Paul Sherrell — 2026 Tennessee House, District 43 campaign
2026 Tennessee House, District 43 · totals since Jan 16, 2025
Won the nomination 7,415 votes · 64.2% 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 →
$16,671
$31,101 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 →
$73,095
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
$87,525
Donors
69
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, 80% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $15K · 20%Organizations and PACs, itemized $58K · 80%
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 →
$639average gift
$500median gift
23individual 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 →
96% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (4% from out of state).
Tennessee $69,845 Out of state $3,250
- Nashville $27K37%
- Brentwood $12K16%
- Portland $8K10%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $24K
- Other out-of-state $3K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2025 – Oct 2026. Peak $21,150 in Jun 2026. Spending peaked at $73,357 in Jul 2026.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 69 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 |
|---|---|---|
| LAMBERTH PAC (William Lamberth) | 2 | $7,500.00 |
| Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) | 1 | $3,000.00 |
| CAM PAC (Cameron Sexton) | 1 | $2,500.00 |
| Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Tennessee Health Care Assn PAC | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Wholesalers Assn PAC | 3 | $2,000.00 |
| Tennessee Medical Association PAC (TMA) | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Tennessee Bankers Association PAC | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| HCA TriStar Fund PAC | 2 | $2,000.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Direct Edge Campaigns LLC | 12 | $71,331.75 | |
| Sparta Expositor | 5 | $5,445.00 | |
| Southern Standard | 4 | $3,907.08 | |
| House Republican Caucus ↺ donor $299.25 | 1 | $3,000.00 | |
| Tennessee Republican Party | 2 | $520.00 | |
| Children's Advocacy Center | 2 | $400.00 | |
| Eastland Volunteer Fire Department | 8 | $360.00 | |
| GCTV | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Keisling, Kelly | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Warren County Republican Party | 4 | $280.00 | |
| Friends of Scott's Gulf Wilderness State | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Casa of the TN Valley | 1 | $154.64 | |
| Rotary Club of Sparta | 2 | $140.00 | |
| White County Republican Party | 1 | $140.00 | |
| Bondecroft Volunteer Fire Department | 4 | $108.00 | |
| Lucky Community Improvement Club | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Nra | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Sparta White County Rescue Squad | 1 | $100.00 | |
| White County Schools | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Phyllis Prater Scholarship Fund | 1 | $100.00 | |
| North End Volunteer Fire Department | 4 | $80.00 | |
| Main Street Journal | 1 | $77.00 | |
| Warren County Republican Women | 2 | $75.00 | |
| Cherry Creek Volunteer Fire Department | 5 | $50.00 | |
| Tennessee Firearms Association | 1 | $35.00 | |
| Hickory Valley Volunteer Fire Department | 1 | $30.00 | |
| Cassville Volunteer Fire Department | 1 | $24.00 | |
| Eaa Chapter 1700 Warren County TN | 1 | $24.00 | |
| Warren County Rescue Squad | 2 | $24.00 | |
| White County High School Ffa | 1 | $20.00 |
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 Paul Sherrell’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Printing & mail $45,085 52%
- Advertising & media $29,954 34%
- Other $6,500 7%
- Office & operations $3,257 4%
- Contributions & donations $2,710 3%
- Fundraising & events $20 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 | $14,927.58 | $16,670.50 | Source: Pre-General 2026 filing Report 130413 |
| Q3 2026 | $33,032.35 | $14,927.58 | Source: Q3 2026 filing Report 129140 |
| Pre-Primary 2026 | $73,450.33 | $33,032.35 | Source: Pre-Primary 2026 filing Report 127801 |
| Q2 2026 | $47,331.97 | $73,450.33 | Source: Q2 2026 filing Report 126195 |
| Q1 2026 | $48,309.97 | $47,331.97 | Source: Q1 2026 filing Report 124963 |
| Year-End 2025 | $34,411.77 | $48,309.97 | Source: Year-End 2025 filing Report 123673 |
| Mid-Year 2025 Amended | $31,100.77 | $34,411.77 | Source: Mid-Year 2025 filing Report 123954 |