Fred A. Atchley — 2026 Tennessee House, District 12 campaign

Tennessee House, District 12 Republican Incumbent

2026 Tennessee House, District 12

Won the nomination 5,597 votes · 100% reported results

Latest filing: Pre-Primary 2026 · Jul 29, 2026 · source: TN Registry of Election Finance

5 filings · Mid-Year 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 →
$85,052
$70,499 carried over
Why this number?
Raised (cash) Cash and cash-like receipts the campaign took in: contributions, the candidate’s own money, loans, and transfers from affiliated committees. Donated goods and services are not cash; they appear separately as In-Kind Received. Bookkeeping entries such as a carried balance, accounting adjustment, or refund also stay only in the filing’s own totals. Full definition →
$55,450
Why this number?
In-Kind Received 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. Full definition →
$299
goods or services
Total Spent
$40,915
Why this number?
Donors
79
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
9%
$5,250 from outside TN
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).

Reported on this filing:

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. Excludes the value of donated goods & services, shown separately as In-Kind Received.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $55,450
Raised (cash) $55,450
From each filing:

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 $40,915
Total spent $40,915
From each filing:
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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).

Itemized money from outside Tennessee: $5,250 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $55,749
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $5,250
Raised incl. in-kind
$55,749
Spent
$40,915

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 40%; organizations and PACs gave 60%.

Individuals $22K · 40% Organizations & PACs $33K · 60%
Why this number?

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: $22,100 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $55,749
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $22,100
From organizations and PACs $33,350
In-kind contributions (goods & services) $299

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 →

$553average gift
$275median gift
40individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
3%
0.2%
$50–200
23%
4%
$200–1K
53%
33%
$1K–5K
23%
62%
$5K+
0%
0%
Why this number?

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: $22,100 ÷ Individual donors: 40
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $22,100
Median gift $275
Individual donors 40

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).

Tennessee $50,200 Out of state $5,250
  • Nashville $18K32%
  • Sevierville $14K26%
  • Seymour $7K13%
  • Kodak $4K7%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $7K
  • Other out-of-state $5K
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).

Itemized money from outside Tennessee: $5,250 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $55,450
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $5,250

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2025 – Jul 2026. Peak $17,525 in Jun 2025. Spending peaked at $7,761 in Nov 2025.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $900 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 75 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennessee Bankers Assn PAC 2 $6,000.00
Patrick Doyle 1 $1,800.00
Gary Helton 1 $1,800.00
Stephanie Helton 1 $1,800.00
Seagle Landscaping Supply Co 1 $1,800.00
Stormy Shular 1 $1,800.00
Barry Shular 1 $1,800.00
Kent Woods 1 $1,800.00
Restoration House Crossover Construction 1 $1,800.00
Tennessee Apartment PAC 2 $1,000.00

Expenditures

44 vendors 58 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Zdstephens Company 3 $10,495.90 26%
Tennessee House Republican Caucus 1 $3,000.00 7%
Robert Huff Designs 1 $2,568.15 6%
Great Smoky Mountain Council 2 $2,000.00 5%
Stinnett, Tommy L. 1 $1,900.00 5%
Bryan McCarter for Mayor 1 $1,800.00 4%
Hodges, Michael 1 $1,800.00 4%
Sevierville Sunrise Rotary Club 2 $1,500.00 4%
Farmer, Andrew Ellis 1 $1,029.25 3%
Safe Harbor 2 $1,000.00 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 Fred A. Atchley’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Contributions & donations $22,250 54%
  • Consulting & professional services $7,187 18%
  • Other $5,478 13%
  • Fundraising & events $3,529 9%
  • Travel $1,145 3%
  • Office & operations $926 2%
  • Advertising & media $399 1.0%

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-Primary 2026 $86,417.01 $85,051.79 Source ↗
Q2 2026 Amended $89,092.01 $86,417.01 Source ↗
Q1 2026 $89,629.91 $89,092.01 Source ↗
Year-End 2025 $92,917.68 $89,629.91 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2025 $70,499.05 $92,917.68 Source ↗