Sam McKenzie — 2024 Tennessee House, District 15 campaign
2024 Tennessee House, District 15 · 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 →
$20,479
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 →
$97,284
Loan entries in filing detail: $5,000. The report totals above govern this headline.
Total Spent
$85,865
Donors
188
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, 51% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $48K · 49%Organizations and PACs, itemized $50K · 51%
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 →
$345average gift
$200median gift
138individual 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 →
83% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (17% from out of state).
Tennessee $80,565 Out of state $16,719
- Nashville $31K32%
- Knoxville $30K31%
- Washington, DC $6K6%
- Brentwood $6K6%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $13K
- Other out-of-state $11K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2023 – Jan 2025. Peak $26,310 in Nov 2023. Spending peaked at $22,407 in Jul 2024.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 121 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 67 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $5,434 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Educ Assn Fund for Children Public Edu | 3 | $5,000.00 |
| Frank Garrison | 2 | $3,600.00 |
| Phillip Lawson | 2 | $3,600.00 |
| Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) | 2 | $3,000.00 |
| D R I V E Dc PAC | 2 | $2,500.00 |
| Cwa Cope PCC PAC | 1 | $2,200.00 |
| Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Community Health Systems, Inc. (CHS) PAC | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Glenda Glover | 1 | $1,800.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Printing Image | 3 | $13,060.82 | |
| Triumph Strategies | 4 | $12,796.52 | |
| Davis, Kim | 4 | $8,300.00 | |
| Wjbe Radio | 7 | $5,200.00 | |
| Austin & Austin East Alumni Ass. | 1 | $2,500.00 | |
| Parrott Printing Inc. | 1 | $2,479.98 | |
| At&T | 13 | $2,158.08 | |
| Shears Strategies | 3 | $2,000.00 | |
| Morgan Street Strategies | 2 | $2,000.00 | |
| Knoxville News Sentinel | 4 | $1,660.00 | |
| Knox County Democratic Party | 2 | $1,620.00 | |
| TN Black Caucus | 3 | $1,561.16 | |
| MLK Commission | 4 | $1,525.00 | |
| Tennessee House Democratic Caucus | 1 | $1,500.00 | |
| Calhouns | 4 | $1,248.36 | |
| Iota Alpha Foundation | 1 | $1,200.00 | |
| Carter, Gail | 4 | $1,110.00 | |
| McKenzie, Sam | 4 | $1,106.16 | |
| Sam's Club | 8 | $1,052.63 | |
| Naacp Knoxvile | 2 | $1,000.00 | |
| GLYNN, Ronnie L. | 2 | $1,000.00 | |
| Bryan, Domonica | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Uunik Academy | 2 | $1,000.00 | |
| Austin East Baseball | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Wood Cuts | 1 | $797.81 | |
| Uncle Bud's | 1 | $734.46 | |
| Pens.Com | 2 | $721.94 | |
| United States Postal Service | 8 | $715.67 | |
| Magnolia Cafe' | 2 | $701.80 | |
| Delta Airlines | 1 | $564.40 | |
| Actblue Technical Services | 1 | $535.68 | |
| Amazon | 3 | $511.64 | |
| Goldberg, Bryan | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Knox Area Youth Association | 2 | $500.00 | |
| Matthew Park for Knox County Commission | 1 | $500.00 | |
| United Way of Anderson County | 1 | $500.00 | |
| A-E Boosters | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Mailchimp | 8 | $455.92 | |
| Lonsdale Homecoming | 2 | $450.00 | |
| Knoxville Football Officials Assoc. | 1 | $440.00 | |
| Chick-fil-A | 2 | $428.70 | |
| Hilton | 1 | $394.64 | |
| Innovative Screen Printing and Design | 1 | $350.00 | |
| Cafe' 4 | 4 | $331.46 | |
| Leadership Knoxville | 2 | $300.00 | |
| KFC | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Landing House | 1 | $295.65 | |
| Habaneros | 3 | $261.70 | |
| Capitol Promotions | 1 | $251.00 | |
| Hammond, Cary | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Committee To Elect Shane Jackson | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Ronnie GLYNN for State Rep | 1 | $250.00 | |
| 2 | $236.00 | ||
| Democratic Women of Knoxville ↺ donor $300.00 | 2 | $225.00 | |
| Russell Printing Options | 1 | $210.85 | |
| Community Evangelistic Church | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Kristy's | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Leadership East Tennessee | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Walter P. Taylor Homecoming | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Congressional Black Caucus Foundation | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Baby Roadrunner Youth Sports | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Scale To Win | 2 | $179.76 | |
| Twisted Soul | 1 | $165.64 | |
| Hobby Lobby | 1 | $164.92 | |
| Office Depot | 2 | $154.11 | |
| Ray's In the City | 1 | $154.00 | |
| Burns, Tabace | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Kroger | 3 | $143.17 | |
| Compass Knox Newspaper | 1 | $120.00 | |
| 100 Black Men of Knoxville | 1 | $100.00 | |
| The Hamilton Restaurant | 1 | $99.87 | |
| D Checkouts | 1 | $98.00 | |
| Campaign Verify | 1 | $95.00 | |
| Godaddy.Com | 1 | $80.50 | |
| Target | 1 | $69.90 | |
| La Cima | 1 | $60.00 | |
| Waffle House | 1 | $54.00 | |
| Holston Gases | 2 | $44.85 | |
| Harland Clarke | 1 | $40.89 | |
| Hard Rock Cafe | 1 | $38.99 | |
| Yellow Cab Metro | 1 | $36.00 | |
| Regions Bank | 1 | $32.50 | |
| Bearskin Parking | 1 | $20.00 | |
| Washington Metropolitan Area Transit | 1 | $18.00 | |
| City of Knoxville-Parking | 1 | $1.75 |
Dates
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
Loans
$5,000.00 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 (Sam McKenzie) | Candidate loan | — | $5,000.00 | $5,000.00 | $0.00 |
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 | $20,797.64 | $20,479.10 | Source: Q4 2024 filing Report 120319 |
| Pre-General 2024 | $21,216.31 | $20,797.64 | Source: Pre-General 2024 filing Report 118170 |
| Q3 2024 | $29,939.81 | $21,216.31 | Source: Q3 2024 filing Report 116845 |
| Pre-Primary 2024 | $29,959.42 | $29,939.81 | Source: Pre-Primary 2024 filing Report 115345 |
| Q2 2024 Amended | $22,992.54 | $29,959.42 | Source: Q2 2024 filing Report 116677 |
| Q1 2024 | $30,265.13 | $22,992.54 | Source: Q1 2024 filing Report 112820 |
| Year-End 2023 Amended | $8,568.37 | $30,265.13 | Source: Year-End 2023 filing Report 113392 |
| Mid-Year 2023 Amended | $14,059.87 | $8,568.37 | Source: Mid-Year 2023 filing Report 110126 |