Darden Copeland — 2026 U.S. Representative, District 7 campaign
2026 U.S. Representative, District 7 · totals since Jan 1, 2026
Won the nomination 16,641 votes · 39.86% reported results
Latest filing: Pre-General 2026 · Oct 22, 2026 · source: FEC
5 filings · 12G 2026–Q3 2026
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 →
29% of this campaign’s individual contributions came as small unitemized donations — gifts under the federal itemization threshold (about $200 a cycle) that the filer reports only as a lump sum, never broken out by donor. The gift-size and location breakdowns below cover the itemized 71%.
Largest part: individuals, itemized (line 11a), 37% of receipts on these reports.
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 →
85% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (15% from out of state).
- Nashville $135K66%
- Brentwood $8K4%
- Gallatin $6K3%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $24K
- Other out-of-state $31K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Feb 2026 – Oct 2026. Peak $67,419 in Sep 2026. Spending peaked at $198,525 in Oct 2026.
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 231 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 12 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $1,130 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| William Tidwell | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Scott Patton | 2 | $4,500.00 |
| Don Henley | 2 | $3,530.00 |
| Karrie Burns | 1 | $3,500.00 |
| Balaji Bondili | 1 | $3,500.00 |
| Walt Burton | 1 | $3,500.00 |
| John Cooper | 2 | $3,500.00 |
| David Jackson | 2 | $3,500.00 |
| David Freeman | 1 | $3,500.00 |
| Cole Dowsley | 1 | $3,500.00 |
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Screen Strategies Media | 1 | $100,000.00 | |
| Copeland, Darden | 2 | $77,600.00 | |
| Impact Research, Inc. | 2 | $72,000.00 | |
| Teets, Kevin | 13 | $48,741.10 | |
| Every Action | 5 | $35,235.31 | |
| GDA Wins | 1 | $26,627.76 | |
| Build the Wave | 2 | $20,176.00 | |
| Bluebird Technoloy | 3 | $18,615.77 | |
| Triumph Strategies | 1 | $12,954.84 | |
| Windsor Consulting | 5 | $9,559.52 | |
| Scarbrough, Jamie | 3 | $7,500.00 | |
| Jones, Kessler | 5 | $6,772.00 | |
| Scale To Win | 1 | $6,315.43 | |
| Rawlings, Cameron | 2 | $6,287.50 | |
| Mothership Strategies | 3 | $6,133.00 | |
| Benge, Trent | 3 | $6,100.00 | |
| Young, Brian | 7 | $5,970.00 | |
| Numero | 4 | $4,850.00 | |
| Daily Report Media, Inc. | 1 | $3,500.00 | |
| Holidayfest of Sumner County | 1 | $2,500.00 | |
| Keylime Strategies | 1 | $2,016.02 | |
| Adspire Creative Group | 1 | $1,200.00 | |
| Wedge, Christopher | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Goldenbird Marketing | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Multicultural Media Group | 1 | $500.00 | |
| United States Postal Service | 1 | $410.00 | |
| The Home Depot | 1 | $279.62 | |
| Diaz, Gavin | 1 | $230.24 |
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
Loans
$165,000.00 in loan balances shown. $65,000.00 was borrowed in this campaign; $100,000.00 was carried into these filings from an earlier period. Later reports can repeat an outstanding loan, so each reconstructed lender balance is counted once below.
| Lender | Type | Received | Balance shown | Repaid | Outstanding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self (Darden Copeland) | Candidate loan | Sep 17, 2025 | $165,000.00 | $0.00 | $165,000.00 |
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 Darden Copeland’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Consulting & professional services $255,715 53%
- Advertising & media $134,461 28%
- Field & voter contact $53,540 11%
- Other $23,798 5%
- Fundraising & events $13,371 3%
- Contributions & donations $2,500 0.6%
- Office & operations $690 0.2%
Loans
| Lender | Amount | Date Received | Outstanding | Repaid |
|---|
Of the $165,000 lent, $65,000 was borrowed during the filings shown here. The other $100,000 was drawn before them and is still listed because it has not been fully repaid — so it counts as debt this campaign owes, not as money it raised.
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 Federal Election Commission (FEC); see About for how this data is processed.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12G 2026 | $120,708.01 | $73,685.88 | Source: 12G 2026 filing |
| Q3 2026 | $78,688.80 | $120,708.01 | Source: Q3 2026 filing |
| These numbers come straight from the report the committee filed with the FEC, before the FEC has finished processing it. They update automatically once the FEC’s processed version is ready. The filed report is in the Source column. | |||
| 12P 2026 | $76,887.80 | $78,688.80 | Source: 12P 2026 filing |
| Q2 2026 | $7,356.37 | $76,887.80 | Source: Q2 2026 filing |
| Q1 2026 | $5,073.72 | $7,356.37 | Source: Q1 2026 filing |
| These numbers come straight from the report the committee filed with the FEC, before the FEC has finished processing it. They update automatically once the FEC’s processed version is ready. The filed report is in the Source column. | |||