Michaela Barnett — 2026 U.S. Representative, District 2 campaign
2026 U.S. Representative, District 2 · totals since Jul 1, 2025
Won the nomination 38,877 votes · 100% reported results
Latest filing: Pre-General 2026 · Oct 22, 2026 · source: FEC
7 filings · Q3 2025–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 →
$130,251
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$717,842
includes $245,184 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
$6,000 in loans included
Total disbursed
$587,591
Donors
692
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 →
35% 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 65%.
Itemized $454K · 65% Small unitemized gifts $245K · 35%
Largest part: individuals, itemized (line 11a), 64% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized (line 11a) $457K · 64%Individuals, unitemized (line 11a) $245K · 34%
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 →
93% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (7% from out of state).
Tennessee $429,903 Out of state $30,941
- Knoxville $320K69%
- Maryville $24K5%
- Loudon $11K2%
- Lenoir City $9K2%
- Farragut $7K2%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $60K
- Other out-of-state $31K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Sep 2025 – Oct 2026. Peak $93,664 in Aug 2026. Spending peaked at $81,894 in Sep 2026.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 560 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 132 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $13,901 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Susan Bush | 6 | $7,735.00 |
| Phillip Lawson | 2 | $7,000.00 |
| Teresa S Ball | 6 | $7,000.00 |
| Tom Slanker | 6 | $6,625.00 |
| Roy Cockrum | 2 | $6,500.00 |
| Mary Kay Sullivan | 3 | $5,400.00 |
| Donald Vowell | 4 | $5,103.27 |
| Alexander Golovlev | 2 | $5,000.00 |
| Brooks Hall | 12 | $4,525.00 |
| Martin Preza Depaulo | 2 | $4,275.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gusto Inc. | 49 | $62,017.21 | |
| Robin Easter Design | 15 | $51,259.70 | |
| Bartlett, Amelia | 25 | $45,110.16 | |
| Dulcos-Orsello, Luca | 24 | $34,932.49 | |
| Hicks, Madison | 27 | $34,532.18 | |
| Gray Ventures LLC | 12 | $30,000.00 | |
| ActBlue Technical Services | 63 | $21,317.20 | |
| Hart Graphics Inc. | 2 | $20,900.64 | |
| Printing Image | 12 | $20,625.11 | |
| Davis, Ami ↺ donor $292.50 | 15 | $19,038.71 | |
| NGP Van | 8 | $18,206.52 | |
| Flywire Global | 10 | $15,160.83 | |
| Triumph Strategies | 4 | $13,917.74 | |
| A/B Studios | 5 | $12,793.00 | |
| Borderland Tees | 6 | $11,967.26 | |
| Morales, Nataly | 9 | $11,775.51 | |
| Numero | 30 | $11,115.76 | |
| Forge + Field Strategies, LLC | 6 | $9,400.02 | |
| Haddad, Christy | 13 | $7,800.64 | |
| Fox, Jennifer | 14 | $7,757.04 | |
| Jordan, Greg | 10 | $6,667.22 | |
| 62 | $6,656.73 | ||
| Riot Printing Company | 6 | $6,413.28 | |
| Hunter, Lucas | 6 | $5,792.04 | |
| Grassroots Analytics, Inc. | 4 | $5,190.71 | |
| L2 Inc. | 1 | $5,000.00 | |
| Heeke, Laurel | 7 | $4,740.00 | |
| Lamar Advertising Company | 2 | $4,500.00 | |
| Tench, Travis ↺ donor $2,750.00 | 5 | $4,275.00 | |
| Alderwood Creative | 5 | $3,388.93 | |
| Campaign Deputy | 6 | $3,361.41 | |
| Harrison, Catherine | 6 | $3,338.70 | |
| Keel, Amelia | 12 | $3,250.68 | |
| Printshop Beer Co. | 10 | $3,097.40 | |
| Www.Facebook.Com | 40 | $2,888.64 | |
| Tennessee Democratic Party | 4 | $2,825.00 | |
| Lighthouse Knoxville ↺ donor $1,500.00 | 3 | $2,244.91 | |
| Ball, Emery | 5 | $2,216.35 | |
| 7 | $2,013.89 | ||
| Bell, Madeline | 10 | $2,013.87 | |
| Anderson & Van Tol, PLLC ↺ donor $1,820.00 ⇄ in-kind (given, not paid) | 1 | $1,820.00 | |
| 865 Studio Shirts | 3 | $1,705.52 | |
| A Heeke, Laurel | 1 | $1,440.00 | |
| Amalgamated Bank | 12 | $1,391.50 | |
| Luca Duclos-Orsello | 1 | $1,375.00 | |
| Held, Richard | 4 | $1,344.33 | |
| News-Herald - Lenoir City | 4 | $1,320.00 | |
| American Airlines | 3 | $1,212.60 | |
| USPS Post Office | 5 | $1,133.69 | |
| Amazon | 3 | $1,075.84 | |
| Hotels.com L.P. | 2 | $1,039.01 | |
| Knox County Democratic Party | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| NFB Security LLC | 5 | $900.00 | |
| Ferrari, Maximiliano ↺ donor $2,224.19 ⇄ in-kind (given, not paid) | 1 | $829.19 | |
| Plainview Outdoor Advertising | 2 | $813.25 | |
| Hahn, Jan ↺ donor $3,250.00 ⇄ in-kind (given, not paid) | 1 | $750.00 | |
| Midwest Communications | 1 | $750.00 | |
| For Tha Masses LLC | 2 | $750.00 | |
