Tennessee: 1,116 filers, $35.1M in candidate receipts, $666.1M donated

Many filers, $35.1 million in receipts

One thousand one hundred sixteen candidates is a high filing count for $35.1 million in receipts. House, Senate, and other federal filers tagged to Tennessee — including primary and residual committees — sit in that inventory. Filer count is not cash. Most of the $35.1 million sits in a smaller set of committees. The Tennessee hub’s receipt sort is the practical view.

Other-party receipts are $27,704. Tennessee’s candidate book is effectively a two-party table with a large Republican column: $27.5 million versus $7.6 million Democratic (21.6%).

Keep $35.1 million and $666.1 million on separate lines when citing Tennessee. Adding them double-counts gifts that Tennessee donors made to Tennessee candidate committees. Subtracting them hides the outbound PAC flow. The honest citation is two FEC series for cycle 2026.

The $666.1 million donor book

Eighty-nine thousand one hundred one Tennessee donors are attached to $666.1 million in individual contributions. That donor total is many times the $35.1 million candidate book. Tennessee addresses fund national PACs, Super PACs, party committees, and campaigns in other states. Those gifts remain Tennessee donor dollars in the FEC individual file.

Using $666.1 million as “what Tennessee campaigns raised” would overstate the candidate series. Using $35.1 million as “all Tennessee political money” would hide the outbound donor flow. Both mistakes are avoided by citing the two FEC series separately.

Cycle 2026 is open. An amended candidate report moves $35.1 million and the party split. A restated individual file moves $666.1 million and 89,101. The Tennessee FEC totals page is the live view. This guide’s printed figures are a snapshot of FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

Party labels stop at the candidate file

The 78.3% Republican share applies to candidate receipts. It does not assign a party to the 89,101 donors. A Tennessee contributor to a Super PAC does not inherit a Republican label in this aggregate.

Independent expenditures that mention a Tennessee candidate sit outside the $35.1 million. Those amounts, when disclosed, belong to the Super PAC or PAC that paid for them.

Registry of Election Finance is separate

Tennessee state-office campaigns file with the Registry of Election Finance. Those reports are not in the $35.1 million or the $666.1 million. This page is federal 2026-cycle data from FEC.gov.

Tennessee FEC totals

The Tennessee FEC totals page carries the live 2026 table. Candidate, PAC, and Super PAC directories share the same FEC.gov backbone. Numbers on this guide are packet facts only.

Tennessee as a donor address, not just a candidate book

The $666.1 million individual contribution total from 89,101 Tennessee contributors is the number that answers “how much federal political money is tied to Tennessee addresses.” The $35.1 million candidate-receipt total from 1,116 committees is the number that answers “how much Tennessee-tagged campaigns booked.” Using either number for the other question is a category error. FEC.gov stores the two series in different files. LobbyVault prints both on the TN hub.

Most of $666.1 million did not land in the 1,116 candidate committees. It landed in PACs, Super PACs, party committees, and campaigns that file in other states. The PAC directory and Super PAC tracker are therefore not sidebars on a Tennessee page. They are where a large share of $666.1 million went. Independent expenditures that mention a Tennessee candidate can still be financed by donors outside Tennessee and would not appear in either Tennessee total.

Party splits on the candidate book — Democratic $7.6 million (21.6%), Republican $27.5 million (78.3%), other $27,704 (0.1%) — do not describe the 89,101 donors. Individual contribution rows do not carry a donor party field in this aggregate. A Tennessee address on a Super PAC gift is a Tennessee donor dollar, not a Democratic or Republican donor dollar.

This page does not claim that 21.6% of Tennessee donors are Democratic or that 78.3% are Republican. Those percentages apply to candidate receipts of $7.6 million and $27.5 million out of $35.1 million. It does not claim that $666.1 million was spent in Tennessee. Donor dollars follow the recipient committee, which may file anywhere.

It does not claim that 1,116 candidates will appear on a general-election ballot. It does not convert $27,704 into a named third party. It does not add $35.1 million to $666.1 million. It does not include state-office money.

What it does claim is narrower: FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault show these 2026-cycle totals for Tennessee, and the Tennessee hub plus the candidate, PAC, and Super PAC directories are the tables behind them.

Questions

How much have Tennessee federal candidates raised in 2026?

Tennessee-associated federal candidate committees reported $35.1 million in receipts across 1,116 filers. Republican committees reported $27.5 million and Democratic committees reported $7.6 million, according to FEC.gov aggregates on LobbyVault.

How much have Tennessee donors given federally?

Individual contribution aggregates show $666.1 million from 89,101 Tennessee donors. That series includes gifts to national PACs and out-of-state campaigns and is much larger than the $35.1 million in candidate receipts.

What share of Tennessee candidate receipts is Republican?

Republican candidate committees reported $27.5 million, or 78.3% of the $35.1 million total. Democratic committees reported $7.6 million (21.6%) and other filers $27,704. Party codes sit on candidate committees, not on donors.

Are Tennessee state races included?

No. These figures are FEC.gov federal data. Tennessee Registry of Election Finance filings for state offices are not part of the $35.1 million or $666.1 million.