John L. Dolan

Criminal Court Judge, Div. VIII Nonpartisan

Latest filing: Pre-General 2026 · Oct 13, 2026 · source: Shelby County

3 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 →
$302
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 →
$2,600
includes $100 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Total Spent
$2,298
Donors
0
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Self-Funded
96%
$2,500 of $2,600 raised · campaign loans

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). Note: the opening cash balance on Pre-General 2026 is $2,000.00, and the ending cash balance on the previous filing, Q3 2026, is $302.07 — both as filed.

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)
Loans received $2,500
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $100
Raised (cash) $2,600
From each filing: Not attributable to a single filing:
Loans $500 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.

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 $2,298
Total spent $2,298
From each filing:
Raised incl. in-kind
$2,600
Spent
$2,298

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 96% of the campaign’s funds — individuals gave 4%, organizations and PACs 0%.

Candidate’s own money $3K · 96% Individuals $100 · 4% Organizations & PACs $0 · 0%

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: $2,500 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $2,600
Inputs behind Share from the candidate
Candidate's own money (incl. self-loans) $2,500
From individuals $100

Contributions

No itemized contributions on record.

Expenditures

3 vendors 5 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
CMYK Printing 3 $2,000.00 87%
Lowe's 1 $192.44 8%
Office Depot 1 $105.49 5%

Loans

$2,500.00 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 $2,500
Loan principal shown $2,500
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (John L. Dolan) Candidate loan Jun 29, 2026 $2,500.00 $0.00 $2,500.00

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

  • Printing & mail $2,192 95%
  • Office & operations $105 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 $2,000.00 $302.07 Source: Pre-General 2026 filing Report 128341
Q3 2026 $302.07 $302.07 Source: Q3 2026 filing Report 130118
Q2 2026 $0.00 $2,000.00 Source: Q2 2026 filing Report 126971