David Kustoff — 2020 U.S. Representative, District 8 campaign
2020 U.S. Representative, District 8 · totals since Jan 1, 2019
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 → · 19 filings · Q1 2019–YE 2020
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 →
$713,832
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 →
$1,718,362
includes $26,882 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Known in-kind (included in receipts) 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. Full definition →
$1,441
goods or services
Total disbursed
$1,076,430
Donors
783
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 (line 11a), 58% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized (line 11a) $991K · 58%Individuals, unitemized (line 11a) $27K · 2%PACs and other committees (line 11c) $694K · 40%
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 →
56% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (44% from out of state).
Tennessee $949,675 Out of state $733,252
- Memphis $391K23%
- Washington, DC $297K18%
- Germantown $120K7%
- Nashville $118K7%
- Collierville $35K2%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $285K
- Other out-of-state $437K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2019 – Dec 2020. Peak $340,150 in Mar 2019. Spending peaked at $156,619 in Apr 2019.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 779 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 5 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $507 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Wells Fargo Co Employees Good Government PAC | 5 | $10,000.00 |
| Mass Mutual Life Insurance Co PAC MMPAC | 3 | $10,000.00 |
| Majority Committee PAC | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| National Association of Insurance Financial Advisors PAC Naifa | 6 | $10,000.00 |
| Comcast Corporation Nbcuniversal PAC | 4 | $10,000.00 |
| Committee for A Better Government Autozone, Inc. | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| National Automobile Dealers Association Political Action Committee | 3 | $10,000.00 |
| Ubs Americas INC PAC | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| Federal Express Corporation PAC | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| Realtors PAC | 3 | $10,000.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Coverage: we hold 96% of the itemized contributions this committee reported to the FEC for the 2020 cycle — about $36,050 is not in the FEC bulk file we load.
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaegi Resources | 10 | $157,709.92 | |
| The Elevated Group | 53 | $131,157.88 | |
| S & S Strategies, LLC | 32 | $115,321.56 | |
| National Republican Congressional Committee | 3 | $85,000.00 | |
| Kustoff, David | 6 | $76,000.00 | |
| Red Right Strategies | 25 | $57,858.75 | |
| Tennessee Republican Party | 3 | $56,046.64 | |
| Public Opinion Strategies | 2 | $50,000.00 | |
| Southland Advantage | 10 | $47,940.55 | |
| Watkins Uiberall PLLC | 21 | $36,000.00 | |
| Georgia Battleground Fund | 1 | $25,000.00 | |
| Threadgill, Tyler | 4 | $20,000.00 | |
| Clark Hill PLC | 6 | $17,698.50 | |
| Johnson, Kevin | 5 | $15,932.66 | |
| Anedot, Inc. | 117 | $13,862.67 | |
| Kolar, Jake | 13 | $12,684.56 | |
| Direct Edge Campaigns LLC | 5 | $11,740.42 | |
| Johns, Brayton R. Mr. | 16 | $11,443.35 | |
| Govpredict, Inc. | 1 | $9,000.00 | |
| Aristotle International, Inc. | 5 | $9,000.00 | |
| American Airlines | 6 | $6,165.21 | |
| Tennessee House Republican Caucus | 1 | $5,000.00 | |
| David PAC | 1 | $5,000.00 | |
| Johnson, Maxwell J. Mr. | 4 | $4,800.00 | |
| American Mail & Insert, Inc. | 5 | $4,247.80 | |
| Shelby County Republican Party | 4 | $3,870.00 | |
| Airnet Group Inc. | 1 | $3,625.93 | |
| Bold Face Signs | 1 | $3,499.60 | |
| Allegra Marketing Print Mail | 4 | $3,454.26 | |
| The Venetian | 3 | $2,928.55 | |
| Capitol Hill Club | 16 | $2,898.31 | |
| Electoral Strategies Inc. | 2 | $2,701.05 | |
| Reggi's BBQ & Wings | 1 | $2,452.91 | |
| Apc Mini Storage | 19 | $2,280.00 | |
| Voter Gravity Inc. | 9 | $2,250.00 | |
| Southwest Airlines | 5 | $2,169.83 | |
| Postmaster | 8 | $2,019.80 | |
| Madison County Republican Party | 2 | $2,000.00 | |
| Delta Airlines | 4 | $1,943.99 | |
| Imageworks | 2 | $1,925.42 | |
| Memphis Marriott East | 2 | $1,879.24 | |
| Republican Jewish Coalition | 2 | $1,850.00 | |
| Republican Jewish Coalition PAC (RJC PAC) ↺ donor $5,250.00 | 33 | $1,691.29 | |
| Folk's Folly Prime Steak House | 1 | $1,527.35 | |
| Carl, Snider, | 1 | $1,500.00 | |
| Vistaprint | 4 | $1,463.45 | |
| Blake's BBQ | 1 | $1,457.50 | |
| Internal Revenue Service | 2 | $1,370.00 | |
| Central BBQ | 1 | $1,360.74 | |
| Poplar Towers Office Center LLC ↺ donor $1,200.00 ⇄ in-kind (given, not paid) | 1 | $1,200.00 | |
| At&T | 1 | $1,185.18 | |
| Congressional Institute Inc. | 1 | $1,168.00 | |
