Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Darden Hunter Copeland

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · Tennessee District 7
Filing address
Nashville, TN (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
COPELAND, DARDEN HUNTER
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 7

DemocraticU.S. House · Tennessee District 7ChallengerGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H6TN07286 · Principal campaign committee: DARDEN COPELAND FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$1,105,699.39
Total spent$984,991.38
Cash on hand$120,708.01
Debts owed by the campaign$165,000.00
Loans from the candidate$165,000.00

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: $810,795.44PACs and other committees: $3,000.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $291,903.95
  • Individual contributions$810,795.4473%
  • PACs and other committees$3,000.000%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$291,903.9526%

Self-funding: $291,903.95 (26% of money raised): $126,903.95 given and $165,000.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$471,058.4470%
  • Contributions over $200$206,503.0030%
  • Itemized from inside Tennessee$151,445.6030%
  • Itemized from other states$361,099.3670%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: California $61,239.53 · New York $27,740.93 · Florida $26,370.88 · Massachusetts $20,283.00 · Virginia $20,176.23. 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

$448K$0 PRE-SPECIAL: raised $431,061.30PRE-SPECIAL: spent $47,722.82OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $156,738.49OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $447,880.23YEAR-END: raised $116,497.15YEAR-END: spent $203,620.17APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $2,782.65APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $500.00JULY QUARTERLY: raised $87,031.43JULY QUARTERLY: spent $17,500.00PRE-PRIMARY: raised $74,503.62PRE-PRIMARY: spent $72,702.62OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $237,084.75OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $195,065.542025-092025-122026-062026-09

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

4 committees reported giving $9,500.00 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.

The race

Tennessee U.S. House, District 7, 2026 · 14 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Darden Hunter Copeland (D)$1,105,699.39$120,708.012026-09-30
Matthew Robert Van Epps (R)$2,646,914.76$358,455.252026-10-14
Stewart Thomas Parks (R)$362,619.68−$308.472026-02-04
Mark Green (R)$270,374.75$255.412026-09-30
Vincent Dixie (D)$265,989.76$659.792026-09-30
Saletta Holloway (D)$91,368.32$0.572026-09-30
Jason Knight (R)$46,303.80$185.932026-09-30
Jonathan Thorp (I)$22,599.22−$6,239.302026-10-08
Andrew Koontz (I)$5,100.00$4,970.232026-09-30

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 RDecember 3, 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: DARDEN COPELAND FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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