Lauren Pinkston — 2026 Governor campaign
2026 Governor · totals since Jul 1, 2025
Latest filing: Pre-General 2026 · Oct 30, 2026 · source: TN Registry of Election Finance
6 filings · Year-End 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 →
$8,182
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$522,932
includes $8,135 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
$10,363 refunded
Loan entries in filing detail: $98,182. 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 →
$15,964
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$514,909
less $160 in refunds & credits → $514,750 net disbursements
Donors
1,267
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
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: individuals, itemized, 77% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $400K · 77%Organizations and PACs, itemized $27K · 5%Unitemized contributions $8K · 2%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $88K · 17%
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 →
$317average gift
$51median gift
1,261individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
$50–200
$200–1K
$1K–5K
$5K+
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 $373,183 Out of state $53,795
- Knoxville $112K26%
- Columbia $74K17%
- Nashville $31K7%
- Cookeville $14K3%
- Brentwood $13K3%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $130K
- Other out-of-state $54K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. Peak $83,419 in Sep 2026. Spending peaked at $80,755 in Sep 2026.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 296 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 974 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $52,176 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Margaret Green Rodgers Includes In-Kind ↺ $3,000.00 refunded | 9 | $7,891.62 net $10,891.62 gross |
| Christopher Gilbert | 5 | $7,011.00 |
| Leslie Soriano Includes In-Kind | 12 | $5,829.00 |
| Thompson Burton PAC | 1 | $5,500.00 |
| Konstantin Yepifantsev | 1 | $5,300.00 |
| Sharon Pryse | 3 | $5,300.00 |
| Jeffrey Ezell | 1 | $5,300.00 |
| Lisa Goodman | 1 | $5,300.00 |
| Ben McKnight | 1 | $5,300.00 |
| Andy Nielsen | 3 | $5,300.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nectarine Studio LLC | 11 | $51,678.22 | |
| Miller, Jared | 8 | $48,244.00 | |
| Coleman, Danny | 13 | $39,044.64 | |
| Fire Kite | 4 | $34,000.00 | |
| Nation Builder | 23 | $32,678.92 | |
| Park, April | 8 | $26,119.45 | |
| Campbell, Kelsy | 10 | $23,377.94 | |
| Political Financial Management LLC | 9 | $22,500.00 | |
| Capital Promotion | 1 | $19,956.00 | |
| Ousley, Annalise | 8 | $16,006.00 | |
| Needle and Grain | 13 | $14,960.26 | |
| Comperry, Scott | 2 | $13,750.00 | |
| Park, Anna | 5 | $12,265.98 | |
| Hooper, Ashley | 6 | $12,250.00 | |
| Hendricks & Co | 2 | $11,641.86 | |
| The Osmanthus Group | 3 | $11,500.00 | |
| Cox, Jeremiah | 1 | $11,250.00 | |
| Nashville Outdoor Advertising | 1 | $9,800.00 | |
| Kurtsinger, Rachel ↺ donor $413.61 | 4 | $9,750.00 | |
| Nectarine Studios | 3 | $8,625.14 | |
| 25 | $6,162.71 | ||
| Crane, Sarah | 3 | $5,851.70 | |
| Action Tents | 1 | $5,202.53 | |
| Capitol Promotions | 1 | $4,781.00 | |
| Katie Bell Pr | 1 | $4,000.00 | |
| Amazon | 3 | $3,139.28 | |
| Nordstrom, Noah | 2 | $3,000.00 | |
