Chris Hughes — 2026 Tennessee House, District 45 campaign
2026 Tennessee House, District 45 · totals since Jul 1, 2025
Latest filing: Q3 2026 · Oct 14, 2026 · source: TN Registry of Election Finance
5 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 →
$0
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$47,485
includes $1,235 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Loan entries in filing detail: $25,500. The report totals above govern this headline.
Total Spent
$31,393
Donors
23
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: loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds, 54% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $19K · 39%Organizations and PACs, itemized $2K · 4%Unitemized contributions $1K · 3%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $26K · 54%
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 →
$893average gift
$1,000median gift
21individual 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 →
93% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (7% from out of state).
Tennessee $19,250 Out of state $1,500
- Hendersonville $11K53%
- Gallatin $4K18%
- Nashville $4K18%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $750
- Other out-of-state $2K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2026 – Aug 2026. Peak $9,250 in Jan 2026. Spending peaked at $13,903 in Jun 2026.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 23 donors: organizations, and people 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 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connector, Inc. | 3 | $8,154.00 | |
| 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 | |
| Busy Bee Printing | 1 | $176.06 | |
| Custom Ballon | 1 | $86.49 | |
| Pony Mailbox | 1 | $76.83 | |
| Constant Contact | 1 | $49.39 | |
| Stripes | 1 | $40.72 | |
| Insbank | 2 | $31.05 | |
| Amazon | 1 | $18.65 |
Dates
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
Loans
$25,500.00 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 (Chris Hughes) | Candidate loan | Jan 14, 2026 | $25,500.00 | $25,500.00 | $0.00 |
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 $14,424 46%
- Contributions & donations $8,500 27%
- Office & operations $5,197 17%
- Printing & mail $3,232 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.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $16,664.52 | $0.00 | Source: Q3 2026 filing Report 128902 |
| Pre-Primary 2026 Late | $10,228.83 | $16,664.52 | Source: Pre-Primary 2026 filing Report 128658 |
| Q2 2026 | $9,834.52 | $10,228.83 | Source: Q2 2026 filing Report 126905 |
| Q1 2026 | $15,025.00 | $9,834.52 | Source: Q1 2026 filing Report 125311 |
| Year-End 2025 | $0.00 | $15,025.00 | Source: Year-End 2025 filing Report 124519 |