Raumesh Akbari — 2026 Tennessee Senate, District 29 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 29 Democratic Incumbent

2026 Tennessee Senate, District 29 · totals since Jan 16, 2023

Won the nomination 21,510 votes · 100% reported results

Latest filing: Q3 2026 · Oct 21, 2026 · source: TN Registry of Election Finance

10 filings · Mid-Year 2023–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 →
$196,574
$191,074 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 →
$143,350
Loan entries in filing detail: $25,536. The report totals above govern this headline.
Total Spent
$0
Donors
72
total donors; qualifying names are listed below

Cash on hand is the amount reported on the filing listed below.

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The ending cash balance the campaign reported on its most recent filing (as filed, not computed).

Reported on this filing:
  • Q3 2026 Initial $196,574 filing-stated

Reported receipts adds together the amounts listed below.

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Sum of Total Receipts reported on the selected source reports.

Inputs behind Reported receipts
Q3 2026 reported receipts $0
Pre-Primary 2026 reported receipts $0
Q2 2026 reported receipts $0
Q1 2026 reported receipts $0
Year-End 2025 reported receipts $0
Mid-Year 2025 reported receipts $5,500
Year-End 2024 reported receipts $96,100
Mid-Year 2024 reported receipts $1,000
Year-End 2023 reported receipts $40,750
Mid-Year 2023 reported receipts $0
Reported receipts $143,350
From each filing:
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Total spent adds together the amounts listed below.

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Itemized expenditure rows plus the stated spending a filer reported as a lump sum without itemizing it.

Receipts
$143,350
Spent
$0

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, 99.2% of receipts on these reports.

Organizations and PACs, itemized $142K · 99.2%

Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized compares organizations and pacs, itemized with reported receipts.

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Each selected report's reported receipts split by the report's own lines; the parts of every report add up to its total, and the totals to the headline.

Organizations and PACs, itemized: $142,250 ÷ Reported receipts: $143,350
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized
Individuals, itemized $1,100
Organizations and PACs, itemized $142,250
From each filing:
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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 →

62% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (38% from out of state).

Tennessee $89,100 Out of state $54,250
  • Nashville $50K35%
  • Washington, DC $29K20%
  • Chattanooga $17K12%
  • Brentwood $10K7%
  • Memphis $2K2%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $10K
  • Other out-of-state $25K

Out-of-state share of located dollars compares itemized money from outside tennessee with itemized money with a known state.

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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).

Itemized money from outside Tennessee: $54,250 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $143,350
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $54,250

Contributions Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions by month — Jul 2023 – May 2025. Peak $32,500 in Jan 2025.

Contributions

The donor figure above is a named-donor floor. A complete combined-term total is unavailable. This table names 71 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200.

71 named donors 94 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Blue Cross Blue Shield of TN PAC 3 $15,000.00
Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) 3 $13,000.00
Unitedhealth Group Incorporated PAC 2 $10,000.00
Amazon.com Services LLC PAC 2 $8,000.00
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) 2 $8,000.00
Cigna Corporation Employee PAC 3 $7,000.00
Total Wine Political Action Committee 1 $5,000.00
Tennessee Medical Association PAC (TMA) 1 $5,000.00
Vogel PAC 2 $3,500.00
Team Kid PAC 2 $3,000.00

Expenditures

No expenditures on record.

Loans

$25,535.86 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.

Loan principal shown adds together the amounts listed below.

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Loan schedules can repeat an outstanding debt on later reports. This is the reconstructed principal for each lender, counted once, split between candidate or family loans and all other lenders. Repayments and outstanding balances are shown separately in the ledger.

Inputs behind Loan principal shown
Candidate and family loans $25,536
Loan principal shown $25,536
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (Raumesh Akbari) Candidate loan — $25,535.86 $0.00 $25,535.86

Loans

Campaign 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.

Two overdue reports filed together on August 13, 2026.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Q3 2026 Late $196,574.10 $196,574.10 Source: Q3 2026 filing Report 130415
Pre-Primary 2026 $196,574.10 $196,574.10 Source: Pre-Primary 2026 filing Report 128858
Q2 2026 $196,574.10 $196,574.10 Source: Q2 2026 filing Report 128860
Q1 2026 $196,574.10 $196,574.10 Source: Q1 2026 filing Report 125959
Year-End 2025 $196,574.10 $196,574.10 Source: Year-End 2025 filing Report 124660
Mid-Year 2025 $191,074.10 $196,574.10 Source: Mid-Year 2025 filing Report 122650
Year-End 2024 Amended $94,974.10 $191,074.10 Source: Year-End 2024 filing Report 121427
Mid-Year 2024 Amended $93,974.10 $94,974.10 Source: Mid-Year 2024 filing Report 121321
Year-End 2023 $53,224.10 $93,974.10 Source: Year-End 2023 filing Report 111940
Mid-Year 2023 Late $53,224.10 $53,224.10 Source: Mid-Year 2023 filing Report 109995