Chris Hughes — 2026 Tennessee House, District 45 campaign
2026 Tennessee House, District 45
Latest filing: Pre-Primary 2026 · Aug 21, 2026 · source: TN Registry of Election Finance
4 filings · Year-End 2025–Q2 2026
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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).
- Pre-Primary 2026 Initial $16,665 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.
| Itemized contributions from others | $20,750 |
| Loans received | $25,500 |
| Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) | $1,235 |
| Raised (cash) | $47,485 |
- Pre-Primary 2026 Initial $6,450 mixed
- Itemized contributions from others $6,300 derived
- Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $150 filing-stated
- Q2 2026 Initial $22,000 mixed
- Itemized contributions from others $1,750 derived
- Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $250 filing-stated
- Loans $20,000 derived
- Q1 2026 Initial $4,010 mixed
- Itemized contributions from others $3,450 derived
- Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $560 filing-stated
- Year-End 2025 Supplemental $15,025 mixed
- Itemized contributions from others $9,250 derived
- Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $275 filing-stated
- Loans $5,500 derived
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.
| Itemized expenditures | $30,820 |
| Total spent | $30,820 |
- Pre-Primary 2026 Initial $14 derived
- Q2 2026 Initial $21,606 derived
- Q1 2026 Initial $9,200 derived
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).
| From outside Tennessee | $1,500 |
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 54% of the campaign’s funds — individuals gave 42%, organizations and PACs 4%.
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Share from the candidate compares from the candidate's own money 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 the candidate divided by the total.
| Candidate's own money (incl. self-loans) | $25,500 |
| From individuals | $19,985 |
| From organizations and PACs | $2,000 |
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 →
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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 | $18,750 |
| Median gift | $1,000 |
| Individual donors | 21 |
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 →
93% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (7% from out of state).
- Hendersonville $11K53%
- Gallatin $4K18%
- Nashville $4K18%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $750
- Other out-of-state $2K
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).
| From outside Tennessee | $1,500 |
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2026 – Jul 2026. Peak $9,250 in Jan 2026. Spending peaked at $13,903 in Jun 2026.
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Sharon Edwards | 1 | $1,900.00 |
| James Edwards | 1 | $1,900.00 |
| Neil Chenault | 1 | $1,900.00 |
| Teresa Wallace | 1 | $1,900.00 |
| Rogers Group Inc. PAC | 1 | $1,500.00 |
| Marilyn Elbert | 1 | $1,500.00 |
| Steve Elbert | 1 | $1,500.00 |
| Thomas Grane | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Tracie Blaser | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Kevin Blaser | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connector, Inc. | 2 | $7,824.00 | |
| Griffin Strategies, LLC | 1 | $5,084.39 | |
| Republican Party of Sumner County | 1 | $5,000.00 | |
| Republican Party of Tennessee | 1 | $3,000.00 | |
| Southern Promotions Inc. | 1 | $1,796.22 | |
| UZ Marketing | 3 | $1,692.16 | |
| Beech Football Club | 1 | $1,500.00 | |
| Image 360 | 1 | $1,436.64 | |
| Techne Media | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Meta | 1 | $581.31 | |
| Decisions, Choices and Options | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Tennessee Gop | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Ultimate Party | 2 | $488.38 | |
| Fifth Third Bank | 3 | $180.38 | |
| Custom Ballon | 1 | $86.49 | |
| Pony Mailbox | 1 | $76.83 | |
| Stripes | 1 | $40.72 | |
| Amazon | 1 | $18.65 | |
| Insbank | 1 | $14.31 |
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
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Loans
$25,500.00 in loan principal 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.
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Loan principal shown adds together the amounts listed below.
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Loan schedules can repeat an outstanding debt on later reports. This is the reconstructed principal for each lender, counted once, split between candidate or family loans and all other lenders. Repayments and outstanding balances are shown separately in the ledger.
| Candidate and family loans | $25,500 |
| Loan principal shown | $25,500 |
| Lender | Type | Received | Principal | Repaid | Outstanding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self (Chris Hughes) | Candidate loan | Jan 14, 2026 | $25,500.00 | $0.00 | $25,500.00 |
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 Chris Hughes’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Advertising & media $14,044 46%
- Contributions & donations $8,500 28%
- Office & operations $5,180 17%
- Printing & mail $3,056 10%
- Consulting & professional services $41 0.2%
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.