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Nick Forster-Benson — 2024 Tennessee House, District 56 campaign

Tennessee House, District 56 Democratic

2024 Tennessee House, District 56 · totals since Apr 1, 2024

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 → · 4 filings · Pre-Primary 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 →
$0
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 →
$1,753
includes $830 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
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 →
$556
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$1,753
Donors
1
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 2024 Amendment $0 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 2024 reported receipts $0
Q3 2024 reported receipts $10
Pre-Primary 2024 reported receipts $425
Q2 2024 reported receipts $1,318
Reported receipts $1,753
From each filing:

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 $1,753
Total spent $1,753
From each filing:
Receipts
$1,753
Spent
$1,753

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: unitemized contributions, 47% of receipts on these reports.

The candidate's own contributions, itemized $673 · 38%Individuals, itemized $250 · 14%Unitemized contributions $830 · 47%

Share of reported receipts: Unitemized contributions compares unitemized contributions 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.

Unitemized contributions: $830 ÷ Reported receipts: $1,753
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Unitemized contributions
The candidate's own contributions, itemized $673
Individuals, itemized $250
Unitemized contributions $830
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $0
From each filing:

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 →

100% of located dollars came from outside Tennessee (0% from inside).

Tennessee $0 Out of state $250
  • Somerville, MA $250100%

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: $250 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $250
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $250
Source filings:

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 2 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200.

2 named donors 4 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Nick Forster Benson Self Includes In-Kind 3 $1,229.15
Laura Schneider 1 $250.00

Expenditures

7 vendors 9 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Forster-Benson 1 $673.30 38%
Tennessee Democratic Party 1 $450.00 26%
Open Table Nashville 1 $345.62 20%
FedEx Office 1 $223.20 13%
Actblue 3 $38.72 2%
McDonald's 1 $16.37 1.0%
Library Garage Nashville 1 $6.00 0.4%

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 Nick Forster-Benson’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Contributions & donations $1,019 58%
  • Office & operations $450 26%
  • Advertising & media $223 13%
  • Other $22 1%
  • Consulting & professional services $17 1.0%
  • Fundraising & events $16 1.0%
  • Travel $6 0.4%

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 2024 Amended $1,018.92 $0.00 Source: Q4 2024 filing Report 121257
Q3 2024 Amended $1,031.69 $1,018.92 Source: Q3 2024 filing Report 121250
Pre-Primary 2024 Amended $623.48 $1,031.69 Source: Pre-Primary 2024 filing Report 121255
Q2 2024 Amended $0.00 $623.48 Source: Q2 2024 filing Report 121252