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Lexi Melton — 2024 Tennessee House, District 35 campaign
2024 Tennessee House, District 35 · totals since Jan 16, 2024
6 filings · Pre-General 2024–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 →
$4,522
as of the Pre-General report
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$22,414
includes $2,864 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Loan entries in filing detail: $869. The report totals above govern this headline.
Total Spent
$17,561
Donors
127
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Transaction details and spending totals exclude 1 filing pending review; their $332 in Registry receipts are included in Receipts.
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, 64% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $14K · 64%Organizations and PACs, itemized $4K · 18%Itemized contributions not matched to donor rows $332 · 1%Unitemized contributions $3K · 13%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $869 · 4%
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 →
$116average gift
$40median gift
123individual 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 →
87% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (13% from out of state).
Tennessee $16,041 Out of state $2,308
- Gallatin $7K36%
- Hartsville $2K12%
- Hendersonville $1K6%
- Murfreesboro $1K5%
- Nashville $6544%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $5K
- Other out-of-state $2K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Mar 2024 – Oct 2024. Peak $4,463 in Oct 2024. Spending peaked at $4,855 in Jun 2024.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 28 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 99 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $4,024 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Sumner County Democratic Party ↺ paid $360.00 | 1 | $3,000.00 |
| James Falco | 5 | $1,600.00 |
| Jim Hyde | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Leonard Assante | 7 | $933.33 |
| Harvesting Democracy PAC | 1 | $500.00 |
| Trousdale County Democratic Party | 1 | $500.00 |
| Jim Belfiore | 1 | $500.00 |
| Robert Cole | 5 | $500.00 |
| Michelle Foley | 5 | $500.00 |
| Cody Smith | 1 | $500.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Strategies | 12 | $8,515.30 | |
| Dotson, Kaneisha | 2 | $2,500.00 | |
| Signs, PC | 1 | $2,229.88 | |
| John the Printer | 3 | $663.98 | |
| Printing Etc. | 6 | $528.40 | |
| Actblue | 2 | $486.50 | |
| Sumner County Democratic Party ↺ donor $3,000.00 | 1 | $360.00 | |
| Tennessee Democratic Party | 1 | $360.00 | |
| Custom Ink | 1 | $326.44 | |
| Rose Mont | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Davidson County Democratic Party | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Friends of Clearview Park | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Sumner County Naacp | 1 | $225.00 | |
| United States Postal Service | 1 | $128.00 | |
| Beale, Alison | 1 | $125.00 | |
| Cunningham, Marshall | 1 | $90.00 | |
| Squarespace | 4 | $61.20 | |
| The Collab | 1 | $60.00 | |
| Sam's Club | 1 | $58.86 | |
| Cafe 393 On Main | 1 | $40.76 | |
| Ace Hardware | 1 | $26.18 | |
| Harbor Freight | 1 | $14.19 | |
| School Sales and Service | 1 | $4.72 | |
| Publix | 1 | $3.27 | |
| Library Garage Nashville | 1 | $3.00 |
Dates
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
Loans
$869.22 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.
| Lender | Type | Received | Balance shown | Repaid | Outstanding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self (Lexi Melton) | Candidate loan | Mar 14, 2024 | $869.22 | $0.00 | $869.22 |
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 Lexi Melton’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Field & voter contact $11,000 63%
- Printing & mail $3,463 20%
- Fundraising & events $700 4%
- Office & operations $699 4%
- Contributions & donations $610 3%
- Advertising & media $400 2%
- Consulting & professional services $360 2%
- Other $326 2%
- Travel $3 0.1%
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.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 Detail pending review | — | — | Source: Q4 2024 filing Report 120503 |
| Pre-General 2024 | $2,568.12 | $4,521.55 | Source: Pre-General 2024 filing Report 119016 |
| Q3 2024 | $3,788.46 | $2,568.12 | Source: Q3 2024 filing Report 117434 |
| Pre-Primary 2024 | $3,193.70 | $3,788.46 | Source: Pre-Primary 2024 filing Report 115984 |
| Q2 2024 | $1,529.22 | $3,193.70 | Source: Q2 2024 filing Report 114569 |
| Q1 2024 Amended | $0.00 | $1,529.22 | Source: Q1 2024 filing Report 120509 |
After the election
Reports ending after Jan 15, 2025.
Contributions and spending
No contributions reported · Spent $1,343 1 filing · Mid-Year 2025
| Donor | Location | Employer | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lexi Melton | HARTSVILLE, TN 37074 | — | $46.25 |
| Payee | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trousdale County Democratic Party | DONATIONS | $1,013.35 | 06/30/2025 |
| Volunteer State Bank | BANK FEES | $4.00 | 06/30/2025 |
| Volunteer State Bank | BANK FEES | $4.00 | 06/25/2025 |
| Squarespace | WEBSITE | $301.53 | 03/17/2025 |
| Squarespace | WEBSITE | $20.00 | 03/14/2025 |
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid-Year 2025 Amended | $1,296.63 | $0.00 | Source: Mid-Year 2025 filing Report 122920 |