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Anne Backus — 2026 Tennessee House, District 33 campaign

Tennessee House, District 33 Democratic

2026 Tennessee House, District 33 · totals since Jul 1, 2025

Won the nomination 2,162 votes · 62% reported results

Latest filing: Pre-General 2026 · Oct 26, 2026 · source: TN Registry of Election Finance

6 filings · Year-End 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 →
$8,006
$11,481 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 →
$25,115
Total Spent
$28,590
Donors
121
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 $2,500
Q3 2026 reported receipts $10,845
Pre-Primary 2026 reported receipts $810
Q2 2026 reported receipts $3,570
Q1 2026 reported receipts $4,140
Year-End 2025 reported receipts $3,250
Reported receipts $25,115
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 $28,590
Total spent $28,590
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Receipts
$25,115
Spent
$28,590

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, 88% of receipts on these reports.

The candidate's own contributions, itemized $2K · 6%Individuals, itemized $22K · 88%Organizations and PACs, itemized $1K · 5%

Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized compares individuals, itemized 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.

Individuals, itemized: $22,215 ÷ Reported receipts: $25,115
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
The candidate's own contributions, itemized $1,600
Individuals, itemized $22,215
Organizations and PACs, itemized $1,300
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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 →

$187average gift
$100median gift
119individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
17%
2%
$50–200
57%
27%
$200–1K
21%
41%
$1K–5K
5%
30%
$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: $22,215 ÷ Individual donors: 119
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $22,215
Median gift $100
Individual donors 119
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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 →

91% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (9% from out of state).

Tennessee $21,285 Out of state $2,230
  • Oak Ridge $16K69%
  • Clinton $3K13%
  • Knoxville $1K5%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $765
  • Other out-of-state $2K

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: $2,230 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $23,515
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $2,230
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Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jul 2025 – Oct 2026. Peak $7,025 in Sep 2026. Spending peaked at $7,227 in Sep 2026.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 34 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 88 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $6,515 and their names are withheld.

34 named donors 62 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Anne Backus Self 16 $1,600.00
Leca Buchan 2 $1,500.00
Allen Ekkebus 3 $1,200.00
Catherine Williamson 1 $1,000.00
Susan Byrne 1 $1,000.00
Robin Graham 1 $1,000.00
John Graham 1 $1,000.00
Linda Shissler 2 $800.00
Anderson County Democratic Women S Club 2 $700.00
Tennessee Federation of Democratic Women 1 $600.00

Expenditures

20 vendors 108 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Human Age Digital LLC 3 $9,500.00 33%
Printing Image 2 $5,192.15 18%
Brackett, Amanda 10 $3,900.00 14%
Hill Print and Design 5 $2,021.14 7%
NGP VAN 12 $1,448.76 5%
WYSH 2 $1,328.00 5%
Squarespace 7 $1,066.00 4%
Garimalla, Akshaya 7 $1,000.00 3%
The Courier News 4 $860.00 3%
Actblue Tennessee 40 $487.04 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 Anne Backus’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Advertising & media $11,978 42%
  • Printing & mail $7,490 26%
  • Field & voter contact $5,021 18%
  • Other $2,474 9%
  • Office & operations $1,628 6%

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 $10,207.22 $8,005.52 Source: Pre-General 2026 filing Report 130723
Q3 2026 $7,863.27 $10,207.22 Source: Q3 2026 filing Report 129514
Pre-Primary 2026 Amended $13,502.29 $7,863.27 Source: Pre-Primary 2026 filing Report 129013
Q2 2026 $15,410.33 $13,502.29 Source: Q2 2026 filing Report 126262
Q1 2026 $13,642.87 $15,410.33 Source: Q1 2026 filing Report 125344
Year-End 2025 $11,480.71 $13,642.87 Source: Year-End 2025 filing Report 123850