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Lowell Russell — 2020 Tennessee House, District 21 campaign

Tennessee House, District 21 Republican

2020 Tennessee House, District 21 · totals since Jan 16, 2019

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 → · 8 filings · Mid-Year 2019–Q4 2020

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 →
$73,459
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 →
$99,534
Loan entries in filing detail: $9,518. 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 →
$250
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$45,040
Donors
241
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 2020 Amendment $73,459 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 2020 reported receipts $3,927
Pre-General 2020 reported receipts $5,325
Q3 2020 reported receipts $19,291
Pre-Primary 2020 reported receipts $3,020
Q2 2020 reported receipts $3,301
Q1 2020 reported receipts $0
Year-End 2019 reported receipts $62,320
Mid-Year 2019 reported receipts $2,350
Reported receipts $99,534
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 $45,040
Total spent $45,040
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Receipts
$99,534
Spent
$45,040

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, 46% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $46K · 46%Organizations and PACs, itemized $43K · 44%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $10K · 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: $45,820 ÷ Reported receipts: $99,534
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
Individuals, itemized $45,820
Organizations and PACs, itemized $43,350
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $10,364
From each filing:
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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 →

$244average gift
$100median gift
188individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
20%
2%
$50–200
41%
14%
$200–1K
29%
38%
$1K–5K
10%
46%
$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: $45,820 ÷ Individual donors: 188
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $45,820
Median gift $100
Individual donors 188
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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 →

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

Tennessee $81,170 Out of state $8,000
  • Nashville $24K27%
  • Sweetwater $9K10%
  • Loudon $8K8%
  • Madisonville $5K6%
  • Vonore $5K6%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $30K
  • Other out-of-state $8K

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: $8,000 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $89,170
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $8,000
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jun 2019 – Jan 2021. Peak $14,490 in Nov 2019. Spending peaked at $7,176 in Jan 2020.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 127 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 115 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $7,295 and their names are withheld.

127 named donors 181 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
CAM PAC (Cameron Sexton) 1 $3,000.00
Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC 2 $2,000.00
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) 2 $2,000.00
MCPAC (Randy McNally) 2 $2,000.00
Harry Stowers 2 $2,000.00
Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) 4 $2,000.00
Tennessee Bankers Association PAC 2 $1,750.00
James Wilson Jr 1 $1,600.00
Tennesseecan Action Fund PAC 2 $1,500.00
LAMBERTH PAC (William Lamberth) 1 $1,500.00

Expenditures

52 vendors 103 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Russell, Lowell 14 $9,666.18 21%
Right Way Consulting 1 $3,733.82 8%
Cumulus Broadcasting 1 $2,894.25 6%
Grady, Paul 5 $2,862.71 6%
Rachel Barrett & Co 1 $2,262.50 5%
Dixon Printing 8 $2,258.65 5%
Atlanta Cap Company 1 $1,965.60 4%
McLemore, Tony 4 $1,274.00 3%
Hermitage Hotel 2 $1,249.84 3%
Mason's Furniture 1 $1,210.56 3%

Loans

$9,517.50 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 $9,518
Loan principal shown $9,518
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Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (Lowell Russell) Candidate loan Jan 9, 2020 $9,517.50 $0.00 $9,517.50

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

  • Advertising & media $16,463 37%
  • Fundraising & events $8,383 19%
  • Travel $5,922 13%
  • Office & operations $3,888 9%
  • Other $3,616 8%
  • Contributions & donations $3,450 8%
  • Field & voter contact $2,073 5%
  • Printing & mail $1,246 3%

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 2020 Amended $76,984.45 $73,458.87 Source: Q4 2020 filing Report 96554
Pre-General 2020 $72,913.05 $76,984.45 Source: Pre-General 2020 filing Report 92258
Q3 2020 Amended $57,755.61 $72,913.05 Source: Q3 2020 filing Report 92999
Pre-Primary 2020 Amended $60,383.89 $57,755.61 Source: Pre-Primary 2020 filing Report 96812
Q2 2020 Amended $60,235.87 $60,383.89 Source: Q2 2020 filing Report 96807
Q1 2020 $66,958.74 $60,235.87 Source: Q1 2020 filing Report 87302
Year-End 2019 Amended $21,318.92 $66,958.74 Source: Year-End 2019 filing Report 89172
Mid-Year 2019 Amended $19,811.42 $21,318.92 Source: Mid-Year 2019 filing Report 85023