John Gillespie — 2020 Tennessee House, District 97 campaign
2020 Tennessee House, District 97 · totals since Jul 1, 2019
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 → · 7 filings · Year-End 2019–Q4 2020
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 →
$3,684
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 →
$187,315
includes $6,440 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Loan entries in filing detail: $6,000. 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 →
$18,056
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$183,631
Donors
197
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: individuals, itemized, 78% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $146K · 78%Organizations and PACs, itemized $29K · 16%Unitemized contributions $6K · 3%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $6K · 3%
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 →
$878average gift
$500median gift
166individual 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 →
94% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (6% from out of state).
Tennessee $164,250 Out of state $10,625
- Memphis $124K71%
- Nashville $9K5%
- Germantown $7K4%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $24K
- Other out-of-state $11K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jul 2019 – Jan 2021. Peak $32,350 in Oct 2020. Spending peaked at $70,088 in Oct 2020.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 195 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 5 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $725 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| House Republican Caucus In-Kind | 6 | $16,855.62 |
| LAMBERTH PAC (William Lamberth) | 3 | $5,000.00 |
| Michael Keeney | 2 | $3,200.00 |
| Worth Morgan | 2 | $3,200.00 |
| D Bryan Jordan | 2 | $3,200.00 |
| Allen Morgan Jr | 2 | $3,200.00 |
| Charles F Smith Jr | 2 | $3,200.00 |
| Anne O Keeney | 2 | $3,200.00 |
| Musette S Morgan | 2 | $3,200.00 |
| Chelsey E Savage | 2 | $3,200.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Republican Party | 8 | $48,924.00 | |
| Margin of Victory Partners | 33 | $48,845.00 | |
| McShane LLC | 12 | $32,200.00 | |
| Perry Strategies | 10 | $15,750.00 | |
| Jacques, Rachel | 4 | $11,276.00 | |
| Cygnal, LLC | 1 | $5,779.00 | |
| Watkins Uiberall, PLLC | 3 | $4,675.00 | |
| Hog Wild | 2 | $2,530.28 | |
| Capitol City Research | 2 | $2,500.00 | |
| Anedot | 48 | $1,512.90 | |
| United States Postal Service | 4 | $1,097.10 | |
| Postmaster | 2 | $883.60 | |
| Walters, Nicholas | 2 | $862.50 | |
| Perryman, William | 2 | $832.50 | |
| Khokhar, Seth | 2 | $615.00 | |
| Renaissance Nashville Hotel | 1 | $600.65 | |
| Hines, Jeff | 1 | $546.00 | |
| Mailchimp | 8 | $527.34 | |
| Wix | 2 | $435.74 | |
| Phillips, Ashley | 1 | $427.50 | |
| East Shelby Republican Club ↺ donor $500.00 | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Central BBQ | 1 | $274.89 | |
| Patricia Possel Photography | 1 | $273.13 | |
| Homewood Suites | 1 | $256.24 | |
| Northeast Shelby Republicans | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Republican Party of Shelby County | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Governors Conference | 1 | $160.00 | |
| Grove Grill | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Lowe's | 1 | $117.94 |
Dates
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
Loans
$6,000.00 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.
| Lender | Type | Received | Balance shown | Repaid | Outstanding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self (John Gillespie) | Candidate loan | Dec 30, 2020 | $6,000.00 | $0.00 | $6,000.00 |
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 John Gillespie’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Printing & mail $79,915 44%
- Consulting & professional services $41,454 23%
- Advertising & media $35,723 20%
- Field & voter contact $15,050 8%
- Office & operations $5,899 3%
- Fundraising & events $2,995 2%
- Travel $857 0.5%
- Other $660 0.4%
- Contributions & donations $250 0.2%
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.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2020 | $11,324.82 | $3,684.18 | Source: Q4 2020 filing Report 93108 |
| Pre-General 2020 | $43,430.77 | $11,324.82 | Source: Pre-General 2020 filing Report 91788 |
| Q3 2020 | $29,451.16 | $43,430.77 | Source: Q3 2020 filing Report 90960 |
| Pre-Primary 2020 | $52,317.06 | $29,451.16 | Source: Pre-Primary 2020 filing Report 89337 |
| Q2 2020 | $52,843.74 | $52,317.06 | Source: Q2 2020 filing Report 88024 |
| Q1 2020 | $60,916.18 | $52,843.74 | Source: Q1 2020 filing Report 86841 |
| Year-End 2019 Amended | $0.00 | $60,916.18 | Source: Year-End 2019 filing Report 86386 |