Aftyn Behn — 2025 U.S. Representative, District 7 campaign
2025 U.S. Representative, District 7 · totals since Jul 1, 2025
Campaign for the Dec 2, 2025 special election
This election filled an unexpired term ending in 2026. Source
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 → · 5 filings · 12S 2025–YE 2025
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 →
$286,336
as of the Year-End report
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$3,179,433
Recorded spending
$2,891,098
Donors
2,138
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Who funds this campaign 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 →
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 →
62% of located dollars came from outside Tennessee (38% from inside).
Tennessee $519,739 Out of state $842,749
- Nashville $271K20%
- Washington, DC $89K7%
- New York, NY $53K4%
- San Francisco, CA $49K4%
- Franklin $43K3%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $206K
- Other out-of-state $653K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jul 2025 – Dec 2025. Peak $926,340 in Nov 2025. Spending peaked at $1,877,466 in Nov 2025.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 1,972 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 166 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $18,786 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Jane Fonda Climate PAC | 1 | $10,000.00 |
| Ruth Ann Harnisch ↺ paid $3,500.00 | 1 | $7,000.00 |
| Ning Mosberger Tang | 2 | $7,000.00 |
| Maureen Pritzker ↺ paid $3,500.00 | 2 | $7,000.00 |
| Clifford Smith | 2 | $7,000.00 |
| Marianne Smith | 2 | $7,000.00 |
| Tavarus Taylor | 3 | $6,590.00 |
| Olan Mills ↺ paid $500.00 | 2 | $6,500.00 |
| Julianne Behn | 4 | $5,950.00 |
| Gene Cotton ↺ paid $1,000.00 | 7 | $5,750.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Coverage: the filings we hold for this campaign run through Dec 31, 2025; for other campaigns of the 2026 cycle we hold filings through Sep 30, 2026.
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beacon Media | 16 | $1,494,640.34 | |
| Sb Digital | 12 | $442,921.18 | |
| Donohoe Partners | 1 | $92,850.00 | |
| Stripe | 114 | $81,326.19 | |
| Bak Community Partners | 4 | $48,000.00 | |
| Payroll Data Processing | 29 | $47,086.20 | |
| Actblue | 105 | $43,343.43 | |
| Morrison, Lacey | 4 | $40,000.00 | |
| Briefs, Katherine | 15 | $32,421.66 | |
| Briefs, Kate | 2 | $31,681.71 | |
| Invictus Campaign Strategies | 3 | $30,000.00 | |
| Workbench Strategies | 2 | $29,550.00 | |
| Escobar, Jonathan | 18 | $26,692.39 | |
| Blue Nation | 8 | $25,776.61 | |
| Guestbooker | 1 | $25,000.00 | |
| Ponce, Rosa | 19 | $23,456.64 | |
| Circuit Texting | 2 | $18,575.00 | |
| Bcom Solutions, LLC | 3 | $18,037.83 | |
| DLL Strategies | 4 | $18,000.00 | |
| NGP Van | 6 | $17,514.45 | |
| Derrick, Anna | 7 | $17,471.05 | |
| Dillard, Kristin | 6 | $15,905.15 | |
| Upstream Strategies | 2 | $15,044.04 | |
| WNTC Am-Fm | 3 | $12,276.00 | |
| Hexter, Hannah | 5 | $11,400.64 | |
| McClard, Nathanial | 6 | $11,285.30 | |
| Beavers, Gracie | 9 | $10,057.21 | |
| Jones, Kessler | 9 | $9,953.78 | |
| Catalist | 1 | $9,011.77 | |
| Friendly Arctic Printing and Design, LLC | 4 | $8,757.70 | |
| Spruce Street Compliance | 7 | $8,711.52 | |
| McCartney, Emily | 7 | $8,387.32 | |
| Philavanh, Angelina | 5 | $8,181.07 | |
| Cumulus Media | 1 | $8,040.00 | |
| Pajcic, Austin | 5 | $7,548.70 | |
| Freeman, Gracie | 5 | $7,149.34 | |
| Numero | 7 | $7,081.00 | |
| Holmes Jones, Monchiere | 1 | $7,000.00 | |
| McCaden, Kingston | 4 | $6,767.76 | |
| Openphone | 12 | $5,582.95 | |
| Hustle | 1 | $5,539.80 | |
| Iheartmedia | 1 | $5,010.75 | |
| Progressive Turnout Project ↺ donor $5,000.00 | 3 | $5,000.00 | |
| Behn, Aftyn | 1 | $5,000.00 | |
| Printing Etc | 9 | $4,700.30 | |
| American Press, Inc. | 6 | $4,183.06 | |
| Airbnb | 2 | $3,861.32 | |
| Amazon | 15 | $3,736.31 | |
| Harnisch, Ruth Ann ↺ donor $7,000.00 | 1 | $3,500.00 | |
| Pritzker, Maureen ↺ donor $7,000.00 | 1 | $3,500.00 | |
| Bassow, Wyatt | 3 | $3,241.94 | |
| Marathon Music Works | 1 | $2,575.00 | |
| Koonce Jr, Gene ↺ donor $2,759.00 | 1 | $2,509.00 | |
| Resnick, William | 1 | $2,500.00 | |
| Southwest | 3 | $2,474.69 | |
| Creative Soulz Printing | 1 | $2,262.99 | |
| Cortain Inc. | 1 | $2,189.69 | |
| Montgomery County Democratic Party | 2 | $2,000.00 | |
