Rusty Grills — 2024 Tennessee House, District 77 campaign
2024 Tennessee House, District 77 · 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 →
$106,697
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 →
$154,242
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 →
$8,422
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$127,408
Donors
191
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, 54% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $69K · 44%Organizations and PACs, itemized $84K · 54%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $2K · 1%
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 →
$544average gift
$300median gift
126individual 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 →
93% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (7% from out of state).
Tennessee $141,700 Out of state $10,600
- Nashville $51K33%
- Union City $20K13%
- Dyersburg $8K5%
- Obion $5K3%
- Newbern $4K3%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $53K
- Other out-of-state $11K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Feb 2023 – Jan 2025. Peak $55,000 in Jun 2024. Spending peaked at $31,824 in Jul 2024.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 156 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 36 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $3,750 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| CAM PAC (Cameron Sexton) Includes In-Kind | 2 | $10,500.00 |
| TN Firearms Assn Legislative Action Comm Tfalac ↺ paid $5,000.00 | 3 | $4,500.00 |
| Tennessee Bankers Association PAC | 1 | $4,000.00 |
| Tennessee Veterinary PAC | 2 | $3,500.00 |
| Build TN Housing | 2 | $3,500.00 |
| Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry PAC | 3 | $3,000.00 |
| Vogel PAC | 3 | $3,000.00 |
| William H Latimer | 2 | $3,000.00 |
| Morris Farms and Sons | 2 | $3,000.00 |
| LAMBERTH PAC (William Lamberth) | 1 | $2,500.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art and Copy Partners, LLC | 5 | $36,131.14 | |
| Mango Marketing | 6 | $14,534.95 | |
| Long, Lily | 5 | $10,000.00 | |
| G-PAC (Rusty Grills) | 2 | $7,000.00 | |
| Kandid Printing and Marketing | 3 | $6,826.45 | |
| TN Firearms Assn Legislative Action Comm. (Tfalac) ↺ donor $4,500.00 | 2 | $5,000.00 | |
| Grills, Rusty | 1 | $4,535.52 | |
| RJD Group | 1 | $3,500.00 | |
| Birchwood Consulting | 1 | $3,500.00 | |
| House Republican Caucus ↺ donor $421.75 | 1 | $3,000.00 | |
| Burks Broadcasting | 3 | $2,500.00 | |
| Dyersburg Media Group | 1 | $2,112.50 | |
| WCMT Radio | 2 | $1,866.06 | |
| Ben Keeling Photography | 1 | $1,800.00 | |
| 13 | $1,795.46 | ||
| 4Imprint Usa | 1 | $1,363.28 | |
| Christ Classical Academy | 3 | $1,325.00 | |
| Shave Ice Barn | 2 | $1,297.13 | |
| United States Postal Service | 3 | $1,050.10 | |
| R & D Cakes & Catering | 1 | $1,041.50 | |
| Thunderbolt Broadcasting | 3 | $1,004.00 | |
| Lifebeat Pregnancy Center | 2 | $1,000.00 | |
| Locked On Strategies | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Marsha Blackburn | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| I360 | 4 | $999.06 | |
| Americans for Prosperity Foundation | 1 | $905.00 | |
| State Gazette (Paxton Media) | 1 | $850.00 | |
| Grills, Rusty | 1 | $796.48 | |
| Blue Bank Resort | 2 | $650.00 | |
| Davis, Elaine | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Dyer County Rescue Squad | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Dyersburg Rotary Club | 2 | $500.00 | |
| Parr, Michael | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Tennessee Republican Party | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Peltz, Jamie Dean | 1 | $400.00 | |
| Hill, Timothy | 1 | $400.00 | |
| Union City Daily Messenger | 2 | $385.00 | |
| Dyersburg Ffa | 1 | $350.00 | |
| Costco | 2 | $343.08 | |
| Hobby Lobby | 5 | $294.70 | |
| Ridgely Republican Party (Linda Volker) | 1 | $275.00 | |
| Grecian's Steakhouse | 1 | $272.19 | |
| Boyettes Restaurant | 1 | $266.93 | |
| Bobo, Chad | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Green Wing | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Paul, Reagan | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Cracker Barrel | 1 | $208.43 | |
| American Legislative Exchange Council | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Dyer County Gop | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Anedot | 4 | $188.87 | |
| Jones-Walker VFW Post 4862 | 1 | $175.00 | |
| Hopkins, Josh | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Samburg Fire Dept. | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Courts 4 Christ | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Ellingsworth, Kayla | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Dyersburg Humane Society | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Throgmorton, Brittany | 1 | $126.00 | |
| Cloverdale Community Center | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Kirklands | 1 | $94.37 | |
| El Patio | 1 | $93.29 | |
| Texas Roadhouse | 1 | $92.00 | |
| Winters, Emma | 1 | $90.00 | |
| Coyote Blues | 1 | $75.00 | |
| Rural King | 1 | $65.70 | |
| Tractor Supply | 1 | $54.77 | |
| First Citizens Bank | 5 | $54.50 | |
| Lenox Fire Dept. | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Big Lots | 2 | $49.35 | |
| Marshall's | 1 | $37.29 | |
| Lowe's | 1 | $32.90 | |
| Walmart | 1 | $29.72 | |
| Dyer County Ffa | 1 | $20.00 |
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 | $1,000.00 | $0.00 |
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 $44,388 35%
- Contributions & donations $16,770 13%
- Advertising & media $15,097 12%
- Office & operations $12,881 10%
- Consulting & professional services $12,450 10%
- Field & voter contact $9,852 8%
- Fundraising & events $5,732 4%
- Travel $5,332 4%
- Other $4,905 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 | $103,661.89 | $106,697.26 | Source: Q4 2024 filing Report 122176 |
| Pre-General 2024 | $105,768.54 | $103,661.89 | Source: Pre-General 2024 filing Report 119119 |
| Q3 2024 Amended | $142,512.54 | $105,768.54 | Source: Q3 2024 filing Report 120443 |
| Pre-Primary 2024 Amended | $143,331.55 | $142,512.54 | Source: Pre-Primary 2024 filing Report 122189 |
| Q2 2024 Amended | $97,369.10 | $143,331.55 | Source: Q2 2024 filing Report 122190 |
| Q1 2024 Amended | $98,699.10 | $97,369.10 | Source: Q1 2024 filing Report 114753 |
| Year-End 2023 Amended | $80,210.58 | $98,699.10 | Source: Year-End 2023 filing Report 111986 |
| Mid-Year 2023 Amended | $80,863.29 | $80,210.58 | Source: Mid-Year 2023 filing Report 111768 |