Joe Towns Jr. — 2024 Tennessee House, District 84 campaign
2024 Tennessee House, District 84 · totals since Jan 16, 2023
Also ran for Criminal Court Clerk on Who Funds Memphis
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 →
$73,751
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 →
$23,670
Loan entries in filing detail: $26,635. The report totals above govern this headline.
Total Spent
$25,529
Donors
38
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, 81% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $5K · 19%Organizations and PACs, itemized $19K · 81%
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 →
$321average gift
$100median gift
14individual 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 →
98% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (2% from out of state).
Tennessee $23,170 Out of state $500
- Nashville $8K36%
- Brentwood $4K16%
- Memphis $2K9%
- Madison $2K8%
- Jackson $2K8%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $5K
- Other out-of-state $500
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2023 – Jan 2025. Peak $5,720 in Jul 2024. Spending peaked at $3,300 in Jul 2024.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 30 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 8 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $650 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) | 1 | $3,000.00 |
| D2 PAC LLC | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Tennessee Utilities PAC | 2 | $1,550.00 |
| Jeffery Hargis | 1 | $1,500.00 |
| Att Tennessee PAC | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Tennessee First PAC | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Tennessee Wine & Spirits Retailers Good Gov't Fund PAC | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Friends of the Excel Center Political Action Comm | 2 | $1,000.00 |
| Bhadresh Patel | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Tennessee Health Care Assn PAC | 2 | $800.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Towns, Jr., Joe | 1 | $8,500.00 | |
| Lemoyne Owen College | 5 | $1,550.00 | |
| John Thhe Printer | 1 | $1,231.91 | |
| Clarion Hotel | 5 | $965.38 | |
| Memphis Whistle | 1 | $761.00 | |
| GLYNN, Ronnie L. | 2 | $750.00 | |
| Towns, Micah | 3 | $725.00 | |
| Loc Alumni | 1 | $600.00 | |
| Home Depot Store | 3 | $528.44 | |
| Huseth, Jesse | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Towns, Anthony | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Black Caucus | 2 | $494.00 | |
| Suggs, Antonio | 2 | $468.00 | |
| Felix Way Advertising | 2 | $400.00 | |
| Jason Johnson | 2 | $400.00 | |
| Brent, Nathaniel | 1 | $375.00 | |
| Marks, Frank | 2 | $350.00 | |
| Verizon | 2 | $305.00 | |
| Towns, Barnzell | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Otherlands Restaurant | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Carver High School | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Harris, Brian Matthew (Matt) | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Withers, Andrew | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Holiday Inn | 2 | $281.68 | |
| Hakeem, Yusuf A. | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Elliot, Casandra | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Half Price Books | 1 | $249.84 | |
| Cupboard Restaurant | 2 | $243.36 | |
| H C C | 1 | $240.00 | |
| Lenny Sub | 1 | $210.00 | |
| Brent, Delano | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Thompson, Betran | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Roystow, Jermaine | 2 | $200.00 | |
| King, Marissa | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Hardaway, G. A. | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Ureybu, Ephriam | 1 | $150.00 | |
| GWC High School | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Evangel Church | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Friends To Elect J S Washington | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Memphis Apri | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Grant, Greg | 1 | $125.00 | |
| Democratic National Committee | 1 | $125.00 | |
| Lowe's Storage | 1 | $105.03 | |
| Towns, Diane | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Stokes, Dixie | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Stinson, Colby | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Dockery, Michael | 1 | $75.00 | |
| Ewing, Jerome | 1 | $70.00 | |
| Kroger (Corporate Address) | 1 | $67.17 | |
| Walmart (Corporate Address) | 1 | $65.76 | |
| Lodge At Montgomery Bell | 1 | $53.00 | |
| Bats, Deon | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Coney, Rev Bobby | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Martin, Mario | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Upton, David | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Regions Bank | 1 | $14.50 |
Dates
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
Loans
$26,635.29 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 (Joe Towns Jr.) | Candidate loan | — | $26,635.29 | $0.00 | $26,635.29 |
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 Towns Jr.’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Fundraising & events $11,054 43%
- Contributions & donations $4,720 18%
- Other $4,209 16%
- Printing & mail $2,072 8%
- Field & voter contact $1,675 7%
- Advertising & media $1,000 4%
- Office & operations $799 3%
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.
Two overdue reports filed together on November 27, 2024.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | $72,177.49 | $73,750.64 | Source: Q4 2024 filing Report 120905 |
| Pre-General 2024 | $70,177.49 | $72,177.49 | Source: Pre-General 2024 filing Report 119460 |
| Q3 2024 | $74,457.40 | $70,177.49 | Source: Q3 2024 filing Report 119458 |
| Pre-Primary 2024 | $72,707.40 | $74,457.40 | Source: Pre-Primary 2024 filing Report 116232 |
| Q2 2024 | $74,502.43 | $72,707.40 | Source: Q2 2024 filing Report 114702 |
| Q1 2024 | $75,593.27 | $74,502.43 | Source: Q1 2024 filing Report 113359 |
| Year-End 2023 | $71,739.68 | $75,593.27 | Source: Year-End 2023 filing Report 111108 |
| Mid-Year 2023 | $75,750.55 | $71,739.68 | Source: Mid-Year 2023 filing Report 109723 |
After the election
Reports ending after Jan 15, 2025.
Contributions and spending
No contributions reported · Spent $2,579 1 filing · Mid-Year 2025
| Payee | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eel Etc. Fashion | BOOKS | $27.43 | 05/30/2025 |
| Lemoyne Owen College | COLLEGE DONATION | $1,000.00 | 05/29/2025 |
| Sanders, Earline | DONATIONS | $100.00 | 05/20/2025 |
| Great Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church | DONATION | $100.00 | 05/04/2025 |
| Thomas, Nathaniel | REIMBURSE./ CITY OF MEMPHIS/CO. GOV. WK. END | $687.14 | 04/10/2025 |
| Holiday Inn | SUNDAY MEETING | $164.09 | 01/31/2025 |
| Black Caucus | MEMBERSHIP | $500.00 | 01/27/2025 |
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid-Year 2025 | $73,750.64 | $71,171.98 | Source: Mid-Year 2025 filing Report 121716 |