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Dan Howell — 2026 Tennessee House, District 22 campaign

Tennessee House, District 22 Republican Incumbent

2026 Tennessee House, District 22 · totals since Jan 16, 2025

Won the nomination 8,404 votes · 100% reported results

Latest filing: Pre-General 2026 · Oct 31, 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 →
$278,534
$176,432 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 →
$147,100
$800 refunded
Itemized in-kind Goods or services donated to the campaign instead of cash — say, free printing or donated consulting — reported at fair-market value. Counted toward the same $200 disclosure threshold as cash gifts. This figure adds the in-kind contributions itemized on the selected reports. The Registry reports in-kind apart from receipts, so it is not part of the receipts figure. Full definition →
$299
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$44,998
Donors
126
total donors; qualifying names are listed below

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:

Reported receipts adds together the amounts listed below.

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Sum of Total Receipts reported on the selected source reports.

Inputs behind Reported receipts
Pre-General 2026 reported receipts $5,500
Q3 2026 reported receipts $13,750
Pre-Primary 2026 reported receipts $1,000
Q2 2026 reported receipts $8,000
Q1 2026 reported receipts $0
Year-End 2025 reported receipts $91,050
Mid-Year 2025 reported receipts $27,800
Reported receipts $147,100
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Excluded reports:

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 $44,998
Total spent $44,998
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Receipts
$147,100
Spent
$44,998

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, 70% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $45K · 30%Organizations and PACs, itemized $103K · 70%

Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds: −$800. Shares are of the $147,900 before it.

Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized compares organizations and pacs, itemized with reported receipts before the negative part.

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Each selected report's reported receipts split by the report's own lines; the parts of every report add up to its total, and the totals to the headline. Shares are of the receipts before the negative part.

Organizations and PACs, itemized: $103,100 ÷ Reported receipts before the negative part: $147,900
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized
Individuals, itemized $44,800
Organizations and PACs, itemized $103,100
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds -$800
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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 →

$718average gift
$500median gift
60individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
5%
1.0%
$200–1K
65%
38%
$1K–5K
30%
61%
$5K+
0%
0%

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: $43,100 ÷ Individual donors: 60
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $43,100
Median gift $500
Individual donors 60
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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 →

78% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (22% from out of state).

Tennessee $114,200 Out of state $32,000
  • Nashville $47K32%
  • Cleveland $25K17%
  • Washington, DC $11K8%
  • Ooltewah $8K5%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $34K
  • Other out-of-state $21K

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: $32,000 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $146,200
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $32,000
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Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2025 – Oct 2026. Peak $36,400 in Sep 2025. Spending peaked at $9,146 in Dec 2025.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 124 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 3 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $400 and their names are withheld.

124 named donors 144 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC 3 $7,500.00
Tennessee Truck PAC 2 $7,500.00
Johnson Poss Kirby Government Relations PAC 1 $5,000.00
UPS PAC 2 $5,000.00
D2 PAC LLC 2 $4,000.00
Jack McKee 2 $3,600.00
Betty McKee 2 $3,600.00
Middle Tennessee Business Leaders for Common Sense PAC 2 $3,500.00
Tennessee Bankers Association PAC 1 $3,000.00
Concerned Automotive Retailers PAC 1 $2,500.00

Expenditures

71 vendors 144 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
House Republican Caucus ↺ donor $299.25 1 $7,500.00 17%
Marathon Petroleum Co 19 $3,151.80 7%
Powers, Dennis 2 $3,000.00 7%
Verizon 20 $2,868.02 6%
Inman Social Restaurant 1 $2,629.00 6%
Boys & Girls Club, Benton Unit 3 $2,550.00 6%
Cleveland St. Community Coll Foundation 2 $1,500.00 3%
Blackburn, Marsha 1 $1,500.00 3%
American Airlines 1 $1,331.58 3%
Carroll Printing 2 $1,152.38 3%

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 Dan Howell’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Contributions & donations $24,770 55%
  • Travel $4,804 11%
  • Fundraising & events $4,471 10%
  • Other $4,187 9%
  • Office & operations $3,068 7%
  • Advertising & media $1,899 4%
  • Consulting & professional services $900 2%
  • Printing & mail $899 2%

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
Pre-General 2026 Amended $273,567.66 $278,533.53 Source: Pre-General 2026 filing Report 131325
Q3 2026 Amended $263,422.43 $273,567.66 Source: Q3 2026 filing Report 130488
Pre-Primary 2026 $267,512.97 $263,422.43 Source: Pre-Primary 2026 filing Report 127591
Q2 2026 Amended $265,379.62 $267,512.97 Source: Q2 2026 filing Report 127471
Q1 2026 Amended $269,447.98 $265,379.62 Source: Q1 2026 filing Report 125753
Year-End 2025 Amended $196,128.11 $269,447.98 Source: Year-End 2025 filing Report 124049
Mid-Year 2025 Amended $176,431.75 $196,128.11 Source: Mid-Year 2025 filing Report 124048