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JB Smiley
Also ran for Governor on Who Funds Tennessee
Latest filing: Year-End 2025 · Sep 2, 2026 · source: Shelby County
5 filings · Mid-Year 2025–Q2 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 →
$330,100
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 →
$537,338
includes $3,215 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Total Spent
$207,241
Donors
1,112
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Self-Funded
0.4%
$1,995 of $537,338 raised · self-contributions
Out-of-State
14%
$77,039 from outside TN
Totals exclude 3 filings pending review (the filer reported $196,146 on them).
Headline figures, Memphis City Council, Dist. 8, Pos. 1
1 filing · Mid-Year 2025
Net contributions (cash)
$2,733
Total Spent
$3,940
Donors
6
Headline figures, 2023 · Memphis City Council, Dist. 8, Pos. 1
5 filings · Pre-General 2023–Q4 2023
Net contributions (cash)
$16,656
Total Spent
$10,468
Donors
28
Includes $942 net contributions (cash) not itemized below. A further $68,602 net contributions (cash) and $52,029 spent across 3 filings is not counted above — still being checked.
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 0.4% of the campaign’s funds — individuals gave 83%, organizations and PACs 17%.
Candidate’s own money $2K · 0.4% Individuals $446K · 83% Organizations & PACs $89K · 17%
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 →
$431average gift
$200median gift
1,029individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $100
$100–200
$200–500
$500–1K
$1K+
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 →
86% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (14% from out of state).
Tennessee $455,089 Out of state $77,039
- Memphis $278K52%
- Collierville $57K11%
- Cordova $25K5%
- Bartlett $18K3%
- Germantown $15K3%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $63K
- Other out-of-state $77K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2025 – Jan 2026. Peak $76,093 in Feb 2025. Spending peaked at $48,204 in May 2025.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 605 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 509 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $38,359 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees Local 1733 (AFSCME) | 1 | $10,100.00 |
| Bahroz Cotardia | 6 | $8,200.00 |
| Craig and Cathy Weiss | 2 | $7,200.00 |
| Fa & Monica Q. Fan | 4 | $5,000.00 |
| Metropolitan Memphis Hotel Lodging Association | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Memphis Police Association PAC | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Jackie Smiley | 9 | $4,814.90 |
| Jarad Bingham | 4 | $3,933.65 |
| Badruddin Kheraj | 3 | $3,933.25 |
| Elez Corpration | 3 | $3,933.25 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADP | 36 | $100,313.92 | |
| Jefferson Court | 13 | $18,445.00 | |
| NGP VAN | 4 | $11,194.50 | |
| Target Marketing ↺ donor $500.00 | 1 | $10,000.00 | |
| Public Service Partners | 1 | $5,515.23 | |
| Superior Cleaners | 3 | $5,300.00 | |
| Lynn Williams ↺ donor $2,180.00 | 4 | $4,050.00 | |
| Ace's Kitchen | 3 | $3,647.75 | |
| SlickText | 10 | $3,175.76 | |
| Tennessee Democratic Party | 4 | $3,018.41 | |
| Christopher Saulter | 3 | $2,900.00 | |
| DirectFX | 2 | $2,884.35 | |
| BCom Solutions | 1 | $2,250.00 | |
| Ridgeway Country Club | 2 | $2,095.12 | |
| Rivers Edge Solutions ▨ may be sample ballot ↺ donor $267.28 | 2 | $2,000.00 | |
| The Pocket | 2 | $1,802.15 | |
| Walmart | 6 | $1,500.16 | |
| Cafe Eclectic | 1 | $1,411.04 | |
| Michael Mosby Band | 1 | $1,300.00 | |
| Smiley Professional Moving Services | 3 | $1,250.00 | |
| Wholesale Signs | 1 | $1,118.00 | |
| Sam's Club | 4 | $1,045.17 | |
| The Peabody Memphis | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Best Buy | 2 | $947.09 | |
| Amazon | 5 | $853.68 | |
| Dress for Success Memphis | 1 | $800.00 | |
| Gina Stewart | 1 | $750.00 | |
| Create10me | 2 | $715.00 | |
| First Horizon | 4 | $701.00 | |
| Hicks Convention Services | 4 | $675.90 | |
| The Gentlemen's League | 1 | $675.00 | |
| Jabari Harris | 2 | $625.00 | |
| JJ Graphics | 1 | $575.00 | |
| HT Lockard Foundation | 1 | $571.20 | |
| United States Postal Service | 3 | $554.49 | |
| Staton Corporate and Casual | 2 | $502.05 | |
| Airbnb | 2 | $462.71 | |
