Lowell Russell — 2022 Tennessee House, District 21 campaign
2022 Tennessee House, District 21 · totals since Jan 16, 2021
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 2021–Q4 2022
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 →
$113,276
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 →
$86,720
includes $1,440 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
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 →
$300
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$37,386
Donors
154
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: organizations and PACs, itemized, 61% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $32K · 37%Organizations and PACs, itemized $53K · 61%Unitemized contributions $1K · 2%
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 →
$338average gift
$250median gift
96individual 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 →
93% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (7% from out of state).
Tennessee $79,280 Out of state $6,000
- Nashville $31K37%
- Madisonville $7K9%
- Vonore $7K8%
- Sweetwater $5K6%
- Loudon $4K5%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $24K
- Other out-of-state $6K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2021 – Jan 2023. Peak $24,450 in Oct 2022. Spending peaked at $5,401 in Nov 2022.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 110 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 45 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $4,110 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Lawyers Involved for TN PAC | 2 | $3,500.00 |
| Tennessee Educ Assn Fund for Children Public Edu | 2 | $3,000.00 |
| Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Tennessee Bankers Association PAC | 2 | $1,750.00 |
| Andrew Farmer | 1 | $1,600.00 |
| Housing Industry PAC | 2 | $1,550.00 |
| Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) | 2 | $1,500.00 |
| Wholesalers Assn PAC | 2 | $1,500.00 |
| Tennessee Manufactured Housing Assn PAC | 2 | $1,500.00 |
| Tennessee Volunteer PAC | 2 | $1,500.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russell, Lowell | 11 | $7,132.11 | |
| Direct Edge Campaigns LLC | 1 | $4,397.52 | |
| McLemore, Tony | 2 | $3,072.00 | |
| Rachel Barrett & Co | 1 | $2,700.00 | |
| Sutton, Teresa | 8 | $2,127.51 | |
| McLemore, Josh | 1 | $2,000.00 | |
| Dixon, Reed | 1 | $1,661.69 | |
| Grady, Paul | 5 | $1,000.00 | |
| Tennessee House of Republican Caucus | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Bentons Country Hams | 2 | $765.00 | |
| Monroe County Republican Party | 2 | $620.00 | |
| Advocate & Democrat | 2 | $550.00 | |
| Evans, Richard | 3 | $500.00 | |
| Yes On 1 Committee | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Hall (Senate), Mark | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Tennessee Republican Party | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Monroe County Buzz | 4 | $486.00 | |
| Witcher, Reid | 1 | $447.00 | |
| Amazon | 4 | $429.34 | |
| Puckett's Grocery & Restaurant | 1 | $365.19 | |
| Loudon County Chamber of Commerce | 3 | $355.00 | |
| Wlil Radio | 3 | $350.00 | |
| Dixon Printing | 3 | $327.75 | |
| Minuteman Gift Shoppe | 1 | $325.00 | |
| Monroe County Republican Women | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Loudon County High School Baseball | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Sweetwater Kiwanis Club | 1 | $300.00 | |
| The Advocate & Democrat | 1 | $260.00 | |
| Sutton, T.J. | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Woodcuts | 1 | $239.34 | |
| Community Business of Tennessee | 1 | $225.00 | |
| News-Herald the Connection | 1 | $215.00 | |
| Garren, Anna | 1 | $213.58 | |
| Sport Season | 1 | $212.87 | |
| Monroe County Gop | 1 | $210.00 | |
| Foreman, Michelle | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Outreach Across America | 2 | $200.00 | |
| Loudon County Republican Women ↺ donor $250.00 | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Southern Source Industrial Services | 1 | $161.55 | |
| Committee of 100 | 1 | $135.00 | |
| Casa Monroe | 1 | $125.00 | |
| Downtown Madisonville Alliance | 2 | $125.00 | |
| WRKQ 1250 Am | 1 | $125.00 | |
| Wilver, Gail | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Vonore Historical Society | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Mize, Kenny | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Sequoyah High School Women's Basketball | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Larson Jay for County Commission | 1 | $100.00 | |
| First Baptist Church of Tellico Village | 1 | $64.00 | |
| Loudon County Republican Party | 1 | $60.00 | |
| United States Postal Service | 4 | $46.40 | |
| Monroe County Chamber of Commerce | 1 | $40.00 | |
| Peoples Bank of East Tennessee | 1 | $2.00 |
Dates
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
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.
| Lender | Type | Received | Balance shown | Repaid | Outstanding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self (Lowell Russell) | Candidate loan | — | $9,517.50 | $9,517.50 | $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 Lowell Russell’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Field & voter contact $7,586 21%
- Advertising & media $6,580 18%
- Travel $5,936 16%
- Consulting & professional services $5,362 15%
- Other $2,922 8%
- Contributions & donations $2,789 8%
- Office & operations $2,702 7%
- Fundraising & events $2,638 7%
- Printing & mail $306 0.9%
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 2022 | $106,826.78 | $113,275.69 | Source: Q4 2022 filing Report 106468 |
| Pre-General 2022 Amended | $86,031.72 | $106,826.78 | Source: Pre-General 2022 filing Report 106478 |
| Q3 2022 | $87,702.75 | $86,031.72 | Source: Q3 2022 filing Report 103693 |
| Pre-Primary 2022 Amended | $83,731.11 | $87,702.75 | Source: Pre-Primary 2022 filing Report 103677 |
| Q2 2022 | $86,220.21 | $83,731.11 | Source: Q2 2022 filing Report 100719 |
| Q1 2022 | $87,406.76 | $86,220.21 | Source: Q1 2022 filing Report 98484 |
| Year-End 2021 Amended | $59,675.38 | $87,406.76 | Source: Year-End 2021 filing Report 96972 |
| Mid-Year 2021 Amended | $73,458.87 | $59,675.38 | Source: Mid-Year 2021 filing Report 96124 |