Sheila Grooms McMahan — 2026 Tennessee House, District 11 campaign
2026 Tennessee House, District 11
Won the nomination 1,076 votes · 100% reported results
Latest filing: Pre-Primary 2026 · Jul 29, 2026 · source: TN Registry of Election Finance
4 filings · Year-End 2025–Q2 2026
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Why this number?
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).
- Pre-Primary 2026 Initial $3,534 filing-stated
Raised (cash) adds together the amounts listed below.
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Sum of every cash receipt bucket: itemized contributions from others + the candidate's own contributions + loans + filer-stated unitemized + (federal) transfers and other receipts. Excludes the value of donated goods & services, shown separately as In-Kind Received.
| Itemized contributions from others | $14,343 |
| Candidate's own contributions | $130 |
| Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) | $372 |
| Raised (cash) | $14,845 |
- Pre-Primary 2026 Initial $2,770 derived
- Q2 2026 Initial $5,040 mixed
- Itemized contributions from others $5,000 derived
- Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $40 filing-stated
- Q1 2026 Initial $2,822 derived
- Year-End 2025 Supplemental $4,213 mixed
- Itemized contributions from others $3,851 derived
- Candidate's own contributions $30 derived
- Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $332 filing-stated
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.
| Itemized expenditures | $11,355 |
| Total spent | $11,355 |
- Pre-Primary 2026 Initial $1,226 derived
- Q2 2026 Initial $5,485 derived
- Q1 2026 Initial $2,099 derived
- Year-End 2025 Supplemental $2,545 derived
Out-of-state share compares itemized money from outside tennessee with raised incl. in-kind.
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Itemized contributions from a state other than Tennessee, divided by everything the campaign raised (shown only when the state of most itemized money is known — above 99% coverage).
| From outside Tennessee | $106 |
Who funds this campaign The sources split breaks down everything the campaign raised: the candidate’s own money (including self-loans), individuals (including unitemized small gifts), organizations and PACs, and “other” (in-kind contributions, loans other than the candidate’s, and the like) — open its “Why this number?” for the full breakdown. 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 →
The candidate’s own money made up 0.8% of the campaign’s funds — individuals gave 82%, organizations and PACs 3%, with 14% from other sources.
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Share from the candidate compares from the candidate's own money with everything the campaign raised.
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Everything the campaign raised, split into the candidate's own money (own contributions plus self- and family loans), individuals, organizations and PACs, and everything else — loans other than the candidate's, in-kind contributions, and (for federal filers) committee transfers and other receipts. Unitemized small donations count as individual money. The parts add up to the total raised. The headline share is the candidate divided by the total.
| Candidate's own money (incl. self-loans) | $130 |
| From individuals | $14,215 |
| From organizations and PACs | $500 |
| In-kind contributions (goods & services) | $2,474 |
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 →
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Average gift per individual donor compares total from individual donors with individual donors.
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Every individual donor's total contributions to this campaign, divided by the number of individual donors. Organizations and PACs are excluded (this measures people); a donor who gave under several name spellings is counted once. The median and the gift-size buckets are computed over the same individual-donor totals. Based on itemized contributions only (loans and money a filer reported as an unitemized lump sum are not included).
| Total from individual donors | $13,843 |
| Median gift | $50 |
| Individual donors | 146 |
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 →
99.2% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (0.8% from out of state).
- Cosby $4K26%
- Newport $4K26%
- Morristown $3K19%
- Dandridge $1K8%
- Jefferson City $2902%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $2K
- Other out-of-state $106
Why this number?
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).
| From outside Tennessee | $106 |
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jul 2025 – Jul 2026. Peak $2,670 in Jul 2026. Spending peaked at $2,150 in Jun 2026.
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $6,204 total; their names are not disclosed here.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Eric Dreher In-Kind | 1 | $1,838.53 |
| Maryanna Lafratta | 4 | $1,225.00 |
| William Shults | 5 | $1,100.00 |
| Lawrence Grooms | 3 | $1,000.00 |
| Loretta Grooms Includes In-Kind | 13 | $792.66 |
| Hamblen Co Democrat Executive Committee | 1 | $500.00 |
| Joanne Farber | 4 | $400.00 |
| Stacy Lehrer | 10 | $385.00 |
| Allen Brooks | 13 | $375.00 |
| Ted Mackiewicz | 4 | $370.00 |
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Top Grafix | 9 | $3,789.74 | |
| Foust Screen Designs | 3 | $905.44 | |
| Walmart | 13 | $535.10 | |
| Cocke Co Partnership-Chamber of Commerce | 4 | $460.00 | |
| Tennessee Democratic Party | 1 | $450.00 | |
| Just Yard Signs Inc. | 1 | $388.73 | |
| 5 | $342.50 | ||
| Actblue Technical Services | 45 | $315.23 | |
| Wlik Radio | 2 | $300.00 | |
| Blockbusterprint | 2 | $298.75 | |
| Canva | 3 | $281.84 | |
| Morrow, Sara | 1 | $220.00 | |
| GoDaddy | 2 | $161.92 | |
| Black Market Stage | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Isaiah 117 House- Cocke County | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Wilton Springs Hardware | 1 | $143.48 | |
| Tractor Supply | 2 | $143.21 | |
| Walgreens | 5 | $140.42 | |
| Amazon | 5 | $136.03 | |
| Rissa's Restaurant | 1 | $130.00 | |
| Imprint.Com | 2 | $111.02 | |
| United States Postal Service | 3 | $100.94 | |
| Mendez, Candice | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Crossroads Community Church | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Grassy Fork Elementary School | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Swannsylvania Baptist Church | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Parrottsville Ruritan Club | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Simply Play Music LLC | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Cocke County High Fccla | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Del Rio Volunteer Fire Dept | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Cocke Co A&I Fair | 1 | $75.00 | |
| Newport Parks and Recreation | 1 | $75.00 | |
| The Town of White Pine Parks and Rec | 1 | $65.00 | |
| The Old 15th Restaurant | 1 | $63.45 | |
| Stokely Memorial Library | 1 | $60.00 | |
| Old Glory Aerial Productions- Andrew S. | 1 | $51.75 | |
| Leadership Cocke County | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Centerview Ruritan Club | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Kerbela Shriners | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Parrottsville Volunteer Fire Dept | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Mossy Creek Foundation | 1 | $40.00 | |
| Food City | 2 | $39.75 | |
| Parrottsville Town Hall | 1 | $35.00 | |
| Grassy Fork Volunteer Fire Dept | 1 | $35.00 | |
| Hamblen Co Juneteenth Celebration | 1 | $30.00 | |
| Cosby Volunteer Fire Dept | 1 | $26.03 | |
| Stewart, Macie | 1 | $25.00 | |
| Dollar General | 1 | $19.22 | |
| First Horizon Bank | 2 | $19.00 | |
| Kiwanas Club of Newport | 1 | $10.00 | |
| Fast Stop | 1 | $9.58 | |
| Anna Porter Public Library | 1 | $8.00 | |
| Dollar Tree | 1 | $6.59 | |
| Paypal Inc. | 2 | $3.98 | |
| U.S. Bank | 1 | $3.50 |
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
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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 Sheila Grooms McMahan’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Printing & mail $5,714 50%
- Other $1,764 16%
- Contributions & donations $1,493 13%
- Advertising & media $1,128 10%
- Office & operations $937 8%
- Fundraising & events $319 3%
Filing History
Totals as filed with the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance; see About for how this data is processed.