Michele Carringer — 2026 Tennessee House, District 16 campaign
2026 Tennessee House, District 16 · totals since Jan 16, 2025
Won the nomination 7,491 votes · 100% reported results
Latest filing: Pre-General 2026 · Oct 26, 2026 · source: TN Registry of Election Finance
7 filings · Mid-Year 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 →
$238,471
$192,377 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 →
$131,570
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 →
$299
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$85,476
Donors
77
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, 88% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $15K · 12%Organizations and PACs, itemized $116K · 88%
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 →
$947average gift
$500median gift
16individual 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 →
83% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (17% from out of state).
Tennessee $109,570 Out of state $22,000
- Nashville $32K24%
- Brentwood $31K24%
- Madison $18K13%
- Knoxville $12K9%
- Franklin $5K4%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $13K
- Other out-of-state $22K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2025 – Oct 2026. Peak $28,500 in Sep 2025. Spending peaked at $26,911 in Oct 2026.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 77 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 1 person gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $100 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) | 2 | $20,000.00 |
| Tennessee Wine & Spirits Retailers Good Gov't Fund PAC | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| Tennessee First PAC | 2 | $7,500.00 |
| Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) | 2 | $7,000.00 |
| Sports Betting Alliance | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Housing Industry PAC | 2 | $3,000.00 |
| Total Wine Political Action Committee | 2 | $3,000.00 |
| Tennessee Medical Association PAC (TMA) | 2 | $3,000.00 |
| David Colquitt | 2 | $2,800.00 |
| Anne Colquitt | 2 | $2,800.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Republican Party | 2 | $13,407.76 | |
| L&M Ornamental Iron Company | 1 | $12,000.00 | |
| Direct Edge Campaigns | 1 | $9,250.00 | |
| Tennessee House Republican Caucus | 1 | $5,000.00 | |
| Knox County Republican Party | 3 | $2,385.73 | |
| Gas-N-Go | 39 | $1,919.59 | |
| Blackburn, Marsha | 1 | $1,500.00 | |
| Davis, Elaine | 2 | $1,500.00 | |
| Southwest Airlines | 2 | $1,494.60 | |
| Huff, Zack | 3 | $1,250.00 | |
| Omni Hotels | 1 | $1,187.57 | |
| Ut Cfo Office | 2 | $1,135.00 | |
| Morton's | 4 | $1,116.95 | |
| American Airlines | 4 | $1,057.94 | |
| Knoxville Federated Republican Women | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Sherrell, Paul | 2 | $1,000.00 | |
| Shannondale Elementary School | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Central High School Basketball | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Powers, Dennis | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Betsy Henderson for Mayor | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Publix | 4 | $815.88 | |
| i360 | 1 | $655.50 | |
| GoDaddy | 2 | $631.66 | |
| Hilton Garden Inn | 1 | $571.87 | |
| Jonathans Grill | 9 | $526.50 | |
| Ingles Market | 3 | $524.40 | |
| Grace Christian Academy | 2 | $522.00 | |
| Ruth's Chris | 3 | $518.11 | |
| Sparks, Michael | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Halls High School Stadium Club | 1 | $500.00 | |
| John Holsclaw for Mayor | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Garrett, Johnny | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Louis Drive In | 6 | $482.38 | |
| Halls Business and Professional | 5 | $452.00 | |
| McKee, Josh | 1 | $451.13 | |
| Shell | 7 | $450.96 | |
| Central High School Foundation | 2 | $450.00 | |
| Amazon | 2 | $448.87 | |
| Mailchimp | 19 | $417.05 | |
| Fountain City Business and Professional | 6 | $415.00 | |
| Central High School Cheerleaders | 4 | $400.00 | |
| T-Mobile | 1 | $389.99 | |
| Aubrey's | 4 | $383.48 | |
| National Fallen Firefighters Foundation | 1 | $350.00 | |
| Chesapeakes | 2 | $332.11 | |
| Bella | 1 | $324.48 | |
| Sam's Club | 1 | $307.28 | |
| Hornback, Brian | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Robert Huff Designs | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Hart Graphics | 1 | $291.70 | |
| Halls Chophouse | 1 | $290.35 | |
| Powell Business & Professional Assoc | 6 | $283.40 | |
| Shattered Dreams | 1 | $280.52 | |
| Knoxville Focus | 1 | $273.92 | |
| Chop House | 3 | $270.16 | |
| Tva&I Fair Foundation | 1 | $257.50 | |
| Blood Cancer United | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Leadership Knoxville | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Casey's | 5 | $228.41 | |
