Matt Day — 2026 Tennessee House, District 71 campaign
2026 Tennessee House, District 71 · totals since Jan 16, 2026
Won the nomination 1,565 votes · 100% reported results
Latest filing: Pre-General 2026 · Oct 27, 2026 · source: TN Registry of Election Finance
5 filings · Pre-General 2026–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 →
$925
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$11,124
includes $1,101 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 →
$472
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$10,199
Donors
24
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: organizations and PACs, itemized, 54% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $4K · 36%Organizations and PACs, itemized $6K · 54%Unitemized contributions $1K · 10%
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 →
$192average gift
$50median gift
21individual 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 →
99.2% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (0.8% from out of state).
Tennessee $9,943 Out of state $80
- Columbia $8K75%
- Waynesboro $1K10%
- Mount Pleasant $6506%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $730
- Other out-of-state $80
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Apr 2026 – Oct 2026. Peak $3,963 in Aug 2026. Spending peaked at $4,581 in Oct 2026.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 9 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 16 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $760 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Maury County Democratic Party ↺ paid $75.00 | 4 | $4,500.00 |
| Sandra Scales | 2 | $1,200.00 |
| Wayne County Democratic Party | 2 | $1,000.00 |
| Andrew Crichton | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Heidi Hoffman Includes In-Kind | 2 | $510.00 |
| Movement for Justice PAC | 1 | $500.00 |
| Foster Campbell | 2 | $350.00 |
| Matt Day Self In-Kind | 4 | $312.40 |
| Craig D Apolito | 1 | $212.50 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mail Call | 2 | $2,616.72 | |
| Buchanan, Thomas | 7 | $1,730.67 | |
| P C Signs | 2 | $1,017.10 | |
| Printing Etc. | 3 | $885.34 | |
| Foundation Blue Media | 1 | $750.00 | |
| Custom Ink | 2 | $692.08 | |
| Scale To Win LLC | 2 | $480.37 | |
| Tennessee Democratic Party | 1 | $450.00 | |
| Maury County Fair & Exposition | 2 | $425.00 | |
| Mai, Teri | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. | 1 | $158.01 | |
| Speedpro Nashville South | 1 | $131.70 | |
| Actblue Tennessee | 13 | $106.72 | |
| Dunkin' | 1 | $97.95 | |
| Blip Billboards | 6 | $82.82 | |
| Maury County Democratic Party ↺ donor $4,500.00 | 1 | $75.00 | |
| Columbia Main Street Corporation | 2 | $70.00 | |
| Office Depot, Inc. | 1 | $57.06 | |
| Amazon | 1 | $51.68 | |
| Farm Bureau Insurance | 2 | $41.70 | |
| First Farmers and Merchants Bank | 2 | $29.00 |
Dates
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
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 Matt Day’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Printing & mail $4,553 45%
- Advertising & media $2,055 20%
- Field & voter contact $1,731 17%
- Office & operations $1,513 15%
- Contributions & donations $250 2%
- Fundraising & events $98 1.0%
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 | $4,771.01 | $925.27 | Source: Pre-General 2026 filing Report 131123 |
| Q3 2026 | $1,092.57 | $4,771.01 | Source: Q3 2026 filing Report 129518 |
| Pre-Primary 2026 | $945.77 | $1,092.57 | Source: Pre-Primary 2026 filing Report 127876 |
| Q2 2026 | $200.00 | $945.77 | Source: Q2 2026 filing Report 126307 |
| Q1 2026 | $0.00 | $200.00 | Source: Q1 2026 filing Report 124891 |