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Joe Smith — 2024 Tennessee House, District 68 campaign

Tennessee House, District 68 Republican

2024 Tennessee House, District 68 · 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 → · 6 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 →
$918
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 →
$163,210
includes $50 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Loan entries in filing detail: $94,800. The report totals above govern this headline.
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 →
$1,800
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$162,292
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 Initial $918 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 $0
Q3 2024 reported receipts $23,025
Pre-Primary 2024 reported receipts $1,675
Q2 2024 reported receipts $110,655
Q1 2024 reported receipts $25,805
Year-End 2023 reported receipts $2,050
Reported receipts $163,210
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 $162,292
Total spent $162,292
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Receipts
$163,210
Spent
$162,292

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: loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds, 58% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $54K · 33%Organizations and PACs, itemized $14K · 9%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $95K · 58%

Share of reported receipts: Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds compares loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds 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.

Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds: $94,800 ÷ Reported receipts: $163,210
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds
Individuals, itemized $53,960
Organizations and PACs, itemized $14,400
Unitemized contributions $50
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $94,800
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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 →

$473average gift
$250median gift
114individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
5%
0.3%
$50–200
30%
5%
$200–1K
42%
31%
$1K–5K
23%
63%
$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: $53,960 ÷ Individual donors: 114
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $53,960
Median gift $250
Individual donors 114
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 →

99.2% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (0.8% from out of state).

Tennessee $67,840 Out of state $520
  • Clarksville $56K82%
  • Adams $3K4%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $9K
  • Other out-of-state $520

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: $520 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $68,360
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $520
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Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Dec 2023 – Oct 2024. Peak $23,955 in Jun 2024. Spending peaked at $75,703 in Jul 2024.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 91 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 40 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $3,110 and their names are withheld.

91 named donors 97 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tristar Beverage, LLC 2 $2,500.00
Walter Lord 3 $1,850.00
Rick Reda 1 $1,800.00
Beverly Reda 1 $1,800.00
Jeff Smith 1 $1,800.00
Barbara Smith 1 $1,800.00
Jodi Vaughn 1 $1,800.00
Henley Accounting and Tax CPA PC In-Kind 1 $1,800.00
Kim Weyrauch 1 $1,550.00
Bill Mace 1 $1,500.00

Expenditures

34 vendors 127 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Ami Marketing 12 $59,173.13 36%
Comperry, Scott 6 $16,110.00 10%
Five Star Media 3 $13,008.00 8%
Gray Fox Consulting 2 $12,800.00 8%
Point 1 1 $8,706.00 5%
Cross Creek Clay 2 $7,887.90 5%
SPRY Strategies 1 $7,400.00 5%
Facebook 57 $7,310.60 5%
Montgomery County Gop 1 $5,000.00 3%
Gray Smoke Barbeque 1 $4,336.13 3%

Loans

$94,800.00 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.

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 $94,800
Loan principal shown $94,800
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Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (Joe Smith) Candidate loan Dec 28, 2023 $94,800.00 $0.00 $94,800.00

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

  • Advertising & media $103,365 64%
  • Printing & mail $19,043 12%
  • Fundraising & events $16,695 10%
  • Consulting & professional services $12,800 8%
  • Contributions & donations $8,750 5%
  • Office & operations $1,638 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 $4,218.15 $918.15 Source: Q4 2024 filing Report 120156
Q3 2024 $21,392.99 $4,218.15 Source: Q3 2024 filing Report 117171
Pre-Primary 2024 $68,529.54 $21,392.99 Source: Pre-Primary 2024 filing Report 115245
Q2 2024 $15,021.38 $68,529.54 Source: Q2 2024 filing Report 113758
Q1 2024 Amended $2,048.00 $15,021.38 Source: Q1 2024 filing Report 114606
Year-End 2023 $0.00 $2,048.00 Source: Year-End 2023 filing Report 111676

After the election

Reports ending after Jan 15, 2025.

Contributions and spending

No contributions or expenditures reported

3 filings · Mid-Year 2025–Mid-Year 2026

No individual donors or expenditures are published for this campaign.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Mid-Year 2026 $918.15 $918.15 Source: Mid-Year 2026 filing Report 127502
Year-End 2025 $918.15 $918.15 Source: Year-End 2025 filing Report 124258
Mid-Year 2025 $918.15 $918.15 Source: Mid-Year 2025 filing Report 121731