic Party 1 $450.00 46%
RCDP 2 $260.00 26%
Tep Foundation 1 $75.00 8%
Actblue 4 $65.02 7%
Greenhouse Ministries 1 $58.50 6%
Rutherford County 1 $55.00 6%
City of La Vergne 1 $20.00 2%

Loans

$950.00 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 $950
Loan principal shown $950
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Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (Cheryl (cheri) Brown) Candidate loan Feb 7, 2024 $950.00 $0.00 $950.00

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 Cheryl (Cheri) Brown’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Office & operations $630 64%
  • Fundraising & events $299 30%
  • Other $55 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 $2,905.62 $2,905.62 Source: Q4 2024 filing Report 120954
Pre-General 2024 Amended $1,287.37 $2,905.62 Source: Pre-General 2024 filing Report 122573
Q3 2024 Amended $878.08 $1,287.37 Source: Q3 2024 filing Report 122540
Pre-Primary 2024 $909.07 $878.08 Source: Pre-Primary 2024 filing Report 115358
Q2 2024 $525.00 $909.07 Source: Q2 2024 filing Report 114487
Q1 2024 $0.00 $525.00 Source: Q1 2024 filing Report 112588

After the election

Reports ending after Jan 15, 2025.

Contributions and spending

No contributions reported · Spent $20

3 filings · Mid-Year 2025–Mid-Year 2026

After the election expenditures
Payee Purpose Amount Date
F & M Bank BANK FEES $5.00 05/25/2026
F & M Bank BANK FEES $5.00 12/31/2025
F & M Bank BANK FEES $5.00 11/28/2025
F & M Bank BANK FEES $5.00 10/31/2025
Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Mid-Year 2026 $2,890.62 $2,885.62 Source: Mid-Year 2026 filing Report 127505
Year-End 2025 $2,905.62 $2,890.62 Source: Year-End 2025 filing Report 124169
Mid-Year 2025 $2,905.62 $2,905.62 Source: Mid-Year 2025 filing Report 122422