Federal race · 2026

Tennessee U.S. House, District 7 (special election), 2026

Primary: August 6, 2026 · General election: November 3, 2026

Money raised

  1. Gino Bulso (R)$834K raised · $0 on hand
  2. Lee Brian Reeves Jr. (R)$600K raised · $0 on hand
  3. Mason Foley (R)$502K raised · $0 on hand
  4. Joseph Michael Barrett (R)$336K raised · $0 on hand
  5. James Bo Mitchell (D)$247K raised · $0 on hand
  6. Stuart Cooper (R)$35K raised · $0 on hand
  7. Joseph H Leurs (R)$8K raised · −$15K on hand

Raised Cash on hand · bars are blue for Democrats, red for Republicans, gray for others

Candidates

CandidateStatusRaisedSpentCash on handThrough
Gino Bulso (R)Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)$833,756.18$833,756.18$0.002026-03-26
Lee Brian Reeves Jr. (R)Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)$600,369.70$600,369.70$0.002025-12-31
Mason Foley (R)Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)$501,553.00$501,553.00$0.002025-12-31
Joseph Michael Barrett (R)Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)$336,392.06$336,392.06$0.002026-01-25
James Bo Mitchell (D)Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)$246,852.74$246,852.74$0.002026-06-24
Stuart Cooper (R)Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)$35,150.32$35,150.32$0.002025-10-31
Joseph H Leurs (R)Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)$7,505.08$22,721.29−$15,216.212026-06-30
1 registered candidate with no financial reports yet
  • Adolph Dagan (Republican) · Registered with the FEC; has not yet raised or spent $5,000

Totals from the FEC candidate summary file, retrieved October 23, 2026. A dated snapshot, not live reporting; each candidate’s FEC page is the official source.

Total spent on this race

$4,165,244.04 = candidates’ own spending $2,528,364.44 + outside spending $1,636,879.60

CandidateOutside spending forAgainstElectioneering and member messages
Joseph Michael Barrett$447,990.43$1,137,138.11$0.00
Lee Brian Reeves Jr.$30,786.00$20,835.86$0.00
Gino Bulso$0.00$129.20$0.00

Candidates’ own spending is their committees’ disbursements less transfers to other committees, contributions to others, loan repayments and refunds (FEC committee summary). Outside spending is independent expenditures, electioneering communications and company or union member communications for or against these candidates (FEC totals by candidate from regular reports, retrieved October 24, 2026; the latest 24- and 48-hour notices are not included yet). Party coordinated spending is not split by race and is not included. All the money

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.

TerraCivic shows public filings without scores, grades or judgments about any candidate.

Federal law prohibits using information copied from FEC reports to solicit contributions or for commercial purposes. Do not use TerraCivic for fundraising, donor prospecting, or contact lists. TerraCivic shows no individual contributor names, addresses, employers or amounts. Data use & privacy