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Kelly T Keisling — 2026 Tennessee House, District 38 campaign

Tennessee House, District 38 Republican Incumbent

2026 Tennessee House, District 38 · totals since Jan 16, 2025

Won the nomination 12,364 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

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 →
$46,106
$56,734 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 →
$73,150
Loan entries in filing detail: $8,237. The report totals above govern this headline.
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 →
$217
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$83,779
Donors
69
total donors; qualifying names are listed below

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:

Reported receipts adds together the amounts listed below.

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Sum of Total Receipts reported on the selected source reports.

Inputs behind Reported receipts
Pre-General 2026 reported receipts $2,500
Q3 2026 reported receipts $8,800
Pre-Primary 2026 reported receipts $3,600
Q2 2026 reported receipts $19,050
Q1 2026 reported receipts $0
Year-End 2025 reported receipts $37,200
Mid-Year 2025 reported receipts $2,000
Reported receipts $73,150
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Excluded reports:

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 $83,779
Total spent $83,779
From each filing:
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Receipts
$73,150
Spent
$83,779

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, 83% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $12K · 17%Organizations and PACs, itemized $61K · 83%

Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized compares organizations and pacs, itemized with reported receipts.

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Each selected report's reported receipts split by the report's own lines; the parts of every report add up to its total, and the totals to the headline.

Organizations and PACs, itemized: $60,750 ÷ Reported receipts: $73,150
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized
Individuals, itemized $12,400
Organizations and PACs, itemized $60,750
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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 →

$827average gift
$500median gift
15individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
7%
0.9%
$200–1K
53%
27%
$1K–5K
40%
73%
$5K+
0%
0%

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: $12,400 ÷ Individual donors: 15
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $12,400
Median gift $500
Individual donors 15
Source filings:

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 $61,200 Out of state $11,950
  • Nashville $39K53%
  • Brentwood $6K8%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $16K
  • Other out-of-state $12K

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: $11,950 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $73,150
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $11,950
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2025 – Oct 2026. Peak $19,450 in Sep 2025. Spending peaked at $7,255 in May 2025.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 69 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 1 person gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $100 and their names are withheld.

69 named donors 88 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennessee Bankers Association PAC 2 $7,000.00
Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC 2 $3,500.00
Michael Swain 2 $3,000.00
Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) 3 $2,750.00
TN Advance Financial PAC 1 $2,500.00
Amazon.com Services LLC PAC 2 $2,000.00
Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) 2 $2,000.00
Tennessee Employees Action Movement PAC 1 $2,000.00
Tennessee Health Care Assn PAC 2 $2,000.00
Community Choice Financial PAC (CCF) 2 $2,000.00

Expenditures

157 vendors 448 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Zd Stephens Company 20 $17,523.89 21%
Abbott Print Shop 10 $3,476.91 4%
Amsalem Global Travel Management 1 $3,302.67 4%
State of Tennessee 7 $3,090.00 4%
Hilton 1 $2,845.24 3%
Raj Market 35 $2,345.75 3%
ExxonMobil 15 $2,131.45 3%
Jimmy John's 10 $2,044.57 2%
Keisling, John 7 $1,850.00 2%
Macon County Chronicle 9 $1,574.00 2%

Loans

$8,236.89 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.

Loan principal shown adds together the amounts listed below.

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Loan schedules can repeat an outstanding debt on later reports. This is the reconstructed principal for each lender, counted once, split between candidate or family loans and all other lenders. Repayments and outstanding balances are shown separately in the ledger.

Inputs behind Loan principal shown
Candidate and family loans $8,237
Loan principal shown $8,237
Source filings:
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (Kelly T Keisling) Candidate loan — $8,236.89 $0.00 $8,236.89

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 Kelly T Keisling’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Consulting & professional services $17,844 21%
  • Travel $17,655 21%
  • Other $11,468 14%
  • Advertising & media $10,571 13%
  • Contributions & donations $10,450 12%
  • Printing & mail $6,486 8%
  • Office & operations $5,829 7%
  • Field & voter contact $2,478 3%
  • Fundraising & events $997 1%

Loans

Campaign 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.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Pre-General 2026 $47,292.59 $46,105.83 Source: Pre-General 2026 filing Report 130907
Q3 2026 $48,649.85 $47,292.59 Source: Q3 2026 filing Report 129702
Pre-Primary 2026 Amended $49,032.77 $48,649.85 Source: Pre-Primary 2026 filing Report 129699
Q2 2026 Amended $38,344.16 $49,032.77 Source: Q2 2026 filing Report 128870
Q1 2026 $47,560.35 $38,344.16 Source: Q1 2026 filing Report 125422
Year-End 2025 Amended $34,999.56 $47,560.35 Source: Year-End 2025 filing Report 124646
Mid-Year 2025 Amended $56,734.42 $34,999.56 Source: Mid-Year 2025 filing Report 124149