Gino Bulso — 2026 Tennessee House, District 61 campaign
2026 Tennessee House, District 61 · totals since Jan 16, 2025
Won the nomination 7,557 votes · 100% reported results
Latest filing: Pre-General 2026 · Oct 27, 2026 · source: TN Registry of Election Finance
7 filings · Mid-Year 2025–Q3 2026
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, 87% of receipts on these reports.
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 →
71% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (29% from out of state).
- Nashville $12K41%
- Brentwood $7K22%
- Bethesda, MD $3K10%
- Washington, DC $3K10%
- Franklin $2K7%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $500
- Other out-of-state $3K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Feb 2025 – Oct 2026. Peak $8,000 in Jan 2026. Spending peaked at $13,189 in Oct 2026.
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 20 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Lawyers Involved for TN PAC | 2 | $4,500.00 |
| The Bipartisan Network PAC | 2 | $3,000.00 |
| Total Wine Political Action Committee | 1 | $3,000.00 |
| TN Advance Financial PAC | 1 | $2,500.00 |
| Housing Industry PAC | 1 | $2,000.00 |
| Jeannette Lundborg | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| CoreCivic PAC | 1 | $1,500.00 |
| Julie Beaman | 1 | $1,500.00 |
| K12 Management Inc. PAC | 1 | $1,500.00 |
| Atmos Energy PAC | 2 | $1,000.00 |
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Dog Strategies | 1 | $12,971.00 | |
| House Republican Caucus | 1 | $5,000.00 | |
| Fairlane Hotel | 2 | $3,268.75 | |
| Williamson County Republican Party | 1 | $3,000.00 | |
| Mallory Station Storage | 9 | $1,767.00 | |
| The Baker Group LLC | 1 | $1,500.00 | |
| Navigation Advertising LLC | 3 | $1,363.65 | |
| Powers, Dennis | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Old Natchez Country Club | 1 | $502.11 | |
| Tennessee Republican Party | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Capley, Kip | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Costco | 1 | $108.33 | |
| Campaign Verify | 1 | $95.00 | |
| Mailchimp | 1 | $65.85 | |
| Harland Clarke | 1 | $46.62 | |
| Anedot | 1 | $20.30 |
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
Loans
$651,000.00 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.
| Lender | Type | Received | Balance shown | Repaid | Outstanding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self (Gino Bulso) | Candidate loan | — | $651,000.00 | $40,000.00 | $611,000.00 |
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 Gino Bulso’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Advertising & media $14,401 45%
- Office & operations $5,770 18%
- Contributions & donations $4,500 14%
- Fundraising & events $3,771 12%
- Other $1,767 6%
- Consulting & professional services $1,500 5%
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.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-General 2026 | $24,159.32 | $13,970.02 | Source: Pre-General 2026 filing Report 130912 |
| Q3 2026 | $24,555.32 | $24,159.32 | Source: Q3 2026 filing Report 129862 |
| Pre-Primary 2026 | $20,003.32 | $24,555.32 | Source: Pre-Primary 2026 filing Report 128159 |
| Q2 2026 | $18,773.21 | $20,003.32 | Source: Q2 2026 filing Report 127168 |
| Q1 2026 | $19,881.54 | $18,773.21 | Source: Q1 2026 filing Report 125527 |
| Year-End 2025 | $48,110.91 | $19,881.54 | Source: Year-End 2025 filing Report 123689 |
| Mid-Year 2025 | $55,928.63 | $48,110.91 | Source: Mid-Year 2025 filing Report 121952 |