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Melissa Caldwell Browder — 2026 Tennessee House, District 32 campaign

Tennessee House, District 32 Republican

2026 Tennessee House, District 32 · totals since Apr 1, 2026

Latest filing: Q3 2026 · Oct 13, 2026 · source: TN Registry of Election Finance

3 filings · Pre-Primary 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 →
$9,649
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$68,989
Loan entries in filing detail: $26,894. The report totals above govern this headline.
Total Spent
$59,340
Donors
58
total donors; qualifying names are listed below

Cash on hand is the amount reported on the filing listed below.

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The ending cash balance the campaign reported on its most recent filing (as filed, not computed).

Reported on this filing:
  • Q3 2026 Initial $9,649 filing-stated

Reported receipts adds together the amounts listed below.

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Sum of Total Receipts reported on the selected source reports.

Inputs behind Reported receipts
Q3 2026 reported receipts $3,350
Pre-Primary 2026 reported receipts $40,445
Q2 2026 reported receipts $25,194
Reported receipts $68,989
From each filing:
Excluded reports:
  • Q2 2026 — Replaced by an amended report

Total spent adds together the amounts listed below.

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

Inputs behind Total spent
Itemized expenditures $59,340
Total spent $59,340
From each filing:
Receipts
$68,989
Spent
$59,340

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, 49% of receipts on these reports.

The candidate's own contributions, itemized $1K · 1%Individuals, itemized $34K · 49%Organizations and PACs, itemized $7K · 11%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $27K · 39%

Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized compares individuals, itemized with reported receipts.

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Each selected report's reported receipts split by the report's own lines; the parts of every report add up to its total, and the totals to the headline.

Individuals, itemized: $33,845 ÷ Reported receipts: $68,989
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
The candidate's own contributions, itemized $1,000
Individuals, itemized $33,845
Organizations and PACs, itemized $7,250
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $26,894
From each filing:
Excluded reports:
  • Q2 2026 — Replaced by an amended report

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 →

$664average gift
$250median gift
51individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
4%
0.2%
$50–200
14%
2%
$200–1K
49%
23%
$1K–5K
33%
75%
$5K+
0%
0%

Average gift per individual donor compares total from individual donors with individual donors.

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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: $33,845 ÷ Individual donors: 51
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $33,845
Median gift $250
Individual donors 51
Source filings:

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 →

91% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (9% from out of state).

Tennessee $37,295 Out of state $3,800
  • Cookeville $9K22%
  • Knoxville $8K20%
  • Lenoir City $7K18%
  • Loudon $4K10%
  • Lexington, KY $4K9%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $9K

Out-of-state share of located dollars compares itemized money from outside tennessee with itemized money with a known state.

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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: $3,800 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $41,095
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $3,800
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Apr 2026 – Aug 2026. Peak $21,695 in Jul 2026. Spending peaked at $24,576 in Jun 2026.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 50 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 9 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $795 and their names are withheld.

50 named donors 51 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
HAZ-PAC (Patsy Hazlewood) 1 $2,500.00
Jimmy Matlock 1 $1,900.00
Teresa Dunn 1 $1,900.00
Margaret Caldwell 1 $1,900.00
Lanny Dunn 1 $1,900.00
Steven Lawson 1 $1,900.00
Bonnie Lawson 1 $1,900.00
Dean Matlock 1 $1,900.00
Susan Hackney 1 $1,500.00
Mark Hackney 1 $1,500.00

Expenditures

17 vendors 34 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Mail Works 6 $27,985.97 47%
Shell& Miller Advertising 2 $9,695.00 16%
Orion 1 $9,000.00 15%
Gene's Printing 1 $5,094.49 9%
Schmisseur, Ben 2 $2,500.00 4%
Smart Point Data Strategies 2 $2,000.00 3%
Loco Prints 1 $628.49 1%
Dii Graphics 1 $617.49 1%
Roane County Republican Party 1 $520.00 0.9%
Loudon County Gop 1 $350.00 0.6%

Loans

$26,894.32 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.

Loan principal shown adds together the amounts listed below.

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Loan schedules can repeat an outstanding debt on later reports. This is the reconstructed principal for each lender, counted once, split between candidate or family loans and all other lenders. Repayments and outstanding balances are shown separately in the ledger.

Inputs behind Loan principal shown
Candidate and family loans $26,894
Loan principal shown $26,894
Source filings:
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (Melissa Caldwell Browder) Candidate loan Jun 30, 2026 $26,894.32 $0.00 $26,894.32

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

  • Advertising & media $37,702 64%
  • Printing & mail $15,250 26%
  • Consulting & professional services $2,695 5%
  • Field & voter contact $2,500 4%
  • Contributions & donations $620 1%
  • Other $350 0.6%
  • Office & operations $223 0.4%

Loans

Campaign 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.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Q3 2026 $22,101.95 $9,649.33 Source: Q3 2026 filing Report 129774
Pre-Primary 2026 Amended $0.00 $22,101.95 Source: Pre-Primary 2026 filing Report 128538
Q2 2026 Amended $0.00 $0.00 Source: Q2 2026 filing Report 128173