2026 general election
Tennessee 1st District
Not a real money race: only one candidate raised meaningful money. · Incumbent re-elected.
$1.8M in receipts plus outside spending is tied to the 2026 Tennessee 1st District race: $1.8M raised by the campaigns, $838K of it from PACs, plus $907 from outside groups (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Oct 14, 2026). Diana Harshbarger (Republican) won.
Receipts + outside spending
$1.8M
Raised by campaigns
$1.8M
PAC checks
$838K
Outside money
$907
Candidates
Raised by the campaign Outside money supportingOutside money attacking Democrat Republican Other
Diana HarshbargerRepublican, incumbent
✓ Won- Raised
- $1.5M
- Spent
- $1.1M
- From individuals
- $569K
- From PACs
- $838K
- From party
- $0
- Own money & loans
- $0
- Outside money for
- $907
- Outside money against
- $0
Who paid: 55% of Harshbarger's money came from PACs
Corporate $356K (49%)Trade group $165K (23%)Leadership PAC $37K (5%)Membership $114K (16%)Super PAC $5K (1%)Other $54K (7%)
- Alliance for Pharmacy Compounding PAC (Comp PAC) Membership$10K
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Corporate$10K
- Eastman Chemical Company Corporate$10K
- Professional Compounding Centers of America Political Action Committee Corporate$10K
- Abbott Laboratories Corporate$10K
- Bwx Technologies Inc Corporate$10K
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Membership$10K
- American College of Radiology Association Other$10K
Biggest outside spenders
- American College of Radiology Association PAC · $907 supporting
Kristi BurkeDemocrat
✗ Lost- Raised
- $223K
- Spent
- $195K
- From individuals
- $222K
- From PACs
- $250
- From party
- $0
- Own money & loans
- $10
- Outside money for
- $0
- Outside money against
- $0
Who paid: 0% of Burke's money came from PACs
Membership $250 (100%)
- The Center for Freethought Equality Membership$250
Plus 5 other candidates on the ballot with no reported money.
Questions people ask
- How much money is tied to the 2026 Tennessee 1st District race?
- $1.8M in receipts plus outside spending is tied to the 2026 Tennessee 1st District race: $1.8M raised by the campaigns, $838K of it from PACs, plus $907 from outside groups (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Oct 14, 2026). Diana Harshbarger (Republican) won.
- Who raised the most money in the 2026 Tennessee 1st District race?
- Diana Harshbarger (Republican) raised $1.5M and had $907 in outside spending on their side.
- Which outside groups spent the most on the 2026 Tennessee 1st District race?
- American College of Radiology Association PAC ($907).
- Which PACs gave the most to candidates in the 2026 Tennessee 1st District race?
- Alliance for Pharmacy Compounding PAC (Comp PAC) gave $10K to Diana Harshbarger; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Political Action Committee gave $10K to Diana Harshbarger; Eastmanpac-Political Action Committee of Eastman Chemical Company gave $10K to Diana Harshbarger.