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John Ragan — 2024 Tennessee House, District 33 campaign

Tennessee House, District 33 Republican

2024 Tennessee House, District 33 · 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 → · 7 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 →
$7,634
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 →
$69,592
includes $1,561 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Loan entries in filing detail: $8,733. The report totals above govern this headline.
Total Spent
$87,025
Donors
91
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 Amendment $7,634 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 $2,937
Q3 2024 reported receipts $7,600
Pre-Primary 2024 reported receipts $14,869
Q2 2024 reported receipts $33,486
Q1 2024 reported receipts $0
Year-End 2023 reported receipts $10,700
Mid-Year 2023 reported receipts $0
Reported receipts $69,592
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 $87,025
Total spent $87,025
From each filing:
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Receipts
$69,592
Spent
$87,025

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: organizations and PACs, itemized, 60% of receipts on these reports.

The candidate's own contributions, itemized $3K · 4%Individuals, itemized $23K · 34%Organizations and PACs, itemized $42K · 60%Unitemized contributions $2K · 2%

Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized compares organizations and pacs, 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.

Organizations and PACs, itemized: $41,600 ÷ Reported receipts: $69,592
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized
The candidate's own contributions, itemized $2,937
Individuals, itemized $23,494
Organizations and PACs, itemized $41,600
Unitemized contributions $1,561
From each filing:
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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 →

$379average gift
$250median gift
62individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
39%
10%
$200–1K
50%
48%
$1K–5K
11%
42%
$5K+
0%
0%

Average gift per individual donor compares total from individual donors with individual donors.

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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: $23,494 ÷ Individual donors: 62
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $23,494
Median gift $250
Individual donors 62
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 →

97% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (3% from out of state).

Tennessee $63,094 Out of state $2,000
  • Nashville $17K26%
  • Brentwood $12K18%
  • Clinton $5K8%
  • Portland $5K8%
  • Knoxville $4K6%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $21K
  • Other out-of-state $2K

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: $2,000 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $65,094
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $2,000
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jun 2023 – Dec 2024. Peak $21,969 in Jul 2024. Spending peaked at $39,070 in Jul 2024.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 68 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 24 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $2,399 and their names are withheld.

68 named donors 83 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
MARSHA PAC (Marsha Blackburn) 1 $5,000.00
CAM PAC (Cameron Sexton) 1 $5,000.00
LAMBERTH PAC (William Lamberth) 2 $5,000.00
Bud Hulsey 2 $3,300.00
Excellence In Public Education PAC 2 $3,000.00
John Ragan Self 1 $2,936.77
Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) 2 $2,000.00
G-PAC (Rusty Grills) 1 $2,000.00
Nooga PAC 2 $2,000.00
HCA TriStar Fund PAC 2 $2,000.00

Expenditures

22 vendors 61 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Energy Media 22 $40,327.12 46%
Target One Marketing 12 $32,672.25 38%
House Republican Caucus 1 $5,000.00 6%
Wind Consulting 2 $3,100.00 4%
Clinton Courier 4 $834.00 1.0%
Monster Works 1 $664.36 0.8%
Mimi's Catering 1 $596.00 0.7%
BBB Communications 3 $590.00 0.7%
Tennessee Republican Party 1 $500.00 0.6%
Venue At Lenoir City 1 $411.74 0.5%

Loans

$8,733.28 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.

Loan principal shown adds together the amounts listed below.

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Loan schedules can repeat an outstanding debt on later reports. This is the reconstructed principal for each lender, counted once, split between candidate or family loans and all other lenders. Repayments and outstanding balances are shown separately in the ledger.

Inputs behind Loan principal shown
Candidate and family loans $8,733
Loan principal shown $8,733
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Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (John Ragan) Candidate loan — $8,733.28 $0.00 $8,733.28

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

  • Advertising & media $49,557 57%
  • Printing & mail $22,257 26%
  • Office & operations $6,530 8%
  • Field & voter contact $5,361 6%
  • Other $1,931 2%
  • Contributions & donations $978 1%
  • Fundraising & events $412 0.5%

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
Q4 2024 Amended $4,930.98 $7,633.75 Source: Q4 2024 filing Report 121166
Q3 2024 $4,541.48 $4,930.98 Source: Q3 2024 filing Report 117552
Pre-Primary 2024 Amended $25,947.68 $4,541.48 Source: Pre-Primary 2024 filing Report 116204
Q2 2024 Amended $28,288.68 $25,947.68 Source: Q2 2024 filing Report 114507
Q1 2024 $29,228.68 $28,288.68 Source: Q1 2024 filing Report 111238
Year-End 2023 $20,039.43 $29,228.68 Source: Year-End 2023 filing Report 111239
Mid-Year 2023 $25,067.43 $20,039.43 Source: Mid-Year 2023 filing Report 109512

After the election

Reports ending after Jan 15, 2025.

Contributions and spending

No contributions reported · Spent $241

1 filing · Mid-Year 2025

After the election expenditures
Payee Purpose Amount Date
GoDaddy COMPUTER WEBSITE MX $84.32 04/02/2025
Tennessee Republican Party DUES / SUBSCRIPTIONS $100.00 03/18/2025
Food City FOOD / BEVERAGE $56.98 02/17/2025
Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Mid-Year 2025 Amended $7,633.75 $0.00 Source: Mid-Year 2025 filing Report 122982