Deborah Castle Doyle — 2024 Tennessee House, District 78 campaign

Tennessee House, District 78 Democratic

2024 Tennessee House, District 78 · totals since Apr 1, 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 → · 5 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 →
$0
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 →
$18,760
includes $1,960 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
$235 refunded
Loan entries in filing detail: $100. The report totals above govern this headline.
Total Spent
$19,160
less $500 in refunds & credits → $18,660 net disbursements
Donors
41
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 Amendment $0 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 $40
Pre-General 2024 reported receipts $3,060
Q3 2024 reported receipts $6,615
Pre-Primary 2024 reported receipts $975
Q2 2024 reported receipts $8,070
Reported receipts $18,760
From each filing:
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  • Q2 2024 Amendment $8,070 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 $19,160
Total spent $19,160
From each filing:
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Receipts
$18,760
Spent
$19,160

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, 87% of receipts on these reports.

The candidate's own contributions, itemized $500 · 3%Individuals, itemized $16K · 87%Unitemized contributions $2K · 10%

Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds: −$135. Shares are of the $18,895 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: $16,435 ÷ Reported receipts before the negative part: $18,895
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
The candidate's own contributions, itemized $500
Individuals, itemized $16,435
Unitemized contributions $1,960
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds -$135
From each filing:
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  • Q2 2024 Amendment $8,070 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 →

$401average gift
$200median gift
41individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
49%
13%
$200–1K
41%
43%
$1K–5K
10%
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: $16,435 ÷ Individual donors: 41
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $16,435
Median gift $200
Individual donors 41

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 →

93% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (7% from out of state).

Tennessee $15,335 Out of state $1,100
  • Ashland City $9K58%
  • Pleasant View $2K10%
  • Nashville $1K8%
  • Greenbrier $9005%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $2K
  • Other out-of-state $1K

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: $1,100 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $16,435
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $1,100

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Apr 2024 – Jan 2025. Peak $4,675 in May 2024. Spending peaked at $5,188 in Oct 2024.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 22 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 20 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $2,110 and their names are withheld.

22 named donors 32 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Jane Crisp 2 $3,300.00
Martha Wettemann ↺ $75.00 refunded 5 $1,550.00 net
$1,625.00 gross
John Vanostenbridge 2 $1,350.00
Valerie Vonostenbridge 1 $1,000.00
Egon Thiel 1 $800.00
Robert Crisp 1 $800.00
Valerie Vanostenbridge 1 $500.00
Dan Martin 1 $500.00
Daryl Hooten 1 $500.00
Vanostenbridge John 1 $500.00

Expenditures

28 vendors 62 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Printing, Etc. 11 $4,175.55 22%
TNDP 2 $3,450.00 18%
Lamar Companies 3 $2,850.00 15%
Groundtruth Social Media 5 $1,999.99 10%
Preserve Cheatham County 1 $1,000.00 5%
Democratic Committee of Dickson County 1 $1,000.00 5%
Cheatham County Democratic Party 1 $891.76 5%
Lauren Fitzhugh, CPA, Lauren 1 $600.00 3%
West End Liquors 2 $589.71 3%
Sir Speedy 4 $557.83 3%

Loans

$100.00 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 $100
Loan principal shown $100
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (Deborah Castle Doyle) Candidate loan Apr 15, 2024 $100.00 $100.00 $0.00

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

  • Contributions & donations $5,892 31%
  • Advertising & media $5,497 29%
  • Printing & mail $4,765 25%
  • Fundraising & events $1,288 7%
  • Office & operations $1,018 5%
  • Consulting & professional services $700 4%
  • Other $1 0.1%

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 $6,826.68 $0.00 Source: Q4 2024 filing Report 121515
Pre-General 2024 Amended $7,745.58 $6,826.68 Source: Pre-General 2024 filing Report 121504
Q3 2024 Amended $5,511.09 $7,745.58 Source: Q3 2024 filing Report 121503
Pre-Primary 2024 Amended $7,017.02 $5,511.09 Source: Pre-Primary 2024 filing Report 121502
Q2 2024 Amended $0.00 $7,017.02 Source: Q2 2024 filing Report 121501