Lowell Russell — 2024 Tennessee House, District 21 campaign
2024 Tennessee House, District 21 · totals since Jan 16, 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 → · 8 filings · Mid-Year 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 →
$151,474
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 →
$128,652
includes $2,000 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Total Spent
$86,653
Donors
438
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, 57% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $53K · 41%Organizations and PACs, itemized $74K · 57%Unitemized contributions $2K · 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 →
$145average gift
$42median gift
367individual 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 →
92% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (8% from out of state).
Tennessee $116,603 Out of state $10,049
- Nashville $34K27%
- Madisonville $12K9%
- Loudon $11K9%
- Knoxville $9K7%
- Brentwood $7K6%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $43K
- Other out-of-state $10K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2023 – Jan 2025. Peak $14,461 in Sep 2024. Spending peaked at $7,678 in Jul 2024.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 130 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 308 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $14,926 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Lawyers Involved for TN PAC | 3 | $7,000.00 |
| Tennessee Bankers Association PAC | 2 | $5,000.00 |
| Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) | 2 | $4,000.00 |
| Ramsey Garza | 2 | $3,600.00 |
| James White | 3 | $2,375.00 |
| Greg Cain | 2 | $2,100.00 |
| Housing Industry PAC | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Wholesalers Assn PAC | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Tennessee Manufactured Housing Assn PAC | 2 | $2,000.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russell, Lowell | 25 | $19,487.44 | |
| Direct Edge Campaigns LLC | 2 | $10,121.88 | |
| Dixon Printing | 10 | $8,504.57 | |
| Atlanta Cap Company | 4 | $7,660.80 | |
| Lamar Advertising | 2 | $5,200.00 | |
| Rachel Barrett & Co | 1 | $5,050.00 | |
| McLemore, Josh | 2 | $3,972.00 | |
| Discount Mugs | 2 | $3,135.04 | |
| House Republican Caucus | 1 | $3,000.00 | |
| Challenge Coins LTD | 1 | $1,980.00 | |
| Bentons Country Hams | 4 | $1,746.98 | |
| Sutton, Teresa | 4 | $1,700.00 | |
| Advocate & Democrat | 3 | $1,249.70 | |
| Puckett's Grocery & Restaurant | 3 | $1,200.87 | |
| Amazon | 4 | $1,105.74 | |
| Wlil Radio | 3 | $800.00 | |
| Sutton, T.J. | 1 | $750.00 | |
| Monroe County Republican Women | 2 | $720.00 | |
| The Venue At Lenoir City | 2 | $674.93 | |
| Monroe County Gop | 2 | $600.00 | |
| Wilver, Gail | 4 | $575.00 | |
| Evans, Richard | 5 | $525.00 | |
| Southern Source Industrial Services | 3 | $519.74 | |
| United States Postal Service | 19 | $506.43 | |
| Gentry, LYNN | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Cepicky, Scott | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Tennessee Republican Party | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Don Weiss for School Board | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Monroe County Buzz | 4 | $339.00 | |
| Minuteman Gift Shoppe | 1 | $330.00 | |
| Winred | 8 | $325.43 | |
| Tsali | 2 | $303.84 | |
| Sweetwater Dixie Youth Sports | 2 | $300.00 | |
| Wlod Radio | 1 | $287.50 | |
| WLNT Radio | 1 | $285.00 | |
| Jason's Deli | 2 | $262.03 | |
| Monroe County Government | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Loudon County Chamber of Commerce | 2 | $230.00 | |
| Vonroe Heritage Museum | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Outreach Across America | 2 | $200.00 | |
| Conservative Club of Tellico ↺ donor $500.00 | 2 | $150.00 | |
| Casa Monroe | 1 | $125.00 | |
| El Jimador | 1 | $61.05 | |
| Dye, Isaac | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Russell, Rex | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Loudon County Republican Women | 1 | $40.00 | |
| Kahtie Pub & Grill | 1 | $36.50 | |
| Library Garage | 2 | $30.00 | |
| US Postal Service | 2 | $11.79 |
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 Lowell Russell’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Printing & mail $25,438 29%
- Travel $19,475 22%
- Advertising & media $12,973 15%
- Other $9,438 11%
- Field & voter contact $7,422 9%
- Consulting & professional services $5,750 7%
- Fundraising & events $3,259 4%
- Contributions & donations $1,850 2%
- Office & operations $900 1%
- Staff & payroll $148 0.2%
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 | $154,857.99 | $151,473.96 | Source: Q4 2024 filing Report 118973 |
| Pre-General 2024 Amended | $151,174.39 | $158,657.99 | Source: Pre-General 2024 filing Report 128894 |
| Q3 2024 | $131,037.25 | $151,174.39 | Source: Q3 2024 filing Report 116966 |
| Pre-Primary 2024 | $128,904.22 | $131,037.25 | Source: Pre-Primary 2024 filing Report 114751 |
| Q2 2024 | $126,197.46 | $128,904.22 | Source: Q2 2024 filing Report 113727 |
| Q1 2024 | $135,285.02 | $126,197.46 | Source: Q1 2024 filing Report 112573 |
| Year-End 2023 Amended | $96,769.20 | $135,285.02 | Source: Year-End 2023 filing Report 114073 |
| Mid-Year 2023 Amended | $113,275.69 | $96,769.20 | Source: Mid-Year 2023 filing Report 110063 |