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Rusty Grills — 2019 Tennessee House, District 77 campaign

Tennessee House, District 77 Republican

2019 Tennessee House, District 77 · totals since 2019

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-General 2019–Q4 2019

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 →
$19,781
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 →
$125,735
includes $6,045 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Loan entries in filing detail: $4,200. 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 →
$2,100
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$102,754
Donors
144
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). Note: the opening cash balance on Q4 2019 is $32,562.27, and the ending cash balance on the previous filing, Q3 2019, is $37,294.86 — both as filed.

Reported on this filing:
  • Q4 2019 Amendment $19,781 filing-stated

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
Q4 2019 reported receipts $8,430
Pre-Primary 2019 reported receipts $22,105
Pre-General 2019 reported receipts $55,170
Q3 2019 reported receipts $40,030
Reported receipts $125,735
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 $102,619
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $135
Total spent $102,754
From each filing:
  • Q4 2019 Amendment $18,011 derived
  • Pre-Primary 2019 Amendment $45,573 derived
  • Pre-General 2019 Amendment $36,434 derived
  • Q3 2019 Amendment $2,735 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $2,600 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $135 filing-stated
Receipts
$125,735
Spent
$102,754

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, 56% of receipts on these reports.

The candidate's own contributions, itemized $2K · 1%Individuals, itemized $70K · 56%Organizations and PACs, itemized $44K · 35%Unitemized contributions $6K · 5%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $4K · 3%

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: $70,190 ÷ Reported receipts: $125,735
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
The candidate's own contributions, itemized $1,600
Individuals, itemized $70,190
Organizations and PACs, itemized $43,700
Unitemized contributions $6,045
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $4,200
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 →

$616average gift
$425median gift
114individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
3%
0.2%
$50–200
14%
2%
$200–1K
55%
31%
$1K–5K
28%
66%
$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: $70,190 ÷ Individual donors: 114
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $70,190
Median gift $425
Individual donors 114
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 →

95% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (5% from out of state).

Tennessee $108,140 Out of state $5,750
  • Union City $21K18%
  • Nashville $13K11%
  • Portland $12K10%
  • Crossville $8K7%
  • Newbern $8K7%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $47K
  • Other out-of-state $6K

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: $5,750 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $113,890
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $5,750
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Sep 2019 – Jan 2020. Peak $33,740 in Sep 2019. Spending peaked at $58,647 in Oct 2019.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 128 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 19 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $1,590 and their names are withheld.

128 named donors 149 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
House Republican Caucus 1 $9,000.00
CAM PAC (Cameron Sexton) 1 $8,100.00
Roving Patriots PAC 1 $4,000.00
TN Firearms Assn Legislative Action Comm Tfalac 2 $3,500.00
Brian Wright 2 $3,100.00
Sheryl Wright 2 $3,100.00
Michael E Cox 2 $2,700.00
LAMBERTH PAC (William Lamberth) 1 $2,500.00
Kevin Seaton 3 $2,000.00
Charles Meade 3 $1,900.00

Expenditures

28 vendors 92 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
The Stoneridge Group, LLC 16 $37,506.02 37%
Tennessee Republican Party 3 $12,814.89 12%
Navigation Advertising, LLC 10 $12,777.24 12%
Kandid Printing and Marketing 4 $7,638.58 7%
Mango Marketing 2 $7,000.00 7%
Conquest Communications Group 5 $6,350.00 6%
RJD Group 2 $6,000.00 6%
State Gazette (Paxton Media) 2 $1,815.00 2%
Dyersburg Media Group 1 $1,600.00 2%
Union City Daily Messenger 3 $1,561.80 2%

Loans

$4,200.00 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.

Loan principal shown adds together the amounts listed below.

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Loan schedules can repeat an outstanding debt on later reports. This is the reconstructed principal for each lender, counted once, split between candidate or family loans and all other lenders. Repayments and outstanding balances are shown separately in the ledger.

Inputs behind Loan principal shown
Candidate and family loans $1,000
Other lenders $3,200
Loan principal shown $4,200
Source filings:
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Bennett, Kenneth Other lender Sep 26, 2019 $1,600.00 $0.00 $1,600.00
Bennett, Linda Other lender Sep 26, 2019 $1,600.00 $0.00 $1,600.00
Grills, Jack Family loan Sep 13, 2019 $1,000.00 $0.00 $1,000.00

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

  • Printing & mail $42,444 41%
  • Advertising & media $37,306 36%
  • Consulting & professional services $12,100 12%
  • Other $7,433 7%
  • Fundraising & events $2,022 2%
  • Office & operations $781 0.8%
  • Field & voter contact $533 0.6%

Loans

Campaign 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.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Q4 2019 Amended $32,562.27 $19,781.16 Source: Q4 2019 filing Report 92982
Pre-Primary 2019 Amended $37,294.86 $13,826.62 Source: Pre-Primary 2019 filing Report 92981
Pre-General 2019 Amended $13,826.62 $32,562.27 Source: Pre-General 2019 filing Report 91407
Q3 2019 Amended $0.00 $37,294.86 Source: Q3 2019 filing Report 91388