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Kip Capley — 2026 Tennessee House, District 71 campaign

Tennessee House, District 71 Republican Incumbent

2026 Tennessee House, District 71 · totals since Jan 16, 2025

Won the nomination 8,227 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 →
$113,231
$72,370 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 →
$101,611
includes $500 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 →
$217
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$60,750
Donors
90
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 $0
Q3 2026 reported receipts $6,500
Pre-Primary 2026 reported receipts $5,900
Q2 2026 reported receipts $13,100
Q1 2026 reported receipts $0
Year-End 2025 reported receipts $76,111
Mid-Year 2025 reported receipts $0
Reported receipts $101,611
From each filing:
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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 $60,750
Total spent $60,750
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Receipts
$101,611
Spent
$60,750

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, 82% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $18K · 18%Organizations and PACs, itemized $83K · 82%

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: $83,220 ÷ Reported receipts: $101,611
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized
Individuals, itemized $17,890
Organizations and PACs, itemized $83,220
Unitemized contributions $500
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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 →

$852average gift
$1,000median gift
21individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
10%
0.3%
$50–200
19%
2%
$200–1K
19%
11%
$1K–5K
52%
87%
$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: $17,890 ÷ Individual donors: 21
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $17,890
Median gift $1,000
Individual donors 21
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 →

87% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (13% from out of state).

Tennessee $88,361 Out of state $12,750
  • Nashville $40K40%
  • Brentwood $18K18%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $30K
  • Other out-of-state $13K

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: $12,750 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $101,111
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $12,750
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Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Feb 2025 – Oct 2026. Peak $52,250 in Jan 2026. Spending peaked at $14,730 in Apr 2026.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 85 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 6 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $390 and their names are withheld.

85 named donors 103 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Go Netn PAC 1 $5,000.00
HCA TriStar Fund PAC 2 $4,500.00
KEVPAC (Kevin Vaughan) 2 $4,000.00
Tennessee First PAC 2 $3,500.00
Jeff Hargis 2 $2,800.00
Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) 2 $2,500.00
Tennessee Roots PAC 1 $2,500.00
The Bipartisan Network PAC 1 $2,500.00
CAM PAC (Cameron Sexton) 1 $2,500.00
LAMBERTH PAC (William Lamberth) 1 $2,500.00

Expenditures

27 vendors 31 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Vor Media 3 $17,980.00 30%
Margin of Victory Partners 1 $9,774.00 16%
WLX Radio 1 $7,740.00 13%
Maury County Republican Party 2 $3,700.00 6%
House Republican Caucus ↺ donor $216.61 1 $3,000.00 5%
Lawrence County Republican Party 1 $2,000.00 3%
Strikers Steakhouse 1 $1,650.00 3%
Christ Life Academy 1 $1,500.00 2%
Cochran, Mark 1 $1,000.00 2%
Cody, Kenny 1 $1,000.00 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 Kip Capley’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Advertising & media $18,620 31%
  • Contributions & donations $18,100 30%
  • Printing & mail $9,774 16%
  • Consulting & professional services $9,750 16%
  • Other $3,000 5%
  • Fundraising & events $996 2%
  • Office & operations $510 0.9%

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 $124,604.82 $113,230.82 Source: Pre-General 2026 filing Report 130253
Q3 2026 $129,744.82 $124,604.82 Source: Q3 2026 filing Report 128640
Pre-Primary 2026 $123,844.82 $129,744.82 Source: Pre-Primary 2026 filing Report 127988
Q2 2026 $130,974.82 $123,844.82 Source: Q2 2026 filing Report 126206
Q1 2026 $131,474.82 $130,974.82 Source: Q1 2026 filing Report 124614
Year-End 2025 $70,519.94 $131,474.82 Source: Year-End 2025 filing Report 123462
Mid-Year 2025 $72,369.94 $70,519.94 Source: Mid-Year 2025 filing Report 122581