| Spark Pr LLC | 2 | $2,700.00 | |
| Marcus, Benjamin | 1 | $2,500.00 | |
| Vibe Advertising Inc. | 6 | $2,477.86 | |
| Shelter Insurance | 1 | $2,163.45 | |
| United States Postal Service | 11 | $1,893.58 | |
| Good Sign Design Co | 2 | $1,773.57 | |
| Bloomstall | 1 | $1,674.01 | |
| Friendly Arctic Printing and Design LLC | 1 | $1,388.39 | |
| Rolling Box Media | 1 | $1,236.15 | |
| 17 | $1,167.82 | ||
| Graymere Country Club | 1 | $1,092.65 | |
| Brickhouse Barbeque | 1 | $1,047.98 | |
| Delange, Kayla | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| McCandless, Eric | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Kat Dadee Enterprises | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| American Express | 5 | $995.87 | |
| Sixstitch Apparel | 1 | $990.22 | |
| Printify | 2 | $973.44 | |
| Campbell, Kelsey | 1 | $961.60 | |
| Airbnb | 4 | $920.02 | |
| Gelman, Dov | 1 | $900.00 | |
| Framer.Com | 6 | $899.95 | |
| Convos Ai | 3 | $862.93 | |
| Fieldedge | 6 | $843.78 | |
| Community Pie | 2 | $838.04 | |
| Spell-Flores, Maddie | 2 | $834.00 | |
| Vinculo Coffee | 1 | $813.83 | |
| Madison Event Rentals | 1 | $574.19 | |
| Trello | 12 | $543.07 | |
| Ticketsignup | 1 | $515.62 | |
| Faststickers | 2 | $507.93 | |
| Music By Kota | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Staples | 2 | $487.50 | |
| At&T | 3 | $480.20 | |
| GoDaddy | 1 | $473.64 | |
| Stickergiant | 1 | $456.56 | |
| Pure Buttons | 2 | $432.58 | |
| Sir Speedy Music City | 1 | $423.64 | |
| Zapier | 4 | $419.73 | |
| Tractor Supply | 4 | $416.07 | |
| West TN Party Rentals | 1 | $391.74 | |
| Fincher, Alex | 1 | $390.00 | |
| Zoom | 3 | $381.82 | |
| Mencer, Stephen | 1 | $340.00 | |
| Firesprint Inc. | 1 | $337.10 | |
| Cognito Forms | 2 | $335.42 | |
| Alamo | 1 | $334.34 | |
| United Airlines | 1 | $310.70 | |
| McDaires, Mac | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Canva | 2 | $279.86 | |
| Manychat, Inc. | 7 | $256.24 | |
| Pinnacle Bank | 22 | $255.50 | |
| Lokkesmoe, Sydney | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Samaan, Nancy | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Bicentennial Park | 1 | $250.00 | |
| The Event Helper | 1 | $244.00 | |
| Southwest Airlines | 3 | $238.94 | |
| Copy Cats Print Services | 2 | $232.67 | |
| Fast Stop | 4 | $219.81 | |
| Fernwood | 1 | $215.30 | |
| Field Edge | 1 | $210.00 | |
| Stay Golden | 1 | $203.64 | |
| The Home Depot | 2 | $203.52 | |
| Cafe Eclectic | 2 | $200.23 | |
| Gordon Food Service Store | 1 | $200.10 | |
| Jones, Austin | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Walmart | 3 | $198.91 | |
| Kroger Fuel | 3 | $191.68 | |
| Dollar General | 3 | $190.66 | |
| Shell | 3 | $186.68 | |
| Shell | 4 | $182.25 | |
| Costco | 1 | $172.63 | |
| Watson, Gabby | 1 | $168.00 | |
| Food Lion | 1 | $160.22 | |
| McNairy Co Board of Education | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Kelton, Piper | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Stallman, Molly | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Lowe's | 1 | $148.10 | |
| Beach, Lindley | 1 | $133.00 | |
| Greater Humboldt Chamber of Commerce | 2 | $126.74 | |
| Nashville Audio Visual LLC | 1 | $118.13 | |
| Casey's | 2 | $118.11 | |
| Trader Joes | 1 | $113.49 | |
| Puckett's | 1 | $110.14 | |
