Michael Hale
Won the nomination 10,634 votes · 100% reported results
Latest filing: Pre-Primary 2026 · Jul 30, 2026 · source: TN Registry of Election Finance
5 filings · Mid-Year 2025–Q2 2026
3 of 3 expected reports filed
Why this number?
Why this number?
Why this number?
Why this number?
The ending cash balance the campaign reported on its most recent filing (as filed, not computed).
- Pre-Primary 2026 Initial $116,630 filing-stated
Sum of every cash receipt bucket: itemized contributions from others + the candidate's own contributions + loans + filer-stated unitemized + (federal) transfers and other receipts.
| Itemized contributions from others | $78,597 |
| Loans received | $56,527 |
| Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) | $3,759 |
| Funds raised | $138,883 |
- Pre-Primary 2026 Initial $1,600 mixed
- Itemized contributions from others $1,500 derived
- Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $100 filing-stated
- Q2 2026 Initial $6,530 mixed
- Itemized contributions from others $5,030 derived
- Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $1,500 filing-stated
- Year-End 2025 Amendment $62,277 mixed
- Itemized contributions from others $60,318 derived
- Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $1,959 filing-stated
- Mid-Year 2025 Amendment $11,950 mixed
- Itemized contributions from others $11,750 derived
- Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $200 filing-stated
Filings restate outstanding loans each period, so a loan belongs to the campaign rather than to any one filing.
Itemized expenditure rows plus the stated spending a filer reported as a lump sum without itemizing it.
| Itemized expenditures | $51,837 |
| Total spent | $51,837 |
- Pre-Primary 2026 Initial $3,499 derived
- Q2 2026 Initial $5,905 derived
- Q1 2026 Initial $11,839 derived
- Year-End 2025 Amendment $23,659 derived
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- Mid-Year 2025 Amendment $6,934 derived
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).
| From outside Tennessee | $8,000 |
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 →
The candidate’s own money made up 41% of the campaign’s funds — individuals gave 24%, organizations and PACs 36%.
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 the candidate divided by the total.
| Candidate's own money (incl. self-loans) | $56,527 |
| From individuals | $32,786 |
| From organizations and PACs | $49,570 |
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 →
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 | $29,027 |
| Median gift | $500 |
| Individual donors | 52 |
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 →
90% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (10% from out of state).
- Nashville $20K25%
- Smithville $7K9%
- McMinnville $6K7%
- Brentwood $6K7%
- Carthage $5K6%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $28K
- Other out-of-state $8K
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).
| From outside Tennessee | $8,000 |
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2025 – Jul 2026. Peak $27,648 in Nov 2025. Spending peaked at $7,648 in Oct 2025.
Contributions
96 donors gave $200 or more cumulatively. 7 additional smaller donors contributed $800 total.
| Donor | Donations | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Bankers Assn PAC | 1 | $4,000.00 |
| Tennessee Telpac | 1 | $2,500.00 |
| TN Advance Financial PAC | 1 | $2,500.00 |
| HCA TriStar Fund PAC | 1 | $2,000.00 |
| Unitedhealth Group Inc. PAC | 1 | $2,000.00 |
| Eli Lilly Co PAC | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Jonathan Dugdale | 4 | $2,000.00 |
| Center Hill Nursery LLC | 1 | $1,900.00 |
| Phillip Piper | 1 | $1,900.00 |
| Jason Poss | 1 | $1,600.00 |
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Direct Edge Campaigns | 2 | $6,109.54 | |
| Southland Advantage | 2 | $6,045.59 | |
| Second Harvest | 1 | $5,000.00 | |
| Tenn House Republican Caucus | 1 | $3,000.00 | |
| Southwest | 13 | $2,822.52 | |
| Tdot | 2 | $2,500.00 | |
| Hilton | 2 | $2,261.60 | |
| The Sound | 1 | $1,900.00 | |
| Powers, Dennis | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Powers, Bill | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Smith County Fair | 2 | $1,000.00 | |
| Smith County High School | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Smithville Review | 2 | $968.80 | |
| Sam's Club | 8 | $862.43 | |
| Granville Museum | 2 | $800.00 | |
| Walmart | 3 | $750.08 | |
| Smithville Jamboree | 2 | $750.00 | |
| Destin Jeep Rentals | 2 | $746.86 | |
| Helens Restaurant | 1 | $724.35 | |
| Imprint.Com | 1 | $707.51 | |
| Dekalb County Fair Organization | 2 | $600.00 | |
| Cannon Co Republican Party | 1 | $600.00 | |
| Wjle | 3 | $556.77 | |
| The Springs | 1 | $550.00 | |
| Sherrell, Paul | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Mtjra (Junior Rodeo) | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Cannon County Senior Center | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Cannon County Goverment | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Tennessee Gop | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Tennessee Ffa Foundation Inc. | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Lakeside At Wildwood | 1 | $450.00 | |
| Southside Lions Clubs | 3 | $450.00 | |
| Caddy Shack | 1 | $400.00 | |
| Dekalb 4H | 1 | $400.00 | |
| Smith County Republican Party | 1 | $400.00 | |
| Amazon | 1 | $339.09 | |
| Oriental Trading Co | 1 | $334.65 | |
| DCHS Tiger Baseball | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Webb, Tucker | 1 | $262.50 | |
| Dekalb Tigetette Softball Boosters | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Smith County 4H | 1 | $250.00 | |
| DCHS Fbla | 1 | $250.00 | |
| DCHS Project Graduation | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Last Minute Toy Shop | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Gordonsville Tiger Football Booster | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Ut Extension | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Courtyard by Marriott | 1 | $194.70 | |
| Staples | 1 | $176.63 | |
| DCHS Basketball | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Jackson County Highschool | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Smith County Senior Citizens | 1 | $150.00 | |
| DMS Softball | 1 | $125.00 | |
| Carthage Courier | 1 | $117.00 | |
| Smith County Chamber of Commerce | 2 | $110.00 | |
| Lions Club | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Jackson County Baseball Association | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Dekalb Jr. Pro Football | 1 | $100.00 | |
| New Life Pentacostal | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Uber | 1 | $17.87 | |
| Donate Right | 1 | $3.50 |
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
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.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Primary 2026 | $118,529.39 | $116,630.06 | Source ↗ |
| Q2 2026 | $117,904.69 | $118,529.39 | Source ↗ |
| Q1 2026 | $129,744.12 | $117,904.69 | Source ↗ |
| Year-End 2025 Amended | $91,126.38 | $129,744.12 | Source ↗ |
| Mid-Year 2025 Amended | $86,110.85 | $91,126.38 | Source ↗ |