John Gillespie — 2024 Tennessee House, District 97 campaign
2024 Tennessee House, District 97 · 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 →
$2,504
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 →
$261,205
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 →
$20,845
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$288,837
less $7,971 in refunds & credits → $280,866 net disbursements
Donors
211
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, 65% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $171K · 65%Organizations and PACs, itemized $91K · 35%
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 →
$1,209average gift
$1,000median gift
141individual 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 →
96% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (4% from out of state).
Tennessee $250,255 Out of state $10,950
- Memphis $160K61%
- Nashville $44K17%
- Germantown $10K4%
- Brentwood $6K2%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $30K
- Other out-of-state $11K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2023 – Jan 2025. Peak $69,100 in Jun 2023. Spending peaked at $123,132 in Oct 2024.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 191 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 21 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $1,855 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee In-Kind ↺ paid $300.00 | 1 | $10,765.00 |
| CAM PAC (Cameron Sexton) Includes In-Kind | 4 | $10,500.00 |
| Excellence In Public Education PAC | 4 | $6,000.00 |
| Tennessee Eagle PAC | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Michael Keeney | 2 | $3,600.00 |
| Craig Weiss | 2 | $3,600.00 |
| Cathy Weiss | 2 | $3,600.00 |
| J R Hyde | 2 | $3,600.00 |
| George Douglas Edwards | 2 | $3,600.00 |
| Trow Gillespie | 4 | $3,600.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margin of Victory Partners | 34 | $107,218.00 | |
| West Rogers Strategic Communications | 4 | $51,335.00 | |
| Vor Media LLC | 27 | $24,800.00 | |
| Southland Advantage | 4 | $16,210.93 | |
| Beacon Strategies | 6 | $14,500.00 | |
| Khokhar, Seth | 6 | $11,500.00 | |
| Watkins Uiberall, PLLC | 7 | $9,450.00 | |
| Marriott Memphis East | 4 | $5,581.07 | |
| Salient Strategy & Design | 5 | $5,546.00 | |
| Gti Tours | 2 | $5,490.00 | |
| Folks Folly | 3 | $5,166.32 | |
| I360 | 6 | $3,600.00 | |
| Forrest Spence Fund | 2 | $2,500.00 | |
| Capital Grille | 2 | $2,432.50 | |
| Republican Party of Shelby County | 5 | $2,300.00 | |
| Anedot | 46 | $1,944.10 | |
| Dexter, Blake | 4 | $1,875.00 | |
| House Republican Caucus | 1 | $1,500.00 | |
| Fedex St Jude Championship | 1 | $1,223.14 | |
| Kustoff for Congress | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Griffin, Anthony Ryan | 4 | $950.00 | |
| United States Postal Service | 6 | $814.16 | |
| Amazon | 11 | $717.83 | |
| TFRW Convention Fund | 1 | $600.00 | |
| Strickland, James | 2 | $575.00 | |
| Surveymonkey | 1 | $513.64 | |
| Tennessee Republican Party | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Tennessee Young Republicans | 1 | $500.00 | |
| The 100 Club of Memphis | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Uber Eats | 9 | $485.06 | |
| Morgan Bonner Photography | 1 | $475.00 | |
| Busters | 5 | $411.02 | |
| Palmer Home for Children | 1 | $400.00 | |
| Mortimers Memphis | 4 | $372.40 | |
| Brown, Braxton | 1 | $350.00 | |
| Wix | 2 | $314.64 | |
| Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee ↺ donor $10,765.00 | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Whole Foods | 2 | $299.62 | |
| United Airlines | 1 | $278.90 | |
| Andrew Michael Italian Kitchen | 1 | $266.40 | |
| Superlo Foods | 2 | $253.23 | |
| River Oaks | 1 | $252.34 | |
| Kroger | 2 | $249.50 | |
| Best Buy | 1 | $249.11 | |
| Oigbokie, Clement | 1 | $225.00 | |
| Dougherty, George | 2 | $225.00 | |
| Zoo Rendezvous | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Phillips, Ashley | 1 | $187.50 | |
| Ciao Bella Italian Grill | 1 | $165.78 | |
| Ecco On Overton Park | 1 | $132.86 | |
| Hog and Hominy | 4 | $125.00 | |
| Gannett | 6 | $110.05 | |
| Salmon, Bryant A. | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Second Baptist Church | 1 | $96.00 | |
| Sekisui Pacific | 1 | $93.05 | |
| Salsa Cocina Mexicana | 1 | $92.12 | |
| FedEx Office | 2 | $88.91 | |
| JJS Party House | 1 | $86.48 | |
| Natruyenshop | 1 | $85.12 | |
| Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church | 1 | $83.00 | |
| Tsscustomprinting | 1 | $81.50 | |
| Half Shell | 2 | $72.53 | |
| Restaurant Iris | 1 | $70.42 | |
| Dominos | 1 | $53.89 | |
| Klobe, Jill | 1 | $52.50 | |
| Char Restaurant | 2 | $50.76 | |
| Walgreens | 2 | $43.39 | |
| Panera Bread | 2 | $39.87 | |
| Republican Women of Purpose | 1 | $36.00 | |
| Jorgenteeshop | 1 | $31.81 | |
| Cheffies Cafe | 2 | $30.58 | |
| Klobe, Lorelei | 1 | $30.00 | |
| Saint Johns | 1 | $30.00 | |
| Perry Strategies | 1 | $27.80 | |
| Memphis Airport | 1 | $27.00 | |
| City Silo and Pantry | 1 | $26.51 | |
| Premium Parking | 2 | $26.03 | |
| Libro At Laurelwood | 1 | $25.85 | |
| Love's | 1 | $24.41 | |
| Gibson's Donuts | 1 | $22.76 | |
| Shell | 1 | $21.55 | |
| Bp | 1 | $20.26 | |
| Target | 1 | $18.86 | |
| Chickafila | 1 | $17.56 | |
| The Tennessean | 1 | $14.99 | |
| Staks | 1 | $14.30 | |
| Pinnacle Bank | 3 | $14.00 | |
| McDonald's | 2 | $9.40 | |
| A. Schwab | 1 | $6.56 |
Dates
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
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.
- Advertising & media $97,595 34%
- Printing & mail $74,544 26%
- Consulting & professional services $39,241 14%
- Field & voter contact $28,370 10%
- Fundraising & events $23,159 8%
- Office & operations $8,281 3%
- Contributions & donations $6,635 2%
- Travel $5,888 2%
- Other $5,122 2%
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 2024 | $16,689.65 | $2,504.12 | Source: Q4 2024 filing Report 119593 |
| Pre-General 2024 Amended | $96,121.58 | $16,689.65 | Source: Pre-General 2024 filing Report 119384 |
| Q3 2024 Amended | $78,602.58 | $96,121.58 | Source: Q3 2024 filing Report 118082 |
| Pre-Primary 2024 | $85,849.06 | $78,602.58 | Source: Pre-Primary 2024 filing Report 115139 |
| Q2 2024 | $73,795.38 | $85,849.06 | Source: Q2 2024 filing Report 113664 |
| Q1 2024 Amended | $78,530.38 | $73,795.38 | Source: Q1 2024 filing Report 113346 |
| Year-End 2023 Amended | $79,004.45 | $78,530.38 | Source: Year-End 2023 filing Report 112895 |
| Mid-Year 2023 Amended | $22,164.99 | $79,004.45 | Source: Mid-Year 2023 filing Report 112026 |