Tennessee

Michele Dial

Shelby County Commissioner, Dist. 3 Republican

Choose financial history for Michele Dial
This cycle · 2026
2 earlier entries
Lakeland Commissioner · 2018–2022

Won the seat 7,855 votes · 61.63% reported results

Latest filing: Q3 2026 · Oct 12, 2026 · source: Shelby County

6 filings · Year-End 2025–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 →
$5,830
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 →
$17,425
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 →
$303
goods or services
Total Spent
$6,734
Donors
32
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Self-Funded
3%
$600 of $17,728 raised, including in-kind · self-contributions
Out-of-State
9%
$1,600 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:
  • Q3 2026 Initial $5,830 filing-stated

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 $16,825
Candidate's own contributions $600
Raised (cash) $17,425
From each filing:
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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 $6,734
Total spent $6,734
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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 92% coverage).

Itemized money from outside Tennessee: $1,600 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $17,728
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $1,600
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$17,728
Spent
$6,734

Headline figures, Lakeland Commissioner

5 filings · Year-End 2018–Year-End 2025

Net contributions (cash)
$2,000
Total Spent
$550
Donors
2

Headline figures, 2022 · Lakeland Commissioner

8 filings · Mid-Year 2019–Q4 2022

Not yet published · 2 filings under review

A further $1,000 net contributions (cash) and $1,086 spent across 2 filings is not counted above — still being checked.

Headline figures, 2018 · Lakeland Commissioner

2 filings · Pre-General 2018–Q4 2018

No contributions reported · Spent $200

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 3% of the campaign’s funds — individuals gave 30%, organizations and PACs 65%, with 2% from other sources.

Candidate’s own money $600 · 3% Individuals $5K · 30% Organizations & PACs $12K · 65% Other sources $303 · 2%

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: $600 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $17,728
Inputs behind Share from the candidate
Candidate's own money (incl. self-loans) $600
From individuals $5,325
From organizations and PACs $11,500
In-kind contributions (goods & services) $303
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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 →

$313average gift
$200median gift
17individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $100
24%
3%
$100–200
24%
8%
$200–500
35%
25%
$500–1K
6%
9%
$1K+
12%
54%

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: $5,325 ÷ Individual donors: 17
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $5,325
Median gift $200
Individual donors 17
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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 →

90% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (10% from out of state).

Tennessee $13,950 Out of state $1,600
  • Lakeland $3K22%
  • Collierville $3K17%
  • Nashville $3K16%
  • Memphis $2K10%
  • Byhalia, MS $1K6%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $4K
  • Other out-of-state $600

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 92% 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: $1,600 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $15,550
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $1,600
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Sep 2025 – Sep 2026. Peak $4,725 in Jul 2026. Spending peaked at $2,387 in Apr 2026.

Cash contributions Spent

Bars show $16,575 of $16,825 in itemized contributions. The other $250 can’t be placed in a month — the filing gave no usable date, or recorded no identifiable source.

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 26 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 8 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $575 and their names are withheld.

26 named donors 27 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Build PAC 1 $2,500.00
Roumen Denkor 1 $1,900.00
Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) 2 $1,500.00
Shelby County Republican Women S Club PAC 1 $1,000.00
Bluecross Blueshield of Tennessee State PAC 1 $1,000.00
Janice S Volner 1 $1,000.00
Jobs PAC 1 $1,000.00
Michele Dial Self 1 $600.00
Farris Bobango PLC PAC 1 $500.00
Meramec Specialty Co 1 $500.00

Expenditures

10 vendors 13 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Patricia Possel Photography 1 $2,123.82 32%
Delta Designs 1 $1,363.00 20%
Laura Starnes 1 $1,000.00 15%
Owners Box 1 $812.61 12%
I. H. Park / City of Lakeland 1 $800.00 12%
Sabrina Grady 1 $250.00 4%
Wiz-Com, Ltd. 1 $213.48 3%
Square 4 $93.98 1%
Shelby County Republican Women's Club 1 $43.00 0.7%
Canva 1 $34.00 0.6%

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

  • Printing & mail $3,487 52%
  • Other $2,903 43%
  • Advertising & media $289 4%
  • Office & operations $55 0.9%

Other 2026 campaigns

Lakeland Commissioner

Net contributions (cash) $2,000 · Spent $550 · 2 donors

5 filings · Year-End 2018–Year-End 2025

Lakeland Commissioner contributions
Donor Location Employer Total
West TN Home Builders Association Collierville, TN 38017 — $1,000.00
Memphis Area Association of Realtors Memphis, TN 38119 — $1,000.00
Lakeland Commissioner expenditures
Payee Purpose Amount Date
Steve Huddleston Yard signs $350.00 —
Arlington Publishing LLC Ad - 1/4 page $200.00 —

Financial history 2 entries

2022 · Lakeland Commissioner

Not yet published · 2 filings under review

8 filings · Mid-Year 2019–Q4 2022

A further $1,000 net contributions (cash) and $1,086 spent across 2 filings is not counted above — still being checked.

No individual donors or expenditures are published for this campaign.

2018 · Lakeland Commissioner

No contributions reported · Spent $200

2 filings · Pre-General 2018–Q4 2018

2018 election expenditures
Payee Purpose Amount Date
donations to non-profit donations to non-profit $200.00 —

Filing History

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Q3 2026 $4,685.87 $5,830.26 Source: Q3 2026 filing
Pre-General 2026 $4,870.65 $4,685.87 Source: Pre-General 2026 filing
Q2 2026 $4,202.70 $4,870.65 Source: Q2 2026 filing
Pre-Primary 2026 $3,180.17 $4,202.70 Source: Pre-Primary 2026 filing
Q1 2026 $52.52 $3,180.17 Source: Q1 2026 filing
Year-End 2025 $0.00 $52.52 Source: Year-End 2025 filing