Fred A. Atchley — 2024 Tennessee House, District 12 campaign

Tennessee House, District 12 Republican

2024 Tennessee House, District 12 · totals since Jul 1, 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 → · 7 filings · Year-End 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 →
$70,499
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 →
$170,313
$5,000 refunded
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 →
$2,700
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$99,814
Donors
227
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 Initial $70,499 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 $8,350
Pre-General 2024 reported receipts $6,350
Q3 2024 reported receipts $25,465
Pre-Primary 2024 reported receipts $11,550
Q2 2024 reported receipts $49,600
Q1 2024 reported receipts $16,550
Year-End 2023 reported receipts $52,448
Reported receipts $170,313
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 $99,814
Total spent $99,814
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Receipts
$170,313
Spent
$99,814

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, 52% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $92K · 52%Organizations and PACs, itemized $83K · 47%

Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds: −$5,000. Shares are of the $175,313 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: $91,613 ÷ Reported receipts before the negative part: $175,313
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
The candidate's own contributions, itemized $1,050
Individuals, itemized $91,613
Organizations and PACs, itemized $82,650
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds -$5,000
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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 →

$580average gift
$500median gift
158individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
3%
0.2%
$50–200
25%
4%
$200–1K
47%
33%
$1K–5K
24%
55%
$5K+
0.7%
7%

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: $91,613 ÷ Individual donors: 158
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $91,613
Median gift $500
Individual donors 158

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 →

97% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (3% from out of state).

Tennessee $169,263 Out of state $5,000
  • Sevierville $65K37%
  • Nashville $26K15%
  • Seymour $22K12%
  • Brentwood $11K6%
  • Gatlinburg $6K4%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $39K
  • Other out-of-state $5K

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: $5,000 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $174,263
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $5,000

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Aug 2023 – Jan 2025. Peak $26,825 in Apr 2024. Spending peaked at $33,179 in Jul 2024.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 186 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 44 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $3,655 and their names are withheld.

186 named donors 211 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) 2 $8,000.00
Tennessee Educ Assn Fund for Children Public Edu 2 $5,500.00
LAMBERTH PAC (William Lamberth) 2 $5,000.00
Tennessee Wine & Spirits Retailers Good Gov't Fund PAC 3 $4,750.00
Eric Lambert 2 $3,600.00
Goose Gap Reserve LLC 2 $3,600.00
Tennessee First PAC 2 $3,500.00
Tennessee Bankers Association PAC 1 $3,000.00
Tennessee Manufactured Housing Assn PAC 2 $2,500.00
CAM PAC (Cameron Sexton) 1 $2,500.00

Expenditures

53 vendors 104 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Zdstephens Company 17 $54,016.74 54%
The Thomas Group ↺ donor $1,000.00 11 $22,265.48 22%
Paxton Media Group 1 $3,760.00 4%
Sevierville Sunrise Rotary Club 1 $2,500.00 3%
East Tennessee Radio Group 2 $2,239.00 2%
The Bridge Coffeehouse 1 $1,709.62 2%
Jimbo Whaley Music 2 $1,100.00 1%
United Way 1 $1,000.00 1%
The Mountain Press 2 $975.00 1.0%
Chloe Miller Photography 1 $855.00 0.9%

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 Fred A. Atchley’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Printing & mail $39,191 39%
  • Advertising & media $23,678 24%
  • Consulting & professional services $12,000 12%
  • Contributions & donations $8,703 9%
  • Fundraising & events $6,939 7%
  • Other $6,895 7%
  • Travel $1,830 2%
  • Office & operations $577 0.6%

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 $72,390.55 $70,499.05 Source: Q4 2024 filing Report 120494
Pre-General 2024 $66,521.60 $72,390.55 Source: Pre-General 2024 filing Report 118861
Q3 2024 Amended $46,385.17 $66,521.60 Source: Q3 2024 filing Report 121203
Pre-Primary 2024 $66,610.05 $46,385.17 Source: Pre-Primary 2024 filing Report 115715
Q2 2024 Amended $52,182.39 $66,610.05 Source: Q2 2024 filing Report 115029
Q1 2024 $36,794.01 $52,182.39 Source: Q1 2024 filing Report 112796
Year-End 2023 $0.00 $36,794.01 Source: Year-End 2023 filing Report 110757