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Thomas J. Brooks III — 2024 Tennessee House, District 28 campaign

Tennessee House, District 28 Independent

2024 Tennessee House, District 28 · totals since Jan 16, 2024

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 2024–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 →
$189
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 →
$10,228
Loan entries in filing detail: $10,228. The report totals above govern this headline.
Total Spent
$10,040
Donors
0
total donors; qualifying names are listed below

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 Initial $189 filing-stated

Reported receipts adds together the amounts listed below.

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Sum of Total Receipts reported on the selected source reports.

Inputs behind Reported receipts
Q4 2024 reported receipts $0
Pre-General 2024 reported receipts $748
Q3 2024 reported receipts $2,810
Pre-Primary 2024 reported receipts $6,670
Q2 2024 reported receipts $0
Q1 2024 reported receipts $0
Reported receipts $10,228
From each filing:
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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 $10,040
Total spent $10,040
From each filing:
Receipts
$10,228
Spent
$10,040

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: loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds, 100% of receipts on these reports.

Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $10K · 100%

Share of reported receipts: Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds compares loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds with reported receipts.

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Each selected report's reported receipts split by the report's own lines; the parts of every report add up to its total, and the totals to the headline.

Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds: $10,228 ÷ Reported receipts: $10,228
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $10,228
From each filing:
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Contributions

No itemized contributions on record.

Expenditures

8 vendors 37 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Signs on the Cheap 4 $4,174.21 42%
Marvin Couch 5 $2,736.05 27%
Chattanooga News Chronicle 1 $1,250.00 12%
Smith, Dwight 9 $1,020.00 10%
Wix 9 $394.84 4%
Office Max 3 $238.39 2%
Lowe's 5 $216.26 2%
Bank of America 1 $10.00 0.1%

Loans

$10,228.33 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.

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 $10,228
Loan principal shown $10,228
Source filings:
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (Thomas J. Brooks III) Candidate loan Jul 15, 2024 $10,228.33 $0.00 $10,228.33

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

  • Advertising & media $6,256 62%
  • Consulting & professional services $2,500 25%
  • Field & voter contact $1,020 10%
  • Printing & mail $179 2%
  • Office & operations $85 0.9%

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 $188.58 $188.58 Source: Q4 2024 filing Report 120613
Pre-General 2024 $188.58 $188.58 Source: Pre-General 2024 filing Report 118076
Q3 2024 Amended $190.99 $188.58 Source: Q3 2024 filing Report 118075
Pre-Primary 2024 $0.00 $190.99 Source: Pre-Primary 2024 filing Report 115680
Q2 2024 $0.00 $0.00 Source: Q2 2024 filing Report 114955
Q1 2024 $0.00 $0.00 Source: Q1 2024 filing Report 113479

After the election

Reports ending after Jan 15, 2025.

Contributions and spending

No contributions or expenditures reported

2 filings · Mid-Year 2025–Year-End 2025

No individual donors or expenditures are published for this campaign.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Year-End 2025 $188.58 $188.58 Source: Year-End 2025 filing Report 123120
Mid-Year 2025 Late $188.58 $188.58 Source: Mid-Year 2025 filing Report 123119