Dennis Powers — 2026 Tennessee House, District 36 campaign
2026 Tennessee House, District 36
Latest filing: Pre-Primary 2026 · Jul 30, 2026 · source: TN Registry of Election Finance
5 filings · Mid-Year 2025–Q2 2026
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Why this number?
Why this number?
Why this number?
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).
- Pre-Primary 2026 Initial $42,687 filing-stated
Raised (cash) adds together the amounts listed below.
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Sum of every cash receipt bucket: itemized contributions from others + the candidate's own contributions + loans + filer-stated unitemized + (federal) transfers and other receipts.
| Itemized contributions from others | $135,132 |
| Raised (cash) | $135,132 |
- Pre-Primary 2026 Initial $15,680 derived
- Q2 2026 Initial $64,601 derived
- Year-End 2025 Supplemental $42,300 derived
- Mid-Year 2025 Supplemental $12,550 derived
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.
| Itemized expenditures | $183,738 |
| Total spent | $183,738 |
- Pre-Primary 2026 Initial $94,489 derived
- Q2 2026 Initial $61,859 derived
- Q1 2026 Initial $6,745 derived
- Year-End 2025 Supplemental $7,654 derived
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- Mid-Year 2025 Supplemental $12,990 derived
Out-of-state share compares itemized money from outside tennessee with raised incl. in-kind.
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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).
| From outside Tennessee | $12,400 |
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 32%; organizations and PACs gave 68%.
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Share from individuals compares from individuals with everything the campaign raised.
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Everything the campaign raised, split into the candidate's own money (own contributions plus self- and family loans), individuals, organizations and PACs, and everything else — loans other than the candidate's, in-kind contributions, and (for federal filers) committee transfers and other receipts. Unitemized small donations count as individual money. The parts add up to the total raised. The headline share is individuals divided by the total.
| From individuals | $43,632 |
| From organizations and PACs | $91,500 |
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 →
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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 | $43,632 |
| Median gift | $500 |
| Individual donors | 51 |
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 →
91% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (9% from out of state).
- Nashville $39K29%
- Brentwood $11K8%
- Portland $10K7%
- Lafollette $8K6%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $55K
- Other out-of-state $12K
Why this number?
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).
| From outside Tennessee | $12,400 |
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2025 – Jul 2026. Peak $45,030 in Jun 2026. Spending peaked at $94,489 in Jul 2026.
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $150 total; their names are not disclosed here.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Bankers Assn PAC | 2 | $8,000.00 |
| TN Advance Financial PAC | 2 | $5,000.00 |
| MARSHA PAC (Marsha Blackburn) | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| CAM PAC (Cameron Sexton) | 2 | $5,000.00 |
| LAMBERTH PAC (William Lamberth) | 2 | $5,000.00 |
| William G Lamberth | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| JCB PAC (Clark Boyd) | 3 | $4,500.00 |
| Tennessee Manufactured Housing Assn PAC | 2 | $3,500.00 |
| Housing Industry PAC | 2 | $3,000.00 |
| Odus Mundy | 1 | $3,000.00 |
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Dog Strategies | 2 | $56,001.98 | |
| Echowave | 2 | $18,751.82 | |
| Lamar Advertising | 2 | $15,886.54 | |
| Newman and Associates | 1 | $15,050.00 | |
| Smart Media Group | 1 | $10,185.00 | |
| Wlaf | 5 | $7,880.00 | |
| Byrge Screen Printing | 2 | $7,551.07 | |
| Verizon | 4 | $4,600.57 | |
| Addison Diblasi | 1 | $3,125.00 | |
| Ellison, Sam | 1 | $3,000.00 | |
| Apple | 2 | $2,961.73 | |
| i360 | 2 | $2,540.10 | |
| Union Co Republican Party | 2 | $2,500.00 | |
| Weigels | 5 | $2,090.49 | |
| Lafollette Press | 2 | $1,945.00 | |
| Campbell Co. Rotary Club | 4 | $1,550.00 | |
| Walmart | 4 | $1,467.26 | |
| A1 Shipping & Printing | 3 | $1,425.41 | |
| Francis Marion Hotel | 1 | $1,294.32 | |
| Bo's Place | 4 | $1,223.57 | |
| Bluegrass Newsmedia LLC | 1 | $1,200.00 | |
| Rice Oil Co. | 6 | $1,064.61 | |
