Rush Bricken — 2024 Tennessee House, District 47 campaign
2024 Tennessee House, District 47 · 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 →
$80,858
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 →
$42,100
Loan entries in filing detail: $10,000. The report totals above govern this headline.
Total Spent
$32,683
Donors
40
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, 84% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $7K · 16%Organizations and PACs, itemized $36K · 84%
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 →
69% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (31% from out of state).
Tennessee $28,850 Out of state $13,250
- Nashville $18K44%
- Alexandria, VA $4K10%
- McMinnville $3K7%
- Washington, DC $3K7%
- Bethesda, MD $3K6%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $7K
- Other out-of-state $4K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Feb 2023 – Jan 2025. Peak $10,000 in Jan 2024. Spending peaked at $7,764 in Sep 2024.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 39 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 1 person gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $100 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Jack Daniel's PAC | 2 | $4,000.00 |
| Total Wine Political Action Committee | 1 | $2,500.00 |
| Build TN Housing | 1 | $2,500.00 |
| Richard Nunley | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Tennessee Consumer Finance Political Campaign Committe PAC | 3 | $2,000.00 |
| Tennessee Utilities PAC | 2 | $1,550.00 |
| Amazon.com Services LLC PAC | 2 | $1,500.00 |
| Tennessee Certified Public Accountants PAC | 2 | $1,500.00 |
| TDG-PAC (Kent Merritt) | 2 | $1,500.00 |
| Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) | 2 | $1,500.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margin of Victory Partners | 1 | $7,664.00 | |
| Coffee County Republican Party | 3 | $1,550.00 | |
| Motlow College | 2 | $1,450.00 | |
| Rotary | 3 | $1,300.00 | |
| WMSR Thunder Radio | 4 | $1,235.00 | |
| Friend of Scott Desjarlais | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Old Stone Fort Bridge Preservation Group | 2 | $1,000.00 | |
| Rotary Foundation | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Maples, Chris( Pot Belly) | 2 | $990.55 | |
| Rush Bricken | 1 | $818.67 | |
| Sports and Business Charitable Organizat | 2 | $800.00 | |
| Life Choices | 2 | $800.00 | |
| Wreath Across America | 2 | $700.00 | |
| State Affairs | 1 | $600.00 | |
| Eli Grow Foundation | 2 | $500.00 | |
| Tullahoma Senior Center | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Raper, Kevin D. | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Stevens, Robert | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Alzheimers TN | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Tennessee Republican Party | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Beersheba Springs Medical Clinic | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Hill, Timothy | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Bricken, Rush | 1 | $480.00 | |
| Blue Monarch | 2 | $450.00 | |
| Tenngreen Land Conservation | 2 | $400.00 | |
| Jasons Deli | 1 | $387.42 | |
| BLR | 1 | $347.00 | |
| Imagination Library | 2 | $300.00 | |
| Coffeecounty Rescue Squad | 1 | $300.00 | |
| National Emergency Numbers Association | 2 | $299.00 | |
| Lakeway Publishers Inc. | 1 | $295.00 | |
| Internet Corp Listing Service | 1 | $259.00 | |
| Hot Meals Tullahoma | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Rutherford County Republican Party | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Littleton, Mary | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Capitol Commission | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Online Candidate | 1 | $240.00 | |
| Have of Hope | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Eagle Forum | 2 | $200.00 | |
| Sebroun, LYNN | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Coffee County Children Advocacy Center | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Tennessee Right To Life | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Coffee County Humane Society | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Partners for Healing | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Middle Tennessee Boy Scout Council | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Grundy County Republican Party | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Decisions Choices & Options | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Tullahoma Chamber of Commerce | 2 | $150.00 | |
| American Bible Project | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Chick-fil-A | 1 | $134.06 | |
| Manchester Chamber of Commerce | 3 | $127.50 | |
| Tennessee Firearms Association | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Tullahoma Women Club | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Jennifer Young | 1 | $74.00 | |
| Coffee County Soil Conservation District | 2 | $60.00 | |
| Tullahoma News | 1 | $46.00 | |
| Minuteman Press | 1 | $45.67 | |
| The Tennessean | 2 | $29.98 |
Dates
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
Loans
$10,000.00 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 (Rush Bricken) | Candidate loan | — | $10,000.00 | $0.00 | $10,000.00 |
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 Rush Bricken’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Contributions & donations $16,652 51%
- Printing & mail $7,710 24%
- Office & operations $3,482 11%
- Advertising & media $2,089 6%
- Fundraising & events $1,452 4%
- Travel $1,299 4%
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 | $71,225.43 | $80,858.43 | Source: Q4 2024 filing Report 122543 |
| Pre-General 2024 | $71,739.10 | $71,225.43 | Source: Pre-General 2024 filing Report 118819 |
| Q3 2024 Amended | $72,583.10 | $71,739.10 | Source: Q3 2024 filing Report 120131 |
| Pre-Primary 2024 Amended | $72,833.10 | $72,583.10 | Source: Pre-Primary 2024 filing Report 122542 |
| Q2 2024 | $74,970.10 | $72,833.10 | Source: Q2 2024 filing Report 114338 |
| Q1 2024 | $79,720.65 | $74,970.10 | Source: Q1 2024 filing Report 112677 |
| Year-End 2023 | $66,308.13 | $79,720.65 | Source: Year-End 2023 filing Report 111008 |
| Mid-Year 2023 | $71,441.28 | $66,308.13 | Source: Mid-Year 2023 filing Report 108715 |