Sabi "Doc" Kumar — 2026 Tennessee House, District 66 campaign
2026 Tennessee House, District 66 · totals since Jan 16, 2025
Won the nomination 6,186 votes · 100% reported results
Latest filing: Pre-General 2026 · Oct 25, 2026 · source: TN Registry of Election Finance
7 filings · Mid-Year 2025–Q3 2026
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, 100% of receipts on these reports.
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 →
74% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (26% from out of state).
- Nashville $23K39%
- Brentwood $10K16%
- Franklin $8K13%
- Washington, DC $4K6%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $3K
- Other out-of-state $12K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jun 2025 – Oct 2026. Peak $13,500 in Dec 2025. Spending peaked at $25,116 in Oct 2026.
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 42 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| HCA TriStar Fund PAC | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Tennessee Medical Association PAC (TMA) | 1 | $4,000.00 |
| Butler Snow Good To Great Tennessee PAC | 2 | $3,000.00 |
| Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) | 1 | $2,500.00 |
| Tennessee Dental PAC | 3 | $2,500.00 |
| Merck Sharp Dohme LLC PAC | 2 | $2,500.00 |
| Middle Tennessee Business Leaders for Common Sense PAC | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated PAC | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Erie Indemnity PAC Federal TN | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Fast Pace Health | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Republican Party | 3 | $22,759.50 | |
| TN House Republican Caucus | 1 | $10,000.00 | |
| Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee | 1 | $3,000.00 | |
| Main Street Media of TN | 1 | $1,750.00 | |
| Kumar, Sabi (Doc) | 1 | $1,263.64 | |
| Springfield Printing & Copy Services | 2 | $1,206.20 | |
| The Tennessee Journal | 2 | $1,200.00 | |
| Kumar (Main St Media), Sabi | 1 | $680.00 | |
| Robertson County Fair Association | 1 | $400.00 | |
| Nra Political Victory Fund | 1 | $125.00 |
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
Loans
$15,000.00 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.
| Lender | Type | Received | Balance shown | Repaid | Outstanding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self (Sabi "Doc" Kumar) | Candidate loan | — | $15,000.00 | $0.00 | $15,000.00 |
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 Sabi "Doc" Kumar’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Printing & mail $23,366 55%
- Contributions & donations $13,000 31%
- Advertising & media $2,150 5%
- Travel $1,944 5%
- Office & operations $1,325 3%
- Fundraising & events $600 1%
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.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-General 2026 | $247,078.98 | $224,963.28 | Source: Pre-General 2026 filing Report 130585 |
| Q3 2026 Amended | $243,272.62 | $247,078.98 | Source: Q3 2026 filing Report 130082 |
| Pre-Primary 2026 | $238,597.62 | $243,272.62 | Source: Pre-Primary 2026 filing Report 128463 |
| Q2 2026 | $234,597.62 | $238,597.62 | Source: Q2 2026 filing Report 126953 |
| Q1 2026 Amended | $234,597.62 | $234,597.62 | Source: Q1 2026 filing Report 125327 |
| Year-End 2025 Amended | $197,927.42 | $234,597.62 | Source: Year-End 2025 filing Report 124010 |
| Mid-Year 2025 | $208,327.42 | $197,927.42 | Source: Mid-Year 2025 filing Report 122272 |