Mike Cortese
Latest filing: Pre-Primary 2026 · Jul 25, 2026 · source: FEC
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).
- 12P 2026 PRE-PRIMARY $122,258 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 | $386,116 |
| Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) | $346,406 |
| Loans, offsets, and other receipts | $710 |
| Funds raised | $733,233 |
- 12P 2026 PRE-PRIMARY $27,120 mixed
- Itemized contributions from others $18,040 derived
- Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $9,080 filing-stated
- Q2 2026 JULY QUARTERLY $175,924 mixed
- Itemized contributions from others $106,648 derived
- Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $68,944 filing-stated
- Loans, offsets, and other receipts $332 filing-stated
- Q1 2026 APRIL QUARTERLY $272,587 mixed
- Itemized contributions from others $92,271 derived
- Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $180,127 filing-stated
- Loans, offsets, and other receipts $189 filing-stated
- YE 2025 YEAR-END $96,839 mixed
- Itemized contributions from others $32,985 derived
- Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $63,664 filing-stated
- Loans, offsets, and other receipts $190 filing-stated
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- Q3 2025 OCTOBER QUARTERLY $160,764 mixed
- Itemized contributions from others $136,172 derived
- Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $24,592 filing-stated
Itemized expenditure rows plus the stated spending a filer reported as a lump sum without itemizing it.
| Itemized expenditures | $616,744 |
| Stated spending not itemized (credited) | $2,309 |
| Total spent | $619,053 |
- 12P 2026 PRE-PRIMARY $61,815 mixed
- Itemized expenditures $61,341 derived
- Stated spending not itemized (credited) $474 filing-stated
- Q2 2026 JULY QUARTERLY $174,107 mixed
- Itemized expenditures $173,465 derived
- Stated spending not itemized (credited) $642 filing-stated
- Q1 2026 APRIL QUARTERLY $285,975 mixed
- Itemized expenditures $285,181 derived
- Stated spending not itemized (credited) $794 filing-stated
- YE 2025 YEAR-END $52,299 mixed
- Itemized expenditures $51,899 derived
- Stated spending not itemized (credited) $400 filing-stated
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- Q3 2025 OCTOBER QUARTERLY $44,858 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).
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 →
48% 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 52%.
Why this number?
The money a filer reported as an unitemized lump sum — small individual gifts that never cross the federal ~$200 cycle itemization threshold, so they are disclosed only as a total, never by donor — divided by all individual contributions (itemized plus that lump sum). Both figures come straight from the filer's own report summaries. The gift-size and geography figures on this page cover the itemized portion only; this share is the part they cannot break down.
| Itemized individual contributions | $377,616 |
| Unitemized small donations | $346,406 |
Individuals gave 52% of the itemized money; organizations and PACs gave 1%.
Why this number?
Everything the campaign raised, split into the candidate's own money (own contributions plus self- and family loans), itemized individuals, unitemized small donations, organizations and PACs, transfers from other committees (FEC line 12), and everything else (loans other than the candidate's, in-kind, offsets and other receipts). The parts add up to the total raised. The headline share is individuals divided by the total.
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 →
63% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (37% from out of state).
- Nashville $142K37%
- Palo Alto, CA $28K7%
- Chattanooga $21K5%
- Knoxville $18K5%
- Brentwood $12K3%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $50K
- Other out-of-state $115K
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).
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jul 2025 – Jul 2026. Peak $79,172 in Sep 2025. Spending peaked at $117,620 in Feb 2026.
Contributions
Showing 424 donors who gave $200 or more cumulatively. 71 additional smaller donors contributed $6,727 total.
| Donor | Location | Employer | Total |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Key Lime Strategies | 8 | $270,358.56 | |
| Gusto | 36 | $45,978.80 | |
| Sunport Strategies | 12 | $45,388.00 | |
| JCBR Consulting | 8 | $38,485.00 | |
| Valkyrie Strategies | 7 | $31,121.61 | |
| Actblue | 74 | $27,081.43 | |
| Left Lane Compliance | 6 | $23,850.00 | |
| Tiller Sheridan Strategies | 12 | $15,000.00 | |
| Rawlings, Cameron | 5 | $14,304.25 | |
| Numero | 15 | $14,003.24 | |
| Moore, Angel | 7 | $12,250.00 | |
| Sb Digital | 2 | $7,300.00 | |
| Sitting Made Simple | 1 | $5,937.00 | |
| Frontier Pioneers | 6 | $5,750.00 | |
| Monroe, Angel | 4 | $5,623.34 | |
| Edith Tiller | 5 | $5,500.00 | |
| Whalen, Ireland | 2 | $5,288.46 | |
| Kivas | 2 | $5,000.00 | |
| Kg LLC | 1 | $5,000.00 | |
| Switchboard | 3 | $4,908.71 | |
| 16 | $2,870.37 | ||
| Grassroots Analytics | 5 | $2,750.00 | |
| Tiller Sheridan Strategies | 2 | $2,500.00 | |
| Tennessee Democratic Party | 2 | $2,400.00 | |
| Oath | 3 | $2,235.72 | |
| Sprout Social | 5 | $2,189.55 | |
| Southwest | 9 | $1,456.06 | |
| Campaign Deputy | 1 | $1,350.00 | |
| Hotel.Com | 2 | $1,282.85 | |
| Davidson County Democrats | 1 | $1,250.00 | |
| Owen, William ↺ donor $1,235.00 ⇄ in-kind (given, not paid) | 1 | $1,235.00 | |
| Jeff Hoehne | 3 | $1,200.00 | |
| Verizon | 10 | $952.80 | |
| Printing Etc | 2 | $946.37 | |
| Truist | 10 | $769.00 | |
| Ups | 2 | $625.46 | |
| Davidson County Dem | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Kroger | 3 | $430.59 | |
| GoDaddy | 1 | $280.26 | |
| Nashville Pride | 5 | $270.25 | |
| Discovery Center | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Amazon | 4 | $204.21 | |
| T-Mobile | 3 | $194.51 | |
| Walmart | 4 | $184.72 | |
| Shell | 3 | $167.05 | |
| Cotton Cleaners | 1 | $61.38 | |
| Canva | 1 | $38.97 | |
| MCC Parking | 1 | $20.00 |
| 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 Mike Cortese’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Advertising & media $330,571 54%
- Consulting & professional services $96,463 16%
- Staff & payroll $83,445 14%
- Office & operations $52,746 9%
- Printing & mail $30,988 5%
- Fundraising & events $10,437 2%
- Other $8,917 1%
- Travel $3,176 0.6%
Filing History
Totals as filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC); see About for how this data is processed.