| Dickinson Wright PLLC | 3 | $1,109.50 | |
| Fayette County Republican Party | 2 | $1,100.00 | |
| Magic Valley Publishing | 1 | $1,085.75 | |
| Bill Lee for Tennessee | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| TFRW Beinnial Convention | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Jackson, Edward | 1 | $967.68 | |
| Tennessee Residence Household | 1 | $927.50 | |
| Covington Leader | 1 | $882.00 | |
| Southern Printing N Graphics | 2 | $853.31 | |
| Bald Headed Bistro | 1 | $804.43 | |
| Gourmet Your Way | 1 | $738.07 | |
| Weakley County Press | 1 | $667.00 | |
| RT's Restaurant | 1 | $646.15 | |
| Hick's Convention Services | 1 | $638.20 | |
| Dick's Sporting Goods | 2 | $613.46 | |
| Omni Hotel | 1 | $611.64 | |
| Uber | 8 | $609.19 | |
| Larry Morgan | 1 | $600.00 | |
| Joshua, Boothe, | 1 | $600.00 | |
| Federal Express | 1 | $528.95 | |
| Tipton County Republican Party | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Doubletree Hotel | 1 | $486.74 | |
| Pinnacle Bank | 10 | $450.90 | |
| Dyersburg State Gazette | 1 | $415.00 | |
| Enterprise Rent-A-Car | 1 | $380.58 | |
| Brownsville Press | 1 | $371.00 | |
| Embassy Suites | 1 | $367.74 | |
| Victory Enterprises Inc. | 1 | $354.78 | |
| Courtyard By Marriott | 1 | $349.17 | |
| The Shirt Place | 1 | $344.72 | |
| Charlie Palmer Steak | 1 | $323.50 | |
| Winred | 36 | $319.72 | |
| Eric's Rentals | 1 | $318.28 | |
| Flag Store of Connecticut | 1 | $310.21 | |
| Apple Spice Catering | 2 | $304.42 | |
| Capital Grille | 1 | $301.16 | |
| Belz Properties | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Hog Wild Catering | 1 | $296.33 | |
| ZZ's | 2 | $255.40 | |
| The Home Depot | 1 | $251.70 | |
| Exum, James L. ↺ donor $1,740.57 ⇄ in-kind (given, not paid) | 1 | $240.57 | |
| Take 5 Oil Change | 1 | $240.03 | |
| Apc Rentals | 2 | $240.00 | |
| Uncle Billy's | 1 | $231.50 | |
| Dyer County Republican Party | 1 | $230.00 | |
| Jetblue Airways | 1 | $228.30 | |
| Courtyard By Marriott | 1 | $227.73 | |
| Bozo's Hot Pit Bar-B-Q | 1 | $200.56 | |
| Harris Teeter | 1 | $178.14 | |
| Holiday Inn Express | 1 | $129.89 | |
| Gula Graham | 2 | $117.40 | |
| Corky's BBQ | 1 | $107.64 | |
| Walmart | 1 | $86.30 |
Dates
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
Loans
$931,000.00 in loan balances shown. $0.00 was borrowed in this campaign; $931,000.00 was carried into these filings from an earlier period. Later reports can repeat an outstanding loan, so each reconstructed lender balance is counted once below.
| Lender | Type | Received | Balance shown | Repaid | Outstanding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self (David Kustoff) | Candidate loan | — | $931,000.00 | $683,000.00 | $248,000.00 |
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 David Kustoff’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Consulting & professional services $305,008 29%
- Fundraising & events $295,526 28%
- Contributions & donations $123,050 12%
- Printing & mail $80,782 8%
- Loan & debt repayment $76,000 7%
- Advertising & media $50,556 5%
- Office & operations $45,264 4%
- Other $42,820 4%
- Travel $37,564 4%
- Field & voter contact $11,155 1%
Loans
| Lender | Amount | Date Received | Outstanding | Repaid |
|---|
Of the $931,000 lent, $0 was borrowed during the filings shown here. The other $931,000 was drawn before them and is still listed because it has not been fully repaid — so it counts as debt this campaign owes, not as money it raised.
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 Federal Election Commission (FEC); see About for how this data is processed.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| YE 2020 | $552.76 | $552.76 | Source: YE 2020 filing |
| YE 2020 | $742,231.82 | $713,279.47 | Source: YE 2020 filing |
| 30G 2020 | $798,834.29 | $742,231.82 | Source: 30G 2020 filing |
| 12G 2020 | $795,483.17 | $798,834.29 | Source: 12G 2020 filing |
| Q3 2020 | $552.76 | $552.76 | Source: Q3 2020 filing |
| Q3 2020 | $744,415.43 | $795,483.17 | Source: Q3 2020 filing |
| 12P 2020 | $742,315.21 | $744,415.43 | Source: 12P 2020 filing |
| Q2 2020 | $552.76 | $552.76 | Source: Q2 2020 filing |
| Q2 2020 | $688,716.64 | $742,315.21 | Source: Q2 2020 filing |
| Q1 2020 | $552.76 | $552.76 | Source: Q1 2020 filing |
| Q1 2020 | $632,957.29 | $688,716.64 | Source: Q1 2020 filing |
| YE 2019 | $552.76 | $552.76 | Source: YE 2019 filing |
| YE 2019 | $464,446.21 | $632,957.29 | Source: YE 2019 filing |
| Q3 2019 | $552.76 | $552.76 | Source: Q3 2019 filing |
| Q3 2019 | $493,439.33 | $464,446.21 | Source: Q3 2019 filing |
| Q2 2019 | $552.76 | $552.76 | Source: Q2 2019 filing |
| Q2 2019 | $393,551.74 | $493,439.33 | Source: Q2 2019 filing |
| Q1 2019 | $552.76 | $552.76 | Source: Q1 2019 filing |
| Q1 2019 | $71,347.60 | $393,551.74 | Source: Q1 2019 filing |