Justin J. Pearson

Tennessee House, District 86 Democratic Incumbent

Won the nomination 6,475 votes · 92.24% reported results

Same candidate, other races: U.S. Representative, District 9 U.S. Congress

Latest filing: Pre-Primary 2026 · Jul 30, 2026 · source: TN Registry of Election Finance

2 of 2 expected reports filed

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 →
$10,432
$142,205 carried over
Why this number?
Funds Raised The money the campaign took in — cash and checks, plus the candidate’s own money, loans, and transfers from affiliated committees. It does not include the value of donated goods and services; where a campaign received any, that is shown separately as In-Kind Received. Full definition →
$11,132
Why this number?
Total Spent
$150,714
less $6,517 in refunds & credits → $144,198 net disbursements
Why this number?
Donors
207
12 shown · 195 below $200
Out-of-State
54%
$5,989 from outside TN
Why this number?

The ending cash balance the campaign reported on its most recent filing (as filed, not computed).

Reported on this filing:

Sum of every cash receipt bucket: itemized contributions from others + the candidate's own contributions + loans + filer-stated unitemized + (federal) transfers and other receipts.

Inputs behind Funds raised
Itemized contributions from others $11,132
Funds raised $11,132
From each filing:

Itemized expenditure rows plus the stated spending a filer reported as a lump sum without itemizing it.

Inputs behind Total spent
Itemized expenditures $150,714
Total spent $150,714
From each filing:
Show 1 more filing

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: $5,989 ÷ Total raised: $11,132
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $5,989
Raised
$11,132
Spent
$150,714

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 100%; organizations and PACs gave 0%.

Individuals $11K · 100% Organizations & PACs $0 · 0%
Why this number?

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: $11,132 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $11,132
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $11,132

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 →

$54average gift
$25median gift
207individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
62%
21%
$50–200
32%
43%
$200–1K
6%
36%
$1K–5K
0%
0%
$5K+
0%
0%
Why this number?

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: $11,132 ÷ Individual donors: 207
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $11,132
Median gift $25
Individual donors 207

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 →

54% of located dollars came from outside Tennessee (46% from inside).

Tennessee $5,144 Out of state $5,989
  • Memphis $3K29%
  • Clifton, VA $6005%
  • Nashville $5455%
  • San Francisco, CA $2953%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $1K
  • Other out-of-state $5K
Why this number?

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: $5,989 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $11,132
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $5,989

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2025 – Jul 2026. Peak $3,393 in Jun 2025. Spending peaked at $23,766 in Aug 2025.

Raised Spent

Contributions

Showing 12 donors who gave $200 or more cumulatively. 195 additional smaller donors contributed $7,107 total.

Itemized campaign contributions
Donor Location Employer Total

Expenditures

65 vendors 257 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Woo Strategies 9 $39,975.00 27%
Gilliam, Oceana 13 $32,500.00 22%
Boyd, Felecia 9 $13,500.00 9%
Diamond Printing Company 8 $9,762.75 6%
Watkins Uiberall PLLC 4 $7,172.00 5%
The Look Usa 1 $5,550.00 4%
Hill, Katrina 10 $5,000.00 3%
NPG Van 14 $4,637.00 3%
Southern Hands 3 $2,968.38 2%
Extra Space Storage 18 $2,304.00 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 Justin J. Pearson’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

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 $6,744.37 $10,432.00 Source ↗
Q2 2026 $7,308.89 $6,744.37 Source ↗
Q1 2026 $13,830.10 $7,308.89 Source ↗
Year-End 2025 $76,469.79 $13,830.10 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2025 $142,204.59 $76,469.79 Source ↗