Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

William Hilleary V

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · Tennessee District 6
Filing address
Hendersonville, TN (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
HILLEARY, WILLIAM V.
Next election
Primary August 6, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Tennessee with the 2026 district highlighted

Tennessee, District 6

RepublicanU.S. House · Tennessee District 6Open seatRegistered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)

FEC candidate ID H6TN06205 · Principal campaign committee: VAN FOR TENNESSEE

Total raised$1,668,657.17
Total spent$1,645,277.89
Cash on hand$23,379.28
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through September 30, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $1,593,149.58PACs and other committees: $60,500.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $15,007.59
  • Individual contributions$1,593,149.5895%
  • PACs and other committees$60,500.004%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$15,007.591%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$14,284.171%
  • Contributions over $200$1,507,941.3499%
  • Itemized from inside Tennessee$1,402,391.4193%
  • Itemized from other states$106,716.917%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Virginia $23,244.69 · District of Columbia $8,542.30. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$978K$0 OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $615,808.50OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $42,285.00YEAR-END: raised $225,617.03YEAR-END: spent $72,129.35APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $339,692.78APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $88,929.86JULY QUARTERLY: raised $321,786.46JULY QUARTERLY: spent $347,374.61PRE-PRIMARY: raised $49,523.95PRE-PRIMARY: spent $379,214.88OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $116,228.45OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $715,344.192025-092025-122026-032026-062026-072026-09

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

22 committees reported giving $35,000.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting William Hilleary V$38,250.75
  • Independent expenditures opposing William Hilleary V$0.00

FEC totals for the 2026 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Tennessee U.S. House, District 6, 2026 · 15 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
William Hilleary V (R)$1,668,657.17$23,379.282026-09-30
Johnny Garrett (R)$3,000,586.11$343,417.992026-10-14
Mike Croley (D)$117,167.70$14,341.642026-10-14
Chaney Mosley (D)$94,663.71$0.002026-09-30
John W. Rose (R)$77,889.95$43,007.572026-09-30
Natisha Brooks (R)$50,000.00$6,393.132026-09-30
Craig Ballin (D)$6,210.22$0.002026-03-01
Lore Ann Bergman (D)$5,349.93−$298.972026-08-19
Brad Gaines (R)$3,525.00$3,523.702026-06-30
Ronnie Dale Braden (AIC)$2,083.21$0.002026-10-19

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe RJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid RFebruary 6, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid RMarch 7, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RAugust 14, 2025

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: VAN FOR TENNESSEE.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the FEC candidate file.

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