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Heather McClendon — 2024 Tennessee House, District 30 campaign

Tennessee House, District 30 Democratic

2024 Tennessee House, District 30 · totals since Apr 1, 2024

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 → · 5 filings · Pre-General 2024–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 →
$475
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 →
$36,798
includes $3,698 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Loan entries in filing detail: $635. The report totals above govern this headline.
Total Spent
$35,688
Donors
117
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 $475 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 $970
Pre-General 2024 reported receipts $11,435
Q3 2024 reported receipts $9,888
Pre-Primary 2024 reported receipts $3,010
Q2 2024 reported receipts $11,495
Reported receipts $36,798
From each filing:
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  • Q2 2024 Initial $11,495 filing-stated

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 $35,688
Total spent $35,688
From each filing:
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Receipts
$36,798
Spent
$35,688

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, 82% of receipts on these reports.

The candidate's own contributions, itemized $400 · 1%Individuals, itemized $30K · 82%Organizations and PACs, itemized $2K · 5%Unitemized contributions $4K · 10%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $635 · 2%

Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized compares individuals, itemized with reported receipts.

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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.

Individuals, itemized: $30,065 ÷ Reported receipts: $36,798
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
The candidate's own contributions, itemized $400
Individuals, itemized $30,065
Organizations and PACs, itemized $2,000
Unitemized contributions $3,698
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $635
From each filing:
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  • Q2 2024 Initial $11,495 filing-stated

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 →

$261average gift
$100median gift
115individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
15%
1%
$50–200
48%
14%
$200–1K
32%
42%
$1K–5K
5%
42%
$5K+
0%
0%

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: $30,065 ÷ Individual donors: 115
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $30,065
Median gift $100
Individual donors 115
Source filings:

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 →

82% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (18% from out of state).

Tennessee $26,157 Out of state $5,908
  • Chattanooga $21K66%
  • Lookout Mountain, GA $2K6%
  • Washington, DC $2K5%
  • Hixson $6702%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $4K
  • Other out-of-state $2K

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: $5,908 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $32,065
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $5,908
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Apr 2024 – Jan 2025. Peak $9,175 in Sep 2024. Spending peaked at $14,509 in Oct 2024.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 46 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 72 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $4,710 and their names are withheld.

46 named donors 75 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
James Mills 2 $3,600.00
Olan Mills 2 $2,300.00
Charlene McClendon 6 $2,100.00
Robert Mills 1 $1,800.00
Jennifer Mills 1 $1,800.00
Cwa Cope PCC PAC 2 $1,700.00
Abigail Smack 1 $1,000.00
Alnoor Dhanani 2 $750.00
April Davis 2 $600.00
Emily Campbell 1 $500.00

Expenditures

29 vendors 95 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Simply Mail 2 $7,636.72 21%
Collins, Liam 4 $4,950.00 14%
Sprout Impact 2 $4,650.00 13%
Thornhill, Alixandra 3 $3,500.00 10%
Vector Printing 2 $2,283.60 6%
Meta 16 $1,947.14 5%
North River Graphics 8 $1,917.63 5%
Vityl Media 1 $1,500.00 4%
Printing Etc. 2 $1,190.14 3%
Act Blue Charities, Inc. 22 $1,105.46 3%

Loans

$635.47 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.

Loan principal shown adds together the amounts listed below.

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Loan schedules can repeat an outstanding debt on later reports. This is the reconstructed principal for each lender, counted once, split between candidate or family loans and all other lenders. Repayments and outstanding balances are shown separately in the ledger.

Inputs behind Loan principal shown
Candidate and family loans $635
Loan principal shown $635
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Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (Heather McClendon) Candidate loan Apr 29, 2024 $635.47 $0.00 $635.47

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

  • Printing & mail $13,512 38%
  • Field & voter contact $7,886 22%
  • Consulting & professional services $7,175 20%
  • Advertising & media $3,445 10%
  • Office & operations $1,622 5%
  • Other $1,289 4%
  • Contributions & donations $400 1%
  • Fundraising & events $360 1%

Loans

Campaign 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.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Q4 2024 Amended $11,360.95 $474.85 Source: Q4 2024 filing Report 122936
Pre-General 2024 Amended $8,636.81 $11,360.95 Source: Pre-General 2024 filing Report 119059
Q3 2024 Amended $6,882.76 $8,636.81 Source: Q3 2024 filing Report 118118
Pre-Primary 2024 $6,372.76 $6,882.76 Source: Pre-Primary 2024 filing Report 116244
Q2 2024 $0.00 $6,372.76 Source: Q2 2024 filing Report 114830

After the election

Reports ending after Jan 15, 2025.

Contributions and spending

No contributions reported · Spent $475

1 filing · Mid-Year 2025

After the election expenditures
Payee Purpose Amount Date
The Hamilton County Schools Foundation DONATIONS $440.77 06/30/2025
Wix.Com WEBSITE $18.35 03/06/2025
Wix.Com WEBSITE $15.73 02/06/2025
Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Mid-Year 2025 Late $474.85 $0.00 Source: Mid-Year 2025 filing Report 122937