| Midtown Moving & Storage | 3 | $415.00 | |
| FedEx Office | 4 | $410.98 | |
| Olympic Steak | 1 | $402.50 | |
| Harland Clarke | 1 | $398.84 | |
| DJ Tunez | 1 | $350.00 | |
| Elegant Couture | 1 | $349.60 | |
| Eventbrite | 1 | $325.65 | |
| Sticker Mule | 1 | $310.59 | |
| Crave Wings | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Kelly English | 1 | $300.00 | |
| The Event Helper | 1 | $261.00 | |
| Del Friscos | 1 | $254.00 | |
| Grace Stevens | 1 | $250.67 | |
| Mt. Pisgah CME | 1 | $250.00 | |
| JB Smiley ↺ donor $1,994.83 | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Covered Girl Ministries | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Starbucks | 1 | $247.81 | |
| GoDaddy | 2 | $247.28 | |
| Little Caesars Pizza | 1 | $245.49 | |
| Grace vens | 1 | $244.00 | |
| Extra Space Strorage | 6 | $231.00 | |
| Memphis Interfaith Association | 1 | $227.95 | |
| The Four Way Soul Food Restaurant | 3 | $218.74 | |
| Travis Malone | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Robodial.org | 4 | $200.00 | |
| Crystal NA | 1 | $200.00 | |
| All Things Paige | 4 | $179.00 | |
| Mid-South Pride | 1 | $175.00 | |
| Gate 11 Distillery | 1 | $167.81 | |
| Centen | 1 | $165.00 | |
| JZ Fish & Wings | 1 | $161.00 | |
| 24 Hour Wristbands | 1 | $156.94 | |
| 4 | $142.48 | ||
| DoorDash | 3 | $129.14 | |
| Delta Sigma Theta | 1 | $125.00 | |
| Soul Fish Cafe | 1 | $123.29 | |
| Givebutter.co | 1 | $118.30 | |
| The Vinyl Factory | 1 | $114.14 | |
| School Seed | 1 | $105.58 | |
| Hamilton Democrats | 1 | $100.00 | |
| The Feed Co | 1 | $99.19 | |
| 18 Wayz Wingz | 1 | $89.23 | |
| Extra Space Storage | 1 | $80.94 | |
| US Cutter | 1 | $66.93 | |
| 1 | $63.51 | ||
| Grace Givens | 1 | $63.00 | |
| Sob East | 1 | $62.69 | |
| Loves | 2 | $59.71 | |
| Cozy Corner | 1 | $59.58 | |
| Pilgram Rest Baptist Church | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Germantown | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Wrapzody Gourmet Wrapz Deli | 1 | $49.76 | |
| Nashoba | 1 | $48.37 | |
| The Vinyl Room | 1 | $48.15 | |
| Shopify | 4 | $46.11 | |
| Kroger | 1 | $45.52 | |
| Chattanooga | 2 | $45.49 | |
| Sweet Musings | 1 | $41.39 | |
| Qt | 1 | $40.70 | |
| Q Mart | 1 | $40.20 | |
| Best Market | 1 | $35.00 | |
| Dollar Tree | 1 | $26.72 | |
| Brett Lawson | 1 | $25.00 | |
| Bojangles | 1 | $23.64 | |
| Gutheries | 1 | $23.57 | |
| KFC | 1 | $15.90 | |
| Mad Priest Coffee | 1 | $9.19 | |
| Prime Video | 1 | $3.27 |
Dates
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
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 JB Smiley’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Staff & payroll $100,572 49%
- Office & operations $33,783 16%
- Consulting & professional services $19,240 9%
- Fundraising & events $16,725 8%
- Other $14,854 7%
- Advertising & media $14,580 7%
- Printing & mail $6,127 3%
- Contributions & donations $1,050 0.6%
- Field & voter contact $200 0.1%
- Travel $110 0.1%
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Memphis City Council, Dist. 8, Pos. 1
Net contributions (cash) $2,733 · Spent $3,940 · 6 donors 1 filing · Mid-Year 2025
| Donor | Location | Employer | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Dunn | Clark, NJ 07066 | Clark Police Department | $1,439.70 |
| Ruby Cooper | Cordova, TN 38018 | Retired | $719.70 |
| Justin Bailey | Germantown, TN 38139 | Not Employed | $479.70 |
| Payee | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| $25.59 | 06/02/2025 | ||
| Unknown | Bank Fee | $5.00 | 06/02/2025 |
| Unknown | Transfer of Funds - Wrong Acct | $19.06 | 05/30/2025 |
| Unknown | Coffee for Team | $14.58 | 05/22/2025 |
| Unknown | Transfer of Funds - Wrong Acct | $30.00 | 05/09/2025 |
| Unknown | Transfer of Funds - Wrong Acct | $500.00 | 05/07/2025 |
| $22.90 | 05/02/2025 | ||
| $29.91 | 05/01/2025 | ||
| Unknown | Bank Fee | $5.00 | 05/01/2025 |
| Unknown | Web Hosting | $69.12 | 04/22/2025 |
| 13 more expenditures not shown | |||
Financial history 1 entries
2023 · Memphis City Council, Dist. 8, Pos. 1
Net contributions (cash) $16,656 · Spent $10,468 · 28 donors 5 filings · Pre-General 2023–Q4 2023
Includes $942 net contributions (cash) not itemized below. A further $68,602 net contributions (cash) and $52,029 spent across 3 filings is not counted above — still being checked.
