Robin Ellison — 2024 Tennessee Senate, District 08 campaign
2024 Tennessee Senate, District 08 · 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 → · 6 filings · Pre-General 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 →
$5,548
includes $944 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Loan entries in filing detail: $300. 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 →
$293
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$4,795
less $45 in refunds & credits → $4,750 net disbursements
Donors
27
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, 41% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $2K · 37%Organizations and PACs, itemized $2K · 41%Unitemized contributions $944 · 17%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $300 · 5%
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 →
$85average gift
$50median gift
24individual 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 →
75% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (25% from out of state).
Tennessee $3,227 Out of state $1,075
- Sevierville $2K40%
- Washington, DC $1K25%
- Jefferson City $3007%
- Tazewell $2506%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $965
- Other out-of-state $5
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Apr 2024 – Jan 2025. Peak $1,470 in Oct 2024. Spending peaked at $1,510 in Oct 2024.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 7 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 21 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $1,082 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Tennessee PAC | 2 | $1,070.28 |
| Sevier County Democratic Executive Committee PAC | 3 | $900.00 |
| Karen Catlett | 3 | $500.00 |
| Jefferson County Democratic Party | 1 | $300.00 |
| Robin Ellison Self Includes In-Kind ↺ paid $293.38 | 5 | $295.30 |
| Mark Reece | 1 | $250.00 |
| Marilyn Toppins | 1 | $200.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advertising | 2 | $935.13 | |
| Just Yard Signs | 2 | $792.80 | |
| Vistaprint | 5 | $701.85 | |
| Amazon | 6 | $297.93 | |
| Ellison, Robin ↺ donor $295.30 ⇄ in-kind (given, not paid) | 1 | $293.38 | |
| Food City | 7 | $246.75 | |
| Gas-N-Go | 4 | $137.36 | |
| Tennessee Democratic Party | 1 | $125.00 | |
| Tennessee Democrats | 1 | $125.00 | |
| Smokies Game Night | 1 | $120.00 | |
| Dollar General | 2 | $81.99 | |
| Target | 1 | $77.57 | |
| Weigel's 1033 | 3 | $75.72 | |
| Casey's | 3 | $71.77 | |
| Hillbilly's Smoky Mountain Diner & BBQ | 2 | $61.55 | |
| Twinz | 3 | $55.78 | |
| Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Gannett | 1 | $45.00 | |
| Zippy Printz | 1 | $43.90 | |
| Down Home Restaurant | 1 | $37.96 | |
| Nino's Pizzaria | 1 | $33.01 | |
| The Flower Cottage | 1 | $32.92 | |
| United States Postal Service | 2 | $29.20 | |
| Dollar Store | 1 | $28.09 | |
| Krispy Kreme | 1 | $23.56 | |
| Weigel's 1075 | 1 | $22.64 | |
| Shell Service Station | 1 | $20.30 | |
| 3 | $20.26 | ||
| Tacolandia | 1 | $20.00 | |
| Split Rail Restaurant | 1 | $18.05 | |
| Commonplace | 1 | $16.77 | |
| 1 | $16.45 | ||
| Brittani's Home Creations | 1 | $15.00 | |
| Prime Time Carnival | 1 | $15.00 | |
| Aunt Bee's Farmhouse | 1 | $15.00 | |
| Panda Express | 1 | $12.35 | |
| Chick-fil-A | 1 | $10.76 | |
| Verbal (Unknown Vendor) | 1 | $10.29 | |
| Hardees | 2 | $10.02 | |
| Buford's Spuds & Burgers | 1 | $7.65 | |
| Buc-ee's | 1 | $7.65 | |
| Starbucks | 1 | $6.28 | |
| Snow Daddys | 1 | $6.00 | |
| McDonald's | 1 | $5.04 | |
| Bible Aires Church | 1 | $5.00 | |
| GSMNP - Natl Park SVC | 1 | $5.00 | |
| Dunkin' | 1 | $3.93 | |
| McAllister TRS | 1 | $2.00 |
Dates
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
Loans
$300.00 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 (Robin Ellison) | Candidate loan | Apr 15, 2024 | $300.00 | $300.00 | $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 Robin Ellison’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Advertising & media $2,905 61%
- Fundraising & events $620 13%
- Contributions & donations $543 11%
- Travel $371 8%
- Field & voter contact $193 4%
- Office & operations $82 2%
- Other $52 1%
- Printing & mail $29 0.7%
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 2024 Amended | $631.47 | $0.00 | Source: Q4 2024 filing Report 120974 |
| Pre-General 2024 | $528.34 | $631.47 | Source: Pre-General 2024 filing Report 118429 |
| Q3 2024 Amended | $504.56 | $528.34 | Source: Q3 2024 filing Report 119702 |
| Pre-Primary 2024 Amended | $841.10 | $504.56 | Source: Pre-Primary 2024 filing Report 116512 |
| Q2 2024 Amended | $0.00 | $841.10 | Source: Q2 2024 filing Report 118749 |
| Q1 2024 Amended | $0.00 | $0.00 | Source: Q1 2024 filing Report 114311 |