Ron Travis — 2024 Tennessee House, District 31 campaign
2024 Tennessee House, District 31 · 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 →
$79,829
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 →
$33,700
Total Spent
$67,479
Donors
35
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, 85% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $5K · 15%Organizations and PACs, itemized $29K · 85%
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 →
88% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (12% from out of state).
Tennessee $29,700 Out of state $4,000
- Nashville $19K55%
- Chattanooga $4K10%
- Brentwood $2K6%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $6K
- Other out-of-state $4K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2023 – Jan 2025. Peak $6,750 in Jan 2025. Spending peaked at $17,437 in Jul 2024.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 35 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of TN PAC | 2 | $3,500.00 |
| Build TN Housing | 2 | $2,500.00 |
| Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Tennessee Assn of Nurse Anesthetists PAC | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Vogel PAC | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Insurors of TN PAC | 1 | $2,000.00 |
| Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) | 3 | $1,250.00 |
| Amazon.com Services LLC PAC | 2 | $1,000.00 |
| Tennessee Educ Assn Fund for Children Public Edu | 2 | $1,000.00 |
| Tennessee Truck PAC | 1 | $1,000.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margin of Victory Partners | 3 | $21,348.00 | |
| Travis, Laura | 15 | $5,650.00 | |
| Tennessee Musuem Foundation | 1 | $2,800.00 | |
| Gas | 57 | $2,601.45 | |
| Valley Publishing -the Bledonian Banner | 1 | $2,047.50 | |
| Hearld News | 4 | $1,936.99 | |
| Moving On Up | 3 | $1,665.00 | |
| Travis, Mark | 5 | $1,500.00 | |
| Republican Caucus | 1 | $1,500.00 | |
| FLYNN Sign Company | 1 | $1,400.00 | |
| Reagan Outdoor Advertising | 1 | $1,236.00 | |
| Panera Bread | 4 | $1,200.94 | |
| Lamar | 2 | $1,133.00 | |
| Tennessee Valley Signs and Printing | 1 | $1,125.38 | |
| Sam's Club | 2 | $973.46 | |
| University of TN | 1 | $943.00 | |
| Hermitage Hotel | 1 | $787.18 | |
| Rhea County Gop | 2 | $650.00 | |
| Gallery Collection | 2 | $646.92 | |
| Walmart | 11 | $611.50 | |
| Crumbls | 1 | $590.53 | |
| Grand Bohemian Hotel | 1 | $585.68 | |
| Chick-fil-A | 4 | $559.55 | |
| Horner, Cole | 2 | $500.00 | |
| Boys and Girls Club Ocoee Region | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Tennessee Republician Party | 1 | $500.00 | |
| The Care Center | 2 | $500.00 | |
| Bledsoe Banner | 2 | $494.00 | |
| Rhea Medical Foundation | 3 | $450.00 | |
| Vanburen County Deplorables ↺ donor $500.00 | 2 | $450.00 | |
| Bledsoe Co Republican Party | 2 | $450.00 | |
| Postmaster | 2 | $402.00 | |
| United Way of Rhea Co | 2 | $400.00 | |
| Rhea County Touchdown Club | 1 | $400.00 | |
| Amazon | 3 | $374.03 | |
| Dayton Coffee Shop | 9 | $373.65 | |
| Shell | 7 | $353.13 | |
| Carabelles | 2 | $336.96 | |
| Liquor Whse Dayton | 1 | $332.33 | |
| Chase Bank | 5 | $306.73 | |
| Kayne Prime | 1 | $289.34 | |
| Harrison Bay At Bear Trace | 1 | $286.48 | |
| Rhea County Observer | 2 | $260.00 | |
| Ruth Chris | 1 | $259.15 | |
| 931 Elite Sports | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Next Step Resources Center | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Vanburen County School | 2 | $250.00 | |
