Mark Pody

Tennessee Senate, District 17 Republican Incumbent

Won the nomination 15,311 votes · 67.58% reported results

Latest filing: Pre-Primary 2026 · Jul 30, 2026 · source: TN Registry of Election Finance

9 filings · Mid-Year 2023–Q2 2026

3 of 3 expected reports 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 →
$45,794
$196,065 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 →
$714,437
includes $2,984 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
$1,000 refunded
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 →
$42,163
goods or services
Total Spent
$555,486
Why this number?
Donors
468
435 shown  · 33 below $200
Out-of-State
5%
$34,800 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 from others $711,453
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $2,984
Funds raised $714,437
From each filing:
  • Pre-Primary 2026 Initial $38,130 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $37,700 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $430 filing-stated
  • Q2 2026 Amendment $116,175 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $115,750 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $425 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2025 Amendment $311,203 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $309,853 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $1,350 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2025 Amendment $2,950 derived
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  • Year-End 2024 Amendment $68,150 derived
  • Mid-Year 2024 Supplemental $2,599 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $2,500 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $99 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2023 Amendment $173,980 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $173,300 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $680 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2023 Supplemental $1,250 derived

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

Inputs behind Total spent
Itemized expenditures $555,486
Total spent $555,486
From each filing:
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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: $34,800 ÷ Total raised: $756,600
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $34,800
Raised
$756,600
Spent
$555,486

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 55%; organizations and PACs gave 39%; other sources made up 6%.

Individuals $416K · 55% Organizations & PACs $299K · 39% Other sources $42K · 6%
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: $415,817 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $756,600
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $415,817
From organizations and PACs $298,620
In-kind contributions (goods & services) $42,163

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 →

$1,229average gift
$950median gift
336individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
10%
0.9%
$200–1K
40%
12%
$1K–5K
50%
86%
$5K+
0.3%
1%
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: $412,833 ÷ Individual donors: 336
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $412,833
Median gift $950
Individual donors 336

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 →

95% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (5% from out of state).

Tennessee $676,653 Out of state $34,800
  • Nashville $209K29%
  • Lebanon $96K13%
  • Knoxville $74K10%
  • Brentwood $48K7%
  • Murfreesboro $34K5%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $216K
  • Other out-of-state $35K
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: $34,800 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $711,453
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $34,800

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2023 – Jul 2026. Peak $110,100 in Dec 2023. Spending peaked at $162,739 in Jun 2026.

Raised Spent

Contributions

435 donors gave $200 or more cumulatively. 33 additional smaller donors contributed $3,684 total.

437 donors 656 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by total
Donor Donations Total
Tennessee Senate Republican Caucus In-Kind 2 $38,569.60
PB PAC (Paul Bailey) 4 $17,500.00
Tennessee Bankers Assn PAC 3 $13,000.00
DAWNPAC (Dawn White) 1 $10,000.00
Sevier County Good Government PAC 1 $10,000.00
Friends of Police PAC 2 $10,000.00
Sevier County Good Government PAC 1 $10,000.00
JACK PAC (Jack Johnson) 2 $8,000.00
TN Advance Financial PAC 2 $7,500.00
Pa Practice Owners PAC 1 $7,500.00

Expenditures

257 vendors 722 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Direct Edge Campaigns 9 $172,031.60 31%
Sheeran, Chenille 12 $31,854.84 6%
Newcomer, Casey 4 $20,700.00 4%
Concerned Constitutional Conservatives PAC 2 $20,000.00 4%
Paine, Kathrynne 13 $18,366.66 3%
Verizon 20 $13,146.88 2%
Vaught, Amari 10 $11,250.14 2%
Yellow Belly Marketing 3 $9,999.99 2%
Graham, Candice 7 $9,948.57 2%
Educators Resource Association 6 $9,847.75 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 Mark Pody’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Advertising & media $247,167 44%
  • Field & voter contact $140,776 25%
  • Contributions & donations $65,264 12%
  • Office & operations $35,689 6%
  • Fundraising & events $19,232 3%
  • Travel $18,351 3%
  • Other $12,824 2%
  • Printing & mail $11,777 2%
  • Consulting & professional services $4,406 0.8%

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-Primary 2026 $120,600.46 $45,793.60 Source ↗
Q2 2026 Amended $223,877.73 $120,600.46 Source ↗
Q1 2026 $583,059.24 $551,437.13 Source ↗
Year-End 2025 Amended $327,559.40 $583,059.24 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2025 Amended $338,628.68 $327,381.07 Source ↗
Year-End 2024 Amended $298,564.64 $338,628.68 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2024 $318,978.59 $298,564.64 Source ↗
Year-End 2023 Amended $184,522.53 $318,978.59 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2023 $196,064.53 $184,522.53 Source ↗