Andy (Andrew) J. Swafford — 2026 Tennessee House, District 31 campaign

Tennessee House, District 31 Republican

2026 Tennessee House, District 31 · totals since Jan 16, 2026

Won the nomination 6,901 votes · 57.11% reported results

Latest filing: Pre-General 2026 · Oct 27, 2026 · source: TN Registry of Election Finance

5 filings · Pre-General 2026–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 →
$10,689
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$74,452
includes $929 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
$1,200 refunded
Total Spent
$64,370
less $607 in refunds & credits → $63,763 net disbursements
Donors
67
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:

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
Pre-General 2026 reported receipts $7,630
Q3 2026 reported receipts $14,877
Pre-Primary 2026 reported receipts $17,060
Q2 2026 reported receipts $32,785
Q1 2026 reported receipts $2,100
Reported receipts $74,452
From each filing:
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  • Q1 2026 Initial $2,100 filing-stated
Excluded reports:

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 $64,370
Total spent $64,370
From each filing:
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Receipts
$74,452
Spent
$64,370

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: organizations and PACs, itemized, 82% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $12K · 16%Organizations and PACs, itemized $62K · 82%Unitemized contributions $929 · 1%

Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds: −$1,200. Shares are of the $75,652 before it.

Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized compares organizations and pacs, itemized with reported receipts before the negative part.

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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. Shares are of the receipts before the negative part.

Organizations and PACs, itemized: $62,300 ÷ Reported receipts before the negative part: $75,652
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized
The candidate's own contributions, itemized $100
Individuals, itemized $12,323
Organizations and PACs, itemized $62,300
Unitemized contributions $929
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds -$1,200
From each filing:
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  • Q1 2026 Initial $2,100 filing-stated
Excluded reports:

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 →

$316average gift
$260median gift
39individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
5%
0.5%
$50–200
15%
5%
$200–1K
79%
94%
$1K–5K
0%
0%
$5K+
0%
0%

Average gift per individual donor compares total from individual donors with individual donors.

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Every individual donor's total contributions to this campaign, divided by the number of individual donors. Organizations and PACs are excluded (this measures people); a donor who gave under several name spellings is counted once. The median and the gift-size buckets are computed over the same individual-donor totals. Based on itemized contributions only (loans and money a filer reported as an unitemized lump sum are not included).

Total from individual donors: $12,323 ÷ Individual donors: 39
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $12,323
Median gift $260
Individual donors 39

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 →

99.1% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (0.9% from out of state).

Tennessee $74,008 Out of state $614
  • Franklin $17K23%
  • Nashville $12K17%
  • Brentwood $11K15%
  • Pikeville $6K9%
  • Bartlett $5K7%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $22K
  • Other out-of-state $614

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: $614 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $74,623
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $614

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Mar 2026 – Oct 2026. Peak $17,164 in May 2026. Spending peaked at $32,592 in Jul 2026.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 60 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 8 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $721 and their names are withheld.

60 named donors 72 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennesseans for Student Success Action PAC 1 $15,400.00
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) 3 $10,000.00
LAMBERTH PAC (William Lamberth) 2 $5,000.00
JCB PAC (Clark Boyd) 2 $4,000.00
Vital Medical Transport LLC ↺ $1,200.00 refunded 3 $3,800.00 net
$5,000.00 gross
Tim PAC 2 $3,000.00
CAM PAC (Cameron Sexton) 1 $2,500.00
Wholesalers Assn PAC 2 $1,500.00
TN Advance Financial PAC 1 $1,500.00
Housing Industry PAC 1 $1,000.00

Expenditures

14 vendors 41 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Art and Copy Partners, LLC 5 $25,487.38 40%
Newman & Associates 3 $14,700.00 23%
Kandid Printing and Marketing 2 $6,413.22 10%
Tennessee Gop 2 $5,869.36 9%
RJD Group, Inc. 1 $5,000.00 8%
Ben, Schmisseur 1 $2,000.00 3%
B. Keeling Photographic, LLC 1 $1,750.00 3%
Conquest Communications Group 1 $1,675.00 3%
Musician's Friend, Inc. 1 $684.92 1%
FedEx 1 $230.48 0.4%

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 Andy (Andrew) J. Swafford’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Printing & mail $31,546 49%
  • Advertising & media $19,934 31%
  • Consulting & professional services $8,875 14%
  • Field & voter contact $2,000 3%
  • Other $1,240 2%
  • Office & operations $696 1%
  • Contributions & donations $80 0.2%

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
Pre-General 2026 Amended $10,356.05 $10,688.52 Source: Pre-General 2026 filing Report 131210
Q3 2026 $6,090.70 $10,356.05 Source: Q3 2026 filing Report 129486
Pre-Primary 2026 Amended $21,623.09 $6,090.70 Source: Pre-Primary 2026 filing Report 129498
Q2 2026 $1,205.64 $21,623.09 Source: Q2 2026 filing Report 126615
Q1 2026 $0.00 $1,205.64 Source: Q1 2026 filing Report 125667