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Jerry Sexton — 2020 Tennessee House, District 35 campaign

Tennessee House, District 35 Republican

2020 Tennessee House, District 35

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 2019–Q4 2020

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 →
$3,119
as of the Q4 report
→ carried into 2022 TN House 35
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 →
$341,389
includes $100 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Why this number?
Total Spent
$42,653
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 →
12%
$42,653 spent of $341,389 raised (cash)
Donors
22
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Self-Funded
95%
$323,039 of $341,389 raised · campaign loans
Out-of-State
0.7%
$2,250 from outside TN
Why this number?

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 2020 Amendment $3,119 filing-stated

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 $3,386.04 the filer reported on Schedule A as a refund or reimbursement — money paid back to the committee, not money it raised, so it is not counted here. It remains in the filing's own totals.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $18,250
Loans received $323,039
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $100
Raised (cash) $341,389
From each filing:
  • Q4 2020 Amendment $1,000 derived
  • Pre-General 2020 Amendment $4,000 derived
  • Q3 2020 Amendment $1,750 derived
  • Pre-Primary 2020 Amendment $2,100 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $2,000 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $100 filing-stated
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Not attributable to a single filing:
Loans $299,652 derived

Borrowing that no filing dates to its own reporting period — a balance carried forward from an earlier period, or a loan reported without a date. The rest is shown against the filing that reported borrowing it.

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 $42,653
Total spent $42,653
From each filing:
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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: $2,250 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $341,389
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $2,250
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$341,389
Spent
$42,653

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 →

The candidate’s own money made up 95% of the campaign’s funds — individuals gave 0.7%, organizations and PACs 5%.

Candidate’s own money $323K · 95% Individuals $2K · 0.7% Organizations & PACs $16K · 5%
Why this number?

Share from the candidate compares from the candidate's own money 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 the candidate divided by the total.

From the candidate's own money: $323,039 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $341,389
Inputs behind Share from the candidate
Candidate's own money (incl. self-loans) $323,039
From individuals $2,100
From organizations and PACs $16,250
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 →

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

Tennessee $16,000 Out of state $2,250
  • Nashville $11K59%
  • Philadelphia, PA $2K12%
  • Brentwood $2K8%
  • Chattanooga $1K5%
  • Powell $1K5%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $2K
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: $2,250 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $18,250
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $2,250
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2019 – Jan 2021. Peak $4,000 in Oct 2020. Spending peaked at $13,185 in Sep 2019.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200.

Named donor list 31 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Comcast Corporation PAC 2 $2,250.00
CAM PAC (Cameron Sexton) 1 $1,500.00
Tennessee Realtors PAC 4 $1,500.00
Tennessee Optometrists PAC 2 $1,500.00
Tennessee Assn of Nurse Anesthetists PAC 2 $1,250.00
Beverage Association of Tennessee PAC 2 $1,000.00
Tennessee Health Care Assn PAC 2 $1,000.00
Autry Debusk 1 $1,000.00
Crux PAC 1 $1,000.00
Tennessee Smoke Free Association PAC 2 $1,000.00

Expenditures

2 vendors 10 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
War Room Strategies 9 $42,208.94 99%
United States Treasury 1 $443.62 1%

Loans

$323,039.34 in loan principal 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.

Why this number?

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 $323,039
Loan principal shown $323,039
Source filings:
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Principal Repaid Outstanding
Self (Jerry Sexton) Candidate loan Sep 3, 2019 $323,039.34 $0.00 $323,039.34

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

  • Consulting & professional services $42,209 99%
  • Staff & payroll $444 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 2020 Amended $10,283.44 $3,119.22 Source ↗
Pre-General 2020 Amended $6,876.35 $10,283.44 Source ↗
Q3 2020 Amended $5,126.35 $6,876.35 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2020 Amended $3,026.35 $5,126.35 Source ↗
Q2 2020 Amended $7,139.94 $3,026.35 Source ↗
Q1 2020 Amended $10,296.93 $7,139.94 Source ↗
Year-End 2019 $731.81 $10,296.93 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2019 $648.84 $731.81 Source ↗