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Sam McKenzie — 2024 Tennessee House, District 15 campaign

Tennessee House, District 15 Democratic

2024 Tennessee House, District 15

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
→ carried into 2026 TN House 15
Why this number?
Raised (cash) Cash and cash-like receipts the campaign took in: contributions, the candidate’s own money, loans, and transfers from affiliated committees. Donated goods and services are not cash; they appear separately as In-Kind Received. Bookkeeping entries such as a carried balance, accounting adjustment, or refund also stay only in the filing’s own totals. Full definition →
$102,284
Why this number?
Total Spent
$85,865
Why this number?
Spent of Cash Raised How much of the cash this campaign took in it went on to spend, measured now that its reporting has closed. Above 100% means it spent more than it raised for this race, drawing on money it already had when the cycle opened. Full definition →
84%
$85,865 spent of $102,284 raised (cash)
Donors
189
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Self-Funded
5%
$5,000 of $102,284 raised · campaign loans
Out-of-State
16%
$16,719 from outside TN
Why this number?

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).

Reported on this filing:
  • Q4 2024 Amendment $20,479 filing-stated

Raised (cash) adds together the amounts listed below.

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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 Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $97,284
Loans received $5,000
Raised (cash) $102,284
From each filing:
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Not attributable to a single filing:
Loans $5,000 derived

Filings restate outstanding loans each period, so a loan belongs to the campaign rather than to any one 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 $85,865
Total spent $85,865
From each filing:
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Out-of-state share compares itemized money from outside tennessee with raised incl. in-kind.

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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: $16,719 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $102,284
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $16,719
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$102,284
Spent
$85,865

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 →

The candidate’s own money made up 5% of the campaign’s funds — individuals gave 47%, organizations and PACs 49%.

Candidate’s own money $5K · 5% Individuals $48K · 47% Organizations & PACs $50K · 49%
Why this number?

Share from the candidate compares from the candidate's own money with everything the campaign raised.

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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 the candidate divided by the total.

From the candidate's own money: $5,000 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $102,284
Inputs behind Share from the candidate
Candidate's own money (incl. self-loans) $5,000
From individuals $47,584
From organizations and PACs $49,700
Source filings:

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
11%
0.6%
$50–200
38%
11%
$200–1K
39%
35%
$1K–5K
12%
53%
$5K+
0%
0%
Why this number?

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: $47,584 ÷ Individual donors: 138
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $47,584
Median gift $200
Individual donors 138
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 →

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
Why this number?

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: $16,719 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $97,284
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $16,719
Source filings:

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 donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $5,434 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 159 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
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

Expenditures

85 vendors 176 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Printing Image 3 $13,060.82 15%
Triumph Strategies 4 $12,796.52 15%
Davis, Kim 4 $8,300.00 10%
Wjbe Radio 7 $5,200.00 6%
Austin & Austin East Alumni Ass. 1 $2,500.00 3%
Parrott Printing Inc. 1 $2,479.98 3%
At&T 13 $2,158.08 3%
Shears Strategies 3 $2,000.00 2%
Morgan Street Strategies 2 $2,000.00 2%
Knoxville News Sentinel 4 $1,660.00 2%

Loans

$5,000.00 in loan principal 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.

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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 $5,000
Loan principal shown $5,000
Source filings:
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Principal Repaid Outstanding
Self (Sam McKenzie) Candidate loan — $5,000.00 $5,000.00 $0.00

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 2024 Amended $20,797.64 $20,479.10 Source ↗
Pre-General 2024 $21,216.31 $20,797.64 Source ↗
Q3 2024 $29,939.81 $21,216.31 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2024 $29,959.42 $29,939.81 Source ↗
Q2 2024 Amended $22,992.54 $29,959.42 Source ↗
Q1 2024 $30,265.13 $22,992.54 Source ↗
Year-End 2023 Amended $8,568.37 $30,265.13 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2023 Amended $14,059.87 $8,568.37 Source ↗