| Donor | Location | Employer | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Farinas | Secaucus, NJ 07094 | Arts Weekly Inc | $1,727.70 |
| Michael Keeney | Memphis, TN 38120 | Lewis Thomason | $1,727.70 |
| Keith Dunn | Clark, NJ 07066 | Clark Police Department | $1,727.70 |
| Chance Carlisle | Memphis, TN 38117 | Self-Employed | $1,727.70 |
| William Orgel | Memphis, TN 38120 | Tower Ventures | $1,535.70 |
| Evans Petree PAC | Memphis, TN 38120 | — | $1,000.00 |
| Benjamin Orgel | Memphis, TN 38120 | Tower Ventures | $959.70 |
| Jack Sammons | Memphis, TN 38111 | FedEx | $959.70 |
| Kevin Adams | Memphis, TN 38111 | Big River Development Co | $959.70 |
| Andre Dean | Cordova, TN 38018 | Dean & Associates | $479.70 |
| 10 more donors not shown | |||
| Payee | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active Campaign | Email/Text Messages | $635.11 | 09/29/2023 |
| Kathryn Winsley | Reimbursement | $125.00 | 09/28/2023 |
| Dorse and Associates | Consulting | $150.00 | 09/27/2023 |
| Sway | Marketting/Advertising/Editing | $4,000.00 | 09/27/2023 |
| Restaurant | Food/Entertainment | $75.64 | 09/27/2023 |
| Marriot | Travel | $318.62 | 03/31/2023 |
| Farmers | Food / Entertainment | $140.67 | 03/30/2023 |
| Lydia | Food / Entertainment | $166.14 | 03/30/2023 |
| (payee not stated) | Travel | $137.20 | 03/29/2023 |
| (payee not stated) | Food/Entertainement | $239.45 | 03/29/2023 |
| 19 more expenditures not shown | |||
Filing History
Two overdue reports filed together on September 2, 2026.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 Detail pending review | — | — | Source: Q2 2026 filing |
| This filing was submitted 54 days after the reporting deadline. Contributions: $14,164 parsed vs. $14,761 filed ($597 difference). Expenditures: $20,910 parsed vs. $20,983 filed ($73 difference). | |||
| Pre-Primary 2026 Detail pending review | — | — | Source: Pre-Primary 2026 filing |
| This filing was submitted 127 days after the reporting deadline. Contributions: $68,341 parsed vs. $76,387 filed ($8,046 difference). Expenditures: $214,190 parsed vs. $215,527 filed ($1,337 difference). | |||
| Q1 2026 Detail pending review | — | — | Source: Q1 2026 filing |
| Expenditures: $138,359 parsed vs. $288,076 filed ($149,717 difference). | |||
| Year-End 2025 Amended | $171,171.18 | $330,100.17 | Source: Year-End 2025 filing |
| The displayed totals agree with the itemized transactions in the filing. | |||
| Mid-Year 2025 Amended | $0.00 | $171,171.18 | Source: Mid-Year 2025 filing |
| Contributions: $310,721 parsed vs. $310,723 filed ($2 difference). | |||