Matt Van Epps — 2026 U.S. Representative, District 7 campaign
2026 U.S. Representative, District 7 · totals since Jan 1, 2026
Won the nomination 60,030 votes · 100% reported results
Latest filing: Pre-General 2026 · Oct 22, 2026 · source: FEC
5 filings · 12G 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 →
$358,455
$61,716 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 →
$852,798
includes $34,997 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
$12,092 refunded
Total disbursed
$556,058
Donors
411
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 →
7% of this campaign’s individual contributions came as small unitemized donations — gifts under the federal itemization threshold (about $200 a cycle) that the filer reports only as a lump sum, never broken out by donor. The gift-size and location breakdowns below cover the itemized 93%.
Itemized $465K · 93% Small unitemized gifts $35K · 7%
Largest part: individuals, itemized (line 11a), 56% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized (line 11a) $474K · 56%Individuals, unitemized (line 11a) $35K · 4%PACs and other committees (line 11c) $252K · 30%Transfers from authorized committees (line 12) $85K · 10%
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 →
58% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (42% from out of state).
Tennessee $427,546 Out of state $312,572
- Nashville $149K20%
- Washington, DC $75K10%
- Clarksville $63K8%
- Brentwood $54K7%
- Dickson $32K4%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $129K
- Other out-of-state $238K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2026 – Oct 2026. Peak $135,460 in Sep 2026. Spending peaked at $140,239 in Jul 2026.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 367 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 39 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $3,222 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Space Exploration Technologies Corp PAC | 3 | $15,000.00 |
| Tennessee Bankers Association Federal Political Action Commi | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| Senate Eagle PAC | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| American Israel Public Affairs Committee Political Action Co | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| Buckeye Liberty Political Action Committee | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| Realtors PAC | 4 | $9,000.00 |
| Seth Rye | 4 | $7,500.00 |
| Guardian Leadership PAC | 3 | $7,500.00 |
| Barbara A Evans | 2 | $7,000.00 |
| Richard Gilliam | 1 | $7,000.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rachel Barrett and Company LLC | 5 | $58,871.90 | |
| Thompson, Hayden | 20 | $37,649.08 | |
| Joyner, Alex | 23 | $32,934.49 | |
| Gray Fox Consulting LLC | 10 | $32,500.00 | |
| Rightside Compliance | 10 | $31,070.00 | |
| Fulcrum Intel | 1 | $28,920.00 | |
| ADP | 47 | $25,124.75 | |
| Mahaffey, Ben | 22 | $20,728.45 | |
| Holtzman Vogel | 4 | $20,286.56 | |
| The Stanton Group, LLC | 1 | $20,053.94 | |
| Marcum, Thomas | 1 | $15,000.00 | |
| Goal Post Sporting Goods, LLC | 3 | $9,953.80 | |
| Skurk, Krystina | 13 | $9,153.93 | |
| Joyner & Hogan Company | 9 | $8,845.86 | |
| Cmdi | 9 | $8,800.00 | |
| Comperry, Scott | 1 | $8,725.00 | |
| Winred Technical Services LLC | 39 | $8,061.70 | |
| Tennessee Republican Party | 2 | $7,500.00 | |
| Covert Results LLC | 3 | $7,160.00 | |
| Puckett's | 9 | $6,450.90 | |
| Bobby Van's Steakhouse | 2 | $5,211.64 | |
| Nashville Sounds | 5 | $5,165.69 | |
| Star News Digital Media | 1 | $5,000.00 | |
| Keeping Freedom Alive PAC | 1 | $5,000.00 | |
| Metalpromo | 2 | $4,796.09 | |
| Capitol Hill Club | 20 | $4,476.53 | |
| Williamson County Gop | 2 | $4,124.00 | |
| Leatherwood Distillery LLC | 1 | $3,743.80 | |
| Elliott, Taylor | 10 | $3,701.03 | |
| Storytellers Group LLC | 2 | $3,548.00 | |
| First Horizon Park | 2 | $3,239.32 | |
| Halls Chophouse | 1 | $3,235.50 | |
| Something Else Strategies LLC | 1 | $3,116.72 | |
| Ledbetter Signs | 1 | $3,000.00 | |
| Mailchimp | 9 | $2,915.55 | |
| 10 | $2,607.60 | ||
| The Capital Grille | 1 | $2,541.60 | |
| Southwest Airlines | 6 | $2,539.60 | |
| Downtown Hartsville Revitalization Commission, Inc. | 1 | $2,500.00 | |
| Holidayfest | 1 | $2,500.00 | |
| 917 Society | 1 | $2,500.00 | |
| Creative Direct | 1 | $2,369.10 | |
| Pbody's | 1 | $2,161.84 | |
| Isaac Hughes Photography | 3 | $2,125.00 | |
| 24Hr Stickers | 1 | $2,114.60 | |
| Anedot | 21 | $2,058.90 | |
| Dan Green for Congress | 1 | $2,000.00 | |
| Joe Mitchell for Congress | 1 | $2,000.00 | |
| Kevin Lincoln for Congress | 1 | $2,000.00 | |
| Tennessee Ffa Foundation | 1 | $2,000.00 | |
