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Justin J. Pearson — 2024 Tennessee House, District 86 campaign

Tennessee House, District 86 Democratic

2024 Tennessee House, District 86

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 → · 11 filings · Pre-General 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 →
$142,205
as of the Q4 report
→ carried into 2026 TN House 86
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 →
$1,097,532
$53 refunded
Why this number?
Total Spent
$955,321
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 →
87%
$955,321 spent of $1,097,532 raised (cash)
Donors
2,769
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Self-Funded
70%
$773,311 of $1,097,532 raised · self-contributions
Out-of-State
20%
$216,364 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:
  • Q4 2024 Amendment $142,205 filing-stated

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. Excludes $46.49 the filer reported on Schedule A as a refund or reimbursement — money paid back to the committee, not money it raised, so it is not counted here. It remains in the filing's own totals.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $324,220
Candidate's own contributions $773,311
Raised (cash) $1,097,532
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 $955,321
Total spent $955,321
From each filing:
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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: $216,364 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $1,097,532
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $216,364
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$1,097,532
Spent
$955,321

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 70% of the campaign’s funds — individuals gave 27%, organizations and PACs 3%.

Candidate’s own money $773K · 70% Individuals $296K · 27% Organizations & PACs $29K · 3%
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: $773,311 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $1,097,532
Inputs behind Share from the candidate
Candidate's own money (incl. self-loans) $773,311
From individuals $295,520
From organizations and PACs $28,700
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 →

$107average gift
$25median gift
2,754individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
60%
9%
$50–200
27%
21%
$200–1K
10%
32%
$1K–5K
3%
38%
$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: $295,520 ÷ Individual donors: 2754
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $295,520
Median gift $25
Individual donors 2754
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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 →

67% of located dollars came from outside Tennessee (33% from inside).

Tennessee $107,694 Out of state $216,364
  • Memphis $75K23%
  • Oakland, CA $17K5%
  • Boston, MA $15K5%
  • New York, NY $12K4%
  • Nashville $11K3%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $21K
  • Other out-of-state $173K
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: $216,364 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $324,058
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $216,364
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — May 2023 – Jan 2025. Peak $56,702 in Jun 2023. Spending peaked at $217,364 in Sep 2023.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $89,418 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 1,191 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Justin J Pearson Closed Self 4 $773,311.14
California Nurses Association PAC Cna PAC 2 $16,900.00
Alison Wetter 13 $4,214.12
Gerald Chertavian 2 $3,600.00
Kate Chertavian 2 $3,600.00
Tennessee Educ Assn Fund for Children Public Edu 1 $3,000.00
Jane Fonda Climate PAC 1 $3,000.00
Perry Hooks 6 $2,950.00
Rebecca Lambert 2 $2,800.00
Anita Donofrio 3 $2,800.00

Expenditures

187 vendors 768 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Movement for Justice 4 $305,000.00 32%
Woo Strategies 19 $102,875.00 11%
Watkins Uiberall PLLC 8 $50,225.00 5%
Gilliam, Oceana 13 $47,000.00 5%
Diamond Printing Company 27 $44,907.90 5%
Boyd, Felecia 17 $44,150.00 5%
Mayday Technologies 1 $30,577.07 3%
Mud Mile Communications Inc. 5 $26,521.14 3%
Hill, Katrina 22 $22,784.00 2%
Bcomm Solutions LLC 7 $17,966.90 2%

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.

  • Contributions & donations $306,500 32%
  • Consulting & professional services $214,550 22%
  • Advertising & media $123,451 13%
  • Field & voter contact $119,297 12%
  • Office & operations $58,851 6%
  • Fundraising & events $48,859 5%
  • Printing & mail $46,468 5%
  • Other $31,465 3%
  • Travel $5,880 0.7%

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 $153,094.85 $142,204.59 Source ↗
Pre-General 2024 Amended $137,136.75 $153,094.85 Source ↗
Q3 2024 Amended $109,996.16 $137,136.75 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2024 Amended $124,119.93 $109,996.16 Source ↗
Q2 2024 Amended $176,158.24 $124,119.93 Source ↗
Q1 2024 $303,581.07 $176,158.24 Source ↗
Q4 2023 Amended $23,045.90 $303,581.07 Source ↗
Pre-General 2023 Amended $4,571.48 $6,009.95 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2023 Amended $0.00 $30,925.86 Source ↗
Q3 2023 Amended $6,009.95 $23,045.90 Source ↗
Q2 2023 Amended $30,925.86 $4,571.48 Source ↗