| Pirate Ship | 2 | $104.18 | |
| The Tennessean | 1 | $99.00 | |
| Campaign Verify | 1 | $95.00 | |
| Twice Daily | 2 | $86.26 | |
| Flag World LLC | 1 | $82.19 | |
| Bag Lady's FRY Joint | 1 | $75.75 | |
| South Ahan | 1 | $75.73 | |
| Handy Nation | 1 | $75.00 | |
| Hinies BBQ | 1 | $74.00 | |
| Crawdaddy's | 1 | $69.83 | |
| Shoe Station | 1 | $66.00 | |
| SpotHero | 1 | $62.76 | |
| Elite | 1 | $57.84 | |
| Kirkland's Home | 1 | $56.69 | |
| 7 Eleven | 1 | $52.63 | |
| Chick-fil-A | 2 | $52.53 | |
| Pyramids Cafe | 1 | $52.37 | |
| Starbucks | 1 | $49.56 | |
| The Amsterdam | 1 | $48.73 | |
| Chipotle | 1 | $45.04 | |
| Proximity | 1 | $44.00 | |
| Bitter Southern Athens | 1 | $43.15 | |
| Jason's Deli | 1 | $42.85 | |
| Seed Coffee | 1 | $42.24 | |
| Nashville First Baptist Church | 1 | $41.29 | |
| United Farm and Home | 2 | $40.28 | |
| Yee-Haw Brewing | 1 | $40.25 | |
| Good Party LLC | 4 | $40.00 | |
| MCC Parking | 2 | $40.00 | |
| Marathon | 1 | $38.85 | |
| Huff's Grocery | 1 | $38.85 | |
| Utm | 1 | $36.95 | |
| Taqueria La Herradura | 1 | $35.78 | |
| Congetta's Chi-Talian | 1 | $32.27 | |
| Tj Maxx | 1 | $31.72 | |
| Kroger | 1 | $31.67 | |
| Joe Coffee | 1 | $30.99 | |
| Won Kitchen | 1 | $30.59 | |
| Zaxby's | 1 | $29.83 | |
| Amsterdam Local | 1 | $27.65 | |
| Skynet Technologies | 1 | $25.00 | |
| Greko | 1 | $24.14 | |
| Replit | 1 | $21.95 | |
| Tennessee Secretary of State | 1 | $20.49 | |
| Wendy's | 2 | $18.20 | |
| Sonic | 2 | $17.78 | |
| Khairos Coffee | 1 | $17.02 | |
| Ups Stotre | 1 | $14.34 | |
| Central BBQ | 1 | $13.44 | |
| Cava | 1 | $12.90 | |
| FedEx Office | 1 | $11.96 | |
| Broadwest | 1 | $11.00 | |
| McGavick's | 1 | $10.36 | |
| Dunkin' | 1 | $9.64 | |
| Pilot | 1 | $9.43 | |
| Vantage Coffee Roasters | 1 | $8.17 | |
| Bradley Mountain | 1 | $7.84 | |
| Dairy Queen | 1 | $7.77 | |
| US Today | 2 | $7.00 | |
| World's Biggest Fish FRY Paris | 1 | $5.18 |
Dates
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
Loans
$98,182.22 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.
| Lender | Type | Received | Balance shown | Repaid | Outstanding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self (Lauren Pinkston) | Candidate loan | Jan 15, 2026 | $98,182.22 | $0.00 | $98,182.22 |
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 Lauren Pinkston’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Consulting & professional services $125,086 24%
- Field & voter contact $124,428 24%
- Advertising & media $100,544 20%
- Office & operations $72,077 14%
- Printing & mail $62,980 12%
- Fundraising & events $25,572 5%
- Other $2,394 0.5%
- Travel $1,751 0.4%
- Contributions & donations $78 0.1%
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.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-General 2026 Amended | $40,076.29 | $8,182.41 | Source: Pre-General 2026 filing Report 131295 |
| Q3 2026 Amended | $17,619.77 | $40,076.29 | Source: Q3 2026 filing Report 131296 |
| Pre-Primary 2026 | $16,403.14 | $17,619.77 | Source: Pre-Primary 2026 filing Report 128778 |
| Q2 2026 | $21,666.24 | $16,403.14 | Source: Q2 2026 filing Report 126280 |
| Q1 2026 | $5,801.62 | $21,666.24 | Source: Q1 2026 filing Report 125287 |
| Year-End 2025 Amended | $0.00 | $5,801.62 | Source: Year-End 2025 filing Report 124594 |