Aftyn Behn — 2026 Tennessee House, District 51 campaign
2026 Tennessee House, District 51 · totals since Jan 16, 2025
Won the nomination 7,674 votes · 100% reported results
Latest filing: Q3 2026 · Oct 11, 2026 · source: TN Registry of Election Finance
6 filings · Mid-Year 2025–Q3 2026
Cash on Hand The campaign’s ending cash balance from its most recent filing. Cash shown as “carried over” was held before this election cycle began — usually from a prior campaign for the same office. Full definition →
$27,752
$15,291 carried over
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$77,008
Total Spent
$64,568
less $20 in refunds & credits → $64,548 net disbursements
Donors
1,337
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
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: individuals, itemized, 98% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $76K · 98%Organizations and PACs, itemized $2K · 2%
Gift size Each individual donor’s total giving to this campaign this cycle. Organizations, PACs, and the candidate’s own money are excluded (this is about people); a donor who gave under several name spellings is counted once. A donor named on the page can still sit in a small bucket — these are cycle totals, not “unnamed donors.” Full definition →
$57average gift
$25median gift
1,335individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
$50–200
$200–1K
$1K–5K
$5K+
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 →
79% of located dollars came from outside Tennessee (21% from inside).
Tennessee $16,153 Out of state $60,855
- Nashville $11K15%
- New York, NY $2K2%
- Seattle, WA $2K2%
- Los Angeles, CA $1K1%
- Washington, DC $1K1%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $5K
- Other out-of-state $55K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2025 – Sep 2026. Peak $57,580 in Nov 2025. Spending peaked at $22,440 in May 2026.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 67 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 1,270 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $50,723 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Boger | 1 | $1,500.00 |
| Sarah Gardial | 13 | $1,380.25 |
| Bahr Weiss | 4 | $1,300.62 |
| Gray Skinner | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Dennis Palmini | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Lawyers Involved for TN PAC | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| David Smith | 7 | $636.17 |
| Tavarus Taylor | 1 | $500.00 |
| Randy Adams | 1 | $500.00 |
| Michael Armstrong | 2 | $500.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bak Community Partners | 1 | $18,000.00 | |
| United States Postal Service | 6 | $5,385.44 | |
| Act Blue | 6 | $3,202.29 | |
| Printing Etc. | 2 | $2,689.58 | |
| American Press, Inc. | 4 | $2,664.19 | |
| Friends of Shelby Park and Bottoms | 2 | $2,080.00 | |
| Tennessee Democratic Party | 1 | $2,000.00 | |
| Germantown Pub | 4 | $1,791.03 | |
| NGP VAN | 1 | $1,756.00 | |
| Leadership Music | 1 | $1,750.00 | |
| Tennessee House Democratic Caucus | 1 | $1,500.00 | |
| Wilmoth Financial | 1 | $1,400.00 | |
| Charles, Youssoupha | 1 | $1,250.00 | |
| Cortain, Inc. | 1 | $1,231.97 | |
| Squarespace | 15 | $1,144.79 | |
| Skyroam, Inc. | 5 | $990.00 | |
| Hustle Inc. | 1 | $825.36 | |
| Doordash, Inc. | 6 | $762.47 | |
| Angela Gimlin | 2 | $750.00 | |
| Kafil, Inc. | 1 | $650.00 | |
| Pinnacle Bank | 28 | $570.00 | |
