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Justin J. Pearson — 2023 Tennessee House, District 86 campaign

Tennessee House, District 86 Democratic

2023 Tennessee House, District 86

Campaign for the Mar 14, 2023 special election

This election filled an unexpired term ending in 2024. Source

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 → · 6 filings · Pre-General 2023–Q4 2023

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 →
$0
as of the Q4 report
Why this number?
Raised (cash) Cash and cash-like receipts the campaign took in: contributions, the candidate’s own money, loans, and transfers from affiliated committees. Donated goods and services are not cash; they appear separately as In-Kind Received. Bookkeeping entries such as a carried balance, accounting adjustment, or refund also stay only in the filing’s own totals. Full definition →
$1,012,382
includes $14,615 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
$5,000 refunded
Why this number?
Total Spent
$1,000,786
Why this number?
Spent of Cash Raised How much of the cash this campaign took in it went on to spend, measured now that its reporting has closed. Above 100% means it spent more than it raised for this race, drawing on money it already had when the cycle opened. Full definition →
99%
$1,000,786 spent of $1,012,382 raised (cash)
Donors
31,405
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Self-Funded
0.7%
$6,290 of $1,012,382 raised · campaign loans
Out-of-State
79%
$803,056 from outside TN
Why this number?

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:

Raised (cash) adds together the amounts listed below.

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Sum of every cash receipt bucket: itemized contributions from others + the candidate's own contributions + loans + filer-stated unitemized + (federal) transfers and other receipts.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $991,476
Loans received $6,290
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $14,615
Raised (cash) $1,012,382
From each filing:
  • Pre-General 2023 Amendment $19,791 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $19,514 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $277 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2023 Initial $123,628 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $109,290 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $14,338 filing-stated
  • Q2 2023 Amendment $862,672 derived
Not attributable to a single filing:
Loans $6,290 derived

Filings restate outstanding loans each period, so a loan belongs to the campaign rather than to any one filing.

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 $1,000,773
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $13
Total spent $1,000,786
From each filing:
  • Q4 2023 Initial $348,311 derived
  • Pre-General 2023 Amendment $82,763 derived
  • Pre-Primary 2023 Initial $25,642 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $25,628 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $13 filing-stated
  • Q3 2023 Amendment $325,000 derived
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  • Q2 2023 Amendment $202,134 derived
  • Q1 2023 Amendment $16,937 derived

Out-of-state share compares itemized money from outside tennessee with raised incl. in-kind.

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Itemized contributions from a state other than Tennessee, divided by everything the campaign raised (shown only when the state of most itemized money is known — above 99% coverage).

Itemized money from outside Tennessee: $803,056 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $1,012,382
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $803,056
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$1,012,382
Spent
$1,000,786

Who funds this campaign The sources split breaks down everything the campaign raised: the candidate’s own money (including self-loans), individuals (including unitemized small gifts), organizations and PACs, and “other” (in-kind contributions, loans other than the candidate’s, and the like) — open its “Why this number?” for the full breakdown. 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 →

The candidate’s own money made up 0.7% of the campaign’s funds — individuals gave 98%, organizations and PACs 1.0%.

Candidate’s own money $6K · 0.7% Individuals $996K · 98% Organizations & PACs $10K · 1.0%
Why this number?

Share from the candidate compares from the candidate's own money with everything the campaign raised.

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Everything the campaign raised, split into the candidate's own money (own contributions plus self- and family loans), individuals, organizations and PACs, and everything else — loans other than the candidate's, in-kind contributions, and (for federal filers) committee transfers and other receipts. Unitemized small donations count as individual money. The parts add up to the total raised. The headline share is the candidate divided by the total.

From the candidate's own money: $6,290 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $1,012,382
Inputs behind Share from the candidate
Candidate's own money (incl. self-loans) $6,290
From individuals $996,431
From organizations and PACs $9,660
Source filings:

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 →

$31average gift
$15median gift
31,394individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
80%
37%
$50–200
18%
36%
$200–1K
1%
13%
$1K–5K
0.3%
13%
$5K+
0%
0%
Why this number?

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: $981,816 ÷ Individual donors: 31394
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $981,816
Median gift $15
Individual donors 31394
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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 →

81% of located dollars came from outside Tennessee (19% from inside).

Tennessee $187,175 Out of state $803,056
  • Memphis $64K7%
  • Nashville $44K4%
  • New York, NY $24K2%
  • Los Angeles, CA $24K2%
  • San Francisco, CA $16K2%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $79K
  • Other out-of-state $739K
Why this number?

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: $803,056 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $990,231
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $803,056
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Dec 2022 – Jan 2024. Peak $862,497 in Apr 2023. Spending peaked at $348,311 in Jan 2024.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $722,941 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 563 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Jere Hinman 2 $3,600.00
Mimi Klausner 2 $3,600.00
Jeffrey Warren 2 $3,200.00
Pam Matthews 2 $2,500.00
Andrew Oneill 2 $2,500.00
Alison Wetter 6 $2,200.00
Elizabeth Ginty 3 $2,000.00
Michael Schur 2 $2,000.00
Howard Peters 2 $2,000.00
Phillip Lawson 1 $1,800.00

Expenditures

82 vendors 190 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Pearson (2023 June Primary/August Gen), Justin J. 4 $773,311.14 77%
Atlas Aegis LLC 3 $44,741.20 4%
Actblue 23 $37,395.10 4%
Wreg 1 $18,000.00 2%
T&R Perry Events Management 5 $11,277.84 1%
Pearson, Keshaun 2 $11,000.00 1%
Diamond Printing Company 7 $10,314.15 1%
Co-Mentum Strategies 4 $10,257.65 1%
Directfx 4 $8,429.21 0.9%
Memphis Filmworks 4 $8,200.00 0.9%

Loans

$20,627.42 in loan principal shown. $6,290.13 was borrowed in this campaign; $14,337.29 was carried into these filings from an earlier period. Later reports can repeat an outstanding loan, so each reconstructed lender balance is counted once below.

Why this number?

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 $20,627
Loan principal shown $20,627
Source filings:
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Principal Repaid Outstanding
Self (Justin J. Pearson) Candidate loan Jan 10, 2023 $20,627.42 $20,627.42 $0.00

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

  • Transfers between accounts $773,311 77%
  • Fundraising & events $58,971 6%
  • Office & operations $40,818 4%
  • Advertising & media $39,907 4%
  • Field & voter contact $33,578 3%
  • Consulting & professional services $32,445 3%
  • Printing & mail $18,560 2%
  • Other $2,733 0.3%
  • Contributions & donations $450 0.1%

Loans

Campaign loans
Lender Amount Date Received Outstanding Repaid

Of the $20,627 lent, $6,290 was borrowed during the filings shown here. The other $14,337 was drawn before them and is still listed because it has not been fully repaid — so it counts as debt this campaign owes, not as money it raised.

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 2023 $368,938.56 $0.00 Source ↗
Pre-General 2023 Amended $112,323.67 $55,641.86 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2023 $0.00 $112,323.67 Source ↗
Q3 2023 Amended $693,938.56 $368,938.56 Source ↗
Q2 2023 Amended $33,704.60 $693,938.56 Source ↗
Q1 2023 Amended $55,641.86 $33,704.60 Source ↗