John Gentry — 2024 Tennessee Senate, District 18 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 18 Republican

2024 Tennessee Senate, District 18

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
→ carried into 2026 TN House 45
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 →
$4,654
includes $645 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Why this number?
Total Spent
$4,603
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 →
99%
$4,603 spent of $4,654 raised (cash)
Donors
4
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Self-Funded
43%
$2,009 of $4,654 raised · self-contributions
Out-of-State
0%
$0 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 2024 Initial $51 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.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $2,000
Candidate's own contributions $2,009
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $645
Raised (cash) $4,654
From each filing:
  • Q4 2024 Initial $860 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $200 derived
    • Candidate's own contributions $600 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $60 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2024 Initial $570 mixed
    • Candidate's own contributions $485 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $85 filing-stated
  • Q3 2024 Initial $565 mixed
    • Candidate's own contributions $465 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $100 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2024 Initial $288 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $100 derived
    • Candidate's own contributions $178 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $10 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2024 Amendment $1,910 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $1,700 derived
    • Candidate's own contributions $150 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $60 filing-stated
  • Q1 2024 Initial $330 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2023 Supplemental $130 derived

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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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: $0 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $4,654
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $0
Raised incl. in-kind
$4,654
Spent
$4,603

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 43% of the campaign’s funds — individuals gave 57%, organizations and PACs 0%.

Candidate’s own money $2K · 43% Individuals $3K · 57% Organizations & PACs $0 · 0%
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: $2,009 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $4,654
Inputs behind Share from the candidate
Candidate's own money (incl. self-loans) $2,009
From individuals $2,645

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%
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: $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 donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $200 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 39 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
John Anthony 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 ↗
Pre-General 2024 $33.68 $116.55 Source ↗
Q3 2024 $101.51 $33.68 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2024 $46.56 $101.51 Source ↗
Q2 2024 Amended $16.65 $46.56 Source ↗
Q1 2024 $5.00 $16.65 Source ↗
Year-End 2023 $5.00 $5.00 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2023 $0.18 $5.00 Source ↗