Marsha Blackburn — 2026 Governor campaign

Governor Republican

2026 Governor

Won the nomination 311,328 votes · 43.55% reported results

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

4 filings · Year-End 2025–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 →
$2,691,224
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 →
$10,766,081
includes $131 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
$30,171 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 →
$14,208
goods or services
Total Spent
$8,045,472
less $495 in refunds & credits → $8,044,976 net disbursements
Why this number?
Donors
20,595
3,761 shown  · 16,834 below $200
Out-of-State
28%
$3,021,366 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 $10,765,950
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $131
Funds raised $10,766,081
From each filing:
  • Pre-Primary 2026 Initial $1,233,789 derived
  • Q2 2026 Amendment $2,777,199 derived
  • Q1 2026 Amendment $1,235,923 derived
  • Year-End 2025 Amendment $5,519,170 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $5,519,039 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $131 filing-stated

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

Inputs behind Total spent
Itemized expenditures $8,045,472
Total spent $8,045,472
From each filing:

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: $3,021,366 ÷ Total raised: $10,780,289
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $3,021,366
Raised
$10,780,289
Spent
$8,045,472

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 83%; organizations and PACs gave 17%.

Individuals $9.0M · 83% Organizations & PACs $1.8M · 17%
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: $8,950,706 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $10,780,289
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $8,950,706
From organizations and PACs $1,815,375
In-kind contributions (goods & services) $14,208

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 →

$439average gift
$37median gift
20,385individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
55%
2%
$50–200
28%
6%
$200–1K
9%
8%
$1K–5K
4%
15%
$5K+
4%
69%
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: $8,950,575 ÷ Individual donors: 20385
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $8,950,575
Median gift $37
Individual donors 20385

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 →

72% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (28% from out of state).

Tennessee $7,744,583 Out of state $3,021,366
  • Nashville $2.0M19%
  • Knoxville $688K6%
  • Franklin $679K6%
  • Brentwood $671K6%
  • Memphis $508K5%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $3.2M
  • Other out-of-state $3.0M
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: $3,021,366 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $10,765,950
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $3,021,366

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Peak $1,633,052 in Aug 2025. Spending peaked at $4,574,205 in Jul 2026.

Raised Spent

Contributions

3,761 donors gave $200 or more cumulatively. 16,834 additional smaller donors contributed $720,244 total.

3,763 donors 14,819 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by total
Donor Donations Total
Att Tennessee PAC 2 $30,800.00
Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) 2 $30,800.00
Go Netn PAC 2 $30,800.00
The Bipartisan Network PAC 3 $30,800.00
HCA TriStar Fund PAC 2 $30,800.00
Tractor Supply Company Political Action Committee 2 $30,800.00
Charter Communications INC Tennessee PAC 2 $30,800.00
Community Health Systems, Inc. (CHS) PAC 2 $30,800.00
Fedex Corporation PAC 2 $30,800.00
Focus PAC Inc. 4 $30,800.00

Showing the top 500 of 3,763 donors by total.

Expenditures

170 vendors 437 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Smart Media Group LLC 1 $4,384,202.20 54%
Targeted Victory LLC 7 $1,146,492.67 14%
The Pass Group LLC 4 $472,795.56 6%
Winred Technical Services, LLC 32 $167,424.04 2%
Acme, Aircraft Charter Management Expert 6 $163,259.40 2%
416 Wilson Pike Circle, LLC 9 $149,700.00 2%
Moore, A Series LLC 6 $131,134.04 2%
ADP 16 $95,689.11 1%
The Monaco Group 4 $75,912.57 1.0%
Sigler, Abigail 8 $74,311.75 1.0%

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 Marsha Blackburn’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Advertising & media $5,622,786 70%
  • Consulting & professional services $719,558 9%
  • Office & operations $452,199 6%
  • Staff & payroll $390,091 5%
  • Printing & mail $324,570 4%
  • Fundraising & events $287,067 4%
  • Travel $210,844 3%
  • Contributions & donations $26,812 0.4%
  • Other $11,545 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
Pre-Primary 2026 $6,039,638.66 $2,691,223.61 Source ↗
Q2 2026 Amended $4,387,909.27 $6,039,638.66 Source ↗
Q1 2026 Amended $3,880,838.53 $4,387,909.27 Source ↗
Year-End 2025 Amended $0.00 $3,880,838.53 Source ↗