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David Miller — 2026 Tennessee Senate, District 05 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 05 Democratic

2026 Tennessee Senate, District 05 · totals since Jul 1, 2025

Won the nomination 9,320 votes · 100% reported results

Latest filing: Pre-General 2026 · Oct 28, 2026 · source: TN Registry of Election Finance

6 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 →
$2,812
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$27,760
includes $8,110 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Loan entries in filing detail: $1,500. The report totals above govern this headline.
Total Spent
$24,948
Donors
35
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 $3,493
Q3 2026 reported receipts $9,967
Pre-Primary 2026 reported receipts $1,679
Q2 2026 reported receipts $1,635
Q1 2026 reported receipts $2,672
Year-End 2025 reported receipts $8,315
Reported receipts $27,760
From each filing:
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Excluded reports:
  • Q2 2026 — Replaced by an amended report

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 $24,948
Total spent $24,948
From each filing:
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Receipts
$27,760
Spent
$24,948

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: individuals, itemized, 36% of receipts on these reports.

The candidate's own contributions, itemized $5K · 16%Individuals, itemized $10K · 36%Organizations and PACs, itemized $4K · 13%Unitemized contributions $8K · 29%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $2K · 5%

Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized compares individuals, itemized with reported receipts.

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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.

Individuals, itemized: $10,100 ÷ Reported receipts: $27,760
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
The candidate's own contributions, itemized $4,500
Individuals, itemized $10,100
Organizations and PACs, itemized $3,550
Unitemized contributions $8,110
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $1,500
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Excluded reports:
  • Q2 2026 — Replaced by an amended report

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 →

$326average gift
$250median gift
31individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
10%
4%
$200–1K
87%
76%
$1K–5K
3%
20%
$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: $10,100 ÷ Individual donors: 31
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $10,100
Median gift $250
Individual donors 31
Source filings:

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 →

73% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (27% from out of state).

Tennessee $9,650 Out of state $3,600
  • Oak Ridge $4K31%
  • Oakridge $2K16%
  • Bremen, GA $2K15%
  • Knoxville $2K14%
  • Loudon $8006%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $800
  • Other out-of-state $2K

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 97% 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: $3,600 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $13,250
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $3,600
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Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Sep 2025 – Oct 2026. Peak $6,250 in Jul 2026. Spending peaked at $6,844 in Sep 2026.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 33 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 3 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $375 and their names are withheld.

33 named donors 39 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
David Miller Self 1 $4,500.00
Stephen S Cristy 1 $2,000.00
Hold the Line PAC 1 $2,000.00
Anderson County Democratic Women S Club 2 $700.00
Loudon County Democratic PAC 1 $600.00
Susan Slinger 1 $500.00
Thomas Burns 1 $500.00
William Culbert 1 $500.00
Jack Allen 2 $400.00
James Palmer 2 $400.00

Expenditures

9 vendors 24 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Hill Print & Design 7 $11,855.05 48%
201 Cafe 1 $4,271.22 17%
Martin Printing 1 $2,723.74 11%
Val-V-Signs 1 $2,677.90 11%
Mmledford Bookkeeping, M 4 $1,854.00 7%
Harper, Drew 2 $845.00 3%
Chute, Rhonda 1 $300.00 1%
Act Blue 6 $246.14 1.0%
Kgis 1 $175.00 0.8%

Loans

$1,500.00 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.

Loan principal shown adds together the amounts listed below.

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Loan schedules can repeat an outstanding debt on later reports. This is the reconstructed principal for each lender, counted once, split between candidate or family loans and all other lenders. Repayments and outstanding balances are shown separately in the ledger.

Inputs behind Loan principal shown
Candidate and family loans $1,500
Loan principal shown $1,500
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Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (David Miller) Candidate loan Oct 15, 2026 $1,500.00 $0.00 $1,500.00

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

  • Printing & mail $12,907 52%
  • Advertising & media $4,745 19%
  • Fundraising & events $4,401 18%
  • Consulting & professional services $2,029 8%
  • Field & voter contact $750 3%
  • Office & operations $117 0.5%

Loans

Campaign 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.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Pre-General 2026 $4,539.09 $2,812.25 Source: Pre-General 2026 filing Report 131234
Q3 2026 $1,716.39 $4,539.09 Source: Q3 2026 filing Report 129345
Pre-Primary 2026 Amended $3,258.57 $1,716.39 Source: Pre-Primary 2026 filing Report 128439
Q2 2026 Amended $2,721.69 $3,258.57 Source: Q2 2026 filing Report 126769
Q1 2026 Amended $741.61 $2,721.69 Source: Q1 2026 filing Report 126000
Year-End 2025 Amended $0.00 $741.61 Source: Year-End 2025 filing Report 125912