Karen Reynolds — 2024 Tennessee Senate, District 22 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 22 Democratic

2024 Tennessee Senate, District 22 · totals since Jul 1, 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 · Year-End 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 →
$0
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 →
$145,144
includes $3,727 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
$1,800 refunded
Loan entries in filing detail: $17,000. 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 →
$46,354
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$128,160
less $16 in refunds & credits → $128,144 net disbursements
Donors
529
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 $0 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 $1,610
Pre-General 2024 reported receipts $19,933
Q3 2024 reported receipts $46,017
Pre-Primary 2024 reported receipts $5,426
Q2 2024 reported receipts $22,015
Q1 2024 reported receipts $23,950
Year-End 2023 reported receipts $26,194
Reported receipts $145,144
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 $128,160
Total spent $128,160
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Receipts
$145,144
Spent
$128,160

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: individuals, itemized, 66% of receipts on these reports.

The candidate's own contributions, itemized $2K · 1%Individuals, itemized $96K · 66%Organizations and PACs, itemized $28K · 19%Unitemized contributions $4K · 3%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $15K · 10%

Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized compares individuals, 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.

Individuals, itemized: $96,352 ÷ Reported receipts: $145,144
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
The candidate's own contributions, itemized $1,815
Individuals, itemized $96,352
Organizations and PACs, itemized $28,050
Unitemized contributions $3,727
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $15,200
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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 →

$187average gift
$100median gift
515individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
30%
3%
$50–200
43%
21%
$200–1K
23%
44%
$1K–5K
4%
32%
$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: $96,352 ÷ Individual donors: 515
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $96,352
Median gift $100
Individual donors 515

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 →

91% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (9% from out of state).

Tennessee $113,551 Out of state $10,851
  • Clarksville $52K42%
  • Nashville $38K31%
  • Chattanooga $5K4%
  • Knoxville $2K2%
  • Memphis $2K1%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $15K
  • Other out-of-state $11K

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: $10,851 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $124,402
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $10,851

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Oct 2023 – Jan 2025. Peak $20,957 in Aug 2024. Spending peaked at $49,248 in Oct 2024.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 161 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 375 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $23,213 and their names are withheld.

161 named donors 455 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennessee Democratic Party In-Kind 3 $38,333.56
Senate Democratic Caucus Includes In-Kind 4 $11,125.00
Tennessee Afl Cio Labor Committee 1 $5,000.00
Jeff Robinson 2 $2,000.00
Becky Marx 13 $1,816.00
Karen Reynolds Self 4 $1,815.00
Phillip Lawson 1 $1,800.00
Pete Olson 1 $1,800.00
Olan Mills 1 $1,800.00
Robert Mills 1 $1,800.00

Expenditures

59 vendors 153 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Fortify Communications, LLC 4 $23,700.00 18%
Deriso Digital Sale 4 $21,000.00 16%
Harvesting Democracy ↺ donor $1,500.00 4 $17,516.10 14%
Learn 22 $16,318.38 13%
Ferrell-Mcdaniel Company 3 $10,500.00 8%
Taylor, Clarmeshia 1 $6,750.00 5%
Cole, Megan 2 $4,700.00 4%
Tanner, Margaret 5 $3,500.00 3%
Jones, Ben 3 $3,000.00 2%
NGP VAN 5 $2,655.43 2%

Loans

$17,000.00 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.

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 $17,000
Loan principal shown $17,000
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (Karen Reynolds) Candidate loan Dec 18, 2023 $17,000.00 $17,000.00 $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 Karen Reynolds’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Consulting & professional services $53,634 42%
  • Advertising & media $30,536 24%
  • Field & voter contact $16,000 12%
  • Fundraising & events $14,518 11%
  • Printing & mail $6,791 5%
  • Office & operations $4,516 4%
  • Other $2,087 2%
  • Staff & payroll $78 0.1%

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 $22,485.05 $0.00 Source: Q4 2024 filing Report 122368
Pre-General 2024 Amended $51,692.52 $22,485.05 Source: Pre-General 2024 filing Report 119424
Q3 2024 Amended $22,608.39 $51,692.52 Source: Q3 2024 filing Report 118260
Pre-Primary 2024 Amended $25,862.59 $22,608.39 Source: Pre-Primary 2024 filing Report 118261
Q2 2024 Amended $28,831.25 $25,862.59 Source: Q2 2024 filing Report 116480
Q1 2024 Amended $16,135.78 $28,831.25 Source: Q1 2024 filing Report 116479
Year-End 2023 Amended $0.00 $16,135.78 Source: Year-End 2023 filing Report 116478