John Gentry — 2024 Tennessee Senate, District 18 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 18 Republican

2024 Tennessee Senate, District 18 · 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 →
$51
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 →
$4,654
includes $645 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Total Spent
$4,603
Donors
4
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 $51 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 $860
Pre-General 2024 reported receipts $570
Q3 2024 reported receipts $565
Pre-Primary 2024 reported receipts $288
Q2 2024 reported receipts $1,910
Q1 2024 reported receipts $330
Year-End 2023 reported receipts $0
Mid-Year 2023 reported receipts $130
Reported receipts $4,654
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 $4,603
Total spent $4,603
From each filing:
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Receipts
$4,654
Spent
$4,603

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: the candidate's own contributions, itemized, 43% of receipts on these reports.

The candidate's own contributions, itemized $2K · 43%Individuals, itemized $2K · 43%Unitemized contributions $645 · 14%

Share of reported receipts: The candidate's own contributions, itemized compares the candidate's own contributions, itemized 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.

The candidate's own contributions, itemized: $2,009 ÷ Reported receipts: $4,654
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: The candidate's own contributions, itemized
The candidate's own contributions, itemized $2,009
Individuals, itemized $2,000
Unitemized contributions $645
From each filing:
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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 →

100% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (0% from out of state).

Tennessee $2,000 Out of state $0
  • Selmer $2K80%
  • Dickson $20010%
  • Crossville $1005%
  • Telford $1005%

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: $0 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $2,000
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $0

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Feb 2023 – Jan 2025. Peak $1,700 in Apr 2024. Spending peaked at $1,029 in May 2024.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 3 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 2 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $200 and their names are withheld.

3 named donors 39 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
John Gentry Self 37 $2,008.79
Andrew Christner 1 $1,600.00
Mike Overton 1 $200.00

Expenditures

15 vendors 124 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Facebook 71 $2,507.42 54%
Godaddy.Com, LLC 14 $633.43 14%
Amazon 7 $419.01 9%
Hendersonville Chamber of Commerce 1 $250.00 5%
Adobe 8 $213.52 5%
Verizon 1 $125.26 3%
Mapco 2 $98.82 2%
Sumner County Election Commission 1 $75.00 2%
Usbank 2 $72.00 2%
Zoom 4 $69.88 2%

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

  • Advertising & media $3,499 76%
  • Office & operations $469 10%
  • Fundraising & events $304 7%
  • Printing & mail $232 5%
  • Travel $99 2%

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 $116.55 $51.46 Source: Q4 2024 filing Report 120788
Pre-General 2024 $33.68 $116.55 Source: Pre-General 2024 filing Report 118684
Q3 2024 $101.51 $33.68 Source: Q3 2024 filing Report 116945
Pre-Primary 2024 $46.56 $101.51 Source: Pre-Primary 2024 filing Report 116345
Q2 2024 Amended $16.65 $46.56 Source: Q2 2024 filing Report 115293
Q1 2024 $5.00 $16.65 Source: Q1 2024 filing Report 113270
Year-End 2023 $5.00 $5.00 Source: Year-End 2023 filing Report 110792
Mid-Year 2023 $0.18 $5.00 Source: Mid-Year 2023 filing Report 109467