Memphis

Chris Hughes

Tennessee House, District 45 Republican

Latest filing: Q2 2026 · Jul 15, 2026 · source: TN Registry of Election Finance

2 of 2 expected reports filed

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 →
$10,229
Why this number?
Funds Raised The money the campaign took in — cash and checks, plus the candidate’s own money, loans, and transfers from affiliated committees. It does not include the value of donated goods and services; where a campaign received any, that is shown separately as In-Kind Received. Full definition →
$41,035
includes $1,085 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Why this number?
Total Spent
$30,806
Why this number?
Donors
19
19 shown · 0 below $200
Self-Funded
62%
$25,500 of $41,035 raised · campaign loans
Out-of-State
4%
$1,500 from outside TN
Why this number?

The ending cash balance the campaign reported on its most recent filing (as filed, not computed).

Reported on this filing:
  • Q2 2026 Initial $10,229 filing-stated

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 Funds raised
Itemized contributions (gross) $14,450
Loans $25,500
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $1,085
Funds raised $41,035
From each filing:
  • Q2 2026 Initial $2,000 mixed
    • Itemized contributions (gross) $1,750 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $250 filing-stated
  • Q1 2026 Initial $4,010 mixed
    • Itemized contributions (gross) $3,450 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $560 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2025 Supplemental $9,525 mixed
    • Itemized contributions (gross) $9,250 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $275 filing-stated
Not attributable to a single filing:
Loans $25,500 derived

Filings restate outstanding loans each period, so a loan belongs to the campaign rather than to any one filing.

Itemized expenditure rows plus the stated spending a filer reported as a lump sum without itemizing it.

Inputs behind Total spent
Itemized expenditures $30,806
Total spent $30,806
From each filing:

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: $1,500 ÷ Total raised: $41,035
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $1,500
Source filings:
Raised
$41,035
Spent
$30,806

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 →

The candidate’s own money made up 62% of the campaign’s funds — individuals gave 37%, organizations and PACs 1%.

Candidate’s own money $26K · 62% Individuals $15K · 37% Organizations & PACs $500 · 1%
Why this number?

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 the candidate divided by the total.

From the candidate's own money: $25,500 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $41,035
Inputs behind Share from the candidate
Candidate's own money (incl. self-loans) $25,500
From individuals $15,035
From organizations and PACs $500
Source filings:

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 →

$775average gift
$500median gift
18individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
0%
0%
$200–1K
56%
23%
$1K–5K
44%
77%
$5K+
0%
0%
Why this number?

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: $13,950 ÷ Individual donors: 18
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $13,950
Median gift $500
Individual donors 18
Source filings:

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 →

90% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (10% from out of state).

Tennessee $12,950 Out of state $1,500
  • Hendersonville $8K56%
  • Gallatin $4K26%
  • Stuant, FL $1K7%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $1K
  • Other out-of-state $500
Why this number?

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: $1,500 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $14,450
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $1,500
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2026 – Jun 2026. Peak $9,250 in Jan 2026. Spending peaked at $13,903 in Jun 2026.

Raised Spent

Contributions

Showing 19 donors who gave $200 or more cumulatively.

Itemized campaign contributions
Donor Location Employer Total

Expenditures

18 vendors 24 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Connector, Inc. 2 $7,824.00 25%
Griffin Strategies, LLC 1 $5,084.39 17%
Republican Party of Sumner County 1 $5,000.00 16%
Republican Party of Tennessee 1 $3,000.00 10%
Southern Promotions Inc. 1 $1,796.22 6%
UZ Marketing 3 $1,692.16 5%
Beech Football Club 1 $1,500.00 5%
Image 360 1 $1,436.64 5%
Techne Media 1 $1,000.00 3%
Meta 1 $581.31 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 Chris Hughes’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

Loans

Campaign 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.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Q2 2026 $9,834.52 $10,228.83 Source ↗
Q1 2026 $15,025.00 $9,834.52 Source ↗
Year-End 2025 $0.00 $15,025.00 Source ↗