Jesse Chism — 2024 Tennessee House, District 85 campaign
2024 Tennessee House, District 85 · 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 →
$7,957
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 →
$42,774
Loan entries in filing detail: $1,500. The report totals above govern this headline.
Total Spent
$57,574
Donors
27
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: organizations and PACs, itemized, 96% of receipts on these reports.
Organizations and PACs, itemized $41K · 96%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $2K · 4%
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 →
72% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (28% from out of state).
Tennessee $29,874 Out of state $11,400
- Brentwood $11K27%
- Madison $10K23%
- Nashville $8K18%
- Alexandria, VA $4K10%
- Bethesda, MD $3K6%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $2K
- Other out-of-state $5K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Feb 2023 – Jan 2025. Peak $12,500 in Oct 2024. Spending peaked at $8,454 in Nov 2024.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 26 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 1 person gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $24 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) | 2 | $11,000.00 |
| Tennessee Wine & Spirits Retailers Good Gov't Fund PAC | 2 | $5,000.00 |
| Tennessee First PAC | 3 | $4,500.00 |
| Jack Daniel's PAC | 2 | $4,000.00 |
| Total Wine Political Action Committee | 1 | $2,500.00 |
| Wholesalers Assn PAC | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Amazon.com Services LLC PAC | 2 | $1,500.00 |
| Sports Betting Alliance | 1 | $1,500.00 |
| TDG-PAC (Kent Merritt) | 2 | $1,500.00 |
| Tennessee Educ Assn Fund for Children Public Edu | 1 | $1,000.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Buy | 5 | $7,639.19 | |
| Airbnb | 3 | $4,935.48 | |
| Spirit Magazine | 3 | $4,750.00 | |
| House Democratic Caucus | 1 | $3,000.00 | |
| American Airlines | 6 | $2,744.65 | |
| Lion Mart | 63 | $2,548.73 | |
| The Loutrel | 1 | $1,826.18 | |
| Telecast | 1 | $1,500.00 | |
| Pastor Quinten T. Barlow Foundation | 1 | $1,500.00 | |
| Summit Management Corporation | 1 | $1,450.00 | |
| Grand Hyatt Nashville | 1 | $1,449.60 | |
| National Black Caucus of St Legislatorsr | 3 | $1,425.00 | |
| Enterprise Rental Car | 2 | $1,391.65 | |
| Congressional Black Caucus Foundation | 1 | $1,350.00 | |
| Stomp the City (Micheal Dockery) | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Redemption Church | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| A1 Printing | 1 | $889.93 | |
| Sportman's Caucus | 2 | $850.00 | |
| Fast Stop 18 | 19 | $753.36 | |
| Mt Venon Baptist Church | 1 | $750.00 | |
| Sidney Chism Picnic | 2 | $750.00 | |
| United Airlines | 2 | $733.81 | |
| Congressional Sportsmen Foundation | 2 | $717.00 | |
| Capital Hitlon Hotel | 1 | $614.54 | |
| Uber | 24 | $605.55 | |
| Black Market Strategies ▨ may be sample ballot | 1 | $600.00 | |
| Wix | 1 | $589.95 | |
| Sweet Market | 18 | $539.59 | |
| TN Black Caucus of State Legislators | 1 | $500.00 | |
| The Links of Greater Memphis | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Jeremy Gray for Congress | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Sam's Club | 1 | $402.68 | |
| Walmart | 2 | $356.10 | |
| Metropolis Parking | 13 | $332.77 | |
| Hotels.Com | 1 | $325.35 | |
| Shell | 8 | $315.91 | |
| Clarion Hotel | 1 | $281.68 | |
| Thrifty Car Rentals | 1 | $274.59 | |
| TBCSL Leadership and Edu Foundation | 1 | $262.66 | |
| Sixty Vines | 1 | $254.17 | |
| Brooks, Shaundelle | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Johnson, Gloria | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Huseth, Jesse | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Friends for Tamarques Porter | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Committee To Elect Tami Sawyer | 1 | $250.00 | |
| The Links Foundation | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Senate Democratic Caucus | 1 | $250.00 | |
| GLYNN, Ronnie L. | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Friends for Pearl Walker | 1 | $250.00 | |
| TN Wildlife Resources Foundation | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Lemoyne Owen College | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Committee To Elect Brian E. Harris | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Mississippi Blvd Christian Church | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Enterprise Car Rental | 1 | $225.62 | |
| Liberty Bank | 10 | $218.26 | |
| Holiday Inn | 1 | $179.24 | |
| Johnathan's Grille | 1 | $135.02 | |
| Pepper Pot | 1 | $126.80 | |
| Tiger Mart | 2 | $100.42 | |
| Nordstrom, Noah | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Exxon Mobil | 2 | $90.98 | |
| ExxonMobil | 2 | $90.94 | |
| Nashville International | 1 | $84.00 | |
| Dodge Store | 2 | $74.60 | |
| Marathon Petroleum | 2 | $72.16 | |
| Delta Airlines | 2 | $65.00 | |
| Whole Foods | 1 | $61.83 | |
| Love's Petroleum | 1 | $61.72 | |
| Premium Authority Parking | 3 | $61.44 | |
| Bp Petroleum | 1 | $61.43 | |
| Hucks Petroleum | 1 | $57.48 | |
| Exxon Mobil | 1 | $56.93 | |
| Circle K | 1 | $55.58 | |
| Raceway 6930 | 1 | $40.20 | |
| Hop- In Petroleum | 1 | $32.70 | |
| Thorntons Gas | 1 | $31.99 | |
| Alaska Airlines | 1 | $30.00 |
Dates
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
Loans
$1,500.00 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.
| Lender | Type | Received | Balance shown | Repaid | Outstanding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self (Jesse Chism) | Candidate loan | Aug 2, 2024 | $1,500.00 | $0.00 | $1,500.00 |
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 Jesse Chism’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Travel $19,719 34%
- Contributions & donations $14,300 25%
- Office & operations $8,899 15%
- Other $6,453 11%
- Advertising & media $4,600 8%
- Staff & payroll $2,000 3%
- Printing & mail $890 2%
- Fundraising & events $715 1%
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.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | $12,657.04 | $7,957.02 | Source: Q4 2024 filing Report 119284 |
| Pre-General 2024 Amended | $2,301.04 | $12,657.04 | Source: Pre-General 2024 filing Report 119104 |
| Q3 2024 | $313.03 | $2,301.04 | Source: Q3 2024 filing Report 116456 |
| Pre-Primary 2024 | $13.03 | $313.03 | Source: Pre-Primary 2024 filing Report 115418 |
| Q2 2024 Amended | $4,339.45 | $13.03 | Source: Q2 2024 filing Report 115037 |
| Q1 2024 | $9,412.12 | $4,339.45 | Source: Q1 2024 filing Report 112025 |
| Year-End 2023 | $13,751.03 | $9,412.12 | Source: Year-End 2023 filing Report 109522 |
| Mid-Year 2023 | $24,377.75 | $13,751.03 | Source: Mid-Year 2023 filing Report 108228 |