| Spence, John ↺ donor $4,000.00 | 1 | $2,000.00 | |
| Multicultural Media Group | 1 | $1,712.00 | |
| Contempora Magazine Inc. | 1 | $1,700.00 | |
| Executive Travel and Parking | 4 | $1,541.80 | |
| Postmates | 23 | $1,517.71 | |
| Efroymson, Debra Ann ↺ donor $5,000.00 | 1 | $1,500.00 | |
| Watson Grove Baptist Church | 1 | $1,500.00 | |
| Burke, Linda ↺ donor $4,900.00 | 1 | $1,400.00 | |
| Pens.Com | 1 | $1,338.77 | |
| Zoom | 5 | $1,267.18 | |
| Squarespace | 14 | $1,063.46 | |
| Palladino, Amy ↺ donor $1,000.00 | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Lipien, Deborah ↺ donor $1,000.00 | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Cotton, Gene ↺ donor $5,750.00 | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| BJ's Wholesale Club | 4 | $868.92 | |
| Plane Jane | 1 | $852.22 | |
| Merrill, Keith ↺ donor $4,300.00 | 1 | $800.00 | |
| Beck, Coleen ↺ donor $4,250.00 | 1 | $750.00 | |
| BJ's | 1 | $730.98 | |
| Hilton | 2 | $709.32 | |
| The Music DJS | 1 | $625.00 | |
| Janelle Wood Mua | 1 | $600.00 | |
| Run! | 2 | $600.00 | |
| Hampton Inn and Suites Nashville | 1 | $555.07 | |
| Humberd, Quentin ↺ donor $3,500.00 | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Mills, Olan ↺ donor $6,500.00 | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Dilbeck, Babbi ↺ donor $500.00 | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Hamrick, Max ↺ donor $510.00 | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Turner, Janet ↺ donor $550.00 | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Beavins, Sarah | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Davis, Valerie ↺ donor $500.00 | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Davidson County Democratic Women | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Central Labor Council of Nashville and Middle TN, Afl-Cio | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Hotel Preston Nashville Airport | 1 | $482.34 | |
| Southwest Airlines | 1 | $455.48 | |
| Stagepost | 1 | $425.00 | |
| Amalgamated Bank | 1 | $413.92 | |
| Hampton Inn & Suites Nashville North Skyline | 1 | $412.91 | |
| The Event Helper | 1 | $307.00 | |
| Las Fiestas Cafe | 1 | $294.25 | |
| Cilantro Mexican Grill | 1 | $257.76 | |
| Abeel, John ↺ donor $250.00 | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Stillwell, Richard ↺ donor $505.00 | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Trabin, Jeri ↺ donor $253.76 | 2 | $250.00 | |
| Finney, Judi ↺ donor $503.75 | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Verizon | 1 | $240.46 | |
| Plaud US | 1 | $237.05 | |
| Lumin | 1 | $228.00 | |
| U-Haul | 1 | $215.91 | |
| Ziskin, Mae ↺ donor $250.00 | 4 | $200.00 | |
| Quickbooks Payments | 1 | $181.62 | |
| Comcast | 1 | $161.27 | |
| United States Postal Service | 1 | $146.28 | |
| Scheider, Holly ↺ donor $300.00 | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Dobbs, Jamey ↺ donor $300.00 | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Hollon, Larry ↺ donor $250.00 | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Gibson, Amy ↺ donor $301.50 | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Hall, John ↺ donor $3,900.00 | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Brunetti, Don | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Crawford, Scott ↺ donor $385.00 | 1 | $30.00 | |
| Hudson, Douglas | 1 | $25.00 | |
| Johnson, Susan ↺ donor $571.50 | 1 | $25.00 | |
| Valaske, Joseph A. | 1 | $5.00 |
Dates
| 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 Aftyn Behn’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Advertising & media $2,009,795 70%
- Consulting & professional services $241,325 8%
- Staff & payroll $194,150 7%
- Office & operations $141,791 5%
- Field & voter contact $128,312 4%
- Fundraising & events $50,055 2%
- Travel $41,311 1%
- Other $29,299 1%
- Contributions & donations $26,744 1.0%
- Printing & mail $20,865 0.8%
Filing History
Totals as filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC); see About for how this data is processed.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| YE 2025 | $333,324.24 | $286,335.59 | Source: YE 2025 filing |
| 30S 2025 | $521,737.18 | $333,324.24 | Source: 30S 2025 filing |
| 12S 2025 | $20,168.09 | $521,737.18 | Source: 12S 2025 filing |
| Q3 2025 | $44,663.56 | $20,168.09 | Source: Q3 2025 filing |
| 12S 2025 | $0.00 | $44,663.56 | Source: 12S 2025 filing |