Esther Helton Haynes — 2024 Tennessee House, District 30 campaign
2024 Tennessee House, District 30 · 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 →
$100,184
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 →
$121,345
includes $720 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
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 →
$1,225
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$122,674
Donors
116
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, 69% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $36K · 30%Organizations and PACs, itemized $84K · 69%
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 →
$912average gift
$500median gift
40individual 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 →
85% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (15% from out of state).
Tennessee $103,075 Out of state $17,550
- Nashville $36K30%
- Chattanooga $28K23%
- Brentwood $17K14%
- Washington, DC $8K6%
- Hixson $3K2%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $19K
- Other out-of-state $10K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2023 – Jan 2025. Peak $18,700 in Nov 2023. Spending peaked at $25,457 in Nov 2024.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 113 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 5 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $575 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| HCA TriStar Fund PAC | 2 | $6,500.00 |
| Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) | 2 | $5,000.00 |
| Tennessee Medical Association PAC (TMA) | 3 | $5,000.00 |
| John Heally | 2 | $3,600.00 |
| Matt Wood | 2 | $3,600.00 |
| Ethan Wood | 2 | $3,600.00 |
| Bassam Issa | 2 | $3,600.00 |
| Insurors of TN PAC | 2 | $3,500.00 |
| Cigna Corporation Employee PAC | 2 | $3,000.00 |
| Johnson Poss Kirby Government Relations PAC | 3 | $2,000.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kidney Foundation of Greater Chattanooga | 8 | $14,581.33 | |
| Simplymail | 4 | $12,171.79 | |
| Imageworks | 6 | $12,017.56 | |
| Portofino's | 1 | $6,794.48 | |
| House Republican Caucus ↺ donor $421.75 | 2 | $6,000.00 | |
| Chambliss Center for Children | 1 | $5,000.00 | |
| Butler Consulting | 2 | $4,608.51 | |
| East Brainerd Kiwanis Club | 2 | $4,500.00 | |
| Hamilton County Republican Party PAC | 2 | $4,500.00 | |
| National Medal of Honor Heritage Center | 2 | $2,250.00 | |
| 5090 South Furniture | 1 | $2,181.72 | |
| End Axd | 1 | $2,000.00 | |
| Hamilton County Republican Party | 4 | $1,950.00 | |
| Simmons, Mitchell | 3 | $1,830.00 | |
| Women of Distinction of Chattanooga | 3 | $1,800.00 | |
| Apison Food Pantry | 3 | $1,700.00 | |
| Nurture the Nest | 1 | $1,500.00 | |
| Tennessee Republican Caucus | 2 | $1,500.00 | |
| Martin, Greg ↺ donor $1,500.00 | 2 | $1,500.00 | |
| Chattanoogan | 1 | $1,487.50 | |
| East Ridge Needy Child Fund | 3 | $1,200.00 | |
| Network for Good | 5 | $1,200.00 | |
| American Cancer Society | 2 | $1,027.50 | |
| Walmart | 18 | $1,016.51 | |
| Datalutions | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Weston Wamp for County Mayor | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Mb Squared Solutions | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Golf Fore Grayson | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| East Ridge High School | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| On Point | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Elks Lodge | 2 | $975.00 | |
| Weebly, Inc. | 1 | $943.92 | |
| Chattanooga Firefighters Association | 3 | $800.00 | |
| Chattanooga Kiwanis Foundation | 2 | $800.00 | |
| East Ridge Hometown Marketing | 1 | $680.00 | |
| Chattanooga Area Food Bank | 1 | $661.63 | |
| United States Postal Service | 3 | $577.00 | |
| Nami Chattanooga | 1 | $525.00 | |
| Transform Ministries | 1 | $510.00 | |
| Wreaths Across Chattanooga | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Cody Harvey for City Council | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Chattanooga State Foundation | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Reneau, Michele | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Support Miller's Fight Against Es | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Chattanooga Area Friends of Nra | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Watson, Bo | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Raper, Kevin D. | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Friends of Jodi Schaffer for School Boar | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Committee To Elect Sherri Ford | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Chattanooga Steam | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Morning Pointe Foundation | 1 | $500.00 | |
| East Ridge Alumni Association | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Jodi Schaffer for School Board | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Vote Alex Jones | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Tennessee Department of Transportation | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Bread Basket | 2 | $476.60 | |
| Plainview Outdoor Advertising | 1 | $450.00 | |
| East Ridge Food Pantry | 2 | $400.00 | |
| Hobby Lobby | 5 | $392.34 | |
| Sam's Club | 2 | $391.05 | |
| Bass Pro Shop | 2 | $374.33 | |
| Chattanooga Bar Association | 1 | $350.00 | |
| Chattanooga Area Veteran's Council | 1 | $300.00 | |
| U-Haul | 1 | $292.20 | |
| Carey, Daniel | 1 | $273.13 | |
| Bobo, Chad | 1 | $260.25 | |
| Summers, Kim | 1 | $256.00 | |
| Southern University | 1 | $250.00 | |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | 1 | $250.00 | |
| GoDaddy | 1 | $248.95 | |
| Academy Sports | 1 | $207.54 | |
| Mybooster | 1 | $200.00 | |
| American Legion Post 14 | 2 | $200.00 | |
| Hixson Kiwanis Club | 2 | $200.00 | |
| Special Olympics TN | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Dues / Subscriptions | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Hamilton County Pachyderm Club | 3 | $190.00 | |
| Cook, Richard | 1 | $157.50 | |
| East Ridge Optimist Club | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Lee, Bill | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Elmentor | 1 | $108.16 | |
| Anedot | 3 | $108.10 | |
| Als Association | 1 | $102.53 | |
| Als of Tennessee | 1 | $102.53 | |
| Hamilton County Young Republicans | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Chattanooga Republican Women Club | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Hamilton County Republican Women | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Food City | 1 | $90.21 | |
| Home Goods | 1 | $84.05 | |
| Smartbank | 13 | $65.00 | |
| Speedway | 1 | $55.85 | |
| Red Owl Coffee | 1 | $18.55 | |
| Camp Jordan | 1 | $16.41 | |
| Dollar Tree | 1 | $13.11 |
Dates
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
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 Esther Helton Haynes’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Contributions & donations $66,191 54%
- Advertising & media $17,957 15%
- Office & operations $11,472 9%
- Printing & mail $9,883 8%
- Fundraising & events $8,484 7%
- Consulting & professional services $5,609 5%
- Field & voter contact $1,988 2%
- Travel $1,091 0.9%
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 Amended | $127,350.12 | $100,184.02 | Source: Q4 2024 filing Report 122688 |
| Pre-General 2024 | $127,190.28 | $127,350.12 | Source: Pre-General 2024 filing Report 118483 |
| Q3 2024 Amended | $130,002.14 | $127,190.28 | Source: Q3 2024 filing Report 118017 |
| Pre-Primary 2024 | $122,473.47 | $130,002.14 | Source: Pre-Primary 2024 filing Report 115631 |
| Q2 2024 Amended | $115,812.03 | $122,473.47 | Source: Q2 2024 filing Report 118019 |
| Q1 2024 | $119,283.03 | $115,812.03 | Source: Q1 2024 filing Report 113259 |
| Year-End 2023 | $83,643.12 | $119,283.03 | Source: Year-End 2023 filing Report 111451 |
| Mid-Year 2023 | $101,512.95 | $83,643.12 | Source: Mid-Year 2023 filing Report 109346 |