Johnny Garrett — 2024 Tennessee House, District 45 campaign
2024 Tennessee House, District 45 · 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 →
$287,049
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 →
$232,488
includes $620 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Total Spent
$174,252
Donors
165
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, 68% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $66K · 28%Organizations and PACs, itemized $159K · 68%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $6K · 2%
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 →
$792average gift
$250median gift
83individual 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 →
92% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (8% from out of state).
Tennessee $206,900 Out of state $17,500
- Nashville $114K51%
- Hendersonville $26K12%
- Brentwood $18K8%
- Goodlettsville $15K7%
- Gallatin $6K3%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $28K
- Other out-of-state $18K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2023 – Jan 2025. Peak $44,750 in Dec 2023. Spending peaked at $63,103 in Oct 2024.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 132 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 34 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $3,150 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| TN Advance Financial PAC | 2 | $12,500.00 |
| Tennessee Bankers Association PAC | 2 | $8,000.00 |
| Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) | 2 | $7,000.00 |
| Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC | 2 | $5,000.00 |
| Tennessee Electric Cooperatives PAC | 2 | $5,000.00 |
| Lawyers Involved for TN PAC | 3 | $5,000.00 |
| Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) | 3 | $4,500.00 |
| Kenneth Burd | 2 | $3,600.00 |
| John Martin | 3 | $3,600.00 |
| Rebecca Ray | 2 | $3,600.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art and Copy Partners | 7 | $51,276.87 | |
| Baker Group Strategies | 9 | $30,316.72 | |
| GARRETT PAC (Johnny Garrett) | 1 | $15,000.00 | |
| Mango Marketing | 2 | $11,900.00 | |
| Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee | 2 | $10,000.00 | |
| Nashville Predators | 1 | $8,500.00 | |
| Smart Media Group LLC | 2 | $6,080.00 | |
| RJD Group Inc. | 2 | $5,000.00 | |
| Conquest Communication Group | 1 | $3,600.00 | |
| Anchor Research | 1 | $3,042.00 | |
| Sumner County Gop | 2 | $3,000.00 | |
| Star News Digital Media | 1 | $2,500.00 | |
| Tennessee Young Republicans | 2 | $2,000.00 | |
| Ben Keeling Photography | 1 | $1,600.00 | |
| Smith Team Sales, Inc. | 1 | $1,529.50 | |
| Town and Table Catering | 2 | $1,329.67 | |
| Political Financial MGT LLC | 2 | $1,155.00 | |
| FLS Connect, LLC | 1 | $1,125.00 | |
| Living Sent Ministries | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Sumner County Government | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Hendersonville Chamber Foundation | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Moon, Jerome F. | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Rudd, Tim | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Shackle Island Fire Dept. | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| TN Firearms Assn Legislative Action Comm. (Tfalac) ↺ donor $600.00 | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Hill, Timothy | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Bagsy Ranch | 1 | $800.00 | |
| Sandtrap Restaurant | 1 | $749.11 | |
| Political Financial Management | 2 | $735.00 | |
| Double Take Band | 1 | $600.00 | |
| Barrett, Joseph M. | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Cepicky, Scott | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Grills, Rusty | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Hazlewood, Patsy | 1 | $500.00 | |
| 1 | $500.00 | ||
| Kaufman, Courtney | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Republican Woman of Sumner County | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Sam's Club | 1 | $466.31 | |
| United States Post Office | 1 | $226.00 | |
| Anedot | 3 | $220.97 |
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 Johnny Garrett’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Printing & mail $52,012 30%
- Consulting & professional services $40,907 23%
- Contributions & donations $40,500 23%
- Advertising & media $26,647 15%
- Fundraising & events $11,845 7%
- Office & operations $1,242 0.8%
- Other $600 0.4%
- Field & voter contact $500 0.3%
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 | $258,246.47 | $287,049.30 | Source: Q4 2024 filing Report 120693 |
| Pre-General 2024 | $309,763.07 | $258,246.47 | Source: Pre-General 2024 filing Report 118947 |
| Q3 2024 Amended | $299,096.27 | $309,763.07 | Source: Q3 2024 filing Report 119264 |
| Pre-Primary 2024 Amended | $296,696.75 | $299,096.27 | Source: Pre-Primary 2024 filing Report 116088 |
| Q2 2024 Amended | $317,268.54 | $296,696.75 | Source: Q2 2024 filing Report 114789 |
| Q1 2024 | $318,162.07 | $317,268.54 | Source: Q1 2024 filing Report 113275 |
| Year-End 2023 Amended | $236,963.66 | $318,162.07 | Source: Year-End 2023 filing Report 116084 |
| Mid-Year 2023 | $228,813.66 | $236,963.66 | Source: Mid-Year 2023 filing Report 109293 |