John Ray Clemmons — 2024 Tennessee House, District 55 campaign
2024 Tennessee House, District 55 · 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 →
$98,697
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 →
$143,635
includes $3,685 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Loan entries in filing detail: $72,000. 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 →
$2,487
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$125,473
Donors
172
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: organizations and PACs, itemized, 60% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $54K · 37%Organizations and PACs, itemized $86K · 60%Unitemized contributions $4K · 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 →
$477average gift
$250median gift
113individual 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 →
83% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (17% from out of state).
Tennessee $115,550 Out of state $24,400
- Nashville $83K59%
- Brentwood $12K8%
- Washington, DC $9K6%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $21K
- Other out-of-state $16K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2023 – Jan 2025. Peak $33,700 in Nov 2023. Spending peaked at $23,742 in Oct 2024.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 141 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 33 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $3,600 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Bankers Association PAC | 3 | $7,300.00 |
| Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) | 3 | $6,500.00 |
| Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) | 2 | $4,500.00 |
| Amazon.com Services LLC PAC | 3 | $4,000.00 |
| Tennessee Medical Association PAC (TMA) | 2 | $4,000.00 |
| Tennessee Truck PAC | 2 | $3,800.00 |
| HCA TriStar Fund PAC | 2 | $3,000.00 |
| Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) | 1 | $2,500.00 |
| Tennessee Assn of Nurse Anesthetists PAC | 2 | $2,500.00 |
| Lawyers Involved for TN PAC | 2 | $2,500.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| E. Allan Brandon, LLC | 1 | $18,648.05 | |
| Epicnine | 15 | $12,695.76 | |
| INVICTUS PAC (John Ray Clemmons) | 1 | $10,000.00 | |
| House Democratic Caucus | 2 | $9,500.00 | |
| NGP VAN | 18 | $8,510.67 | |
| Our Kids Deserve Better | 1 | $5,000.00 | |
| Printing Etc | 6 | $4,390.37 | |
| C18 Consulting | 1 | $3,500.00 | |
| McCabe Park Little League | 2 | $2,500.00 | |
| Southeast Egg Hunt & Festival Event | 2 | $2,097.50 | |
| Nashville Rowing Club | 2 | $2,000.00 | |
| Waverly-Belmont Elementary Pto | 2 | $2,000.00 | |
| Jones, Claire | 1 | $1,800.00 | |
| Lennon, Kathy | 1 | $1,800.00 | |
| Huseth, Jesse | 1 | $1,800.00 | |
| Goldberg, Bryan | 1 | $1,800.00 | |
| MATA, Luis | 1 | $1,800.00 | |
| Brooks, Shaundelle | 1 | $1,800.00 | |
| Mitchell, Bo | 1 | $1,800.00 | |
| Hakeem, Yusuf A. | 1 | $1,800.00 | |
| McKenzie, Sam | 1 | $1,800.00 | |
| GLYNN, Ronnie L. | 1 | $1,800.00 | |
| Campbell for Mayor | 1 | $1,800.00 | |
| Actblue | 13 | $1,759.34 | |
| Whitsitt Elementary | 3 | $1,750.00 | |
| Tennessee Democratic Party | 2 | $1,325.00 | |
| Emma, Inc. | 17 | $1,260.00 | |
| Belmont-Hillsboro Neighbors, Inc. | 3 | $1,200.00 | |
| Hemmer, Caleb | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Southeast Community Center | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Montgomery County Democratic Party | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Friends of Jason Spain ↺ donor $500.00 | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Diamondback Branding | 1 | $928.95 | |
| Matador Baseball Club | 2 | $900.00 | |
| Publix | 1 | $766.55 | |
| Paragon Mills Neighborhood Association | 1 | $650.00 | |
| TN Black Caucus of State Legislators | 1 | $522.96 | |
| Naacp TN | 1 | $512.50 | |
| Andreson, Laura | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Davidson County Democratic Women | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Tim Kelly for Mayor | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Miller, Larry | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Shaw, Johnny | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Davidson County Democratic Party | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Behn, Aftyn | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Stronger Than My Father, Inc. | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Camper for Mayor | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Friends of Joy Styles | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Sandra Sepulveda for Council | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Nashville Wraps | 1 | $366.32 | |
| Walgreens | 1 | $336.92 | |
| Timphrance Darnell Pearson Memorial Fund | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Nordstrom, Noah | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Sylvan Park Paideia Design Center Pto | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Central Labor Council | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Tennessee Dept of Transportation | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Friends of Tom Cash | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Emily Benedict for District 7 | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Olivia Hill Campaign | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Harland Clarke | 1 | $217.25 | |
| Abouelsaad, Heba | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Herron Group | 9 | $180.00 | |
| Tsu Foundation | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Zertina, Jorge | 1 | $120.00 | |
| First Horizon Bank | 2 | $116.00 | |
| FedEx Office | 1 | $68.69 |
Dates
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
Loans
$72,000.00 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 Ray Clemmons) | Candidate loan | — | $72,000.00 | $0.00 | $72,000.00 |
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 Ray Clemmons’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Contributions & donations $70,708 56%
- Printing & mail $24,652 20%
- Office & operations $19,243 15%
- Consulting & professional services $5,366 4%
- Advertising & media $4,400 4%
- Fundraising & events $1,103 0.9%
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 2024 | $123,386.79 | $98,696.59 | Source: Q4 2024 filing Report 120518 |
| Pre-General 2024 Amended | $128,379.13 | $123,386.79 | Source: Pre-General 2024 filing Report 118823 |
| Q3 2024 Amended | $114,859.30 | $128,379.13 | Source: Q3 2024 filing Report 118733 |
| Pre-Primary 2024 | $115,104.33 | $114,859.30 | Source: Pre-Primary 2024 filing Report 115857 |
| Q2 2024 | $117,111.99 | $115,104.33 | Source: Q2 2024 filing Report 114764 |
| Q1 2024 | $132,527.84 | $117,111.99 | Source: Q1 2024 filing Report 113116 |
| Year-End 2023 Amended | $72,989.87 | $132,527.84 | Source: Year-End 2023 filing Report 113640 |
| Mid-Year 2023 | $80,534.73 | $72,989.87 | Source: Mid-Year 2023 filing Report 109344 |