Caleb Hemmer — 2026 Tennessee House, District 59 campaign

Tennessee House, District 59 Democratic Incumbent

2026 Tennessee House, District 59

Currently serving — not seeking re-election in the November 3, 2026 general election

Latest filing: Q2 2026 · Jul 10, 2026 · source: TN Registry of Election Finance

4 filings · Mid-Year 2025–Q2 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 →
$56,957
$120,405 carried over
Why this number?
Raised (cash) Cash and cash-like receipts the campaign took in: contributions, the candidate’s own money, loans, and transfers from affiliated committees. Donated goods and services are not cash; they appear separately as In-Kind Received. Bookkeeping entries such as a carried balance, accounting adjustment, or refund also stay only in the filing’s own totals. Full definition →
$20,266
$500 refunded
Why this number?
Total Spent
$83,214
Why this number?
Donors
37
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
33%
$6,750 from outside TN
Why this number?

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:
  • Q2 2026 Initial $56,957 filing-stated

Raised (cash) adds together the amounts listed below.

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Sum of every cash receipt bucket: itemized contributions from others + the candidate's own contributions + loans + filer-stated unitemized + (federal) transfers and other receipts.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $20,266
Raised (cash) $20,266
From each filing:

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 $83,214
Total spent $83,214
From each filing:

Out-of-state share compares itemized money from outside tennessee with raised incl. in-kind.

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Itemized contributions from a state other than Tennessee, divided by everything the campaign raised (shown only when the state of most itemized money is known — above 99% coverage).

Itemized money from outside Tennessee: $6,750 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $20,266
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $6,750
Raised incl. in-kind
$20,266
Spent
$83,214

Who funds this campaign The sources split breaks down everything the campaign raised: the candidate’s own money (including self-loans), individuals (including unitemized small gifts), organizations and PACs, and “other” (in-kind contributions, loans other than the candidate’s, and the like) — open its “Why this number?” for the full breakdown. 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 →

Individuals gave 6%; organizations and PACs gave 94%.

Individuals $1K · 6% Organizations & PACs $19K · 94%
Why this number?

Share from individuals compares from individuals with everything the campaign raised.

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Everything the campaign raised, split into the candidate's own money (own contributions plus self- and family loans), individuals, organizations and PACs, and everything else — loans other than the candidate's, in-kind contributions, and (for federal filers) committee transfers and other receipts. Unitemized small donations count as individual money. The parts add up to the total raised. The headline share is individuals divided by the total.

From individuals: $1,246 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $20,266
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $1,246
From organizations and PACs $19,020

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 →

$89average gift
$88median gift
14individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
29%
8%
$50–200
57%
60%
$200–1K
14%
32%
$1K–5K
0%
0%
$5K+
0%
0%
Why this number?

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: $1,246 ÷ Individual donors: 14
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $1,246
Median gift $88
Individual donors 14

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 →

67% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (33% from out of state).

Tennessee $13,516 Out of state $6,750
  • Nashville $9K44%
  • Washington, DC $4K19%
  • Murfreesboro $1K5%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $4K
  • Other out-of-state $3K
Why this number?

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: $6,750 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $20,266
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $6,750

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2025 – Jun 2026. Peak $4,520 in Nov 2025. Spending peaked at $16,462 in Aug 2025.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $846 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 27 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Amazon.com Services LLC PAC 1 $2,000.00
Middle Tennessee Business Leaders for Common Sense PAC 1 $1,500.00
Tennessee Optometrists PAC 1 $1,020.20
Community Choice Financial PAC (CCF) 1 $1,000.00
Charter Communications INC Tennessee PAC 1 $1,000.00
Unitedhealth Group Inc. PAC 1 $1,000.00
Fast Pace Health 1 $1,000.00
Tennessee Installment Lenders Association PAC 1 $1,000.00
Rocket State PAC 1 $1,000.00
Tennessee Consumer Finance Political Campaign Committe PAC 1 $1,000.00

Expenditures

101 vendors 178 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Public Policy Polling 1 $9,000.00 11%
Farris, Kathryn 14 $7,300.00 9%
NGP VAN 13 $6,534.06 8%
Outperform Strategies 2 $6,000.00 7%
House Democratic Caucus 1 $5,000.00 6%
Land Trust of Tennessee 1 $5,000.00 6%
Iroquois Steeple Chase 2 $3,608.80 4%
Davidson County Democratic Executive Committee 3 $2,000.00 2%
Proctor, Mark 1 $1,900.00 2%
GLYNN, Ronnie L. 1 $1,900.00 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 Caleb Hemmer’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Contributions & donations $25,368 30%
  • Consulting & professional services $20,581 25%
  • Other $11,096 13%
  • Fundraising & events $11,030 13%
  • Office & operations $8,926 11%
  • Field & voter contact $3,578 4%
  • Travel $1,505 2%
  • Advertising & media $888 1%
  • Printing & mail $241 0.3%

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
Q2 2026 $62,072.70 $56,957.36 Source ↗
Q1 2026 $66,379.38 $62,072.70 Source ↗
Year-End 2025 Amended $104,134.00 $66,379.38 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2025 $120,404.94 $104,134.00 Source ↗