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Leslie Braddock — 2024 Tennessee House, District 12 campaign

Tennessee House, District 12 Democratic

2024 Tennessee House, District 12 · 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 →
$558
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 →
$5,270
includes $2,732 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 →
$4,973
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$4,713
Donors
7
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 Initial $558 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 $40
Pre-General 2024 reported receipts $367
Q3 2024 reported receipts $1,140
Pre-Primary 2024 reported receipts $910
Q2 2024 reported receipts $1,383
Q1 2024 reported receipts $715
Year-End 2023 reported receipts $715
Reported receipts $5,270
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 $4,713
Total spent $4,713
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Receipts
$5,270
Spent
$4,713

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: unitemized contributions, 52% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $2K · 30%Organizations and PACs, itemized $950 · 18%Unitemized contributions $3K · 52%

Share of reported receipts: Unitemized contributions compares unitemized contributions 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.

Unitemized contributions: $2,732 ÷ Reported receipts: $5,270
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Unitemized contributions
Individuals, itemized $1,588
Organizations and PACs, itemized $950
Unitemized contributions $2,732
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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 →

95% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (5% from out of state).

Tennessee $2,408 Out of state $130
  • Sevierville $1K57%
  • Gatlinburg $55822%
  • Johnson City $25010%
  • Kodak $1506%
  • Matairie, LA $1305%

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: $130 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $2,538
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $130
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Sep 2023 – Dec 2024. Peak $750 in Jul 2024. Spending peaked at $1,747 in Sep 2024.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 5 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 3 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $430 and their names are withheld.

5 named donors 21 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Leslie Braddock Self In-Kind 14 $4,822.31
Sevier County Democratic Executive Committee PAC 2 $700.00
Karen Catlett 3 $600.00
Bennett Lapides 1 $558.25
Harvesting Democracy PAC 1 $250.00

Expenditures

8 vendors 17 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Meyer Consulting 2 $2,000.00 42%
Just Yard Signs 2 $985.66 21%
Lamar Consulting 1 $800.00 17%
TNDP Votebuilder 1 $450.00 10%
United States Postal Service 1 $170.55 4%
Humanity Source 1 $167.92 4%
Actblue 7 $87.88 2%
First Horizon 2 $50.67 1%

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

  • Advertising & media $2,800 59%
  • Printing & mail $1,324 28%
  • Office & operations $471 10%
  • Other $117 2%

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 $520.39 $557.57 Source: Q4 2024 filing Report 119755
Pre-General 2024 $1,156.60 $520.39 Source: Pre-General 2024 filing Report 118433
Q3 2024 $2,564.01 $1,156.60 Source: Q3 2024 filing Report 117297
Pre-Primary 2024 $1,657.58 $2,564.01 Source: Pre-Primary 2024 filing Report 115844
Q2 2024 $1,348.44 $1,657.58 Source: Q2 2024 filing Report 114322
Q1 2024 $648.89 $1,348.44 Source: Q1 2024 filing Report 112710
Year-End 2023 Amended $0.00 $648.89 Source: Year-End 2023 filing Report 112765