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Federal campaign records cover 2000–2026. Totals are shown as filed with the Federal Election Commission; this lane does not assign per-filing reconciliation verdicts.

David Kustoff — 2026 U.S. Representative, District 8 campaign

U.S. Representative, District 8 Republican Incumbent

2026 U.S. Representative, District 8

Won the nomination 65,421 votes · 100% reported results

Latest filing: Pre-Primary 2026 · Jul 25, 2026 · source: FEC

13 filings · Q1 2025–Q2 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 →
$3,006,838
$2,051,812 carried over
Why this number?
Funds Raised The money the campaign took in — cash and checks, plus the candidate’s own money, loans, and transfers from affiliated committees. It does not include the value of donated goods and services; where a campaign received any, that is shown separately as In-Kind Received. Full definition →
$2,229,525
includes $55,395 in loans, offsets, and other receipts not itemized in FEC filings
Why this number?
Total Spent
$1,077,604
Why this number?
Donors
749
747 shown  · 2 below $200
Out-of-State
51%
$1,142,080 from outside TN
Why this number?

The ending cash balances the campaign's 2 committees each reported on their most recent filing, added together (each as filed, not computed).

Added together, as reported on each filing:

Sum of every cash receipt bucket: itemized contributions from others + the candidate's own contributions + loans + filer-stated unitemized + (federal) transfers and other receipts.

Inputs behind Funds raised
Itemized contributions from others $2,077,130
Transfers from affiliated committees $97,000
Loans, offsets, and other receipts $55,395
Funds raised $2,229,525
From each filing:
  • 12P 2026 PRE-PRIMARY $12,250 derived
  • Q2 2026 JULY QUARTERLY $17,000 filing-stated
  • Q2 2026 JULY QUARTERLY $389,549 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $381,420 derived
    • Loans, offsets, and other receipts $8,129 filing-stated
  • Q1 2026 APRIL QUARTERLY $17,000 filing-stated
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  • Q1 2026 APRIL QUARTERLY $228,806 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $222,850 derived
    • Loans, offsets, and other receipts $5,956 filing-stated
  • YE 2025 YEAR-END $10,000 filing-stated
  • YE 2025 YEAR-END $309,920 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $303,100 derived
    • Loans, offsets, and other receipts $6,820 filing-stated
  • Q3 2025 OCTOBER QUARTERLY $11,000 filing-stated
  • Q3 2025 OCTOBER QUARTERLY $223,777 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $201,100 derived
    • Transfers from affiliated committees $7,000 filing-stated
    • Loans, offsets, and other receipts $15,677 filing-stated
  • Q2 2025 JULY QUARTERLY $25,000 filing-stated
  • Q2 2025 JULY QUARTERLY $379,040 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $370,550 derived
    • Loans, offsets, and other receipts $8,490 filing-stated
  • Q1 2025 APRIL QUARTERLY $10,000 filing-stated
  • Q1 2025 APRIL QUARTERLY $596,183 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $585,859 derived
    • Loans, offsets, and other receipts $10,323 filing-stated

Itemized expenditure rows plus the stated spending a filer reported as a lump sum without itemizing it.

Inputs behind Total spent
Itemized expenditures $1,076,068
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,537
Total spent $1,077,604
From each filing:
  • 12P 2026 PRE-PRIMARY $104,115 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $103,916 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $200 filing-stated
  • Q2 2026 JULY QUARTERLY $88,116 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $87,836 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $280 filing-stated
  • Q1 2026 APRIL QUARTERLY $147,229 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $146,834 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $395 filing-stated
  • YE 2025 YEAR-END $228,127 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $228,067 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $60 filing-stated
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  • Q3 2025 OCTOBER QUARTERLY $127,709 derived
  • Q2 2025 JULY QUARTERLY $200,864 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $200,689 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $175 filing-stated
  • Q1 2025 APRIL QUARTERLY $181,443 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $181,016 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $427 filing-stated

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).

Itemized money from outside Tennessee: $1,142,080 ÷ Total raised: $2,229,525
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $1,142,080
Source filings:
Raised
$2,229,525
Spent
$1,077,604

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 →

Individuals gave 46% of the itemized money; organizations and PACs gave 47%, and 4% arrived as transfers from other committees; other sources made up 2%.

Individuals (itemized) $1.0M · 46% Organizations & PACs $1.0M · 47% Transfers from other committees $97K · 4% Other sources $55K · 2%
Why this number?

