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Telisa Franklin — 2026 Tennessee House, District 96 campaign

Tennessee House, District 96 Democratic

2026 Tennessee House, District 96 · totals since Jan 16, 2025

Won the nomination 4,593 votes · 55.22% reported results

Latest filing: Pre-General 2026 · Oct 30, 2026 · source: TN Registry of Election Finance

6 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 →
$2,951
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$24,617
Loan entries in filing detail: $6,100. The report totals above govern this headline.
Total Spent
$20,166
Donors
102
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). Note: the opening cash balance on Pre-General 2026 is $3,446.27, and the ending cash balance on the previous filing, Q3 2026, is $4,946.27 — both as filed.

Reported on this filing:

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
Pre-General 2026 reported receipts $0
Q3 2026 reported receipts $4,944
Pre-Primary 2026 reported receipts $7,030
Q2 2026 reported receipts $9,296
Q1 2026 reported receipts $3,347
Mid-Year 2025 reported receipts $0
Reported receipts $24,617
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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.

Inputs behind Total spent
Itemized expenditures $20,166
Total spent $20,166
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Receipts
$24,617
Spent
$20,166

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: individuals, itemized, 59% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $15K · 59%Organizations and PACs, itemized $4K · 16%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $6K · 25%

Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized compares individuals, 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.

Individuals, itemized: $14,567 ÷ Reported receipts: $24,617
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
Individuals, itemized $14,567
Organizations and PACs, itemized $3,950
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $6,100
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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 →

$158average gift
$100median gift
92individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
16%
3%
$50–200
55%
29%
$200–1K
27%
56%
$1K–5K
1%
12%
$5K+
0%
0%

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: $14,567 ÷ Individual donors: 92
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $14,567
Median gift $100
Individual donors 92
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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 →

93% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (7% from out of state).

Tennessee $17,192 Out of state $1,325
  • Memphis $10K53%
  • Nashville $2K11%
  • Bartlett $2K11%
  • Cordova $8965%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $2K
  • Other out-of-state $1K

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: $1,325 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $18,517
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $1,325
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Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2026 – Oct 2026. Peak $5,080 in Jul 2026. Spending peaked at $6,893 in Jul 2026.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 36 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 66 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $4,651 and their names are withheld.

36 named donors 42 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Emerson Earl 4 $1,810.00
Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) 1 $1,000.00
Vogel PAC 1 $500.00
Tennessee Dental PAC 1 $500.00
Stanley Lipford 1 $500.00
Laurie Powell 1 $500.00
R Dean LLC 1 $500.00
Glenda Glover 1 $500.00
Charlie Caswell 1 $500.00
Rhonda Logan 1 $500.00

Expenditures

17 vendors 45 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
McClarke, Ronald 5 $4,130.00 20%
Orco Printing 2 $2,850.00 14%
Direct Printing 3 $2,641.33 13%
C&S Political 3 $2,499.00 12%
Antonio, Suggs 5 $2,445.60 12%
Baldwin Financial Services LLC 5 $1,003.10 5%
Fred, McWilliams 1 $1,000.00 5%
Black Market Strategies 1 $800.00 4%
Gordon, Rae 4 $790.00 4%
McGary, Shalonda 2 $500.00 2%

Loans

$6,100.00 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.

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 $6,100
Loan principal shown $6,100
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Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (Telisa Franklin) Candidate loan Feb 9, 2026 $6,100.00 $0.00 $6,100.00

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 Telisa Franklin’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Printing & mail $8,677 43%
  • Advertising & media $5,289 26%
  • Field & voter contact $3,810 19%
  • Consulting & professional services $2,003 10%
  • Office & operations $387 2%

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.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Pre-General 2026 $3,446.27 $2,951.32 Source: Pre-General 2026 filing Report 131189
Q3 2026 Amended $3,912.21 $4,946.27 Source: Q3 2026 filing Report 131306
Pre-Primary 2026 Amended $3,775.30 $3,912.21 Source: Pre-Primary 2026 filing Report 129873
Q2 2026 $3,193.57 $3,775.30 Source: Q2 2026 filing Report 127045
Q1 2026 $0.00 $3,193.57 Source: Q1 2026 filing Report 125438
Mid-Year 2025 Amended $0.00 $0.00 Source: Mid-Year 2025 filing Report 122431