| Rhea County Heath Council | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Elite Sports | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Eagle Market | 5 | $229.37 | |
| Dayton Golf Cc | 4 | $214.24 | |
| Circle K | 5 | $208.64 | |
| Dayton Rotary Club | 2 | $200.00 | |
| Roberts, Ashley | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Walking By Faith Ministries | 3 | $192.56 | |
| Food City | 1 | $181.97 | |
| We Care Services | 2 | $180.00 | |
| Corner Market | 3 | $149.32 | |
| Dunlap Flower Shop | 1 | $137.19 | |
| Sign Solutions | 1 | $131.70 | |
| Jimmys Flowers | 1 | $124.96 | |
| Flower Box | 1 | $109.75 | |
| Steve's Landing | 1 | $108.63 | |
| Ayala's Mexican Restaurant | 1 | $103.84 | |
| Spring City Chamber of Commerce | 2 | $100.00 | |
| Dill Community CTR | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Dunlap Lions Club | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Sequatchie County Cancer Support | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Grandview Community Center | 2 | $100.00 | |
| Prescott South Middle School | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Dunlap Fire Dept | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Party City Supplies | 1 | $84.62 | |
| Ta Express | 1 | $76.06 | |
| Russell Stover | 1 | $74.36 | |
| Long Hollow Grill | 2 | $69.78 | |
| Conintech | 1 | $69.28 | |
| Weigel's | 1 | $67.91 | |
| Lowe's | 1 | $61.29 | |
| Dunlap Restaurant | 1 | $60.20 | |
| Local Market | 1 | $54.52 | |
| Mejia' Crazy Fruit | 1 | $51.75 | |
| Salvation Army | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Wendy's | 3 | $47.76 | |
| Dayton Chamber of Commerce | 1 | $45.00 | |
| Academy Sports | 1 | $44.40 | |
| Cookie Jar Restuarant | 1 | $41.23 | |
| Jimmy Kellys | 1 | $40.79 | |
| Vanburen County Homecoming | 1 | $40.00 | |
| McKinney, Aubrey | 1 | $35.00 | |
| Eva Massengale | 1 | $35.00 | |
| Mathew Limbaugh | 1 | $35.00 | |
| Dayton Flower Box | 1 | $35.00 | |
| Federal Bake Shop | 1 | $32.55 | |
| Murphy-Walmart | 1 | $32.51 | |
| Newell, Brandon | 1 | $30.00 | |
| Wheeler, Conner | 1 | $30.00 | |
| Sequatchie County Chamber of Comerce | 1 | $25.00 | |
| El Toro Authentic Mex | 1 | $24.04 | |
| Jacks | 1 | $17.32 | |
| El Metate | 1 | $16.16 | |
| Lee's Food Mart | 1 | $11.51 | |
| KFC | 1 | $8.87 |
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 Ron Travis’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Printing & mail $21,750 32%
- Other $10,708 16%
- Contributions & donations $10,655 16%
- Advertising & media $8,639 13%
- Travel $6,095 9%
- Fundraising & events $5,142 8%
- Office & operations $4,216 6%
- Field & voter contact $273 0.5%
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 | $76,407.98 | $79,828.65 | Source: Q4 2024 filing Report 122629 |
| Pre-General 2024 Amended | $74,620.76 | $76,407.98 | Source: Pre-General 2024 filing Report 120754 |
| Q3 2024 Amended | $85,253.31 | $74,620.76 | Source: Q3 2024 filing Report 120753 |
| Pre-Primary 2024 Amended | $90,857.86 | $85,253.31 | Source: Pre-Primary 2024 filing Report 119040 |
| Q2 2024 Amended | $104,737.22 | $90,857.86 | Source: Q2 2024 filing Report 116270 |
| Q1 2024 Amended | $110,742.75 | $104,737.22 | Source: Q1 2024 filing Report 114935 |
| Year-End 2023 | $105,822.31 | $110,742.75 | Source: Year-End 2023 filing Report 111594 |
| Mid-Year 2023 Amended | $113,607.61 | $105,822.31 | Source: Mid-Year 2023 filing Report 111631 |