Rusty Grills — 2022 Tennessee House, District 77 campaign
2022 Tennessee House, District 77 · totals since Jan 16, 2021
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 2021–Q4 2022
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 →
$80,863
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 →
$71,920
Loan entries in filing detail: $1,000. 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 →
$155
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$21,901
Donors
130
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, 55% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $32K · 45%Organizations and PACs, itemized $40K · 55%
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 →
$419average gift
$200median gift
77individual 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 →
90% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (10% from out of state).
Tennessee $64,920 Out of state $7,000
- Nashville $29K40%
- Dyersburg $12K17%
- Union City $5K6%
- Newbern $3K4%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $17K
- Other out-of-state $7K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2021 – Jan 2023. Peak $25,470 in Dec 2021. Spending peaked at $3,033 in Aug 2022.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 95 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 36 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $3,170 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Tfalac ↺ paid $2,500.00 | 3 | $4,250.00 |
| Tennessee Electric Cooperatives PAC | 2 | $2,500.00 |
| Housing Industry PAC | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| TN Advance Financial PAC | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Reynolds American Inc. PAC (Tennessee) | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Roger Williams | 1 | $1,600.00 |
| Brian Wright | 1 | $1,600.00 |
| James Cresswell | 1 | $1,600.00 |
| Sheryl Wright | 1 | $1,600.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| House Republican Caucus ↺ donor $155.31 | 1 | $3,000.00 | |
| Tfa | 1 | $2,500.00 | |
| Tfalac ↺ donor $4,250.00 | 1 | $2,500.00 | |
| Mango Marketing | 1 | $2,500.00 | |
| Lee, Bill | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Long, Lily | 1 | $900.00 | |
| Smokey Bottom Boys BBQ | 1 | $779.00 | |
| Christ Classical Academy | 1 | $500.00 | |
| American Bible Project | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Slater, William | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Nelson, Adam | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Tennessee Republican Party | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Newman for County Mayor, John | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Life Choices | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Capley, Kip | 1 | $400.00 | |
| Weaver, Terri LYNN | 1 | $400.00 | |
| Davis, Elaine | 1 | $400.00 | |
| Amazon | 1 | $371.44 | |
| State Gazette (Paxton Media) | 1 | $360.50 | |
| Dyer County Gop | 1 | $350.00 | |
| Autumn March for Als | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Hall (House), Mark | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Lambert's Cafe | 1 | $288.83 | |
| Dyersburg Rotary Club | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Lifebeat Pregnancy Center | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Lafferty, Justin | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Dyer County Ffa | 1 | $200.00 | |
| American Legislative Exchange Council | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Nashville City Club | 1 | $131.06 | |
| Union City Baptist Temple | 1 | $120.00 | |
| Cloverdale Community Center | 1 | $115.00 | |
| Thunderbolt Broadcasting | 2 | $101.00 | |
| Northview Middle School | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Transitions | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Walmart | 1 | $79.45 | |
| Dyer County Fair Association | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Trimble Fire Dept | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Final Flight Outfitters | 1 | $32.93 | |
| Hobby Lobby | 1 | $30.71 | |
| Scotts Grill | 1 | $29.45 | |
| United States Postal Service | 1 | $11.60 |
Dates
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
Loans
$1,000.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grills, Jack | Family loan | — | $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.
- Contributions & donations $12,568 57%
- Office & operations $4,193 19%
- Consulting & professional services $3,400 16%
- Fundraising & events $1,249 6%
- Advertising & media $462 2%
- Other $29 0.2%
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 2022 Amended | $74,973.56 | $80,863.29 | Source: Q4 2022 filing Report 108034 |
| Pre-General 2022 Amended | $73,054.06 | $74,973.56 | Source: Pre-General 2022 filing Report 109055 |
| Q3 2022 Amended | $65,586.99 | $73,054.06 | Source: Q3 2022 filing Report 108035 |
| Pre-Primary 2022 Amended | $65,695.44 | $65,586.99 | Source: Pre-Primary 2022 filing Report 103621 |
| Q2 2022 | $67,820.60 | $65,695.44 | Source: Q2 2022 filing Report 101543 |
| Q1 2022 Amended | $68,934.20 | $67,820.60 | Source: Q1 2022 filing Report 100069 |
| Year-End 2021 | $25,645.26 | $68,934.20 | Source: Year-End 2021 filing Report 97487 |
| Mid-Year 2021 | $30,844.26 | $25,645.26 | Source: Mid-Year 2021 filing Report 95777 |