Tennessee

Bennie Smith

County Clerk Democratic

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

1 filing · Q1 2026

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
Raised (cash) Cash and cash-like receipts the campaign took in: contributions, the candidate’s own money, loans, and transfers from affiliated committees. Donated goods and services appear separately. Full definition →
$9,750
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
Donors
19
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Self-Funded
32%
$4,000 of $12,524 raised, including in-kind · campaign loans
Out-of-State
5%
$625 from outside TN

Cash on hand is the amount reported on the filing listed below.

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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

Raised (cash) adds together the amounts listed below.

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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 Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $5,750
Loans received $4,000
Raised (cash) $9,750
From each filing:

Total spent adds together the amounts listed below.

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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:

Out-of-state share compares itemized money from outside tennessee with raised incl. in-kind.

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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 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $12,524
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $625
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$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%

Share from the candidate compares from the candidate's own money with everything the campaign raised.

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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%

Average gift per individual donor compares total from individual donors with individual donors.

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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

Out-of-state share of located dollars compares itemized money from outside tennessee with itemized money with a known state.

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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.

Cash contributions 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

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 16 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 8 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $700 and their names are withheld.

16 named donors 16 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
BCS Investments INC LLC 1 $1,500.00
Connect Music In-Kind 1 $1,000.00
Frank Cole In-Kind ↺ paid $1,700.00 1 $700.00
George Monger 1 $500.00
Edward Parker Jr 1 $500.00
Soloman Smith 1 $500.00
Andre Wharton 1 $500.00
J W Gibson 1 $500.00
Asap Transportation In-Kind 1 $450.00
Chuy Collins In-Kind 1 $374.00

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%

Loans

$4,000.00 in loan balances shown. The filings date all of it to this campaign. Later reports can repeat an outstanding loan, so each reconstructed lender balance is counted once below.

Loan principal shown adds together the amounts listed below.

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Loan schedules can repeat an outstanding debt on later reports. This is the reconstructed principal for each lender, counted once, split between candidate or family loans and all other lenders. Repayments and outstanding balances are shown separately in the ledger.

Inputs behind Loan principal shown
Candidate and family loans $4,000
Loan principal shown $4,000
Source filings:
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (Bennie Smith) Candidate loan Feb 20, 2026 $4,000.00 $0.00 $4,000.00

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.

  • Fundraising & events $1,911 44%
  • Other $1,772 41%
  • Office & operations $321 7%
  • Advertising & media $300 7%

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: Q1 2026 filing