Sam Whitson — 2024 Tennessee House, District 65 campaign
2024 Tennessee House, District 65
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
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Why this number?
Why this number?
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).
- Q4 2024 Initial $39,563 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.
| Itemized contributions from others | $8,000 |
| Raised (cash) | $8,000 |
- Year-End 2023 Amendment $8,000 derived
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.
| Itemized expenditures | $157,968 |
| Total spent | $157,968 |
- Q4 2024 Initial $7,326 derived
- Pre-General 2024 Amendment $1,998 derived
- Q3 2024 Amendment $46,560 derived
- Pre-Primary 2024 Initial $2,027 derived
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- Q2 2024 Amendment $48,804 derived
- Q1 2024 Initial $15,606 derived
- Year-End 2023 Amendment $26,505 derived
- Mid-Year 2023 Supplemental $9,143 derived
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).
| From outside Tennessee | $2,500 |
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 →
Individuals gave 0%; organizations and PACs gave 100%.
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Share from individuals compares from individuals 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 individuals divided by the total.
| From organizations and PACs | $8,000 |
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 →
69% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (31% from out of state).
- Nashville $4K44%
- Brentwood $2K25%
- Dallas, TX $1K13%
- New York, NY $1K13%
- Dearborn, MI $5006%
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).
| From outside Tennessee | $2,500 |
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2023 – Jan 2025. Peak $2,000 in Jul 2023. Spending peaked at $42,610 in Sep 2024.
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Certified Public Accountants PAC | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Pfizer Inc. PAC | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Southwest Airlines Co Political Action Committee | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Tennessee Hospitality and Tourism PAC | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| HCA TriStar Fund PAC | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Oaat PAC Committee | 1 | $500.00 |
| Tennessee Medical Association PAC (TMA) | 1 | $500.00 |
| Tennessee Retail Association PAC | 1 | $500.00 |
| My Tennessee My Home PAC | 1 | $500.00 |
| Automobile Club of Michigan PAC | 1 | $500.00 |
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williamson Health Foundation Inc. | 1 | $35,000.00 | |
| First United Methodist Church Franklin | 1 | $30,000.00 | |
| Franklin's Charge Inc. | 4 | $12,000.00 | |
| Columbia State Community College | 2 | $5,000.00 | |
| House Republican Caucus | 1 | $5,000.00 | |
| Williamson Herald | 10 | $4,335.00 | |
| Beathard, Brian | 2 | $3,600.00 | |
| The Tennessee Historical Society | 3 | $3,000.00 | |
| Conservatives With Character | 1 | $3,000.00 | |
| Verizon | 25 | $2,577.31 | |
| Friends of Franklin Parks | 4 | $2,100.00 | |
| Nash PAC | 1 | $1,800.00 | |
| Sherrell, Paul | 1 | $1,800.00 | |
| Hazlewood, Patsy | 1 | $1,800.00 | |
| Greg Caesar 4 Alderman | 3 | $1,800.00 | |
| The Land Trust for Tennessee | 2 | $1,500.00 | |
| Ann Peterson for Alderman | 1 | $1,500.00 | |
| Committee To Reelect Brandy Blanton | 2 | $1,500.00 | |
| African American Heritage Society | 4 | $1,400.00 | |
| Voices for A Safer TN | 2 | $1,300.00 | |
| American Battlefield Trust | 3 | $1,200.00 | |
| Williamson County Republican Career Wome | 4 | $1,160.00 | |
| Wakm Am950 | 2 | $1,050.00 | |
| Safe Action Fund - TN Families for Vacc | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| New Life Restoration Foundation | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Nashville Steam Preservation Society Inc. | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Battle of Franklin Trust | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| A Vintage Affair, Inc. | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Dui Court Foundation of Wilco | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Best of Tennessee Action Fund | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Lundberg, Jon | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Hicks, Jr., Gary | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Ken Moore for Mayor | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Hard Bargain Association | 3 | $900.00 | |
| Barrons WSJ | 21 | $844.89 | |
| Swan Conservative Trust | 2 | $750.00 | |
| Waves, Inc. | 2 | $700.00 | |
| Amazon | 4 | $676.32 | |
| State Affairs INC - Tenn | 1 | $600.00 | |
| Vietnam Veterans of American Chapter 114 | 2 | $600.00 | |
| American Legion Post 215 | 2 | $540.00 | |
| Dues / Subscriptions | 1 | $508.07 | |
| My Friends House | 2 | $500.00 | |
| Williamson Inc. | 3 | $500.00 | |
