Brian Stewart — 2026 Tennessee House, District 45 campaign
2026 Tennessee House, District 45 · totals since Jul 1, 2025
Won the nomination 3,295 votes · 48.66% reported results
Latest filing: Pre-General 2026 · Oct 27, 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 →
$29,689
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$154,379
includes $1,840 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Loan entries in filing detail: $30,000. The report totals above govern this headline.
Total Spent
$124,691
Donors
135
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: organizations and PACs, itemized, 41% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $59K · 38%Organizations and PACs, itemized $63K · 41%Unitemized contributions $2K · 1%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $30K · 19%
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 →
$612average gift
$260median gift
97individual 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 →
98% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (2% from out of state).
Tennessee $120,279 Out of state $2,260
- Hendersonville $36K30%
- Nashville $26K21%
- Gallatin $17K14%
- Portland $12K10%
- Brentwood $7K6%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $22K
- Other out-of-state $2K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Aug 2025 – Oct 2026. Peak $28,300 in Jun 2026. Spending peaked at $50,999 in Jul 2026.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 112 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 23 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $2,547 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| LAMBERTH PAC (William Lamberth) | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) | 3 | $6,000.00 |
| Tennesseans for Student Success Action PAC | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) | 2 | $5,000.00 |
| James McCulloch | 2 | $3,800.00 |
| Diane Black | 3 | $3,800.00 |
| David L Black | 2 | $3,800.00 |
| Kelly D McCulloch | 3 | $3,800.00 |
| Tennessee Manufactured Housing Assn PAC | 1 | $3,000.00 |
| HAILE PAC (Ferrell Haile) | 1 | $3,000.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art and Copy | 10 | $36,228.61 | |
| Newman Associates | 7 | $23,961.50 | |
| Gipper | 2 | $22,550.00 | |
| Art & Copy Partners | 5 | $13,284.31 | |
| Kandid Printing and Marketing | 2 | $6,068.22 | |
| RJD Group | 2 | $5,500.00 | |
| Tennessee Republican Party | 1 | $4,185.94 | |
| Sumner County Gop | 1 | $2,500.00 | |
| Jolly Ollie's Pizza | 1 | $2,270.63 | |
| Ben Keeling Photography | 1 | $1,725.00 | |
| Political Financial Management | 2 | $1,260.00 | |
| Winred Technologies | 12 | $1,229.27 | |
| Lowe's | 4 | $685.26 | |
| Image 360 | 2 | $546.25 | |
| Hendersonville Chamber of Commerce | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Ryan Specialty | 1 | $428.89 | |
| Sakerplus | 2 | $278.08 | |
| Asap Printing | 2 | $261.10 | |
| Office Depot | 1 | $202.80 | |
| Holiday Fest of Sumner County | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Beech Historic Cemetary | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Busy Bee Printing | 1 | $130.63 | |
| Hendersonville Ace | 1 | $65.76 | |
| Deluxe | 1 | $28.50 |
Dates
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
Loans
$30,000.00 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.
| Lender | Type | Received | Balance shown | Repaid | Outstanding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self (Brian Stewart) | Candidate loan | Aug 6, 2025 | $30,000.00 | $0.00 | $30,000.00 |
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 Brian Stewart’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Printing & mail $52,782 42%
- Consulting & professional services $30,722 25%
- Office & operations $21,962 18%
- Other $7,525 6%
- Contributions & donations $6,836 5%
- Fundraising & events $2,921 2%
- Advertising & media $1,944 2%
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.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-General 2026 | $27,483.37 | $29,688.59 | Source: Pre-General 2026 filing Report 130252 |
| Q3 2026 | $15,171.80 | $27,483.37 | Source: Q3 2026 filing Report 129839 |
| Pre-Primary 2026 | $57,161.46 | $15,171.80 | Source: Pre-Primary 2026 filing Report 128118 |
| Q2 2026 | $59,807.58 | $57,161.46 | Source: Q2 2026 filing Report 127191 |
| Q1 2026 | $51,247.00 | $59,807.58 | Source: Q1 2026 filing Report 125794 |
| Year-End 2025 Amended | $0.00 | $51,247.00 | Source: Year-End 2025 filing Report 125836 |