Tennessee

Jahari Dowdy

Criminal Court Judge, Div. I Nonpartisan

Won the seat 62,467 votes · 55.37% reported results

Latest filing: Pre-General 2026 · Jul 27, 2026 · source: Shelby County

4 filings · Year-End 2025–Q2 2026

2 of 2 expected reports filed

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 →
$20
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 →
$40,793
includes $4,882 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Why this number?
Total Spent
$40,893
less $120 in refunds & credits → $40,773 net disbursements
Why this number?
Donors
62
43 shown  · 19 below $200
Self-Funded
10%
$4,220 of $40,793 raised · campaign loans
Out-of-State
16%
$6,401 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:

Sum of every cash receipt bucket: itemized contributions from others + the candidate's own contributions + loans + filer-stated unitemized + (federal) transfers and other receipts.

Inputs behind Funds raised
Itemized contributions from others $28,192
Loans received $7,720
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $4,882
Funds raised $40,793
From each filing:
  • Pre-General 2026 Initial $3,385 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $1,435 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $1,950 filing-stated
  • Q2 2026 Amendment $14,040 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $9,007 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $1,533 filing-stated
    • Loans $3,500 derived
  • Q1 2026 Initial $9,829 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $8,850 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $979 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2025 Supplemental $9,320 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $8,900 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $420 filing-stated
Not attributable to a single filing:
Loans $4,220 derived

Borrowing that no filing dates to its own reporting period — a balance carried forward from an earlier period, or a loan reported without a date. The rest is shown against the filing that reported borrowing it.

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

Inputs behind Total spent
Itemized expenditures $40,893
Total spent $40,893
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: $6,401 ÷ Total raised: $40,793
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $6,401
Source filings:
Raised
$40,793
Spent
$40,893

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 10% of the campaign’s funds — individuals gave 79%, organizations and PACs 2%, with 9% from other sources.

Candidate’s own money $4K · 10% Individuals $32K · 79% Organizations & PACs $750 · 2% Other sources $4K · 9%
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: $4,220 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $40,793
Inputs behind Share from the candidate
Candidate's own money (incl. self-loans) $4,220
From individuals $32,323
From organizations and PACs $750
Loans other than the candidate's $3,500
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 →

$450average gift
$250median gift
61individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $100
0%
0%
$100–200
31%
8%
$200–500
33%
18%
$500–1K
21%
28%
$1K+
15%
46%
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: $27,442 ÷ Individual donors: 61
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $27,442
Median gift $250
Individual donors 61
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 →

77% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (23% from out of state).

Tennessee $21,791 Out of state $6,401
  • Memphis $21K74%
  • Hammon, LA $3K9%
  • Hammond, LA $2K8%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $860
  • Other out-of-state $2K
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: $6,401 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $28,192
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $6,401
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Nov 2025 – Jul 2026. Peak $7,050 in Mar 2026. Spending peaked at $19,846 in May 2026.

Raised Spent

Contributions

43 donors gave $200 or more cumulatively. 19 additional smaller donors contributed $2,192 total.

43 donors 57 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by total
Donor Donations Total
Joy Mabry 2 $1,900.00
Sandra Milton 3 $1,900.00
Beverly Dowdy 2 $1,700.00
Nathaniel Wade 3 $1,500.00
Natarra Wade 2 $1,300.00
Marquise Dowdy Sr 1 $1,300.00
William Rainey 1 $1,000.00
Merlane Dowdy 1 $1,000.00
Arthur Horn 1 $1,000.00
Rosiland Bunch 1 $900.00

Expenditures

41 vendors 59 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Black Market Strategies 4 $15,082.50 37%
Direct Fx 4 $7,771.63 19%
Target Marketing 1 $3,760.00 9%
Mle Media 4 $3,305.00 8%
Tri State Defender 1 $2,010.00 5%
196 Works 1 $1,097.00 3%
Bob, Winbush 2 $750.00 2%
Genre Memphis 1 $652.50 2%
A1 Printing 1 $581.00 1%
Dowdy, Marques 2 $500.00 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 Jahari Dowdy’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Consulting & professional services $25,946 63%
  • Advertising & media $11,324 28%
  • Printing & mail $1,193 3%
  • Fundraising & events $662 2%
  • Contributions & donations $557 1%
  • Office & operations $430 1%
  • Sample ballot placement $350 0.9%
  • Field & voter contact $250 0.7%
  • Other $180 0.5%

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
Pre-General 2026 $669.80 $20.01 Source ↗
Q2 2026 Amended $15,243.20 $669.80 Source ↗
Q1 2026 $6,537.35 $15,243.20 Source ↗
Year-End 2025 $0.00 $6,537.35 Source ↗