Tennessee U.S. House District 2

The count.

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Side by side.

Raised excludes transfers between a candidate's own committees. Shares are of that total. Filings appear in order of money raised; this includes primary candidates who are no longer running.

Who spent from outside.

The largest independent spenders in this race, summed from each candidate's five largest spenders on each side.

• SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTIONSuper PAC$10 for Michaela Barnett

Each campaign.

• Tim BurchettFEC filing: Tim Burchett · H8TN02119 ↗

  Sitting member of Congress · Tim Burchett

  In the U.S. House (TN-2) since 2019 · current term ends Jan 3, 2027

  • Recorded yea or nay on 24 of the 24 key House floor votes captured in Hugin's snapshot
  • 3 committees: Foreign Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, Transportation and Infrastructure · 7 subcommittees
  • 62 committees reported contributions to them this cycle

  Linked to this filing by its exact FEC candidate ID (H8TN02119) in the congress-legislators roster of Oct 21, 2026. Votes are one key floor vote per bill on bills named in contractor lobbying reports (Oct 29, 2026); committee seats are the roster as of Oct 24, 2026; money counts are FEC reports for 2026 as of Oct 24, 2026. These are what Hugin's snapshots captured, not complete records, and none of them is a score or evidence of motive.

  Raised

  $3.1M

  Spent

  $2.9M

  Cash on hand

  $914K

  Debts

  $24K

  • Individuals 91% $2.8M
  • PACs & other committees 8% $260K
  • Other receipts 0.8% $24K

  Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $19K moved between the candidate's own committees.

  No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.

  Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. SENATE EAGLE PACLeadership PAC of Bill Hagerty $10K
  2. AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEMembership group PAC $9,994
  3. NETJETS ASSOCIATION OF SHARED AIRCRAFT PILOTS PAC; NJASAP PACUnion PAC $6,500

  Where the money went $1.9M in itemized spending

  These itemized payments cover $1.9M of the $2.9M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jul 17, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 20% $390K
  • Consultants & strategy 51% $978K
  • Staff & payroll 11% $202K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 7% $129K
  • Polling, research & data 2% $31K
  • Travel, meals & events 6% $120K
  • Office, technology & overhead 1% $26K
  • Legal & compliance 2% $28K
  • Contributions, transfers & refunds 1% $20K
  • Other or unclassified 0.2% $3,145

  Largest payees

  1. TARGETED VICTORY LLC $838K
  2. FULFILLMENT SOLUTIONS INC $166K
  3. COLDSPARK $77K
  4. MDI IMAGING $70K
  5. MARCUS HILL PHOTOGRAPHY $66K

  Paid to individuals: $209K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

  Payments dated Jan 2, 2025 to Jul 17, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (1,377 entries). Every payment on FEC.gov ↗

  Grouped by each campaign's own description of the payment, so the groups are approximate. Payments of $200 or less to one payee need not be itemized, detail filed only as memo entries counts under other or unclassified, and spending by the candidate's other committees or by outside groups is not included. A payment is not evidence of a favor or wrongdoing.

• Michaela BarnettFEC filing: Michaela Barnett · H6TN02170 ↗

  Raised

  $718K

  Spent

  $588K

  Cash on hand

  $130K

  Debts

  $6,000

  • Individuals 98% $702K
  • PACs & other committees 0.4% $2,600
  • Party committees 0.2% $1,200
  • Candidate's own money & loans 0.9% $6,415
  • Other receipts 0.8% $5,399

  Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026.

  Outside groups: $10 supporting · $0 opposing

  Biggest spenders supporting

  1. SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTIONSuper PAC $10

  Where the money went $333K in itemized spending

  These itemized payments cover $333K of the $588K the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jul 17, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 12% $40K
  • Consultants & strategy 8% $25K
  • Staff & payroll 52% $174K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 9% $30K
  • Polling, research & data 0.4% $1,375
  • Travel, meals & events 2% $6,172
  • Office, technology & overhead 5% $18K
  • Legal & compliance 11% $38K
  • Other or unclassified 0.2% $829

  Largest payees

  1. GUSTO INC $175K
  2. GRAY VENTURES LLC $23K
  3. PRINTING IMAGE $16K
  4. NGP VAN $14K
  5. A/B STUDIOS $13K

  Paid to individuals: $14K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

  Payments dated Sep 10, 2025 to Jul 17, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (329 entries). Every payment on FEC.gov ↗

  Grouped by each campaign's own description of the payment, so the groups are approximate. Payments of $200 or less to one payee need not be itemized, detail filed only as memo entries counts under other or unclassified, and spending by the candidate's other committees or by outside groups is not included. A payment is not evidence of a favor or wrongdoing.

• Adam Jay VelkFEC filing: Adam Jay Velk · H6TN02162 ↗

  Raised

  $0

  Spent

  $0

  Cash on hand

  $0

  Campaign totals through Sep 16, 2025.

  No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.

  No itemized operating expenditures from this candidate's principal campaign committee are in the FEC bulk file yet.

Also registered for this seat, with no campaign summary or outside spending in the bulk file: Oliver Freeman Pogue, Adam Heimerman.