| Haile, Ferrell | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Bobo, Chad | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Franklin Rotary Club At Breakfast | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Friends of Cheryl Brown | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Franklin Tomorrow | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Barrett, Joseph M. | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Littleton, Mary | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Powers, Bill | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Ywca - Nashville | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Holsclaw, John B. | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Mark Green for Congress | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Alice Rolli for Mayor | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Battle of Nashville Trust | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Advertising | 3 | $428.00 | |
| Main Street Media of TN | 2 | $414.00 | |
| Boys and Girls Club of Middle Tennessee | 2 | $382.94 | |
| Feed America First | 1 | $350.00 | |
| Sam's Club | 5 | $323.55 | |
| Walmart | 8 | $310.38 | |
| TN Civil War Preservation Association | 2 | $300.00 | |
| Republican Women of Williamson County | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Russell, Larry Lowell | 1 | $300.00 | |
| McCalmon, Jacob | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Covenant Families for Brighter Tomorrow | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Fairview High School | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Holiday Inn Express | 1 | $283.60 | |
| Tennessean Newpaper | 23 | $276.62 | |
| Kroger | 8 | $259.54 | |
| Puckett's Grocery | 6 | $258.68 | |
| Davis, Elaine | 1 | $250.00 | |
| 21st District Recovery Court | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Franklin Morning Rotary | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Costco | 4 | $237.86 | |
| Franklin Civil War Roundtable | 2 | $230.00 | |
| Save the Franklin | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Fairview Boys and Girls Club | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Alazheimer's Association | 2 | $200.00 | |
| Dui Court Foundation of Williamson Co | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Mercy Community Healthcare | 1 | $200.00 | |
| High Hopes Inc. | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Friends of Williamson County Animal Cent | 1 | $200.00 | |
| One Gen Away | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Friends of Jason Spain | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Graceworks Ministries Inc. | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Merridee's | 9 | $197.26 | |
| Cracker Barrel | 2 | $177.39 | |
| Norton | 2 | $175.58 | |
| Five Points Station Po | 4 | $159.17 | |
| Halfway Market | 4 | $156.43 | |
| Jonathans Grille | 1 | $150.80 | |
| 5 Points Station | 1 | $126.00 | |
| Franklin Community Center | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Veile, David | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Franklin Fire Fighters Association | 1 | $90.00 | |
| The Atlantic | 1 | $89.99 | |
| Google Workspace | 7 | $81.56 | |
| Washington Post | 2 | $80.00 | |
| Principles First for America, LTD | 1 | $80.00 | |
| Pizza Hut | 1 | $78.37 | |
| State of Tennessee | 1 | $64.07 | |
| Scouts Pub | 1 | $59.39 | |
| First Watch | 2 | $56.64 | |
| Moleskine Inc. | 1 | $53.67 | |
| Music City Center | 3 | $50.00 | |
| Pilot Oil | 1 | $49.83 | |
| Pancake Pantry | 1 | $45.49 | |
| GoDaddy | 1 | $44.34 | |
| Panda Express | 2 | $42.67 | |
| Lion's Club of Franklin | 1 | $40.00 | |
| Jenni Bick Journals | 1 | $37.19 | |
| Market Center | 1 | $35.09 | |
| Vista Print | 1 | $34.00 | |
| Murphy USA | 1 | $31.88 | |
| Baam Burger | 1 | $27.04 | |
| Wendall Smith Restaurant | 1 | $23.50 | |
| Freddy's | 1 | $18.74 | |
| The Daily News Journal | 2 | $17.54 | |
| Sir Pizza | 1 | $16.35 | |
| Library Garage | 1 | $12.00 | |
| Dunkin' | 1 | $9.31 | |
| Nashville Library Garage | 1 | $9.00 | |
| US Postal Service | 1 | $1.10 |
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
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 Sam Whitson’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Contributions & donations $142,118 90%
- Office & operations $6,772 4%
- Advertising & media $5,127 3%
- Fundraising & events $1,709 1%
- Other $1,350 0.9%
- Travel $573 0.4%
- Printing & mail $319 0.3%
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 | $46,888.12 | $39,562.57 | Source ↗ |
| Pre-General 2024 Amended | $48,886.45 | $46,888.12 | Source ↗ |
| Q3 2024 Amended | $95,445.96 | $48,886.45 | Source ↗ |
| Pre-Primary 2024 | $97,473.00 | $95,445.96 | Source ↗ |
| Q2 2024 Amended | $146,276.71 | $97,473.00 | Source ↗ |
| Q1 2024 | $161,882.40 | $146,276.71 | Source ↗ |
| Year-End 2023 Amended | $180,387.69 | $161,882.40 | Source ↗ |
| Mid-Year 2023 | $189,530.72 | $180,387.69 | Source ↗ |