Everything the campaign raised, split into the candidate's own money (own contributions plus self- and family loans), itemized individuals, unitemized small donations, organizations and PACs, transfers from other committees (FEC line 12), and everything else (loans other than the candidate's, in-kind, offsets and other receipts). The parts add up to the total raised. The headline share is individuals divided by the total.

From individuals: $1,034,530 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $2,229,525
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals (itemized) $1,034,530
From organizations and PACs $1,042,600
Transfers from other committees $97,000
Offsets and other receipts $55,395
Source filings:

This total includes receipts reported by each of the candidate’s authorized committees:

  • KUSTOFF FOR CONGRESS (principal committee): $2.1M
  • KUSTOFF FOR CONGRESS 2002 (prior-cycle or other authorized committee): $90K — includes $89K moved from the candidate’s own committee, already counted once.

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 →

55% of located dollars came from outside Tennessee (45% from inside).

Tennessee $935,050 Out of state $1,142,080
  • Washington, DC $481K23%
  • Memphis $351K17%
  • Nashville $106K5%
  • Germantown $78K4%
  • New York, NY $72K3%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $401K
  • Other out-of-state $590K
Why this number?

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: $1,142,080 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $2,077,130
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $1,142,080
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Nov 2024 – Jul 2026. Peak $417,159 in Mar 2025. Spending peaked at $134,481 in Oct 2025.

Raised Spent

Contributions

747 donors gave $200 or more cumulatively. 2 additional smaller donors contributed $109 total.

747 donors 998 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by total
Donor Donations Total
Stefan M Smith 2 $10,300.00
Jackson Holdings National Life Insurance Company 4 $10,000.00
Political Action Committee of the Aaos 6 $10,000.00
Committee for Advancement of Cotton 5 $10,000.00
Fedex Corporation PAC Fedex PAC 3 $10,000.00
Regions Federal Only PAC 3 $10,000.00
Lifepoint Health PAC 4 $10,000.00
National Electrical Contractors Association Necapac 3 $10,000.00
The Cigna Group Employee PAC 3 $10,000.00
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts INC PAC Reitpac 4 $10,000.00

Showing the top 500 of 747 donors by total.

Expenditures

160 vendors 873 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
S&S Strategies LLC 20 $144,000.00 13%
The Elevated Group 11 $109,864.47 10%
Southland Advantage 5 $80,752.10 8%
Watchtower Compliance LLC 20 $57,085.18 5%
Ascent Media 10 $50,000.00 5%
The St. Regis Deer Valley 4 $38,815.56 4%
Direct Edge Campaigns LLC 4 $37,721.12 4%
Vor Media LLC 12 $36,262.62 3%
Tennessee Press Service 2 $33,827.70 3%
NRCC 1 $25,000.00 2%

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

  • Fundraising & events $472,590 44%
  • Consulting & professional services $186,000 17%
  • Advertising & media $128,382 12%
  • Other $86,648 8%
  • Printing & mail $54,999 5%
  • Travel $48,267 4%
  • Office & operations $44,194 4%
  • Contributions & donations $27,150 3%
  • Field & voter contact $23,250 2%
  • Staff & payroll $4,587 0.5%

Loans

Campaign loans
Lender Amount Date Received Outstanding Repaid

Of the $309,000 lent, $0 was borrowed during the filings shown here. The other $309,000 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.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
12P 2026 $3,110,885.67 $2,999,189.80 Source ↗
Q2 2026 $5,648.45 $7,648.45 Source ↗
Q2 2026 $2,825,858.23 $3,110,885.67 Source ↗
Q1 2026 $3,648.45 $5,648.45 Source ↗
Q1 2026 $2,763,844.07 $2,825,858.23 Source ↗
YE 2025 Late $8,648.45 $3,648.45 Source ↗
YE 2025 Late $2,691,849.10 $2,763,844.07 Source ↗
Q3 2025 $12,648.45 $8,648.45 Source ↗
Q3 2025 $2,608,894.66 $2,691,849.10 Source ↗
Q2 2025 $2,648.45 $12,648.45 Source ↗
Q2 2025 $2,456,476.43 $2,608,894.66 Source ↗
Q1 2025 $7,648.45 $2,648.45 Source ↗
Q1 2025 $2,051,812.36 $2,456,476.43 Source ↗