Ryan D. Williams — 2026 Tennessee House, District 42 campaign
2026 Tennessee House, District 42 · totals since Jan 16, 2025
Won the nomination 9,542 votes · 100% reported results
Latest filing: Pre-General 2026 · Oct 27, 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 →
$184,554
$165,705 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 →
$153,070
Total Spent
$134,221
Donors
97
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, 85% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $23K · 15%Organizations and PACs, itemized $130K · 85%
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 →
$1,002average gift
$1,000median 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 →
83% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (17% from out of state).
Tennessee $127,320 Out of state $25,750
- Nashville $53K35%
- Brentwood $18K11%
- Cookeville $15K10%
- Washington, DC $11K7%
- Franklin $7K4%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $35K
- Other out-of-state $15K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Feb 2025 – Oct 2026. Peak $38,020 in Jan 2026. Spending peaked at $59,597 in Oct 2026.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 97 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) | 3 | $9,000.00 |
| Amazon.com Services LLC PAC | 2 | $6,000.00 |
| Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Brightstar Global Solutions Corporation PAC TN | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Charter Communications INC Tennessee PAC | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Comcast Corporation PAC | 2 | $4,500.00 |
| Total Wine Political Action Committee | 2 | $4,000.00 |
| Tennessee Medical Association PAC (TMA) | 2 | $3,500.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Direct Edge Campaigns LLC | 5 | $63,850.38 | |
| Verizon | 20 | $9,126.46 | |
| Leadership Tennessee | 1 | $5,500.00 | |
| Habitat for Humanity | 2 | $5,000.00 | |
| House Republican Caucus | 1 | $5,000.00 | |
| Second Harvest Food Bank | 1 | $5,000.00 | |
| Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee | 1 | $5,000.00 | |
| Swank Motion Picture | 2 | $4,773.26 | |
| Alan Daigre Designs | 1 | $4,151.00 | |
| Dt McCalls | 1 | $3,825.11 | |
| Cookeville Pregnancy CTR | 2 | $3,500.00 | |
| Putnam County Young Republicans | 1 | $2,500.00 | |
| Republican Women of the Upper Cumberland | 2 | $2,000.00 | |
| Kiwanis Club of Cookeville | 1 | $2,000.00 | |
| Grade A Catering | 1 | $1,800.00 | |
| Cookeville Regional Charitable Foundatio | 1 | $1,200.00 | |
| Garrett, Johnny | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Cochran, Mark | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Young Republicans - Davidson County | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Life Regeneration Ministries | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Putnam County Republican Part | 2 | $966.35 | |
| Wreaths Across America | 1 | $750.00 | |
| Hamilton, Mary | 2 | $650.00 | |
| Hope Center Adoption & Family Services | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Capley, Kip | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Reeves, Lee | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Next Step | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Walls of Worth | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Smith County Republican Party | 1 | $400.00 | |
| Gammon, Grant | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Sam Wood | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Algood Football | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Firstbank | 1 | $28.30 |
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 Ryan D. Williams’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Printing & mail $43,850 33%
- Contributions & donations $39,650 30%
- Office & operations $22,631 17%
- Advertising & media $20,000 15%
- Other $5,023 4%
- Fundraising & events $2,266 2%
- Field & voter contact $800 0.6%
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 | $232,651.13 | $184,554.38 | Source: Pre-General 2026 filing Report 131202 |
| Q3 2026 | $182,587.17 | $232,651.13 | Source: Q3 2026 filing Report 130099 |
| Pre-Primary 2026 | $190,391.69 | $182,587.17 | Source: Pre-Primary 2026 filing Report 128608 |
| Q2 2026 | $195,774.16 | $190,391.69 | Source: Q2 2026 filing Report 126994 |
| Q1 2026 | $195,774.16 | $195,774.16 | Source: Q1 2026 filing Report 125873 |
| Year-End 2025 | $157,256.75 | $195,774.16 | Source: Year-End 2025 filing Report 123935 |
| Mid-Year 2025 | $165,705.04 | $157,256.75 | Source: Mid-Year 2025 filing Report 122690 |