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Richard W. Smith — 2024 Tennessee House, District 31 campaign

Tennessee House, District 31 Republican

2024 Tennessee House, District 31 · totals since Jan 16, 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–Q3 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 Q3 report
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$6,700
includes $0 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Total Spent
$6,751
Donors
11
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:

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
Q3 2024 reported receipts $0
Pre-Primary 2024 reported receipts $0
Q2 2024 reported receipts $6,700
Q1 2024 reported receipts $0
Reported receipts $6,700
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 $6,751
Total spent $6,751
From each filing:
Receipts
$6,700
Spent
$6,751

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, 100% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $7K · 100%

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: $6,700 ÷ Reported receipts: $6,700
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
Individuals, itemized $6,700
Unitemized contributions $0
From each filing:

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 →

$609average gift
$500median gift
11individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
0%
0%
$200–1K
64%
40%
$1K–5K
36%
60%
$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: $6,700 ÷ Individual donors: 11
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $6,700
Median gift $500
Individual donors 11
Source filings:

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 within Tennessee (0% from out of state).

Tennessee $6,700 Out of state $0
  • Dunlap $6K86%
  • Pikeville $75011%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $200

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: $0 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $6,700
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $0
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Apr 2024 – Aug 2024. Peak $4,200 in Apr 2024. Spending peaked at $3,406 in May 2024.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 11 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200.

11 named donors 11 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Pamela Brown 1 $1,000.00
James Buckner 1 $1,000.00
Noah Smith 1 $1,000.00
Gary Swafford 1 $1,000.00
Howard Upchurch 1 $750.00
Martha Austin 1 $500.00
Shanna Cambell 1 $500.00
Pamela M Smith 1 $300.00
Brenda Lambert 1 $250.00
Tammy Swafford 1 $200.00

Expenditures

11 vendors 17 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Roland Digital Media 1 $1,990.00 29%
Printing Partners 3 $1,681.73 25%
FLYNN Signs 1 $1,500.00 22%
Sign Solutions 2 $518.88 8%
Republican Party of TN 1 $500.00 7%
One Heart 1 $280.96 4%
Dayton Lions Club 1 $100.00 1%
Tractor Supply 1 $74.85 1%
Pizza King 1 $59.91 0.9%
Citizens Tri County Bank 4 $35.80 0.6%

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

  • Advertising & media $3,490 52%
  • Printing & mail $2,665 39%
  • Office & operations $536 8%
  • Fundraising & events $60 0.9%

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
Q3 2024 $59.74 $0.00 Source: Q3 2024 filing Report 117055
Pre-Primary 2024 Amended $68.69 $59.74 Source: Pre-Primary 2024 filing Report 116266
Q2 2024 Amended $50.84 $68.69 Source: Q2 2024 filing Report 116267
Q1 2024 $0.00 $50.84 Source: Q1 2024 filing Report 113370

As filed on this report: cash beginning $0.00, receipts $0.00, disbursements $0.00, cash ending $50.84.