Johnny Garrett — 2026 U.S. Representative, District 6 campaign
2026 U.S. Representative, District 6 · totals since Jul 1, 2025
Won the nomination 37,371 votes · 43.63% reported results
Latest filing: Pre-General 2026 · Oct 22, 2026 · source: FEC
7 filings · Q3 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 →
19% of this campaign’s individual contributions came as small unitemized donations — gifts under the federal itemization threshold (about $200 a cycle) that the filer reports only as a lump sum, never broken out by donor. The gift-size and location breakdowns below cover the itemized 81%.
Largest part: loans (line 13), 42% 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 →
67% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (33% from out of state).
- Nashville $255K17%
- Gallatin $129K9%
- Hendersonville $114K8%
- Goodlettsville $87K6%
- Brentwood $81K6%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $313K
- Other out-of-state $488K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jul 2025 – Oct 2026. Peak $226,014 in Sep 2026. Spending peaked at $1,121,500 in Jun 2026.
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 935 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 152 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $14,694 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Richard Isaacson | 2 | $14,000.00 |
| Michael Hodges | 2 | $14,000.00 |
| Tony Gregory | 2 | $10,500.00 |
| Electing Majority Making Effective Republicans PAC | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| Yvonne B Leggett | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| Space Exploration Technologies Corp PAC | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| Making A Responsible Stand for Households In America PAC | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| Senate Eagle PAC | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| American Israel Public Affairs Committee Political Action Co | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| American Crystal Sugar Company Political Action Committee | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smart Media Group LLC | 7 | $1,930,846.00 | |
| Targeted Victory LLC | 10 | $309,273.90 | |
| Prime Media Partners, LLC | 2 | $90,000.00 | |
| Rachel Barrett & Company LLC ↺ donor $2,000.00 | 5 | $76,465.75 | |
| Big Dog Strategies | 2 | $62,920.49 | |
| Les Williamson LLC | 16 | $38,357.61 | |
| Winred Technical Services LLC | 68 | $30,787.05 | |
| Anchor Research LLC | 2 | $29,300.00 | |
| Cmdi | 14 | $15,400.00 | |
| Star News Digital Media Inc. | 1 | $11,250.00 | |
| Anedot | 103 | $9,501.10 | |
| Joslin & Sons Signs | 1 | $5,707.00 | |
| Ac Hotels | 1 | $4,807.66 | |
| I360 | 2 | $3,970.84 | |
| Southwest Airlines | 8 | $3,583.38 | |
| Allegra Printing and Mail | 5 | $3,255.50 | |
| Farino, Pamala S. | 1 | $3,000.00 | |
| Oldham, Sam | 7 | $2,930.78 | |
| Carey for Congress ↺ donor $2,500.00 | 1 | $2,500.00 | |
| Sumner County Republican Party | 1 | $2,500.00 | |
| Tennessee Republican Party | 1 | $2,500.00 | |
| Garrett, Johnny | 1 | $2,291.57 | |
| Kumar, Sabi ↺ donor $2,000.00 | 1 | $2,000.00 | |
| Hobbs, Barrett ↺ donor $2,000.00 ⇄ in-kind (given, not paid) | 1 | $2,000.00 | |
| Wilson County Republican Party | 1 | $1,600.00 | |
| Overton County Republican Party | 2 | $1,200.00 | |
| Cumberland County Republican Women | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Residence Inn | 1 | $916.76 | |
| Cherokee Country Club | 1 | $914.72 | |
| Delta Airlines | 1 | $896.80 | |
| Putnam County Republican Party | 1 | $650.00 | |
| Cashsaver | 2 | $466.45 | |
| Hyatt | 2 | $418.00 | |
| Cookeville City Scape | 1 | $400.00 | |
| Uber | 1 | $385.94 | |
| Citizen M Hotel | 1 | $368.72 | |
| Pinnacle Bank | 16 | $365.50 | |
| American Airlines | 1 | $358.40 | |
| Austin and Austin LLC | 1 | $350.00 | |
| Campbell County Republican Party | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Campbell County Republican Women | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Clay County Republican Party ↺ donor $1,000.00 | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Smiling, Carsyn | 1 | $214.99 | |
| Baggett, Patrick ↺ donor $1,710.55 ⇄ in-kind (given, not paid) | 1 | $149.02 | |
| Dale Hollow 1 Stop BBQ | 1 | $50.17 |
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
Loans
$1,250,000.00 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 (Johnny Garrett) | Candidate loan | Sep 30, 2025 | $1,250,000.00 | $0.00 | $1,250,000.00 |
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 Johnny Garrett’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Advertising & media $2,341,370 88%
- Consulting & professional services $143,060 5%
- Printing & mail $74,525 3%
- Office & operations $62,524 2%
- Contributions & donations $17,499 0.7%
- Travel $14,664 0.6%
- Fundraising & events $2,884 0.2%
- Other $228 0.1%
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 Federal Election Commission (FEC); see About for how this data is processed.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12G 2026 | $296,945.79 | $343,417.99 | Source: 12G 2026 filing |
| These numbers come straight from the report the committee filed with the FEC, before the FEC has finished processing it. They update automatically once the FEC’s processed version is ready. The filed report is in the Source column. | |||
| Q3 2026 | $287,585.48 | $296,945.79 | Source: Q3 2026 filing |
| These numbers come straight from the report the committee filed with the FEC, before the FEC has finished processing it. They update automatically once the FEC’s processed version is ready. The filed report is in the Source column. | |||
| 12P 2026 | $780,432.83 | $287,585.48 | Source: 12P 2026 filing |
| Q2 2026 | $1,429,022.62 | $780,432.83 | Source: Q2 2026 filing |
| Q1 2026 | $1,046,855.72 | $1,429,022.62 | Source: Q1 2026 filing |
| YE 2025 | $707,904.88 | $1,046,855.72 | Source: YE 2025 filing |
| Q3 2025 | $0.00 | $707,904.88 | Source: Q3 2025 filing |