Tennessee

Mickell Lowery

Shelby County Mayor Democratic

Won the seat 85,632 votes · 66.01% reported results

See also: Shelby County Commissioner, Dist. 8

Latest filing: Pre-General 2026 · Aug 7, 2026 · source: Shelby County

2 of 2 expected reports filed

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 →
$83,695
Why this number?
Funds Raised The money the campaign took in — cash and checks, plus the candidate’s own money, loans, and transfers from affiliated committees. It does not include the value of donated goods and services; where a campaign received any, that is shown separately as In-Kind Received. Full definition →
$941,884
Why this number?
Total Spent
$859,589
Why this number?
Donors
1387
827 shown · 560 below $200
Self-Funded
7%
$70,100 of $941,884 raised · $100 donated, $70,000 loaned
Out-of-State
9%
$81,155 from outside TN
Why this number?

The ending cash balance the campaign reported on its most recent filing (as filed, not computed).

Reported on this filing:

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 Funds raised
Itemized contributions from others $871,784
Candidate's own contributions $100
Loans received $70,000
Funds raised $941,884
From each filing:
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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 $859,589
Total spent $859,589
From each filing:
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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: $81,155 ÷ Total raised: $941,884
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $81,155
Source filings:
Raised
$941,884
Spent
$859,589

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 7% of the campaign’s funds — individuals gave 77%, organizations and PACs 16%.

Candidate’s own money $70K · 7% Individuals $723K · 77% Organizations & PACs $149K · 16%
Why this number?

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: $70,100 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $941,884
Inputs behind Share from the candidate
Candidate's own money (incl. self-loans) $70,100
From individuals $722,959
From organizations and PACs $148,825
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 →

$555average gift
$250median gift
1,302individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $100
18%
1%
$100–200
25%
5%
$200–500
21%
10%
$500–1K
16%
17%
$1K+
20%
67%
Why this number?

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: $722,959 ÷ Individual donors: 1302
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $722,959
Median gift $250
Individual donors 1302
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 →

91% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (9% from out of state).

Tennessee $790,629 Out of state $81,155
  • Memphis $570K65%
  • Cordova $54K6%
  • Collierville $50K6%
  • Germantown $34K4%
  • Bartlett $21K2%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $62K
  • Other out-of-state $81K
Why this number?

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: $81,155 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $871,784
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $81,155
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Feb 2025 – Jul 2026. Peak $205,421 in Jun 2026. Spending peaked at $248,310 in Apr 2026.

Raised Spent

Bars show $871,709 of $871,784 in itemized contributions. The other $75 can’t be placed in a month — the filing gave no usable date, or recorded no identifiable source.

Contributions

CSV

Showing 827 donors who gave $200 or more cumulatively. 560 additional smaller donors contributed $44,867 total.

Itemized campaign contributions
Donor Location Employer Total

Showing the top 500 of 828 donors by total on this page — sorting and search cover these top rows. Download the full list (CSV) for every donor.

Expenditures

113 vendors 292 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Voteshift 17 $456,104.39 53%
Triumph Strategies LLC 17 $80,221.32 9%
DirectFX 6 $47,002.61 5%
Black Market Strategies 3 $45,000.00 5%
Felecia Walker ↺ donor $1,040.00 20 $40,461.10 5%
Tony Newsome 11 $26,967.00 3%
NGP VAN 14 $13,566.96 2%
Janelle Reid 1 $13,000.00 2%
MLE Media 4 $9,810.00 1%
Stripe 19 $9,346.36 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 Mickell Lowery’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

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 $165,825.13 $83,695.36 Source ↗
Q2 2026 — — Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2026 $186,372.64 $15,958.85 Source ↗
Q1 2026 Late $314,134.72 $186,372.64 Source ↗
Year-End 2025 $154,114.54 $314,134.72 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2025 $0.00 $154,114.54 Source ↗