Gary W Hicks Jr — 2024 Tennessee House, District 09 campaign

Tennessee House, District 09 Republican

2024 Tennessee House, District 09 · 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 →
$273,754
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 →
$219,000
$3,400 refunded
Total Spent
$130,092
Donors
130
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 $273,754 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 $81,150
Pre-General 2024 reported receipts $17,000
Q3 2024 reported receipts $19,000
Pre-Primary 2024 reported receipts $6,000
Q2 2024 reported receipts $8,000
Q1 2024 reported receipts $0
Year-End 2023 reported receipts $87,850
Mid-Year 2023 reported receipts $0
Reported receipts $219,000
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 $130,092
Total spent $130,092
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Receipts
$219,000
Spent
$130,092

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, 91% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $19K · 9%Organizations and PACs, itemized $203K · 91%

Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds: −$3,400. Shares are of the $222,400 before it.

Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized compares organizations and pacs, 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.

Organizations and PACs, itemized: $203,450 ÷ Reported receipts before the negative part: $222,400
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized
Individuals, itemized $18,950
Organizations and PACs, itemized $203,450
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds -$3,400
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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 →

$1,184average gift
$500median gift
16individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
6%
0.6%
$200–1K
50%
19%
$1K–5K
38%
44%
$5K+
6%
37%

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: $18,950 ÷ Individual donors: 16
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $18,950
Median gift $500
Individual donors 16

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 →

84% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (16% from out of state).

Tennessee $186,850 Out of state $35,550
  • Nashville $106K48%
  • Brentwood $27K12%
  • Washington, DC $12K5%
  • Franklin $10K4%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $44K
  • Other out-of-state $24K

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: $35,550 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $222,400
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $35,550

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2023 – Jan 2025. Peak $47,250 in Jan 2025. Spending peaked at $11,733 in Jul 2024.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 129 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 1 person gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $100 and their names are withheld.

129 named donors 194 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Holland Knight Tennessee PAC 3 $15,000.00
HCA TriStar Fund PAC 2 $6,500.00
Tennessee First PAC 2 $6,000.00
Amazon.com Services LLC PAC 2 $5,000.00
Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) 2 $5,000.00
Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC 2 $5,000.00
Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry PAC 3 $5,000.00
Vogel PAC 2 $5,000.00
Team Kid PAC 2 $4,000.00
Tennessee Bankers Association PAC 2 $4,000.00

Expenditures

105 vendors 222 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Rogersville Review 20 $15,637.51 12%
WRGS 16 $10,720.00 8%
Rogersville City School 4 $6,600.00 5%
Hancock County Republican Party 2 $5,500.00 4%
House Republican Caucus 1 $5,000.00 4%
Dynamic Effects & Fireworks 2 $4,790.00 4%
Water Wheel Sales 1 $4,572.93 4%
Cherokee High School 9 $4,550.00 3%
Claiborne County Republican Party ↺ donor $1,000.00 2 $3,750.00 3%
Art and Copy Partners LLC 1 $3,712.77 3%

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 Gary W Hicks Jr’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Contributions & donations $57,865 44%
  • Advertising & media $43,035 33%
  • Fundraising & events $14,356 11%
  • Office & operations $6,897 5%
  • Printing & mail $3,760 3%
  • Travel $2,014 2%
  • Staff & payroll $1,250 1.0%
  • Other $905 0.7%
  • Consulting & professional services $10 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 $208,181.53 $273,753.50 Source: Q4 2024 filing Report 120893
Pre-General 2024 Amended $197,075.95 $208,181.53 Source: Pre-General 2024 filing Report 119298
Q3 2024 $188,576.10 $197,075.95 Source: Q3 2024 filing Report 117250
Pre-Primary 2024 Amended $190,334.66 $188,576.10 Source: Pre-Primary 2024 filing Report 116255
Q2 2024 $210,909.99 $190,334.66 Source: Q2 2024 filing Report 114186
Q1 2024 Amended $219,311.87 $210,909.99 Source: Q1 2024 filing Report 113342
Year-End 2023 Amended $170,012.26 $219,311.87 Source: Year-End 2023 filing Report 113341
Mid-Year 2023 $184,845.84 $170,012.26 Source: Mid-Year 2023 filing Report 109418