Esther Helton Haynes — 2026 Tennessee House, District 30 campaign
2026 Tennessee House, District 30 · totals since Jan 16, 2025
Won the nomination 5,630 votes · 100% reported results
Latest filing: Pre-General 2026 · Oct 26, 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 →
$99,994
$100,184 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 →
$118,081
includes $761 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Itemized in-kind Goods or services donated to the campaign instead of cash — say, free printing or donated consulting — reported at fair-market value. Counted toward the same $200 disclosure threshold as cash gifts. This figure adds the in-kind contributions itemized on the selected reports. The Registry reports in-kind apart from receipts, so it is not part of the receipts figure. Full definition →
$528
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$118,596
less $325 in refunds & credits → $118,271 net disbursements
Donors
89
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, 75% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $29K · 25%Organizations and PACs, itemized $88K · 75%
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 →
$1,160average gift
$1,000median gift
25individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
$50–200
$200–1K
$1K–5K
$5K+
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 →
84% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (16% from out of state).
Tennessee $99,020 Out of state $18,300
- Chattanooga $32K27%
- Nashville $31K26%
- Brentwood $16K13%
- Washington, DC $6K5%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $21K
- Other out-of-state $13K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2025 – Oct 2026. Peak $34,200 in Jan 2026. Spending peaked at $13,913 in Oct 2025.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 87 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 3 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $400 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| HCA TriStar Fund PAC | 2 | $7,500.00 |
| Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) | 2 | $5,000.00 |
| Tennessee Medical Association PAC (TMA) | 2 | $4,000.00 |
| Mark Litchford | 2 | $3,600.00 |
| HAZ-PAC (Patsy Hazlewood) | 2 | $3,500.00 |
| Matt Wood | 2 | $2,833.00 |
| Ethan Wood | 2 | $2,833.00 |
| Total Wine Political Action Committee | 1 | $2,500.00 |
| Tennessee Dental PAC | 3 | $2,500.00 |
| CAM PAC (Cameron Sexton) | 1 | $2,500.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kidney Foundation of Greater Chattanooga | 12 | $17,094.87 | |
| Council for Alcohol and Drug Abuse | 3 | $11,500.00 | |
| Lana's Love Foundation | 3 | $10,500.00 | |
| Hamilton County Republican Party | 4 | $8,857.81 | |
| Launch Pad | 1 | $5,000.00 | |
| Tennessee Republican Caucus | 2 | $3,500.00 | |
| Reagan Outdoor Advertising | 1 | $3,125.00 | |
| Residential Security | 2 | $2,854.60 | |
| Unity Is the Bridge | 1 | $2,500.00 | |
| Signal Centers, Inc. | 1 | $2,500.00 | |
| National Medal of Honor Heritage Center | 3 | $2,017.37 | |
| East Ridge Alumni Association | 2 | $2,000.00 | |
| Long, David | 3 | $1,800.00 | |
| Women of Distinction of Chattanooga | 1 | $1,500.00 | |
| Helton, Lee | 1 | $1,500.00 | |
| Elks Lodge | 2 | $1,400.00 | |
| Tennessee Young Republicans | 1 | $1,250.31 | |
| Tennessee Federation of Republican Women | 3 | $1,250.00 | |
| Walmart | 20 | $1,210.75 | |
| Garrett, Johnny | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Family Justice Center | 2 | $1,000.00 | |
| East Ridge High School | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Chauncey, Misty | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Tyler, David | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Von Schaaf, Marty | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Blackburn, Marsha | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Weston Wamp for County Mayor | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Strong TN Advocates for Repubican Solution (Stars) | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Apison Food Pantry | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| East Ridge Needy Child Fund | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Elect Brook Weaver | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| American Heart Association | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Chattanooga Firefighters Association | 3 | $900.00 | |
| Tennessee Right To Life | 2 | $900.00 | |
| Extra Space Storage | 2 | $884.84 | |
| Chattanooga Area Food Bank | 4 | $856.00 | |
| Imageworks | 1 | $819.38 | |
