Mike Sparks — 2024 Tennessee House, District 49 campaign
2024 Tennessee House, District 49 · 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 →
$32,743
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 →
$60,650
Total Spent
$57,444
Donors
76
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, 77% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $14K · 23%Organizations and PACs, itemized $47K · 77%
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 →
$341average gift
$200median gift
40individual 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 →
95% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (5% from out of state).
Tennessee $57,400 Out of state $3,250
- Nashville $16K26%
- Brentwood $12K21%
- Murfreesboro $5K9%
- Portland $5K8%
- Smyrna $3K5%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $16K
- Other out-of-state $3K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2023 – Jan 2025. Peak $20,250 in Oct 2024. Spending peaked at $29,834 in Oct 2024.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 59 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 17 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $1,450 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| HCA TriStar Fund PAC | 2 | $6,000.00 |
| Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| LAMBERTH PAC (William Lamberth) | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Team Kid PAC | 2 | $2,500.00 |
| Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) | 3 | $2,250.00 |
| Tennessee Bankers Association PAC | 1 | $2,000.00 |
| Tennessee Right To Life PAC | 1 | $2,000.00 |
| Terry Caudill | 2 | $1,800.00 |
| Att Tennessee PAC | 2 | $1,500.00 |
| KEVPAC (Kevin Vaughan) | 1 | $1,500.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navagation Advertising | 2 | $22,511.91 | |
| T-Mobile | 8 | $4,592.16 | |
| GoDaddy | 6 | $4,310.99 | |
| Santiago, Ricardo | 2 | $3,150.00 | |
| WGNS Radio | 5 | $2,814.00 | |
| Walmart | 3 | $1,733.44 | |
| Black, Terica | 2 | $1,700.00 | |
| Pay Pal | 1 | $1,250.00 | |
| Main Street Media of TN | 1 | $1,200.00 | |
| Ezmarketing | 2 | $1,050.00 | |
| Rotary Club of Smyrna | 5 | $1,040.00 | |
| House Republican Caucus | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Apple Online Store | 4 | $831.33 | |
| Amazon | 4 | $797.83 | |
| Canva | 2 | $600.00 | |
| Murfreesboro Post | 1 | $600.00 | |
| Austin, Bradley | 1 | $550.00 | |
| Franklins Printing | 1 | $548.00 | |
| Hobby Lobby | 3 | $547.26 | |
| Apple | 3 | $523.64 | |
| Mehroz, Dan | 1 | $507.50 | |
| Smyrna Rotary Club | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Republican Party | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Kinfolks BBQ | 1 | $381.76 | |
| Bp | 2 | $360.64 | |
| Bj Wholesale Club | 1 | $359.83 | |
| Murphy USA | 1 | $338.31 | |
| Staples | 2 | $321.55 | |
| Sparks, Felicia | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Dover, Tony | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Lowe's | 1 | $201.87 | |
| Tammy Sharp | 1 | $200.00 | |
| American Legeslative Exchange | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Kroger | 1 | $196.89 | |
| Gannett Tennessean Newspaper | 2 | $185.99 | |
| Microsoft | 1 | $109.00 | |
| Kwik Sak Fuel Station | 1 | $103.91 | |
| Portico | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Josh Rosales | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Canda, Diana | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Sam Davis Home | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Smyrna Seniors Center | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Thortons | 1 | $99.19 | |
| The Very Idea | 1 | $95.00 | |
| Speedway Fuel | 1 | $78.58 | |
| Dollar Tree | 1 | $78.24 | |
| Tom's Florist | 1 | $73.50 | |
| Middle Tennessee State University | 1 | $71.33 | |
| United States Postal Service | 1 | $56.00 | |
| Wendys | 1 | $24.20 |
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 Mike Sparks’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Advertising & media $16,502 29%
- Printing & mail $14,649 26%
- Other $10,518 18%
- Office & operations $7,356 13%
- Field & voter contact $3,150 5%
- Fundraising & events $2,478 4%
- Contributions & donations $1,450 3%
- Travel $1,340 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 | $51,410.04 | $32,742.54 | Source: Q4 2024 filing Report 120445 |
| Pre-General 2024 | $47,598.71 | $51,410.04 | Source: Pre-General 2024 filing Report 118470 |
| Q3 2024 Amended | $29,703.34 | $47,598.71 | Source: Q3 2024 filing Report 117938 |
| Pre-Primary 2024 | $28,764.43 | $29,703.34 | Source: Pre-Primary 2024 filing Report 115499 |
| Q2 2024 | $31,319.93 | $28,764.43 | Source: Q2 2024 filing Report 114347 |
| Q1 2024 | $33,662.50 | $31,319.93 | Source: Q1 2024 filing Report 113102 |
| Year-End 2023 | $27,109.00 | $33,662.50 | Source: Year-End 2023 filing Report 110722 |
| Mid-Year 2023 | $29,536.39 | $27,109.00 | Source: Mid-Year 2023 filing Report 109768 |