David B. Hawk — 2024 Tennessee House, District 05 campaign

Tennessee House, District 05 Republican

2024 Tennessee House, District 05 · 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 →
$65,120
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 →
$139,794
Total Spent
$297,686
Donors
123
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 $65,120 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 $16,758
Pre-General 2024 reported receipts $9,952
Q3 2024 reported receipts $13,698
Pre-Primary 2024 reported receipts $16,820
Q2 2024 reported receipts $19,374
Q1 2024 reported receipts $0
Year-End 2023 reported receipts $54,668
Mid-Year 2023 reported receipts $8,524
Reported receipts $139,794
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 $297,686
Total spent $297,686
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Receipts
$139,794
Spent
$297,686

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: organizations and PACs, itemized, 91% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $13K · 9%Organizations and PACs, itemized $127K · 91%

Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized compares organizations and pacs, 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.

Organizations and PACs, itemized: $126,750 ÷ Reported receipts: $139,794
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized
Individuals, itemized $12,883
Organizations and PACs, itemized $126,750
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $161
From each filing:
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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 →

$416average gift
$250median gift
31individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
10%
0.6%
$50–200
32%
5%
$200–1K
39%
34%
$1K–5K
19%
61%
$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: $12,883 ÷ Individual donors: 31
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $12,883
Median gift $250
Individual donors 31

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 →

86% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (14% from out of state).

Tennessee $119,383 Out of state $20,250
  • Nashville $65K46%
  • Brentwood $19K13%
  • Greeneville $6K5%
  • Franklin $6K4%
  • Johnson City $3K2%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $21K
  • Other out-of-state $20K

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: $20,250 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $139,633
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $20,250

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2023 – Jan 2025. Peak $17,728 in Jun 2024. Spending peaked at $137,939 in Sep 2024.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 110 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 13 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $744 and their names are withheld.

110 named donors 153 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennessee Assn of Nurse Anesthetists PAC 2 $6,500.00
HCA TriStar Fund PAC 2 $6,500.00
Tennessee Oil Marketers PAC 2 $5,000.00
Tennessee Medical Association PAC (TMA) 2 $4,000.00
Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) 2 $3,500.00
Tennessee Health Care Assn PAC 2 $3,000.00
TN Advance Financial PAC 2 $3,000.00
Tennessee Academy of Physician Assistants PAC 2 $3,000.00
Reynolds American Inc. PAC (Tennessee) 2 $3,000.00
Cigna Corporation Employee PAC 2 $2,500.00

Expenditures

110 vendors 341 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Parthenon Strategies 11 $200,349.00 67%
Majority Strategies 8 $41,250.00 14%
Dyce Communications 2 $10,441.23 4%
Tusculum University 2 $5,500.00 2%
House Republican Caucus 1 $5,000.00 2%
East Tennessee Promotions 1 $4,274.76 1%
Verizon 23 $3,019.90 1%
Andrew Johnson Heritage Association 4 $2,049.00 0.7%
Kiwanis Club of Greeneville 10 $1,070.00 0.4%
Boys and Girls Club of Greene County 3 $1,000.00 0.4%

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

  • Advertising & media $251,300 84%
  • Contributions & donations $32,269 11%
  • Other $8,716 3%
  • Consulting & professional services $3,750 1%
  • Office & operations $1,260 0.5%
  • Fundraising & events $390 0.2%

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 $90,286.36 $65,120.02 Source: Q4 2024 filing Report 119970
Pre-General 2024 $81,644.38 $90,286.36 Source: Pre-General 2024 filing Report 118446
Q3 2024 $213,354.72 $81,644.38 Source: Q3 2024 filing Report 117432
Pre-Primary 2024 $198,558.33 $213,354.72 Source: Pre-Primary 2024 filing Report 115486
Q2 2024 $198,920.75 $198,558.33 Source: Q2 2024 filing Report 114216
Q1 2024 $202,012.18 $198,920.75 Source: Q1 2024 filing Report 112397
Year-End 2023 $197,942.54 $202,012.18 Source: Year-End 2023 filing Report 110582
Mid-Year 2023 $223,011.62 $197,942.54 Source: Mid-Year 2023 filing Report 108743