Laura Nelson — 2023 Tennessee House, District 52 campaign
2023 Tennessee House, District 52 · totals since 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 → · 5 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 →
$1,536
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 →
$38,053
includes $180 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
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 →
$1,239
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$36,517
Donors
85
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: individuals, itemized, 85% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $32K · 85%Organizations and PACs, itemized $5K · 14%
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 →
$405average gift
$200median gift
80individual 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 →
99.7% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (0.3% from out of state).
Tennessee $37,573 Out of state $100
- Nashville $11K28%
- Franklin $5K13%
- Lebanon $3K8%
- Memphis $2K6%
- Mount Juliet $2K4%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $15K
- Other out-of-state $100
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Apr 2023 – Dec 2023. Peak $14,212 in May 2023. Spending peaked at $23,838 in Jul 2023.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 50 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 37 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $2,673 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Davidson County Republican Party | 1 | $2,500.00 |
| Paul Rose | 1 | $1,800.00 |
| Mark Pody ↺ paid $1,800.00 | 1 | $1,800.00 |
| Chris Hurt | 1 | $1,800.00 |
| Lulu Elam | 1 | $1,800.00 |
| Clay Doggett | 1 | $1,800.00 |
| Jacob McCalmon | 1 | $1,800.00 |
| Rachelle McCalmom | 1 | $1,800.00 |
| William G Lamberth | 1 | $1,500.00 |
| Ferrell Haile | 1 | $1,500.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Native Strategies | 2 | $19,114.64 | |
| Printing Etc. | 15 | $7,972.58 | |
| Point Blank Political LLC | 5 | $3,230.31 | |
| Hathaway Strategies | 1 | $1,883.00 | |
| Pody, Mark ↺ donor $1,800.00 | 1 | $1,800.00 | |
| Dodat Communications Inc. | 1 | $650.00 | |
| Office Depot | 4 | $442.96 | |
| The Home Depot | 3 | $387.68 | |
| Joyner and Hogan | 1 | $245.81 | |
| Winred | 5 | $225.32 | |
| Sam's Club | 2 | $117.42 | |
| A T and T | 3 | $102.84 | |
| United States Postal Service | 1 | $88.00 | |
| Davidson CTY Election Commision | 2 | $81.48 | |
| Walmart | 1 | $77.84 | |
| Harland Checks | 2 | $55.56 | |
| Regions Bank | 6 | $42.00 |
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 Laura Nelson’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Field & voter contact $24,668 68%
- Printing & mail $8,927 24%
- Other $2,046 6%
- Office & operations $404 1%
- Consulting & professional services $356 1.0%
- Travel $117 0.4%
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 2023 | $3,356.57 | $1,535.57 | Source: Q4 2023 filing Report 110382 |
| Pre-General 2023 | $29,808.63 | $31,479.26 | Source: Pre-General 2023 filing Report 108874 |
| Pre-Primary 2023 Amended | $0.00 | $22,522.73 | Source: Pre-Primary 2023 filing Report 108695 |
| Q3 2023 Amended | $31,479.26 | $3,356.57 | Source: Q3 2023 filing Report 110383 |
| Q2 2023 | $22,522.73 | $29,808.63 | Source: Q2 2023 filing Report 108645 |