Sara Kyle — 2024 Tennessee Senate, District 30 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 30 Democratic

2024 Tennessee Senate, District 30

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 → · 12 filings · Mid-Year 2021–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 →
$41,865
as of the Q4 report
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 →
$138,870
includes $65 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Why this number?
Total Spent
$137,556
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 →
99.0%
$137,556 spent of $138,870 raised (cash)
Donors
At least 70 named
full total unavailable for this combined term
Out-of-State
18%
$25,050 from outside TN
Why this number?

Cash on hand is the amount reported on the filings listed below.

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The ending cash balances the campaign's 2 committees each reported on their most recent filing, added together (each as filed, not computed).

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 $138,805
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $65
Raised (cash) $138,870
From each filing:
  • Year-End 2022 Amendment $25,505 derived
  • Mid-Year 2022 Amendment $11,050 derived
  • Year-End 2021 Supplemental $25,225 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $25,200 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $25 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2021 Supplemental $25 filing-stated
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  • Q4 2024 Initial $16,702 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $16,700 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $2 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2024 Initial $5,760 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $5,750 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $10 filing-stated
  • Q3 2024 Initial $8,253 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $8,250 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $3 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2024 Amendment $12,100 derived
  • Q2 2024 Initial $9,750 derived
  • Year-End 2023 Supplemental $24,250 derived
  • Mid-Year 2023 Amendment $250 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.

Inputs behind Total spent
Itemized expenditures $137,011
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $545
Total spent $137,556
From each filing:
  • Year-End 2022 Amendment $3,848 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $3,815 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $33 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2022 Amendment $14,910 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $14,675 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $235 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2021 Supplemental $1,630 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,566 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $64 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2021 Supplemental $1,612 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,400 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $212 filing-stated
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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: $25,050 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $138,870
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $25,050
Raised incl. in-kind
$138,870
Spent
$137,556

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 8%; organizations and PACs gave 92%.

Individuals $11K · 8% Organizations & PACs $128K · 92%
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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 individuals: $10,720 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $138,870
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $10,720
From organizations and PACs $128,150

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 →

82% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (18% from out of state).

Tennessee $113,755 Out of state $25,050
  • Nashville $73K53%
  • Brentwood $16K12%
  • Madison $10K7%
  • Washington, DC $9K6%
  • Memphis $5K3%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $11K
  • Other out-of-state $17K
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: $25,050 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $138,805
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $25,050

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2021 – Jan 2025. Peak $18,200 in Jan 2022. Spending peaked at $66,899 in Jul 2024.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor figure above is a named-donor floor. A complete combined-term total is unavailable. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200.

Named donor list 70 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Senate Democratic Caucus 1 $5,000.00
Tennessee Wine & Spirits Retailers Good Gov't Fund PAC 2 $4,500.00
Lawyers Involved for TN 3 $4,500.00
Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) 3 $3,500.00
Housing Industry PAC 3 $3,000.00
Total Wine Political Action Committee 1 $3,000.00
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) 1 $3,000.00
Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC 1 $2,500.00
Tennessee Utilities PAC 2 $2,500.00
Fedex Corporation PAC 2 $2,000.00

Expenditures

76 vendors 108 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Rivers Edge Solution LLC 3 $30,825.00 22%
Fortify Communications, LLC 4 $29,459.23 22%
Black Market Strategies 2 $15,000.00 11%
Thompson, Dwayne 3 $14,000.00 10%
Yellow Rose PAC 1 $10,000.00 7%
Diamond Printing 5 $9,240.02 7%
Suggs, Antonio 4 $2,205.00 2%
Kyle (Judge), Jim 1 $1,600.00 1%
McCorkle, Ronald 3 $1,500.00 1%
Thompson, Bretran 1 $1,500.00 1%

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 Sara Kyle’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Printing & mail $41,777 30%
  • Field & voter contact $35,712 26%
  • Advertising & media $22,575 16%
  • Contributions & donations $22,050 16%
  • Consulting & professional services $8,500 6%
  • Other $4,685 3%
  • Fundraising & events $1,042 0.8%
  • Office & operations $671 0.5%

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 $25,162.70 $41,864.62 Source ↗
Pre-General 2024 $19,703.10 $25,162.70 Source ↗
Q3 2024 $26,982.45 $19,703.10 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2024 Amended $70,150.73 $26,982.45 Source ↗
Q2 2024 $99,929.67 $70,150.73 Source ↗
Q1 2024 $99,929.67 $99,929.67 Source ↗
Year-End 2023 $78,919.66 $99,929.67 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2023 Amended $80,354.98 $78,919.66 Source ↗
Year-End 2022 Amended $58,698.42 $80,354.98 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2022 Amended $62,558.36 $58,698.42 Source ↗
Year-End 2021 $38,963.51 $62,558.36 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2021 $40,550.82 $38,963.51 Source ↗