Kirk Haston — 2026 Tennessee House, District 72 campaign

Tennessee House, District 72 Republican Incumbent

2026 Tennessee House, District 72 · totals since Jan 16, 2025

Won the nomination 8,565 votes · 100% reported results

Latest filing: Pre-General 2026 · Oct 28, 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 →
$15,604
$32,730 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 →
$33,252
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 →
$229
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$50,378
Donors
29
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 $3,000
Q3 2026 reported receipts $10,400
Pre-Primary 2026 reported receipts $2,000
Q2 2026 reported receipts $0
Q1 2026 reported receipts $0
Year-End 2025 reported receipts $17,852
Mid-Year 2025 reported receipts $0
Reported receipts $33,252
From each filing:
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Excluded reports:
  • Q2 2026 — Replaced by an amended report
  • Q3 2026 — Replaced by an amended report

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 $50,378
Total spent $50,378
From each filing:
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Receipts
$33,252
Spent
$50,378

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, 99% of receipts on these reports.

The candidate's own contributions, itemized $452 · 1%Organizations and PACs, itemized $33K · 99%

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: $32,800 ÷ Reported receipts: $33,252
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized
The candidate's own contributions, itemized $452
Organizations and PACs, itemized $32,800
From each filing:
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Excluded reports:
  • Q2 2026 — Replaced by an amended report
  • Q3 2026 — Replaced by an amended report

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 →

89% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (11% from out of state).

Tennessee $29,300 Out of state $3,500
  • Nashville $18K54%
  • Washington, DC $3K8%
  • Madison $2K6%
  • Mount Juliet $2K6%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $8K
  • Other out-of-state $1K

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: $3,500 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $32,800
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $3,500

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2025 – Oct 2026. Peak $9,400 in Jan 2026. Spending peaked at $4,837 in Oct 2025.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 31 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200.

31 named donors 41 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Housing Industry PAC 2 $3,000.00
Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC 2 $3,000.00
Tennessee First PAC 2 $2,000.00
Tennessee Educ Assn Fund for Children Public Edu 1 $2,000.00
Tennessee Manufactured Housing Assn PAC 2 $2,000.00
Amazon.com Services LLC PAC 2 $1,500.00
KEVPAC (Kevin Vaughan) 1 $1,500.00
TN Advocates for Early Learning PAC 1 $1,500.00
Ingram Industries PAC 2 $1,250.00
Johnson Poss Kirby Government Relations PAC 2 $1,250.00

Expenditures

123 vendors 632 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Shell 94 $3,993.89 8%
Tennessee House Republican Caucus ↺ donor $229.05 1 $3,000.00 6%
Henderson County Chamber of Commerce 6 $2,480.00 5%
Video Corner Cafe 43 $2,405.06 5%
Sanders Service Center 9 $2,205.59 4%
Walmart 20 $1,952.15 4%
Sonic 60 $1,615.10 3%
Main St Market 38 $1,584.44 3%
Storm Trackers Site, PC 3 $1,200.00 2%
Pizza Hut 19 $1,123.71 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 Kirk Haston’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Fundraising & events $13,881 28%
  • Contributions & donations $11,725 23%
  • Travel $9,525 19%
  • Office & operations $7,192 14%
  • Advertising & media $4,147 8%
  • Other $2,427 5%
  • Printing & mail $1,481 3%

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 Amended $14,547.30 $15,603.88 Source: Pre-General 2026 filing Report 131222
Q3 2026 Amended $8,741.86 $14,547.30 Source: Q3 2026 filing Report 131223
Pre-Primary 2026 $10,056.67 $9,010.40 Source: Pre-Primary 2026 filing Report 128395
Q2 2026 Amended $16,570.16 $9,788.13 Source: Q2 2026 filing Report 129827
Q1 2026 $22,424.41 $16,570.16 Source: Q1 2026 filing Report 125427
Year-End 2025 Amended $20,257.12 $22,424.41 Source: Year-End 2025 filing Report 125430
Mid-Year 2025 $32,729.62 $20,257.12 Source: Mid-Year 2025 filing Report 122078