Charlie Baum — 2026 Tennessee House, District 37 campaign
2026 Tennessee House, District 37 · totals since Jan 16, 2025
Won the nomination 4,498 votes · 100% reported results
Latest filing: Pre-General 2026 · Oct 26, 2026 · source: TN Registry of Election Finance
7 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 →
$241,427
$206,667 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 →
$91,200
Total Spent
$56,440
Donors
125
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, 76% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $22K · 24%Organizations and PACs, itemized $70K · 76%
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 →
$291average gift
$150median gift
74individual 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 →
91% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (9% from out of state).
Tennessee $83,200 Out of state $8,000
- Nashville $43K47%
- Murfreesboro $22K24%
- Brentwood $9K9%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $10K
- Other out-of-state $8K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jun 2025 – Oct 2026. Peak $19,550 in Jun 2025. Spending peaked at $43,639 in Oct 2026.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 87 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 38 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $3,550 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Bankers Association PAC | 2 | $7,000.00 |
| HCA TriStar Fund PAC | 2 | $5,000.00 |
| Lawyers Involved for TN PAC | 2 | $4,500.00 |
| Tennesseans for Student Success Action PAC | 2 | $3,000.00 |
| Emily Zietz | 2 | $2,800.00 |
| Middle Tennessee Business Leaders for Common Sense PAC | 2 | $2,500.00 |
| The Bipartisan Network PAC | 2 | $2,500.00 |
| TN Advance Financial PAC | 1 | $2,500.00 |
| Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) | 3 | $2,250.00 |
| Tennessee Truck PAC | 1 | $2,000.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| E. Allan Brandon LLC | 5 | $40,122.31 | |
| U.S. Post Office | 3 | $6,597.99 | |
| House Republican Caucus | 1 | $3,000.00 | |
| Five Senses | 1 | $2,400.00 | |
| Crawford, John | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Davis, Elaine | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Leatherwood, Tom | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Powers, Dennis | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Tennessee Republican Party State Account | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Rutherford County Gop | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Jamison, Carter | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Peay, Robert | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Dodd, Phil | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Gammon, David | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Kusch, Michael ↺ donor $300.00 | 1 | $200.00 | |
| McAdoo, Allen | 1 | $200.00 | |
| DonorBox | 1 | $157.33 | |
| Dipiero, Dominic | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Donorbox | 1 | $12.55 |
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 Charlie Baum’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Advertising & media $36,879 65%
- Printing & mail $9,842 17%
- Contributions & donations $6,750 12%
- Fundraising & events $2,400 4%
- Field & voter contact $400 0.8%
- Office & operations $170 0.4%
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 | $278,066.52 | $241,427.31 | Source: Pre-General 2026 filing Report 130620 |
| Q3 2026 | $266,616.52 | $278,066.52 | Source: Q3 2026 filing Report 129350 |
| Pre-Primary 2026 | $261,616.52 | $266,616.52 | Source: Pre-Primary 2026 filing Report 127893 |
| Q2 2026 | $259,766.52 | $261,616.52 | Source: Q2 2026 filing Report 126564 |
| Q1 2026 | $264,010.16 | $259,766.52 | Source: Q1 2026 filing Report 125032 |
| Year-End 2025 | $226,217.49 | $264,010.16 | Source: Year-End 2025 filing Report 123481 |
| Mid-Year 2025 | $206,667.49 | $226,217.49 | Source: Mid-Year 2025 filing Report 121532 |