Dave Wright — 2026 Tennessee House, District 19 campaign
2026 Tennessee House, District 19 · totals since Jan 16, 2025
Won the nomination 7,906 votes · 100% reported results
Latest filing: Pre-General 2026 · Oct 27, 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 →
$79,148
$58,834 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 →
$34,550
Total Spent
$14,235
Donors
32
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: organizations and PACs, itemized, 95% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $2K · 5%Organizations and PACs, itemized $33K · 95%
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 →
75% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (25% from out of state).
Tennessee $26,050 Out of state $8,500
- Nashville $20K59%
- Brentwood $4K12%
- Washington, DC $4K10%
- Bethesda, MD $2K6%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $2K
- Other out-of-state $3K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Feb 2025 – Oct 2026. Peak $10,700 in Jan 2026. Spending peaked at $2,230 in Apr 2025.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 31 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 1 person gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $100 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Housing Industry PAC | 2 | $4,000.00 |
| Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) | 1 | $3,000.00 |
| Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) | 3 | $2,750.00 |
| Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC | 1 | $2,500.00 |
| Total Wine Political Action Committee | 1 | $2,000.00 |
| Amazon.com Services LLC PAC | 2 | $1,500.00 |
| Tennessee Apartment PAC | 2 | $1,000.00 |
| A Better Tomorrow PAC | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Arda Roc PAC | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Concerned Automotive Retailers PAC | 1 | $1,000.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ut Cfo Office | 3 | $2,080.00 | |
| House Republican Caucus | 1 | $2,000.00 | |
| Legacy Parks Foundation | 1 | $1,500.00 | |
| Three Rivers PAC | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Garrett, Johnny | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Gibbs Ruritan Club | 1 | $750.00 | |
| National Fallen Firefighters Foundation | 2 | $700.00 | |
| Knox County Republican Party | 3 | $600.00 | |
| JW Marriott | 1 | $538.40 | |
| Burkhardt | 2 | $500.00 | |
| Tennessee Republican Party | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Tennessee Valley Fair Foundation | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Union Baptist Church | 2 | $350.00 | |
| Seymour Volunteer Fire Dept | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Eathan Anderson | 1 | $300.00 | |
| House Mtn Quilters Guild | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Johnson University | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Carter High School Foundation | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Washington Presbyterian | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Rutherford Men's Club | 2 | $150.00 | |
| Weigels 39 | 2 | $130.42 | |
| Clapp's Chapel CCMM | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Russell Stover | 1 | $99.16 | |
| Buc-ee's | 2 | $73.93 | |
| Chow Hall | 1 | $52.74 | |
| Knoxville Federated Republican Women | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Weigels 60 | 1 | $43.58 | |
| Home Federal Bank | 1 | $41.73 | |
| Krispy Kreme | 1 | $30.02 | |
| 1401 H Street Parking | 1 | $24.00 | |
| Rural King | 1 | $20.71 | |
| Boy Scouts of Americia | 1 | $20.00 | |
| Gibbs High School Foundation | 1 | $20.00 | |
| McDonald's | 1 | $10.79 |
Dates
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
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 Dave Wright’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Contributions & donations $10,470 74%
- Office & operations $2,542 18%
- Other $920 6%
- Travel $272 2%
- Printing & mail $21 0.2%
- Fundraising & events $11 0.1%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-General 2026 | $77,990.46 | $79,148.29 | Source: Pre-General 2026 filing Report 130370 |
| Q3 2026 | $77,107.36 | $77,990.46 | Source: Q3 2026 filing Report 129561 |
| Pre-Primary 2026 | $77,097.02 | $77,107.36 | Source: Pre-Primary 2026 filing Report 127688 |
| Q2 2026 | $72,297.02 | $77,097.02 | Source: Q2 2026 filing Report 126382 |
| Q1 2026 | $74,397.02 | $72,297.02 | Source: Q1 2026 filing Report 125494 |
| Year-End 2025 | $55,413.75 | $74,397.02 | Source: Year-End 2025 filing Report 123776 |
| Mid-Year 2025 | $58,833.77 | $55,413.75 | Source: Mid-Year 2025 filing Report 122227 |