Tennessee

Katie Berendt-Ratton

Criminal Court Judge, Div. VIII Nonpartisan

Latest filing: Pre-General 2026 · Oct 16, 2026 · source: Shelby County

4 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 →
$11,177
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 →
$39,901
includes $1,145 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
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 →
$2,311
goods or services
Total Spent
$34,817
Donors
101
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
6%
$2,550 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). Note: the opening cash balance on Pre-General 2026 is $26,223.58, and the ending cash balance on the previous filing, Q3 2026, is $5,083.67 — 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. Excludes the value of donated goods & services, shown separately as In-Kind Received.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $38,756
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $1,145
Raised (cash) $39,901
From each filing:
  • Pre-General 2026 Initial $9,825 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $9,650 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $175 filing-stated
  • Q3 2026 Initial $550 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $400 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $150 filing-stated
  • Q2 2026 Initial $29,526 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $28,706 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $820 filing-stated

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 $34,817
Total spent $34,817
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: $2,550 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $42,212
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $2,550
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$42,212
Spent
$34,817

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 93%; organizations and PACs gave 1%; other sources made up 5%.

Individuals $39K · 93% Organizations & PACs $500 · 1% Other sources $2K · 5%

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: $39,401 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $42,212
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $39,401
From organizations and PACs $500
In-kind contributions (goods & services) $2,311
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 →

$383average gift
$200median gift
100individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $100
0%
0%
$100–200
38%
10%
$200–500
37%
23%
$500–1K
11%
14%
$1K+
14%
53%

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: $38,256 ÷ Individual donors: 100
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $38,256
Median gift $200
Individual donors 100
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 →

93% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (7% from out of state).

Tennessee $36,206 Out of state $2,550
  • Memphis $30K77%
  • Germantown $5K12%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $2K
  • Other out-of-state $3K

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: $2,550 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $38,756
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $2,550
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jun 2026 – Sep 2026. Peak $28,706 in Jun 2026. Spending peaked at $24,974 in Jul 2026.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 64 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 38 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $3,906 and their names are withheld.

64 named donors 74 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Rob Ratton 1 $1,900.00
Robert Berendt 2 $1,900.00
Brenda Huff 1 $1,900.00
Kelli Ratton 1 $1,900.00
James Watson 1 $1,900.00
Susan Deloach 3 $1,800.00
Kevin Brewer 2 $1,700.00
Paul Morris Includes In-Kind 2 $1,526.00
Mary Morris Includes In-Kind 2 $1,526.00
Rebecca Hinds 2 $1,100.00

Expenditures

10 vendors 35 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Ratton, Katie Berendt 22 $28,173.19 81%
Foundation Blue 1 $2,600.00 7%
Direct Fx 1 $2,544.28 7%
Megan, Glenn 2 $644.29 2%
Walmart 3 $564.33 2%
The Stationery Studio 1 $120.80 0.4%
Square Space 2 $73.32 0.3%
United States Postal Service 1 $49.20 0.2%
Anedot 1 $27.50 0.1%
Stan Store 1 $19.97 0.1%

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 Katie Berendt-Ratton’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Advertising & media $18,915 54%
  • Consulting & professional services $6,120 18%
  • Printing & mail $4,322 12%
  • Office & operations $2,609 7%
  • Contributions & donations $2,600 7%
  • Field & voter contact $250 0.8%

Filing History

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Pre-General 2026 $26,223.58 $11,177.36 Source: Pre-General 2026 filing Report 128359
Q3 2026 $11,177.36 $5,083.67 Source: Q3 2026 filing Report 130192
Q2 2026 $0.00 $26,223.58 Source: Q2 2026 filing Report 127135
Q1 2026 Late $0.00 $0.00 Source: Q1 2026 filing Report 126295