Frank S Niceley — 2024 Tennessee Senate, District 08 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 08 Republican

2024 Tennessee Senate, District 08

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 → · 11 filings · Mid-Year 2021–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 →
$188,935
as of the Q4 report
Why this number?
Raised (cash) Cash and cash-like receipts the campaign took in: contributions, the candidate’s own money, loans, and transfers from affiliated committees. Donated goods and services are not cash; they appear separately as In-Kind Received. Bookkeeping entries such as a carried balance, accounting adjustment, or refund also stay only in the filing’s own totals. Full definition →
$298,740
includes $2,539 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Why this number?
In-Kind Received 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 →
$30,744
goods or services
Total Spent
$269,233
Why this number?
Spent of Cash Raised How much of the cash this campaign took in it went on to spend, measured now that its reporting has closed. Above 100% means it spent more than it raised for this race, drawing on money it already had when the cycle opened. Full definition →
90%
$269,233 spent of $298,740 raised (cash)
Donors
At least 198 named
full total unavailable for this combined term
Out-of-State
10%
$34,117 from outside TN
Why this number?

Cash on hand is the amount reported on the filings listed below.

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The ending cash balances the campaign's 2 committees each reported on their most recent filing, added together (each as filed, not computed).

Raised (cash) adds together the amounts listed below.

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Sum of every cash receipt bucket: itemized contributions from others + the candidate's own contributions + loans + filer-stated unitemized + (federal) transfers and other receipts. Excludes the value of donated goods & services, shown separately as In-Kind Received.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $296,201
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $2,539
Raised (cash) $298,740
From each filing:
  • Year-End 2022 Amendment $41,700 derived
  • Mid-Year 2022 Amendment $1,000 derived
  • Year-End 2021 Amendment $27,514 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $27,450 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $64 filing-stated
  • Q3 2024 Initial $25,465 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $24,990 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $475 filing-stated
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  • Pre-Primary 2024 Amendment $56,350 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $54,350 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $2,000 filing-stated
  • Q2 2024 Amendment $84,061 derived
  • Year-End 2023 Amendment $61,450 derived
  • Mid-Year 2023 Supplemental $1,200 derived

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 $267,024
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $2,209
Total spent $269,233
From each filing:
  • Mid-Year 2022 Amendment $10,983 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $10,471 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $512 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2021 Amendment $16,017 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $15,063 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $954 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2021 Supplemental $11,125 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $10,383 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $743 filing-stated
  • Q4 2024 Amendment $5,949 derived
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Out-of-state share compares itemized money from outside tennessee with raised incl. in-kind.

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Itemized contributions from a state other than Tennessee, divided by everything the campaign raised (shown only when the state of most itemized money is known — above 99% coverage).

Itemized money from outside Tennessee: $34,117 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $329,484
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $34,117
Raised incl. in-kind
$329,484
Spent
$269,233

Who funds this campaign The sources split breaks down everything the campaign raised: the candidate’s own money (including self-loans), individuals (including unitemized small gifts), organizations and PACs, and “other” (in-kind contributions, loans other than the candidate’s, and the like) — open its “Why this number?” for the full breakdown. 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 →

Individuals gave 23%; organizations and PACs gave 67%; other sources made up 9%.

Individuals $77K · 23% Organizations & PACs $222K · 67% Other sources $31K · 9%
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Share from individuals compares from individuals with everything the campaign raised.

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Everything the campaign raised, split into the candidate's own money (own contributions plus self- and family loans), individuals, organizations and PACs, and everything else — loans other than the candidate's, in-kind contributions, and (for federal filers) committee transfers and other receipts. Unitemized small donations count as individual money. The parts add up to the total raised. The headline share is individuals divided by the total.

From individuals: $77,190 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $329,484
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $77,190
From organizations and PACs $221,550
In-kind contributions (goods & services) $30,744

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 →

88% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (12% from out of state).

Tennessee $261,884 Out of state $34,117
  • Nashville $104K35%
  • Chattanooga $23K8%
  • Brentwood $16K5%
  • Washington, DC $14K5%
  • Knoxville $8K3%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $110K
  • Other out-of-state $20K
Why this number?

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: $34,117 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $296,001
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $34,117

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2021 – Jan 2025. Peak $79,345 in Jul 2024. Spending peaked at $108,351 in Jul 2024.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor figure above is a named-donor floor. A complete combined-term total is unavailable. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200.

Named donor list 199 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Senate Republican Caucus In-Kind 3 $30,743.80
Tennessee Educ Assn Fund for Children Public Edu 3 $29,800.00
Blue Cross Blue Shield of TN PAC 3 $15,000.00
PB PAC (Paul Bailey) 3 $13,500.00
HCA TriStar Fund PAC 2 $6,000.00
JACK PAC (Jack Johnson) 1 $5,000.00
Citizens for Home Rule PAC 1 $4,500.00
Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) 2 $4,000.00
Tennessee Volunteer PAC 2 $4,000.00
Amazon.com Services LLC PAC 2 $3,500.00

Expenditures

70 vendors 156 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Alder & Co 6 $90,258.78 34%
Low & Tritt Inc. 3 $29,632.00 11%
Alder, Mike 2 $21,000.00 8%
SPRY Strategies 4 $18,668.54 7%
Red Pine Strategies 2 $18,658.15 7%
Consulting 3 $18,000.00 7%
Wave-Run Hard LLC 3 $7,748.12 3%
Verizon 28 $7,687.31 3%
6 Mons Pay for Consulting Work 1 $6,000.00 2%
All Occasions Party Rental 1 $4,294.13 2%

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 Frank S Niceley’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Advertising & media $88,766 33%
  • Other $71,564 27%
  • Consulting & professional services $52,935 20%
  • Fundraising & events $26,861 10%
  • Contributions & donations $14,858 6%
  • Office & operations $6,662 2%
  • Travel $3,010 1%
  • Field & voter contact $1,474 0.6%
  • Printing & mail $894 0.4%

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 $194,883.32 $188,934.75 Source ↗
Q3 2024 $313,304.12 $194,883.32 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2024 Amended $273,537.81 $313,304.12 Source ↗
Q2 2024 Amended $245,698.53 $273,537.81 Source ↗
Q1 2024 Amended $246,761.04 $245,698.53 Source ↗
Year-End 2023 Amended $192,716.91 $246,761.04 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2023 $191,516.91 $192,716.91 Source ↗
Year-End 2022 Amended $149,816.91 $191,516.91 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2022 Amended $159,800.22 $149,816.91 Source ↗
Year-End 2021 Amended $148,302.69 $159,800.22 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2021 $159,428.02 $148,302.69 Source ↗