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Sara Thompson — 2022 Tennessee Senate, District 09 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 09 Democratic

2022 Tennessee Senate, District 09

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 → · 6 filings · Pre-General 2022–Q4 2022

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 →
$348
as of the Q4 report
→ carried into 2026 TN Senate 9
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 →
$8,145
includes $2,820 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Why this number?
In-Kind Received 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. Full definition →
$300
goods or services
Total Spent
$8,027
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%
$8,027 spent of $8,145 raised (cash)
Donors
10
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
12%
$1,000 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 2022 Amendment $348 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. Excludes the value of donated goods & services, shown separately as In-Kind Received.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $5,325
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $2,820
Raised (cash) $8,145
From each filing:
  • Q4 2022 Amendment $15 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2022 Initial $440 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $250 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $190 filing-stated
  • Q3 2022 Initial $5,600 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $4,575 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $1,025 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2022 Initial $445 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2022 Amendment $1,225 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $500 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $725 filing-stated
  • Q1 2022 Amendment $420 filing-stated

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 $7,500
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $527
Total spent $8,027
From each filing:
  • Q4 2022 Amendment $1,055 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,034 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $20 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2022 Initial $4,905 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $4,868 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $37 filing-stated
  • Q3 2022 Initial $1,015 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $992 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $23 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2022 Initial $783 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $605 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $178 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2022 Amendment $148 filing-stated
  • Q1 2022 Amendment $121 filing-stated

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: $1,000 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $8,445
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $1,000
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$8,445
Spent
$8,027

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 72%; organizations and PACs gave 25%; other sources made up 4%.

Individuals $6K · 72% Organizations & PACs $2K · 25% Other sources $300 · 4%
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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: $6,045 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $8,445
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $6,045
From organizations and PACs $2,100
In-kind contributions (goods & services) $300
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 →

81% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (19% from out of state).

Tennessee $4,325 Out of state $1,000
  • Sevierville $2K28%
  • Greeneville $1K19%
  • Chattanooga $1K19%
  • Lookout Mountain, GA $1K19%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $825
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: $1,000 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $5,325
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $1,000
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — May 2022 – Dec 2022. Peak $4,250 in Sep 2022. Spending peaked at $4,868 in Oct 2022.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $125 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 11 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Sevier County Democratic Executive Committee 2 $1,100.00
Olan Mills 1 $1,000.00
Robert Mills 1 $1,000.00
Blue Skies PAC 1 $500.00
Green County Democratic Party 1 $500.00
James W Rugh 1 $400.00
Candi Fitzgibbons In-Kind 1 $300.00
Emily Senter 1 $250.00
Frances Fox 1 $250.00
Hamblen County Federatn Democratic Womn 1 $200.00

Expenditures

8 vendors 9 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Sprout Impact LLC 1 $3,848.09 51%
Just Yard Signs 2 $1,210.00 16%
Thompson, Sara 1 $878.24 12%
Deck Washington Dcus 1 $620.00 8%
Wlik Radio Station 1 $400.00 5%
Custom Ink 1 $263.43 4%
United States Post Office 1 $156.00 2%
Actblue 1 $123.88 2%

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

  • Advertising & media $4,868 65%
  • Printing & mail $1,629 22%
  • Travel $878 12%
  • Office & operations $124 2%

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 2022 Amended $1,157.83 $347.55 Source ↗
Pre-General 2022 $5,622.91 $1,157.83 Source ↗
Q3 2022 $1,038.05 $5,622.91 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2022 $1,375.96 $1,038.05 Source ↗
Q2 2022 Amended $299.30 $1,375.96 Source ↗
Q1 2022 Amended $0.00 $299.30 Source ↗