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Ken Yager — 2028 Tennessee Senate, District 12 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 12 Republican

2028 Tennessee Senate, District 12 · totals since Jan 16, 2025

Raising toward the 2028 election

Tennessee Senate, District 12 is not on the 2026 ballot; its next election is in 2028. The figures below are this committee’s activity toward that election.

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

3 filings · Mid-Year 2025–Mid-Year 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 →
$415,361
$479,376 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 →
$91,948
includes $200 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
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 →
$1,147
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$155,963
Donors
81
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
Mid-Year 2026 reported receipts $13,900
Year-End 2025 reported receipts $75,090
Mid-Year 2025 reported receipts $2,958
Reported receipts $91,948
From each filing:

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 $155,963
Total spent $155,963
From each filing:
Receipts
$91,948
Spent
$155,963

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, 72% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $21K · 23%Organizations and PACs, itemized $66K · 72%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $4K · 5%

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: $66,300 ÷ Reported receipts: $91,948
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized
Individuals, itemized $21,090
Organizations and PACs, itemized $66,300
Unitemized contributions $200
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $4,358
From each filing:

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%

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: $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

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: $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.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 82 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200.

82 named donors 88 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC 2 $7,500.00
Amazon.com Services LLC PAC 1 $3,500.00
Energysolutions Inc. PAC 2 $3,000.00
Tennessee Bankers Association PAC 1 $3,000.00
Tennessee Volunteer PAC 2 $2,500.00
Cigna Corporation Employee PAC 1 $2,500.00
Vogel PAC 1 $2,500.00
Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. PAC 2 $2,000.00
Tennessee Medical Association PAC (TMA) 1 $2,000.00
Comcast Corporation PAC 1 $2,000.00

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.

  • Consulting & professional services $38,341 25%
  • Other $33,500 21%
  • Contributions & donations $23,600 15%
  • Fundraising & events $20,644 13%
  • Advertising & media $15,110 10%
  • Travel $10,417 7%
  • Office & operations $7,336 5%
  • Printing & mail $5,806 4%
  • Field & voter contact $968 0.7%
  • Staff & payroll $240 0.2%

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: Mid-Year 2026 filing Report 126815
Year-End 2025 $444,998.22 $453,834.09 Source: Year-End 2025 filing Report 123987
Mid-Year 2025 Amended $479,376.17 $444,998.22 Source: Mid-Year 2025 filing Report 122832