Rusty Grills

Tennessee House, District 77 Republican Incumbent

Latest filing: Q2 2026 · Jul 8, 2026 · source: TN Registry of Election Finance

2 of 2 expected reports filed

Cash on Hand The campaign’s ending cash balance from its most recent filing. Cash shown as “carried over” was held before this election cycle began — usually from a prior campaign for the same office. Full definition →
$116,271
$106,697 carried over
Why this number?
Funds Raised The money the campaign took in — cash and checks, plus the candidate’s own money, loans, and transfers from affiliated committees. It does not include the value of donated goods and services; where a campaign received any, that is shown separately as In-Kind Received. Full definition →
$48,350
Why this number?
Total Spent
$41,325
Why this number?
Donors
54
53 shown · 1 below $200
Out-of-State
13%
$6,500 from outside TN
Why this number?

The ending cash balance the campaign reported on its most recent filing (as filed, not computed).

Reported on this filing:
  • Q2 2026 Initial $116,271 filing-stated

Sum of every cash receipt bucket: itemized contributions from others + the candidate's own contributions + loans + filer-stated unitemized + (federal) transfers and other receipts.

Inputs behind Funds raised
Itemized contributions (gross) $48,350
Funds raised $48,350
From each filing:

Itemized expenditure rows plus the stated spending a filer reported as a lump sum without itemizing it.

Inputs behind Total spent
Itemized expenditures $41,325
Total spent $41,325
From each filing:

Itemized contributions from a state other than Tennessee, divided by everything the campaign raised (shown only when the state of most itemized money is known — above 99% coverage).

Itemized money from outside Tennessee: $6,500 ÷ Total raised: $48,350
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $6,500
Raised
$48,350
Spent
$41,325

Who funds this campaign The sources split breaks down everything the campaign raised: the candidate’s own money (including self-loans), individuals (including unitemized small gifts), organizations and PACs, and “other” (in-kind contributions, loans other than the candidate’s, and the like) — open its “Why this number?” for the full breakdown. 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 →

Individuals gave 7%; organizations and PACs gave 93%.

Individuals $4K · 7% Organizations & PACs $45K · 93%
Why this number?

Everything the campaign raised, split into the candidate's own money (own contributions plus self- and family loans), individuals, organizations and PACs, and everything else — loans other than the candidate's, in-kind contributions, and (for federal filers) committee transfers and other receipts. Unitemized small donations count as individual money. The parts add up to the total raised. The headline share is individuals divided by the total.

From individuals: $3,600 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $48,350
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $3,600
From organizations and PACs $44,750

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 →

87% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (13% from out of state).

Tennessee $41,850 Out of state $6,500
  • Nashville $28K58%
  • Washington, DC $3K6%
  • Franklin $3K5%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $11K
  • Other out-of-state $4K
Why this number?

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: $6,500 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $48,350
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $6,500

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2025 – Jun 2026. Peak $9,500 in Sep 2025. Spending peaked at $8,332 in Jun 2026.

Raised Spent

Contributions

Showing 53 donors who gave $200 or more cumulatively. 1 additional smaller donor contributed $100 total.

Itemized campaign contributions
Donor Location Employer Total

Expenditures

46 vendors 56 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
G-Pac 2 $8,500.00 21%
Grills, Rusty 1 $6,507.18 16%
House Republican Caucus 1 $3,000.00 7%
Long, Lily 2 $2,400.00 6%
Dyer County Ffa 1 $2,000.00 5%
Eric Maupin for Mayor 1 $1,500.00 4%
Obion County Republican Party 1 $1,100.00 3%
Maupin, Eric 1 $1,000.00 2%
Blackburn, Marsha 1 $1,000.00 2%
Dyer County Gop 1 $1,000.00 2%

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

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
Q2 2026 $130,188.51 $116,270.51 Source ↗
Q1 2026 $132,699.48 $130,188.51 Source ↗
Year-End 2025 Amended $102,759.29 $132,699.48 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2025 Amended $106,697.26 $102,759.29 Source ↗