Ed Butler — 2024 Tennessee House, District 41 campaign
2024 Tennessee House, District 41 · 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 →
$60,267
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 →
$78,545
includes $1,105 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Loan entries in filing detail: $46,000. 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 →
$422
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$38,633
Donors
92
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: organizations and PACs, itemized, 58% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $32K · 40%Organizations and PACs, itemized $46K · 58%Unitemized contributions $1K · 1%
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 →
$659average gift
$250median gift
48individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
$50–200
$200–1K
$1K–5K
$5K+
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 →
94% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (6% from out of state).
Tennessee $69,440 Out of state $4,600
- Nashville $17K23%
- Jamestown $7K9%
- Brentwood $5K6%
- Cookeville $4K6%
- Livingston $4K5%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $33K
- Other out-of-state $5K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Feb 2023 – Jan 2025. Peak $13,650 in Jun 2024. Spending peaked at $6,942 in May 2024.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 74 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 19 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $1,690 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| LAMBERTH PAC (William Lamberth) | 2 | $3,500.00 |
| Clint Conner | 2 | $3,400.00 |
| Liberty S Cornerstone PAC | 1 | $3,050.00 |
| Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) | 1 | $3,000.00 |
| Excellence In Public Education PAC | 2 | $3,000.00 |
| Brushy Mtn Prison Employee S Union | 3 | $3,000.00 |
| CAM PAC (Cameron Sexton) | 1 | $2,500.00 |
| John Kelly Coleman | 2 | $2,500.00 |
| Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Wholesalers Assn PAC | 3 | $2,000.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weco | 2 | $7,000.00 | |
| Sonia Krahnart | 7 | $5,975.00 | |
| Out the Door Printing | 2 | $5,784.76 | |
| Printlink | 2 | $1,970.01 | |
| Mr Tee's | 1 | $1,960.12 | |
| Able Printers | 1 | $1,916.25 | |
| United States Postal Service | 2 | $1,609.82 | |
| House Republican Caucus ↺ donor $421.75 | 1 | $1,500.00 | |
| Morgan County Today | 5 | $1,405.00 | |
| 6 | $1,065.68 | ||
| Bobo, Chad | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Overton County Fair | 2 | $760.00 | |
| Overton County Republican Party ↺ donor $500.00 | 3 | $700.00 | |
| Fentress County Republican Party ↺ donor $750.00 | 2 | $600.00 | |
| Scoop It Up Ice Cream & Bakery | 1 | $600.00 | |
| Hometown Heros Banners | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Exchange Club | 3 | $500.00 | |
| TN Gop | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Hill, Timothy | 1 | $500.00 | |
| La Quarterback Club | 2 | $400.00 | |
| Butler, Sr., Ed | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Overton County Longbeards | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Oliver Springs Historical Society | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Ralph's | 1 | $178.50 | |
| Walking for Wayne Potter | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Fentress County Agricultural Fair | 2 | $150.00 | |
| Fentress Times | 3 | $135.00 | |
| Woodpeckers | 1 | $129.49 | |
| La Softball | 1 | $125.00 | |
| McKamey, Karen | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Fentress County Newcomers | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Oakdale School | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Fentress County Park | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Fentress Hope Foundation | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Clarkrange Basketball | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Clarkrange Jr Rotc | 1 | $60.00 | |
| Potters | 1 | $48.25 | |
| Jamestown Rotary Club | 1 | $35.00 | |
| Harbor Freight | 1 | $15.60 | |
| City of Wartburg | 1 | $10.00 |
Dates
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
Loans
$46,000.00 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.
| Lender | Type | Received | Balance shown | Repaid | Outstanding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self (Ed Butler) | Candidate loan | — | $46,000.00 | $0.00 | $46,000.00 |
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 Ed Butler’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Advertising & media $16,520 43%
- Printing & mail $9,428 24%
- Consulting & professional services $6,275 16%
- Contributions & donations $3,710 10%
- Office & operations $2,100 5%
- Fundraising & events $600 2%
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.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | $44,068.33 | $60,266.60 | Source: Q4 2024 filing Report 120188 |
| Pre-General 2024 | $41,444.21 | $44,068.33 | Source: Pre-General 2024 filing Report 118748 |
| Q3 2024 | $31,403.38 | $41,444.21 | Source: Q3 2024 filing Report 117748 |
| Pre-Primary 2024 | $26,825.38 | $31,403.38 | Source: Pre-Primary 2024 filing Report 115790 |
| Q2 2024 | $26,510.09 | $26,825.38 | Source: Q2 2024 filing Report 113890 |
| Q1 2024 | $31,060.09 | $26,510.09 | Source: Q1 2024 filing Report 113123 |
| Year-End 2023 | $19,155.08 | $31,060.09 | Source: Year-End 2023 filing Report 110668 |
| Mid-Year 2023 | $20,640.08 | $19,155.08 | Source: Mid-Year 2023 filing Report 109652 |