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E. R. Smith — 2024 Tennessee Senate, District 14 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 14 Democratic

2024 Tennessee Senate, District 14 · 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 →
$694
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 →
$1,029
Total Spent
$961
Donors
4
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 $694 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 $1,029
Q3 2024 reported receipts $0
Pre-Primary 2024 reported receipts $0
Q2 2024 reported receipts $0
Reported receipts $1,029
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 $961
Total spent $961
From each filing:
Receipts
$1,029
Spent
$961

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, 96% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $40 · 4%Organizations and PACs, itemized $989 · 96%

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: $989 ÷ Reported receipts: $1,029
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized
Individuals, itemized $40
Organizations and PACs, itemized $989
From each filing:
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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 →

77% of located dollars came from outside Tennessee (23% from inside).

Tennessee $240 Out of state $789
  • Washington, DC $78977%
  • Memphis $20019%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $40

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: $789 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $1,029
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $789
Source filings:

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 2 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 2 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $40 and their names are withheld.

2 named donors 2 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Blue Tennessee PAC 1 $789.38
Tennessee Federation of Democratic Women 1 $200.00

Expenditures

4 vendors 4 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Smith, E. R. 1 $500.00 52%
Signrocket 1 $425.00 44%
Regions Bank 1 $35.63 4%
Actblue 1 $0.40 0.1%

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

  • Contributions & donations $500 52%
  • Printing & mail $425 44%
  • Office & operations $36 4%
  • Advertising & media $0 0.1%

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 $1,229.98 $694.35 Source: Q4 2024 filing Report 121452
Pre-General 2024 Amended $626.00 $1,229.98 Source: Pre-General 2024 filing Report 121429
Q3 2024 $783.00 $626.00 Source: Q3 2024 filing Report 118057

As filed on this report: cash beginning $783.00, receipts $0.00, disbursements $0.00, cash ending $626.00.
Pre-Primary 2024 $500.00 $783.00 Source: Pre-Primary 2024 filing Report 116311

As filed on this report: cash beginning $500.00, receipts $0.00, disbursements $0.00, cash ending $783.00.
Q2 2024 $0.00 $500.00 Source: Q2 2024 filing Report 115188

As filed on this report: cash beginning $0.00, receipts $0.00, disbursements $0.00, cash ending $500.00.

After the election

Reports ending after Jan 15, 2025.

Contributions and spending

No contributions reported · Spent $694

1 filing · Mid-Year 2025

After the election expenditures
Payee Purpose Amount Date
Regions Bank BANK FEES $16.00 06/30/2025
Ferry, Matt H. CONTRIBUTION $678.35 06/17/2025
Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Mid-Year 2025 Late $694.35 $0.00 Source: Mid-Year 2025 filing Report 122927