| Rob Wittman for Congress | 1 | $2,000.00 | |
| Andy Barr for Senate | 1 | $2,000.00 | |
| Brentwood Market | 1 | $1,893.19 | |
| Davidson County Republican Party | 2 | $1,800.00 | |
| Stor-Alot Self Storage | 10 | $1,720.00 | |
| Solar, Curtis | 1 | $1,699.50 | |
| Montgomery County Republican Party | 2 | $1,669.61 | |
| Bourbon Steak | 1 | $1,509.77 | |
| Kiwanis Club of Clarksville Inc. | 1 | $1,500.00 | |
| The Congressional Club Museum and Foundation | 1 | $1,415.00 | |
| The UPS Store | 20 | $1,407.10 | |
| Voices.Com | 1 | $1,352.00 | |
| Amazon | 2 | $1,338.20 | |
| Intuit | 10 | $1,335.77 | |
| American Airlines | 2 | $1,236.60 | |
| Hampton Inn | 2 | $1,128.58 | |
| Lyft | 10 | $1,059.06 | |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee | 1 | $1,030.18 | |
| Total Wine and More | 1 | $1,019.34 | |
| Asurion LLC Political Action Committee (Asurion PAC) ↺ donor $6,000.00 | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Mike Beltran for Congress | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Conroy for Congress | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Feely for Congress | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| VFW Post 4641 | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Dickson County Gop | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Tennessee Right To Life | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Briggs for Senate | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Milepost 42 | 7 | $936.80 | |
| Agua 301 | 1 | $905.14 | |
| Colton's Steakhouse | 1 | $902.25 | |
| Gop Store | 2 | $807.00 | |
| Cheatham County Gop | 1 | $800.00 | |
| Close Company | 3 | $797.87 | |
| Airbnb | 1 | $752.68 | |
| Tennessee Secretary of State | 1 | $641.83 | |
| American Mail & Insert Inc. | 1 | $624.76 | |
| Mazatlan Mexican Restaurant | 10 | $583.48 | |
| Dynamark Graphics Group | 1 | $573.13 | |
| Enterprise Rent-A-Car | 1 | $554.35 | |
| Washington Nationals | 2 | $524.81 | |
| Imprint.Com | 1 | $505.88 | |
| Central Civitan | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Red River Republican Women | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Hilton Hotels | 1 | $487.89 | |
| Govbusinesscards.Com | 1 | $459.00 | |
| Hyatt Regency | 1 | $437.84 | |
| The Oceanaire Seafood Room | 1 | $432.96 | |
| Minetta Tavern | 1 | $417.55 | |
| 219 Restaurant | 1 | $416.31 | |
| Jimmy Kelly's Steakhouse | 1 | $396.45 | |
| Club for Growth PAC | 3 | $392.43 | |
| The Army and Navy Club | 2 | $382.94 | |
| Republican Women of Williamson County | 1 | $369.00 | |
| Tennessee Prayer Breakfast - Citizens' Committee | 1 | $350.00 | |
| Hilton Garden Inn | 1 | $325.95 | |
| Houston County Area Chamber of Commerce | 2 | $315.00 | |
| Legacies Gift Shop | 1 | $308.79 | |
| Copycat Co. | 1 | $267.70 | |
| United States Postal Service | 2 | $262.90 | |
| State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance | 1 | $262.00 | |
| Metropolis Parking | 3 | $260.99 | |
| Le Diplomate | 2 | $251.60 | |
| One19 | 1 | $251.00 | |
| Tractor Supply Co. | 1 | $249.79 | |
| Jackalope Brewing Co. | 1 | $235.01 | |
| Bluejacket | 1 | $230.17 | |
| The Choptank | 1 | $229.95 | |
| Harper, John | 1 | $225.00 | |
| National Prayer Breakfast | 1 | $206.00 | |
| FedEx Office | 2 | $201.77 | |
| F&M Bank Arena | 3 | $183.30 |
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 Van Epps’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Consulting & professional services $219,831 40%
- Staff & payroll $111,925 20%
- Contributions & donations $54,599 10%
- Fundraising & events $53,106 10%
- Other $32,465 6%
- Printing & mail $23,734 4%
- Office & operations $23,501 4%
- Travel $16,120 3%
- Advertising & media $12,635 2%
Filing History
Totals as filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC); see About for how this data is processed.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12G 2026 | $308,760.48 | $358,455.25 | Source: 12G 2026 filing |
| These numbers come straight from the report the committee filed with the FEC, before the FEC has finished processing it. They update automatically once the FEC’s processed version is ready. The filed report is in the Source column. | |||
| Q3 2026 | $207,954.13 | $308,760.48 | Source: Q3 2026 filing |
| These numbers come straight from the report the committee filed with the FEC, before the FEC has finished processing it. They update automatically once the FEC’s processed version is ready. The filed report is in the Source column. | |||
| 12P 2026 | $276,506.12 | $207,954.13 | Source: 12P 2026 filing |
| Q2 2026 | $135,155.31 | $276,506.12 | Source: Q2 2026 filing |
| Q1 2026 | $61,715.51 | $135,155.31 | Source: Q1 2026 filing |