Sam McKenzie — 2026 Tennessee House, District 15 campaign
2026 Tennessee House, District 15 · totals since Jan 16, 2025
Won the nomination 4,762 votes · 100% reported results
Latest filing: Pre-General 2026 · Oct 28, 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 →
$16,969
$20,479 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 →
$38,840
includes $310 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
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 →
$500
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$42,350
Donors
70
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, 84% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $6K · 15%Organizations and PACs, itemized $33K · 84%
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 →
$154average gift
$100median gift
38individual 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 →
77% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (23% from out of state).
Tennessee $29,730 Out of state $8,800
- Nashville $12K30%
- Knoxville $8K22%
- Brentwood $5K13%
- Washington, DC $3K8%
- Franklin $3K6%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $2K
- Other out-of-state $6K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2025 – Oct 2026. Peak $13,345 in Jan 2026. Spending peaked at $9,642 in Jan 2026.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 43 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 28 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $2,110 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| HCA TriStar Fund PAC | 2 | $3,000.00 |
| Total Wine Political Action Committee | 1 | $2,500.00 |
| Amazon.com Services LLC PAC | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Tennessee Medical Association PAC (TMA) | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Tennessee Podiatrists PAC | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Winston Partnership | 1 | $1,900.00 |
| Community Health Systems, Inc. (CHS) PAC | 1 | $1,500.00 |
| K12 Management Inc. PAC | 1 | $1,500.00 |
| Tennessee Optometrists PAC | 1 | $1,020.20 |
| Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) | 1 | $1,000.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee House Democratic Caucus | 2 | $5,000.00 | |
| Magnolia Cafe' | 2 | $2,709.13 | |
| Davis, Kim | 4 | $2,700.00 | |
| At&T | 16 | $2,413.82 | |
| Eta Psi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi | 1 | $2,000.00 | |
| Thomas Tank Strickland Foundation | 2 | $1,750.00 | |
| Goldberg, Bryan ↺ donor $250.00 | 1 | $1,500.00 | |
| Knoxville News Sentinel | 3 | $1,405.00 | |
| Event Designers | 1 | $1,396.88 | |
| Mailchimp | 22 | $1,327.86 | |
| Wjbe Radio | 2 | $1,250.00 | |
| Dixie, Vincent | 2 | $1,050.00 | |
| Zeta Phi Beta Sorority- Nu Zeta Chapter | 2 | $1,000.00 | |
| TN Black Caucus Foundation | 1 | $750.00 | |
| Chick-fil-A | 2 | $581.08 | |
| Lonsdale Homecoming | 2 | $550.00 | |
| Austin East Softball | 1 | $516.21 | |
| Michaela for Tennessee | 1 | $500.00 | |
| TN Democratic Party | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Beau Hawk for Knox County Mayor | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Capitol Commission | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Austin East Baseball | 1 | $500.00 | |
| MLK Commission | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Knox County Democratic Party | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Knoxville Football Officials Assoc. | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Foster Chapel Baptist Church | 1 | $500.00 | |
| National Coalition of 100 Black Women | 1 | $500.00 | |
| United States Postal Service | 5 | $471.15 | |
| Potbelly Sandwich Shop | 1 | $460.00 | |
| McClintock, Casey | 1 | $425.00 | |
| Sam's Club | 5 | $418.17 | |
| The Cross Greek Ministries | 1 | $400.00 | |
| Salinas, Gabby | 2 | $355.00 | |
| Holland, Beverly | 1 | $350.00 | |
| NFFF Knoxville Memorial Stair Climb | 1 | $350.00 | |
| Lomax Temple Amez | 1 | $350.00 | |
| Delta Sigma Theta-Knoxville Alumnae | 2 | $350.00 | |
| A-E Boosters | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Walter P. Taylor Homecoming | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Austin East Hs | 1 | $300.00 | |
| BJ's Wholesale Club | 1 | $271.31 | |
| Brooks, Shaundelle | 1 | $250.00 | |
| GLYNN, Ronnie L. | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Johnson, Andrea Bond | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Uunik Academy | 2 | $250.00 | |
| TN Black Caucus | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Delta Sigma Theta Sorority-Nashville | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Compass Knox Newspaper | 2 | $240.00 | |
| Regions Bank | 1 | $208.14 | |
| WFSK Radio | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Carter, Gail | 2 | $200.00 | |
| Lonsdale Elementary School | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Brown, Paula | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Leadership Knoxville | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Austin East Band Booster | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Novel Shelf Co. | 1 | $145.06 | |
| Office Depot | 1 | $140.15 | |
| Books-A-Million | 1 | $131.66 | |
| Aubrey's | 1 | $129.00 | |
| National Black Caucus of State Legislato | 3 | $125.00 | |
| Microsoft Corporatio | 1 | $109.24 | |
| Walk On's | 1 | $108.23 | |
| Miss TN Volunteer Pageant | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Hinch, Carolyn | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Bethel Ame Church | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Beck Cultural Exchange Center | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Pete's Coffee Shop | 1 | $63.35 |
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 Sam McKenzie’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Fundraising & events $14,214 34%
- Contributions & donations $11,906 28%
- Other $10,233 24%
- Office & operations $2,818 7%
- Advertising & media $2,615 6%
- Printing & mail $490 1%
- Field & voter contact $75 0.2%
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 Amended | $22,422.05 | $16,968.86 | Source: Pre-General 2026 filing Report 131228 |
| Q3 2026 Amended | $17,598.88 | $22,422.05 | Source: Q3 2026 filing Report 130089 |
| Pre-Primary 2026 Amended | $16,469.62 | $17,598.88 | Source: Pre-Primary 2026 filing Report 130064 |
| Q2 2026 | $3,092.51 | $3,910.51 | Source: Q2 2026 filing Report 126619 |
| Q1 2026 | $19,488.22 | $15,651.62 | Source: Q1 2026 filing Report 124857 |
| Year-End 2025 | $12,559.11 | $19,488.22 | Source: Year-End 2025 filing Report 123496 |
| Mid-Year 2025 | $20,479.10 | $12,559.11 | Source: Mid-Year 2025 filing Report 121316 |