| Chattanooga Area Veteran's Council | 2 | $752.50 | |
| Re-Elect Bill Hagerty | 1 | $750.00 | |
| Friends of East Brainerd | 3 | $700.00 | |
| Hixson Kiwanis Club | 2 | $700.00 | |
| Hometown Marketing | 1 | $680.00 | |
| United States Postal Service | 2 | $544.00 | |
| Davis, Elaine | 1 | $521.15 | |
| Powers, Dennis | 1 | $520.51 | |
| Jenkins, Ryan | 1 | $515.00 | |
| GoDaddy | 1 | $512.50 | |
| The Haven House for Children | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Sherrell, Paul | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Elect Vince Dean | 2 | $500.00 | |
| American Legion Post 95 | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Chauncey, Mike | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Armstrong, Jane ↺ donor $250.00 | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Queen, David | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Medical Society of Chattanooga | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Just One More Foundation | 1 | $500.00 | |
| East Lake Academy | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Ymca Y-Cap | 2 | $475.00 | |
| Anedot | 11 | $451.89 | |
| Jackson Bakery | 2 | $425.49 | |
| Home Goods | 2 | $419.35 | |
| The Home Depot | 2 | $418.65 | |
| East Ridge Optimist Club | 2 | $400.00 | |
| J. Alexander's Restaurant | 3 | $344.14 | |
| Domain Networks | 1 | $289.00 | |
| Tennessee Department of Transportation | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Daniel, Sabrina | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Soddy-Daisy High School | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Memorial Health Care System Foundation | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Chattanooga Times Free Press | 8 | $239.00 | |
| Hobby Lobby | 4 | $226.00 | |
| Ymca of Middle Tennessee | 1 | $225.00 | |
| Elmentor | 2 | $216.32 | |
| Hamilton County Pachyderm Club | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Fain, Cindy | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Wreaths Across Chattanooga | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Samaritan Center | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Thrasher Elementary | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Hilton | 1 | $188.45 | |
| City of East Ridge | 1 | $175.00 | |
| Smartbank | 21 | $162.01 | |
| Malone's | 2 | $144.29 | |
| Sam's Club | 1 | $133.02 | |
| Hulken | 1 | $130.01 | |
| Signarama | 1 | $130.01 | |
| Ensign the Florist | 1 | $120.18 | |
| Dick's Sporting Goods | 1 | $113.02 | |
| Speedway | 1 | $100.99 | |
| 1 | $100.00 | ||
| Total Concepts | 1 | $94.39 | |
| Raceway | 1 | $76.62 | |
| Gas N' Go | 1 | $72.43 | |
| Weigel's | 1 | $71.36 | |
| Murphy USA | 1 | $67.50 | |
| Krispy Kreme Dounuts | 1 | $59.71 | |
| Office Depot | 1 | $55.17 | |
| Wally's Restaurant | 1 | $52.58 | |
| Marsha's Backstreet Cafe | 1 | $45.39 | |
| Bread Basket | 1 | $43.86 | |
| Favor In Focus | 1 | $43.70 | |
| Brightbase | 5 | $42.29 | |
| Hamilton County Election Office | 1 | $42.00 | |
| Champy's | 1 | $36.09 | |
| Starbucks | 4 | $34.31 | |
| Cracker Barrel | 1 | $33.47 | |
| East Ridge Parks and Recreation | 1 | $30.00 | |
| Collegedale Tomorrow Foundation | 1 | $25.00 | |
| Walgreens | 1 | $20.87 | |
| Chick-fil-A | 1 | $16.15 | |
| Sonic Drive-In | 3 | $15.29 | |
| Omega Parking | 2 | $15.00 | |
| Zaxby's | 1 | $13.42 | |
| Sleepyhead Coffee | 1 | $11.19 | |
| Nashville Department of Transportation | 1 | $9.85 | |
| LAZ Parking | 1 | $8.00 | |
| Chattanooga Parking Authority | 1 | $7.63 | |
| Citipark | 1 | $6.00 | |
| Erlanger Health | 1 | $3.00 |
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 Esther Helton Haynes’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Contributions & donations $94,283 79%
- Office & operations $14,299 12%
- Advertising & media $5,038 4%
- Field & voter contact $2,315 2%
- Fundraising & events $1,376 1%
- Printing & mail $674 0.6%
- Travel $568 0.5%
- Consulting & professional services $42 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 | $99,454.04 | $99,994.23 | Source: Pre-General 2026 filing Report 130743 |
| Q3 2026 | $105,123.89 | $99,454.04 | Source: Q3 2026 filing Report 129545 |
| Pre-Primary 2026 | $109,550.18 | $105,123.89 | Source: Pre-Primary 2026 filing Report 128045 |
| Q2 2026 | $110,028.09 | $109,550.18 | Source: Q2 2026 filing Report 126791 |
| Q1 2026 | $95,739.87 | $110,028.09 | Source: Q1 2026 filing Report 125369 |
| Year-End 2025 | $93,555.44 | $95,739.87 | Source: Year-End 2025 filing Report 123975 |
| Mid-Year 2025 Amended | $100,184.02 | $93,555.44 | Source: Mid-Year 2025 filing Report 122689 |