| Verizon | 6 | $554.42 | |
| Eastside Bowl | 1 | $543.72 | |
| Girls Write Nashville | 1 | $535.24 | |
| Simple Hippie Heart LLC | 1 | $535.00 | |
| Canva | 4 | $532.80 | |
| Staples | 2 | $523.45 | |
| Huff, Sheryl | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Lake Providence Missionary Church | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Madison-Rivergate Area Chamber of Commer | 2 | $402.76 | |
| Butcher and Bee | 1 | $382.18 | |
| East Park Donuts | 4 | $379.08 | |
| Hearts Cafe | 5 | $330.62 | |
| Streetcar Taps and Garden | 1 | $296.74 | |
| Koi Sushi Thai | 1 | $267.84 | |
| Kimpton Aertson | 1 | $265.47 | |
| Tennessee Dept of Transportation | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Premier Parking | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Love & Exile | 1 | $248.16 | |
| Mas Amigos | 1 | $221.64 | |
| Sunflower Bakehouse | 5 | $221.25 | |
| Claude.Ai | 1 | $219.50 | |
| Lockeland Table | 1 | $207.78 | |
| Walmart | 2 | $200.79 | |
| Oprey Entertainment Group | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Nectar Urban Cantina | 1 | $191.42 | |
| BJ's Wholesale Club | 1 | $188.48 | |
| Jessica Peacock Wilmoth | 2 | $175.00 | |
| Expedia.Com | 1 | $173.93 | |
| Academy Sports | 2 | $171.15 | |
| New York Times | 6 | $170.00 | |
| Publix | 1 | $152.23 | |
| Yamm.Com (Talarian Labs) | 2 | $145.30 | |
| Dunkin' | 3 | $144.71 | |
| The Home Depot | 1 | $132.30 | |
| Drusie & Darr By Jean-Georges | 1 | $130.63 | |
| FedEx | 4 | $127.36 | |
| The Greenhouse Bar | 3 | $127.28 | |
| Stratford High School | 1 | $122.00 | |
| Ophelia's Pizza | 1 | $113.72 | |
| Fiestas Mexicana | 1 | $104.74 | |
| Brothers Burger Joint | 1 | $104.59 | |
| Clay Capp for Council | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Bartaco East | 1 | $89.74 | |
| FTD | 1 | $82.22 | |
| Kosho By Tabu | 1 | $74.42 | |
| Turkey and the Wolf | 2 | $71.38 | |
| Chuy's | 1 | $70.31 | |
| Urban Cowboy | 1 | $64.89 | |
| El Patron | 1 | $58.64 | |
| Kroger | 1 | $55.45 | |
| Cancun Mexican Restaurant | 1 | $51.99 | |
| Office Depot | 1 | $50.03 | |
| Cherries Nashville | 1 | $42.04 | |
| Golden Corral Buffet & Grill | 1 | $39.52 | |
| Bongo Java East | 1 | $39.45 | |
| Zoom | 2 | $37.12 | |
| ExxonMobil | 1 | $36.90 | |
| Hobby Lobby | 1 | $33.01 | |
| Greenhouse Bar | 1 | $29.32 | |
| CNN Interactive | 6 | $23.94 | |
| 333 Garage | 1 | $20.00 | |
| Reunion Bar | 1 | $16.47 | |
| Aertson Parking Garage | 1 | $14.00 | |
| Cable News Network | 3 | $11.97 | |
| Digital Checkouts | 1 | $9.59 | |
| Linktree | 1 | $8.78 |
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.
- Field & voter contact $20,200 31%
- Office & operations $13,195 20%
- Printing & mail $12,548 19%
- Fundraising & events $10,011 16%
- Contributions & donations $4,498 7%
- Consulting & professional services $3,475 5%
- Travel $495 0.8%
- Advertising & media $145 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $31,675.38 | $27,751.82 | Source: Q3 2026 filing Report 129769 |
| Pre-Primary 2026 | $35,630.29 | $31,675.38 | Source: Pre-Primary 2026 filing Report 128476 |
| Q2 2026 Amended | $60,802.24 | $35,630.29 | Source: Q2 2026 filing Report 126978 |
| Q1 2026 | $68,892.34 | $60,802.24 | Source: Q1 2026 filing Report 124866 |
| Year-End 2025 | $9,041.30 | $68,892.34 | Source: Year-End 2025 filing Report 123333 |
| Mid-Year 2025 | $15,291.39 | $9,041.30 | Source: Mid-Year 2025 filing Report 121947 |