Memphis

John Gillespie

Tennessee House, District 97 Republican Incumbent

Latest filing: Q2 2026 · Jul 10, 2026 · source: TN Registry of Election Finance

2 of 2 expected reports filed

Cash on Hand The campaign’s ending cash balance from its most recent filing. Cash shown as “carried over” was held before this election cycle began — usually from a prior campaign for the same office. Full definition →
$47,339
$2,504 carried over
Why this number?
Funds Raised The money the campaign took in — cash and checks, plus the candidate’s own money, loans, and transfers from affiliated committees. It does not include the value of donated goods and services; where a campaign received any, that is shown separately as In-Kind Received. Full definition →
$112,800
Why this number?
Total Spent
$67,965
Why this number?
Donors
77
75 shown · 2 below $200
Self-Funded
22%
$25,000 of $112,800 raised · campaign loans
Out-of-State
4%
$4,750 from outside TN
Why this number?

The ending cash balance the campaign reported on its most recent filing (as filed, not computed).

Reported on this filing:
  • Q2 2026 Amendment $47,339 filing-stated

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 Funds raised
Itemized contributions (gross) $87,800
Loans $25,000
Funds raised $112,800
From each filing: Not attributable to a single filing:
Loans $25,000 derived

Filings restate outstanding loans each period, so a loan belongs to the campaign rather than to any one filing.

Itemized expenditure rows plus the stated spending a filer reported as a lump sum without itemizing it.

Inputs behind Total spent
Itemized expenditures $67,965
Total spent $67,965
From each filing:

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: $4,750 ÷ Total raised: $112,800
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $4,750
Source filings:
Raised
$112,800
Spent
$67,965

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 22% of the campaign’s funds — individuals gave 38%, organizations and PACs 40%.

Candidate’s own money $25K · 22% Individuals $43K · 38% Organizations & PACs $45K · 40%
Why this number?

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: $25,000 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $112,800
Inputs behind Share from the candidate
Candidate's own money (incl. self-loans) $25,000
From individuals $43,050
From organizations and PACs $44,750
Source filings:

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 →

$1,230average gift
$1,000median gift
35individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
6%
0.5%
$200–1K
34%
12%
$1K–5K
60%
87%
$5K+
0%
0%
Why this number?

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: $43,050 ÷ Individual donors: 35
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $43,050
Median gift $1,000
Individual donors 35
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 →

95% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (5% from out of state).

Tennessee $83,050 Out of state $4,750
  • Memphis $46K52%
  • Nashville $20K23%
  • Brentwood $7K7%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $11K
  • Other out-of-state $5K
Why this number?

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: $4,750 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $87,800
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $4,750
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2025 – Jun 2026. Peak $17,500 in Jan 2026. Spending peaked at $12,052 in Aug 2025.

Raised Spent

Contributions

Showing 75 donors who gave $200 or more cumulatively. 2 additional smaller donors contributed $200 total.

Itemized campaign contributions
Donor Location Employer Total

Expenditures

63 vendors 133 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Margin of Victory Partners, LLC 11 $13,800.00 20%
Southland Advantage 3 $12,180.60 18%
Vor Media LLC 9 $8,500.00 13%
Watkins Uiberall, PLLC 4 $6,830.00 10%
Tennessee House Republican Caucus 1 $5,000.00 7%
Carnival Memphis 2 $2,069.95 3%
Forrest Spence Fund 2 $2,000.00 3%
Ymca of Memphis and the Mid-South 1 $2,000.00 3%
Capital Grille 1 $1,523.45 2%
Tennessee Republican Party 2 $1,100.00 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 Gillespie’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

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
Q2 2026 Amended $18,250.19 $47,339.06 Source ↗
Q1 2026 $30,212.98 $18,250.19 Source ↗
Year-End 2025 $11,455.86 $30,212.98 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2025 $2,504.12 $11,455.86 Source ↗