KUSTOFF, DAVID

RepublicanFEC reportedRepublican candidate · U.S. House · Tennessee · District 8 · Election 2026 · IncumbentH2TN07103

Overview

Raised: $2.6Mvs $2.5M 2023–2024
Spent: $1.9Mvs $1.6M 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $2.7Mvs $2.1M 2023–2024
Debts owed: $116.5Kvs $236.5K 2023–2024

OpenFEC processed candidate totals through Oct 14, 2026, across every authorized committee; figures change when amended reports are filed.

Raised is total receipts and Spent is total disbursements as reported for the candidate's authorized committees together; both can include transfers, loans and refunds. Cash on hand and debts are the balances at the end of the last report. The comparison is the same figure for 2023–2024.

Race forecast

Chance of winning: 99%
Rating: Safe R
Predicted margin: R+14.7

VotePredictor gives David Kustoff a 99% chance of winning as of November 4, 2026. No polls of the race: based on the district's lean, incumbency and the national environment, with published race ratings.

David Kustoff’s chance of winning

Data

Date	Chance of winning
Sep 25, 2026	99%
Oct 1, 2026	99%
Oct 6, 2026	98%
Oct 10, 2026	98%
Oct 16, 2026	98%
Oct 24, 2026	98%
Oct 25, 2026	98%
Oct 26, 2026	99%
Nov 5, 2026	99%

As VotePredictor published it each day since September 25, 2026, including changes to its model.

Forecast by VotePredictor , updated daily. Its probabilities stay between 1% and 99%; no race is called before it is decided.

Compliance review indicators

1 open

Automated review indicators, not findings of a violation. Exact reported records are linked; identity is not independently verified. Reported lobbyist-bundling disclosures are not counted as issues.

Latest cycle-wide scan: Oct 18, 2026 · Index refreshed: Oct 18, 2026. Coverage is limited to loaded records and implemented checks.

Scan coverage and freshness

Receipt eligibility: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Oct 18, 2026).
Integrity: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check succeeded (Oct 18, 2026).
Fundraising patterns: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Oct 18, 2026).

1 receipt eligibility · 0 integrity · 0 fundraising patterns

LLC or partnership eligibility →Associated amount: $500
Reported contributor appears to be an LLC or partnership. Verify permissible tax status, written eligibility notice, member or partner attribution, and contribution limits.
Evidence date: Jun 22, 2026

Across the cycle, some findings could not be linked safely to entities; ambiguous identities are withheld.

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Candidate & race

Office & constituency: U.S. House · Tennessee · District 8
Reported party: Republican
Election year: 2026
Race status: Incumbent
Candidate status: Current candidate
Principal campaign committee: KUSTOFF FOR CONGRESS (C00614826)

The principal campaign committee is the reported connection to this candidate. Transaction details below cover that committee; candidate-wide totals can also cover other authorized committees.

Money in

Who's funding David Kustoff? Read the article →

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$1.2M
Unitemized individual contributions$7,350
Other committees$1.2M
Transfers from affiliates$134K
Other receipts$58.9K

Top contributors

THE FARM CREDIT COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEMixed activity · 31% Democratic / 69% Republican · 0% unclassifiedInferred from activity$7,5002 contributions
ADKINS, WILLIAMRepublicanDerived from contributions$7,0001 contribution
ANDERSON, CHRISTIAN

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$1.7M
Loan repayments$120K
Contribution refunds$8,668
Other disbursements$5,225

Largest operating payments

SOUTHLAND ADVANTAGE$34.2KFUNDRAISING COMMISSIONS · May 1, 2025
THE ELEVATED GROUP$28.8KFUNDRAISING EXPENSES - SEE BELOW · Jul 8, 2026
THE ELEVATED GROUP$25.2KFUNDRAISING COMMISSIONS · May 13, 2026
NRCC$25KPRESIDENT'S DINNER 2025 · Apr 3, 2025
THE ELEVATED GROUP$20.7KFUNDRAISING COMMISSIONS · Jan 6, 2026
THE ELEVATED GROUP$20.6KFUNDRAISING COMMISSIONS · Oct 1, 2025
THE ELEVATED GROUP$20KFUNDRAISING EXPENSES - SEE BELOW · May 21, 2025
TENNESSEE PRESS SERVICE

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Jan 25	$8,850	$10,000
Feb 25	$148,250	$0
Mar 25	$182,150	$75
Apr 25	$4,250	$25,000
May 25	$44,500	$0
Jun 25	$142,549	$150
Jul 25	$34,050	$10,000
Aug 25	$11,750	$0
Sep 25	$43,800	$0
Oct 25	$1,250	$10,000
Nov 25	$58,000	$0
Dec 25	$109,000	$0
Jan 26	$3,000	$19,000
Feb 26	$35,600	$0
Mar 26	$30,250	$1,000
Apr 26	$11,500	$17,000
May 26	$105,550	$0
Jun 26	$62,370	$0
Jul 26	$5,500	$20,000

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Financial timeline

2025–2026 election cycle · dated records

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Money network · top contributors and recipients as a graph

Records

Registration

Office sought: U.S. House
State / district: Tennessee · District 8
Party affiliation: Republican
Race status: Incumbent
Candidate status: Current candidate
Election year: 2026
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: 1908 HIDDEN OAKS DR · GERMANTOWN, Tennessee, 38138-2769
Compliance screening: View review flags

Relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Registration evidence · 2025–2026

Reported relationships are not contributions or transfers. They do not establish that any money changed hands. The reporting committee and related entity are shown separately. Only loaded relationship types are shown; this is not a complete organization chart.

KUSTOFF VICTORY FUNDC00729350 Joint fundraising participantKUSTOFF FOR CONGRESSC00614826
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1726816Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
KUSTOFF FOR CONGRESS 2002C00376244 Authorized candidateKUSTOFF, DAVIDH2TN07103
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
KUSTOFF FOR CONGRESSC00614826 Authorized candidateKUSTOFF, DAVIDH2TN07103
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
KUSTOFF FOR CONGRESSC00614826 Connected organizationKUSTOFF VICTORY FUNDReported name only · no identity match assumed
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 26, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC committee master: reported connected organization / affiliated committee name. This name-only field does not establish an entity identity match. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
DELIVERING AMERICAN VALUES IN DC PACC00635219 Leadership PAC sponsorKUSTOFF, DAVIDH2TN07103
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1768852Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.

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Filings

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Reconciliation

Coverage: Jan 1, 2025 to Oct 14, 2026
Contribution refunds: $8,668
Debts owed by committees: $116,500
Last report: PRE-GENERAL

Source and provenance

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Local row ingestedSep 6, 2026

Source row hash541ed9f37015b2002c56530f2dfe90c126baf1274604e7bb27daa5e78b41bca3

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KUSTOFF, DAVID

Overview

Race forecast

Candidate & race

Money in

Sources

Top contributors

Money out

Spending by kind

Largest operating payments

Over time

Financial timeline

Records

FEC-reported relationships

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Money network

Race forecast