| Courtyard by Marriott | 1 | $227.31 | |
| Shutterfly | 1 | $222.31 | |
| Food City | 3 | $213.74 | |
| National Conference of State Legislatures | 1 | $210.00 | |
| King, Patty | 1 | $203.29 | |
| Calhoun's On the River | 3 | $202.50 | |
| Young Life | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Emerald Youth Foundation | 1 | $200.00 | |
| American Legion | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Uber | 6 | $199.96 | |
| Amerigo | 3 | $195.96 | |
| Jc Penney Portraits | 1 | $191.15 | |
| Lulu's Tea Room | 2 | $183.81 | |
| State of Tennessee | 2 | $180.00 | |
| Gavino's | 3 | $171.16 | |
| Sweeney Jr, Michael | 1 | $162.46 | |
| Weigels | 3 | $159.98 | |
| ExxonMobil | 4 | $159.62 | |
| Metropolitan Parking | 2 | $154.00 | |
| Teen Board of Knoxville Teen Center | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Knoxville Teen Board | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Halls High School Cheerleaders | 1 | $150.00 | |
| IRS | 1 | $147.27 | |
| Goodstop | 4 | $146.93 | |
| Carringer, Michael | 1 | $143.00 | |
| Ophelias | 1 | $141.01 | |
| Calhoun's | 2 | $137.45 | |
| Hobby Lobby | 1 | $136.90 | |
| Pelato | 1 | $134.81 | |
| Germantown Cafe | 1 | $132.47 | |
| University of Tennessee | 1 | $125.00 | |
| Special Olympics of Greater Knoxville | 1 | $125.00 | |
| Central High School Baseball | 1 | $125.00 | |
| Savr Seaport | 1 | $121.43 | |
| Copper Cellar | 1 | $118.64 | |
| Outback Steakhouse | 1 | $117.48 | |
| Chick-fil-A | 3 | $113.35 | |
| Five Points Pizza | 2 | $109.12 | |
| Halls Highschool Football | 1 | $105.00 | |
| American Airlines Center | 1 | $104.37 | |
| Legal Sea Foods | 1 | $101.98 | |
| Wild Boar Tavern | 1 | $100.17 | |
| Elliston Place Soda Shop | 1 | $100.17 | |
| Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 36 | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Fountain City Elementary Pto | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Girl Scouts | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Tennessee Eagle Forum | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Gresham Middle School Foundation | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Quicktrip | 1 | $98.88 | |
| Pilot | 1 | $96.02 | |
| Murphy USA | 1 | $88.50 | |
| Curb Mobility | 3 | $83.38 | |
| Buddy's Bar-B-Q | 1 | $81.93 | |
| Litton's | 1 | $81.16 | |
| Volunteer Republican Women's Club | 2 | $80.00 | |
| Seven-Eleven | 1 | $74.79 | |
| The Hermitage Hotel | 1 | $71.53 | |
| Akima Club of Knoxville | 2 | $70.00 | |
| Knoxville Academy of Medicine Alliance | 1 | $70.00 | |
| Central High School Class Reunion | 1 | $70.00 | |
| Corner Pub | 1 | $66.12 | |
| Wasabi Japanese Steakhouse | 1 | $65.06 | |
| Jubilee Banquet Facility | 2 | $64.00 | |
| Green Hills Grille | 1 | $62.56 | |
| Fleet Street | 1 | $62.42 | |
| Walmart | 1 | $61.24 | |
| Hewlett Packard | 9 | $55.62 | |
| Current Labels | 1 | $50.24 | |
| Gop Store | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Sweet Peas Uptown Corner | 1 | $47.88 | |
| Love's Travel Stops | 1 | $43.29 | |
| Bp | 1 | $39.11 | |
| Salamander Washington | 1 | $35.70 | |
| Ross Dress for Less | 1 | $32.76 | |
| Berkshire Farms Market | 1 | $30.81 | |
| Walgreens | 2 | $30.20 | |
| Heidi's Bakery | 1 | $30.15 | |
| Knoxville Federation of Republican Women | 1 | $30.00 | |
| Waffle House | 1 | $27.50 | |
| Tazewell Pike Market | 1 | $26.68 | |
| Cultivate Coffee | 1 | $22.28 | |
| McGhee Tyson Airport Market | 3 | $21.19 | |
| Stephens, Chrissey | 1 | $20.00 | |
| Dallas Love Airport | 2 | $12.90 | |
| Professional Payroll Services | 1 | $8.62 | |
| Starbucks | 1 | $8.16 | |
| Metropolis Parking | 1 | $7.99 | |
| Good 2 Go | 1 | $7.52 | |
| Mahalo Coffee | 1 | $5.74 | |
| Hudson News | 1 | $3.22 | |
| Pba Parking Services | 1 | $3.00 | |
| Parkmobile | 1 | $1.95 |
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 Michele Carringer’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Office & operations $21,146 25%
- Contributions & donations $18,671 22%
- Printing & mail $13,230 15%
- Advertising & media $10,015 12%
- Fundraising & events $8,552 10%
- Travel $8,520 10%
- Other $4,348 5%
- Field & voter contact $984 1%
- Staff & payroll $9 0.1%
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 Amended | $260,682.63 | $238,471.40 | Source: Pre-General 2026 filing Report 130874 |
| Q3 2026 | $255,471.65 | $260,682.63 | Source: Q3 2026 filing Report 128641 |
| Pre-Primary 2026 | $247,256.92 | $255,971.65 | Source: Pre-Primary 2026 filing Report 127432 |
| Q2 2026 | $238,855.53 | $247,256.92 | Source: Q2 2026 filing Report 126200 |
| Q1 2026 | $242,698.72 | $238,855.53 | Source: Q1 2026 filing Report 124932 |
| Year-End 2025 Amended | $203,859.94 | $242,198.72 | Source: Year-End 2025 filing Report 126070 |
| Mid-Year 2025 | $192,376.85 | $203,859.94 | Source: Mid-Year 2025 filing Report 121561 |