James Evan Dallas — 2024 Tennessee Senate, District 28 campaign
2024 Tennessee Senate, District 28 · 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 →
$197
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 →
$27,151
includes $189 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 →
$4,955
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$26,954
Donors
148
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: individuals, itemized, 68% of receipts on these reports.
The candidate's own contributions, itemized $3K · 9%Individuals, itemized $18K · 68%Organizations and PACs, itemized $6K · 22%
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 →
$130average gift
$56median gift
141individual 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 →
92% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (8% from out of state).
Tennessee $22,468 Out of state $1,985
- Columbia $11K46%
- Spring Hill $2K9%
- Nashville $1K6%
- Franklin $1K5%
- Pulaski $6833%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $6K
- Other out-of-state $2K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Aug 2023 – Nov 2024. Peak $4,600 in Aug 2024. Spending peaked at $15,143 in Oct 2024.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 47 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 104 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $5,925 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| James Dallas Self Includes In-Kind | 76 | $5,312.81 |
| Maury County Democratic Party ↺ paid $1,000.00 | 2 | $3,000.00 |
| Tennessee State United Auto Workers PAC (UAW) | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Williamson County Democratic Party | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Craig D Apolito | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Joyce Safley Includes In-Kind | 3 | $796.96 |
| Pamela Scott | 18 | $761.03 |
| Frank Dale Grubbs | 13 | $650.00 |
| Tennessee Democratic Party In-Kind ↺ paid $1,082.00 | 1 | $543.33 |
| David Thomas | 1 | $500.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fortify Communications, LLC | 1 | $14,168.00 | |
| Signs, PC | 1 | $4,485.00 | |
| Printing Etc | 7 | $1,649.02 | |
| Tennessee Democratic Party ↺ donor $543.33 | 2 | $1,082.00 | |
| Bowers, Spencer | 3 | $1,050.00 | |
| Maury County Democratic Party ↺ donor $3,000.00 | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| United States Postal Service (Usps.Com) | 5 | $650.00 | |
| Mail Call | 3 | $450.72 | |
| Actblue Tennessee | 61 | $444.36 | |
| Campos, Dennis | 2 | $390.00 | |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | 17 | $365.52 | |
| Mule Town Lumberyard | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Upstream TN & Emerge Tennessee | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Bluehost Dba Ipage.Com | 3 | $176.91 | |
| Publix | 1 | $95.46 | |
| Bonfire.Com | 3 | $90.04 | |
| Merchblue | 3 | $78.04 | |
| Maury County Parks & Recreation | 1 | $62.10 | |
| First Farmers and Merchants Bank | 2 | $58.60 | |
| State of Tennessee | 1 | $58.00 | |
| Walmart Supercenter | 1 | $35.39 | |
| The Home Depot | 1 | $14.64 |
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 James Evan Dallas’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Advertising & media $14,979 56%
- Printing & mail $7,255 27%
- Contributions & donations $1,332 5%
- Office & operations $1,154 4%
- Consulting & professional services $1,137 4%
- Fundraising & events $458 2%
- Field & voter contact $390 1%
- Staff & payroll $250 1.0%
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 | $447.22 | $196.70 | Source: Q4 2024 filing Report 120490 |
| Pre-General 2024 Amended | $14,229.76 | $447.22 | Source: Pre-General 2024 filing Report 119383 |
| Q3 2024 | $8,101.41 | $14,229.76 | Source: Q3 2024 filing Report 117562 |
| Pre-Primary 2024 | $6,925.16 | $8,101.41 | Source: Pre-Primary 2024 filing Report 116163 |
| Q2 2024 Amended | $9,779.15 | $6,925.16 | Source: Q2 2024 filing Report 117618 |
| Q1 2024 Amended | $4,633.41 | $9,779.15 | Source: Q1 2024 filing Report 114328 |
| Year-End 2023 Amended | $0.00 | $4,633.41 | Source: Year-End 2023 filing Report 114331 |
After the election
Reports ending after Jan 15, 2025.
Contributions and spending
No contributions reported · Spent $197 2 filings · Mid-Year 2025–Year-End 2025
| Payee | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maury County Democratic Party | CONTRIBUTION | $15.71 | 10/15/2025 |
| Bluehost Dba Ipage.Com | WEBSITE HOSTING / DALLAS4TN.COM DOMAIN | $25.99 | 08/08/2025 |
| Maury County Democratic Party | HERITAGE DINNER SPONSORSHIP/TABLE | $105.00 | 05/05/2025 |
| Juneteenth In Marshall | LEWISBURG JUNETEENTH SPONSORSHIP | $50.00 | 03/27/2025 |
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year-End 2025 | $41.70 | $0.00 | Source: Year-End 2025 filing Report 123241 |
| Mid-Year 2025 | $196.70 | $41.70 | Source: Mid-Year 2025 filing Report 121896 |