Tennessee

Bennie Smith

County Clerk Democratic

Latest filing: Q1 2026 · Apr 20, 2026 · source: Shelby County

1 of 2 expected reports filed · Pre-Primary 2026 outstanding

Cash on Hand The campaign’s ending cash balance from its most recent filing. Cash shown as “carried over” was held before this election cycle began — usually from a prior campaign for the same office. Full definition →
$5,446
Why this number?
Funds Raised The money the campaign took in — cash and checks, plus the candidate’s own money, loans, and transfers from affiliated committees. It does not include the value of donated goods and services; where a campaign received any, that is shown separately as In-Kind Received. Full definition →
$9,750
Why this number?
In-Kind Received Goods or services donated to the campaign instead of cash — say, free printing or donated consulting — reported at fair-market value. Counted toward the same $200 disclosure threshold as cash gifts. Full definition →
$2,774
goods or services
Total Spent
$4,304
Why this number?
Donors
19
11 shown · 8 below $200
Self-Funded
32%
$4,000 of $12,524 raised · campaign loans
Out-of-State
5%
$625 from outside TN
Why this number?

The ending cash balance the campaign reported on its most recent filing (as filed, not computed).

Reported on this filing:
  • Q1 2026 Amendment $5,446 filing-stated

Sum of every cash receipt bucket: itemized contributions from others + the candidate's own contributions + loans + filer-stated unitemized + (federal) transfers and other receipts. Excludes the value of donated goods & services, shown separately as In-Kind Received.

Inputs behind Funds raised
Itemized contributions from others $5,750
Loans received $4,000
Funds raised $9,750
From each filing:

Itemized expenditure rows plus the stated spending a filer reported as a lump sum without itemizing it.

Inputs behind Total spent
Itemized expenditures $4,304
Total spent $4,304
From each filing:

Itemized contributions from a state other than Tennessee, divided by everything the campaign raised (shown only when the state of most itemized money is known — above 99% coverage).

Itemized money from outside Tennessee: $625 ÷ Total raised: $12,524
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $625
Source filings:
Raised
$12,524
Spent
$4,304

Who funds this campaign The sources split breaks down everything the campaign raised: the candidate’s own money (including self-loans), individuals (including unitemized small gifts), organizations and PACs, and “other” (in-kind contributions, loans other than the candidate’s, and the like) — open its “Why this number?” for the full breakdown. Gift-size and location figures cover itemized contributions only. Aggregates count everyone who gave, including donors below the $200 disclosure floor — a share across all donors identifies no one. Full definition →

The candidate’s own money made up 32% of the campaign’s funds — individuals gave 34%, organizations and PACs 12%, with 22% from other sources.

Candidate’s own money $4K · 32% Individuals $4K · 34% Organizations & PACs $2K · 12% Other sources $3K · 22%
Why this number?

Everything the campaign raised, split into the candidate's own money (own contributions plus self- and family loans), individuals, organizations and PACs, and everything else — loans other than the candidate's, in-kind contributions, and (for federal filers) committee transfers and other receipts. Unitemized small donations count as individual money. The parts add up to the total raised. The headline share is the candidate divided by the total.

From the candidate's own money: $4,000 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $12,524
Inputs behind Share from the candidate
Candidate's own money (incl. self-loans) $4,000
From individuals $4,250
From organizations and PACs $1,500
In-kind contributions (goods & services) $2,774
Source filings:

Gift size Each individual donor’s total giving to this campaign this cycle. Organizations, PACs, and the candidate’s own money are excluded (this is about people); a donor who gave under several name spellings is counted once. A donor named on the page can still sit in a small bucket — these are cycle totals, not “unnamed donors.” Full definition →

$236average gift
$200median gift
18individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $100
17%
2%
$100–200
28%
14%
$200–500
28%
25%
$500–1K
28%
59%
$1K+
0%
0%
Why this number?

Every individual donor's total contributions to this campaign, divided by the number of individual donors. Organizations and PACs are excluded (this measures people); a donor who gave under several name spellings is counted once. The median and the gift-size buckets are computed over the same individual-donor totals. Based on itemized contributions only (loans and money a filer reported as an unitemized lump sum are not included).

Total from individual donors: $4,250 ÷ Individual donors: 18
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $4,250
Median gift $200
Individual donors 18
Source filings:

Where the money comes from Shares of itemized dollars, by the contributor’s state and city as filed. A city is named only when at least 5 donors gave from it or it holds at least 5% of the located dollars; everyone else is grouped into “elsewhere.” Shown only when at least 80% of dollars carry a usable state. Full definition →

89% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (11% from out of state).

Tennessee $5,125 Out of state $625
  • Memphis $5K81%
  • Los Angeles, CA $5009%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $450
  • Other out-of-state $125
Why this number?

Itemized contribution dollars from outside Tennessee, divided by all itemized dollars whose contributor state is known. A city is named only when at least 5 donors gave from it OR it holds at least 5% of the located dollars; everyone else is grouped into elsewhere-in-Tennessee and other-out-of-state. Shown only above 99% state coverage. Based on itemized contributions only (loans and money a filer reported as an unitemized lump sum are not included).

Itemized money from outside Tennessee: $625 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $5,750
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $625
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Feb 2026 – Mar 2026. Peak $5,575 in Mar 2026. Spending peaked at $4,304 in Mar 2026.

Raised Spent

Bars show $5,600 of $5,750 in itemized contributions. The other $150 can’t be placed in a month — the filing gave no usable date, or recorded no identifiable source.

Contributions

Showing 11 donors who gave $200 or more cumulatively. 8 additional smaller donors contributed $700 total.

Itemized campaign contributions
Donor Location Employer Total

Expenditures

10 vendors 12 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Frank Cole ↺ donor $700.00 2 $1,700.00 39%
M-Print to M-Press LLC 1 $1,142.00 27%
Amazon 2 $321.41 7%
Shelby TN PAC 1 $300.00 7%
In Eric Memphis TN 1 $299.50 7%
Deloris Brown 1 $243.00 6%
Democratic Woman of Shelby Co. 1 $100.00 2%
Deluxe Bus Systen 1 $87.45 2%
Sam's Club 1 $59.58 1%
Sam's Chub 1 $51.00 1%

Where the money went Each expenditure carries a short description of what it was for, written by the campaign. We sort those descriptions into a fixed set of categories; one expenditure goes in one category, so the amounts add up to Bennie Smith’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

Loans

Campaign loans
Lender Amount Date Received Outstanding Repaid

Each loan shows its balance from the candidate's most recent filing; a candidate's self-loans are combined into a single line. Repayments since that filing appear when the next report is filed.

Filing History

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Q1 2026 Amended $0.00 $5,446.06 Source ↗