Memphis

Ken Yager

Tennessee Senate, District 12 Republican Incumbent

Currently serving — not on the August 6, 2026 primary election ballot

Ken Yager holds Tennessee Senate, District 12, a mid-term seat that is not on the August 6, 2026 primary ballot (next up in 2028). The figures below are Yager’s ongoing state campaign-finance activity this cycle.

Latest filing: Mid-Year 2026 · Jul 15, 2026 · source: TN Registry of Election Finance

1 of 1 expected report 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 →
$415,361
$479,376 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 →
$87,590
includes $200 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
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 →
$1,147
goods or services
Total Spent
$155,963
Why this number?
Donors
81
81 shown · 0 below $200
Out-of-State
18%
$16,250 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. Excludes the value of donated goods & services, shown separately as In-Kind Received.

Inputs behind Funds raised
Itemized contributions (gross) $87,390
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $200
Funds raised $87,590
From each filing:
  • Mid-Year 2026 Supplemental $12,500 derived
  • Year-End 2025 Supplemental $75,090 mixed
    • Itemized contributions (gross) $74,890 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $200 filing-stated

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

Inputs behind Total spent
Itemized expenditures $155,963
Total spent $155,963
From each 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: $16,250 ÷ Total raised: $88,737
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $16,250
Source filings:
Raised
$88,737
Spent
$155,963

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 24%; organizations and PACs gave 75%; other sources made up 1%.

Individuals $21K · 24% Organizations & PACs $66K · 75% Other sources $1K · 1%
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: $21,290 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $88,737
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $21,290
From organizations and PACs $66,300
In-kind contributions (goods & services) $1,147
Source filings:

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 →

$639average gift
$500median gift
33individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
0%
0%
$200–1K
61%
34%
$1K–5K
39%
66%
$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: $21,090 ÷ Individual donors: 33
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $21,090
Median gift $500
Individual donors 33
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 →

81% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (19% from out of state).

Tennessee $71,140 Out of state $16,250
  • Nashville $34K39%
  • Knoxville $10K12%
  • Washington, DC $8K9%
  • Oak Ridge $3K3%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $24K
  • Other out-of-state $8K
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: $16,250 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $87,390
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $16,250
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2025 – Jun 2026. Peak $19,450 in Oct 2025. Spending peaked at $31,574 in Jun 2026.

Raised Spent

Contributions

Showing 81 donors who gave $200 or more cumulatively.

Itemized campaign contributions
Donor Location Employer Total

Expenditures

210 vendors 325 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Ayala, Jose 3 $18,600.00 12%
Baker Group Strategies 4 $16,984.38 11%
Ford Credit 3 $13,500.57 9%
Yager, Malinda R. 3 $5,540.96 4%
University of Tennesse Foundation 1 $5,000.00 3%
Big Dog Strategies 1 $4,990.49 3%
Rogers, Mike 1 $4,000.00 3%
The River House 2 $3,535.63 2%
Kids First Cac 1 $3,300.00 2%
Verizon 3 $2,955.56 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 Ken Yager’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
Mid-Year 2026 $453,834.09 $415,361.04 Source ↗
Year-End 2025 $444,998.22 $453,834.09 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2025 Amended $479,376.17 $444,998.22 Source ↗