| Volunteer Times | 1 | $1,050.00 | |
| State of TN | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| TN General Assembly | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Union Co News Leader | 1 | $900.00 | |
| Walgreens | 3 | $851.02 | |
| All My Sons Moving & Storage | 1 | $824.88 | |
| Shell | 6 | $777.36 | |
| Delta Airlines | 1 | $615.95 | |
| Scotty Outdoor LLC | 1 | $525.00 | |
| Campbell Co Chamber of Commerce | 2 | $500.00 | |
| TN Republican Party | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Postmaster General | 4 | $488.20 | |
| Petals of Grace | 3 | $481.81 | |
| Sandys Custom Auto | 1 | $437.00 | |
| Camp Galilee | 1 | $400.00 | |
| Dollar General | 3 | $396.09 | |
| Tractor Supply | 2 | $386.53 | |
| WJJT | 1 | $385.00 | |
| Ncoil | 1 | $347.00 | |
| Amazon | 3 | $344.75 | |
| Rocky Top Market | 3 | $340.41 | |
| Campbell County Christian Learning Cente | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Shutterfly | 1 | $265.79 | |
| Hilton | 1 | $264.69 | |
| Harland Clarke | 2 | $235.11 | |
| Capitol Commission | 2 | $230.00 | |
| Common Ground Coffee | 2 | $208.92 | |
| Building Better Claiborne | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Logan Birdsong Photography | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Boy Scouts of America | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Samaritan's Purse | 2 | $200.00 | |
| American Legislative Exchange Council | 1 | $200.00 | |
| The Tennessean | 1 | $198.00 | |
| Carbonite | 2 | $191.98 | |
| Babylon Bee | 2 | $179.50 | |
| Claiborne County Progress | 4 | $178.34 | |
| National Fallen Firefighters Foundation | 1 | $175.00 | |
| Vitrazza | 1 | $173.93 | |
| Builtwell Bank | 5 | $168.35 | |
| Doorway Gourmet | 3 | $163.73 | |
| Thompson Framing | 1 | $163.52 | |
| Norton Lifelock | 1 | $131.09 | |
| Campbell Co. Republican Women | 2 | $130.00 | |
| Allegra Printing and Mail | 1 | $123.81 | |
| Wendy's | 2 | $120.36 | |
| Emma Brown | 1 | $120.00 | |
| Lowe's | 2 | $112.35 | |
| Hello Flowers | 1 | $111.42 | |
| Microsoft | 1 | $109.24 | |
| Go Fund Me | 1 | $105.00 | |
| FTD Flowers | 1 | $103.77 | |
| TN Right To Life | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Jellico High School | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Cline, Joel | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Caryville Elementary | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Emily Wilson | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Vietnam Veterans Flag Fund | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Campbell Co Boys and Girls Club | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Knox News Sentinel | 1 | $99.00 | |
| Rickard Ridge BBQ | 1 | $96.85 | |
| Blossom Flower Delivery | 1 | $92.48 | |
| Amaco | 1 | $87.28 | |
| Ham N Goodys | 1 | $86.35 | |
| Ideal Florist | 1 | $85.22 | |
| X Corporation | 1 | $84.00 | |
| King Donut | 1 | $83.86 | |
| Marathon Oil | 1 | $76.73 | |
| Flowers By Bob | 1 | $75.00 | |
| Campbell Co Election Commission | 1 | $75.00 | |
| Shoneys | 2 | $70.90 | |
| ExxonMobil | 1 | $69.60 | |
| Campbell County Farm Bureau | 2 | $60.00 | |
| Charley's Pizza | 1 | $56.35 | |
| First Baptist Church Jacksboro | 1 | $56.00 | |
| Lacey Housley Memorial Scholarship | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Union Co Business & Professional Women | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Jacksboro Methodist Church | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Murphy Express | 1 | $49.50 | |
| Bp Gas | 1 | $49.20 | |
| Food City | 1 | $42.00 | |
| Maga Donuts | 1 | $41.11 | |
| Claiborne County Election Commission | 1 | $38.00 | |
| Union County Trustee Office | 1 | $38.00 | |
| TN Prayer Breakfast | 1 | $35.00 | |
| Eagle Market | 1 | $33.19 | |
| Nat'l Fed. of Independent Business Tennessee PAC | 1 | $33.00 | |
| American Greetings | 1 | $32.76 | |
| Heritage Foundation | 2 | $30.00 | |
| Ollies | 1 | $24.78 | |
| Wards Corner | 1 | $24.41 | |
| Fastop | 1 | $21.98 | |
| Grok Ai | 2 | $20.00 | |
| Digital Discounted Solutions | 1 | $10.70 |
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
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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 Dennis Powers’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Advertising & media $91,122 50%
- Other $42,648 23%
- Field & voter contact $23,324 13%
- Printing & mail $8,529 5%
- Travel $7,836 4%
- Contributions & donations $4,166 2%
- Office & operations $3,886 2%
- Fundraising & events $2,226 1%
Filing History
Totals as filed with the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance; see About for how this data is processed.