| Town of Farragut | 1 | $701.00 | |
| bray, brandon | 2 | $641.74 | |
| Collins, Madelyn | 2 | $623.36 | |
| Knight, Amy | 1 | $620.20 | |
| Kim, Yune ↺ donor $310.00 | 2 | $600.00 | |
| Coppock, Sharon ↺ donor $900.00 ⇄ in-kind (given, not paid) | 1 | $550.00 | |
| Paxton Media Group | 1 | $520.00 | |
| Angry Dumplings Tea | 7 | $513.79 | |
| Rural King | 5 | $501.37 | |
| Palmer, Anthony ↺ donor $500.00 ⇄ in-kind (given, not paid) | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Hb-Films | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Smoke Signal Photography | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Sidwell, Brittany ↺ donor $500.00 | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Baumgartner, Vicki ↺ donor $743.84 ⇄ in-kind (given, not paid) | 2 | $443.84 | |
| Farragut Press | 1 | $440.00 | |
| Barnett, Michaela ⇄ in-kind (given, not paid) | 1 | $415.00 | |
| The Empty Cup Coffee | 1 | $409.69 | |
| All Signs Point North Band | 1 | $400.00 | |
| The University of Tennessee Foundation | 1 | $400.00 | |
| The Abbey At the Heartland Little River Chapel | 1 | $384.13 | |
| Monkey's Bar | 1 | $354.00 | |
| Stair Company, Inc. | 1 | $350.00 | |
| Deleteme | 1 | $349.00 | |
| Novinger, Grier ↺ donor $846.00 ⇄ in-kind (given, not paid) | 2 | $346.00 | |
| Rossbach, Jesse ↺ donor $344.14 ⇄ in-kind (given, not paid) | 1 | $344.14 | |
| cole, laura ↺ donor $1,038.25 ⇄ in-kind (given, not paid) | 1 | $338.25 | |
| Rainey, Holly ↺ donor $350.00 ⇄ in-kind (given, not paid) | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Jones, Jeremyah | 1 | $276.77 | |
| Boardwalk Bar & Arcade | 2 | $273.43 | |
| BattleField Farms | 1 | $262.78 | |
| Taqueria La Herradura | 1 | $258.77 | |
| West Bend Insurance Company | 1 | $257.48 | |
| Td Bank | 2 | $256.50 | |
| Two Bikes | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Braddock for House ↺ donor $250.00 | 1 | $250.00 | |
| The Congress Plaza Hotel & Convention Center | 1 | $243.01 | |
| Macville Productions, Inc | 1 | $218.50 | |
| Elder's Ace Hardware | 2 | $207.34 | |
| Johnson, Brianna D | 2 | $200.00 | |
| Knoxville Opera | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Griffin, Carolyn ⇄ in-kind (given, not paid) | 4 | $178.75 | |
| Harland Clarke | 1 | $158.11 | |
| Run! Website Builder | 3 | $150.00 | |
| Office Depot | 1 | $135.83 | |
| Godkin, Rachel ↺ donor $415.00 | 1 | $130.00 | |
| Saunders, Finbarr ⇄ in-kind (given, not paid) | 1 | $123.25 | |
| Obenour, Patricia J ↺ donor $379.00 ⇄ in-kind (given, not paid) | 3 | $104.00 | |
| Stamps.com | 3 | $101.58 | |
| South Coast Pizza | 1 | $78.28 | |
| Potchke Deli | 1 | $71.07 | |
| Murphree, Cammie ↺ donor $580.00 ⇄ in-kind (given, not paid) | 1 | $65.00 | |
| Dr. MLK Jr. Commemorative Commission | 1 | $25.00 | |
| Thrive Regional Partnership | 1 | $25.00 | |
| Quo (formerly OpenPhone) | 1 | $23.79 | |
| Demi for Illinois | 1 | $16.67 | |
| Abughazaleh, Katherine | 1 | $16.66 | |
| Blaha, Dylan | 1 | $16.66 | |
| McBroom, Betty ↺ donor $501.25 ⇄ in-kind (given, not paid) | 1 | $16.25 |
Dates
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
Loans
$6,000.00 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.
| Lender | Type | Received | Balance shown | Repaid | Outstanding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self (Michaela Barnett) | Candidate loan | Jan 9, 2026 | $6,000.00 | $0.00 | $6,000.00 |
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 Michaela Barnett’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Staff & payroll $259,137 45%
- Consulting & professional services $127,584 22%
- Printing & mail $60,589 10%
- Advertising & media $46,321 8%
- Office & operations $38,392 7%
- Fundraising & events $29,984 5%
- Travel $7,709 1%
- Contributions & donations $4,394 0.8%
- Other $3,179 0.6%
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 Federal Election Commission (FEC); see About for how this data is processed.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12G 2026 | $126,964.82 | $130,250.53 | 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 | $56,230.11 | $126,964.82 | 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 | $70,913.70 | $56,230.11 | Source: 12P 2026 filing |
| Q2 2026 | $30,968.15 | $70,913.70 | Source: Q2 2026 filing |
| Q1 2026 | $16,614.86 | $30,968.15 | Source: Q1 2026 filing |
| YE 2025 | $29,455.98 | $16,614.86 | Source: YE 2025 filing |
| Q3 2025 | $0.00 | $29,455.98 | Source: Q3 2025 filing |