Tennessee

John J. Deberry Jr.

Shelby County Mayor Republican

2026 Republican Nominee Won the May 5 primary and ran in the August 6 general election.

Also ran for Tennessee House, District 90 on Who Funds Tennessee

Latest filing: Q3 2026 · Oct 13, 2026 · source: Shelby County

5 filings · Pre-General 2026–Q3 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 →
$0
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 →
$101,655
Total Spent
$101,655
Donors
177
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
1%
$1,275 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:

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.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $101,655
Raised (cash) $101,655
From each filing:
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  • Q1 2026 Amendment $20,675 derived

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 $101,655
Total spent $101,655
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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: $1,275 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $101,655
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $1,275
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$101,655
Spent
$101,655

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 →

Individuals gave 80%; organizations and PACs gave 20%.

Individuals $82K · 80% Organizations & PACs $20K · 20%

Share from individuals compares from individuals 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 individuals divided by the total.

From individuals: $81,655 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $101,655
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $81,655
From organizations and PACs $20,000
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 →

$507average gift
$250median gift
161individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $100
9%
0.8%
$100–200
21%
4%
$200–500
36%
18%
$500–1K
16%
16%
$1K+
19%
61%

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: $81,655 ÷ Individual donors: 161
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $81,655
Median gift $250
Individual donors 161
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 →

99% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (1% from out of state).

Tennessee $100,380 Out of state $1,275
  • Memphis $49K48%
  • Germantown $13K13%
  • Collierville $12K12%
  • Brentwood $6K5%
  • Cordova $3K3%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $18K
  • Other out-of-state $1K

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: $1,275 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $101,655
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $1,275
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Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Feb 2026 – Aug 2026. Peak $27,055 in Apr 2026. Spending peaked at $47,223 in Jul 2026.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 129 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 48 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $4,205 and their names are withheld.

129 named donors 144 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
MARSHA PAC (Marsha Blackburn) 1 $5,000.00
Mark Halperin 2 $3,800.00
Bayard B Morgan 2 $3,800.00
Henry W Morgan Jr 2 $3,800.00
Shelby County Republican Womens Club ↺ paid $300.00 1 $3,000.00
Build PAC 1 $2,500.00
Donna Barrett 2 $2,100.00
East Shelby Republican Club 1 $2,000.00
Paul Boyle 1 $1,900.00
Farrar Vaughan 1 $1,900.00

Expenditures

45 vendors 79 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
West Rogers 3 $25,152.00 25%
Margin of Victory Partners 5 $19,461.00 19%
Nelia Dempsey 4 $8,587.64 8%
Patricia Possel 4 $6,293.66 6%
Etbn 5 $6,061.43 6%
Just My Cities 3 $3,399.00 3%
Patti Possel 3 $2,156.81 2%
Push Digital Media 1 $2,131.50 2%
Puckett's 2 $2,118.31 2%
Lamar Advertising 1 $2,000.00 2%

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 John J. Deberry Jr.’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Advertising & media $40,352 40%
  • Consulting & professional services $30,229 30%
  • Printing & mail $10,940 11%
  • Fundraising & events $5,946 6%
  • Office & operations $5,871 6%
  • Field & voter contact $4,485 4%
  • Contributions & donations $2,500 2%
  • Other $1,332 1%

Filing History

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Q3 2026 $8,862.43 $0.00 Source: Q3 2026 filing
Pre-General 2026 $32,159.59 $8,862.43 Source: Pre-General 2026 filing
Q2 2026 $26,597.38 $32,159.59 Source: Q2 2026 filing
Pre-Primary 2026 $15,431.20 $26,597.38 Source: Pre-Primary 2026 filing
Q1 2026 Amended $0.00 $15,431.20 Source: Q1 2026 filing