Tennessee

Ray Lepone

Criminal Court Judge, Div. I Nonpartisan

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

5 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 →
$12,826
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 →
$90,328
$250 refunded
Total Spent
$88,241
Donors
237
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Self-Funded
26%
$23,837 of $90,328 raised · campaign loans
Out-of-State
3%
$3,048 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 $22,770.46, and the ending cash balance on the previous filing, Q3 2026, is $0.00 — 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. Note: a separate cross-filing check found a loan-balance carryforward discontinuity in the filings behind this figure. The reports have not been reconciled to determine the cause of the unexplained balance change.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $66,491
Loans received $23,837
Raised (cash) $90,328
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 $88,241
Total spent $88,241
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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: $3,048 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $90,328
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $3,048
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$90,328
Spent
$88,241

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 26% of the campaign’s funds — individuals gave 72%, organizations and PACs 2%.

Candidate’s own money $24K · 26% Individuals $65K · 72% Organizations & PACs $2K · 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: $23,837 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $90,328
Inputs behind Share from the candidate
Candidate's own money (incl. self-loans) $23,837
From individuals $64,991
From organizations and PACs $1,500
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 →

$277average gift
$200median gift
235individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $100
6%
1%
$100–200
40%
15%
$200–500
35%
32%
$500–1K
14%
27%
$1K+
5%
24%

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: $64,991 ÷ Individual donors: 235
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $64,991
Median gift $200
Individual donors 235
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 →

95% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (5% from out of state).

Tennessee $63,443 Out of state $3,048
  • Memphis $40K59%
  • Germantown $12K18%
  • Cordova $3K5%
  • Collierville $2K4%
  • Bartlett $1K2%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $5K
  • 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: $3,048 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $66,491
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $3,048
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Oct 2025 – Sep 2026. Peak $12,065 in Dec 2025. Spending peaked at $21,666 in Jun 2026.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 128 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 109 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $10,603 and their names are withheld.

128 named donors 167 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Michael Keeney 1 $1,900.00
Joel R Kimbrough 1 $1,900.00
Kim Kimbrough 1 $1,900.00
Ray Fracchia 4 $1,886.36
Terre Greer 2 $1,563.13
Summer Farmer 1 $1,500.00
Toney Armstrong 1 $1,041.98
Law Offices of Arthur Horne PLLC 1 $1,000.00
Terrell L Harris 2 $1,000.00
Judge Craft 1 $1,000.00

Expenditures

27 vendors 155 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Perry Strategies 14 $24,555.18 28%
Rosalyn Smith Designs Inc. 5 $13,255.64 15%
Durham, Billene 5 $9,049.99 10%
Long, Thomas 1 $7,000.00 8%
Watkins Uiberall PLLC 3 $3,783.61 4%
United States Postal Service 11 $3,777.38 4%
Your Shirts Ink'd and More 1 $3,053.79 3%
Ford, Justin 2 $3,000.00 3%
Gates, Henry 1 $2,429.25 3%
4Memphis Publishing 3 $2,250.00 3%

Loans

$23,837.06 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 $23,837
Loan principal shown $23,837
Source filings:
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (Ray Lepone) Candidate loan Dec 3, 2025 $23,837.06 $0.00 $23,837.06

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

  • Consulting & professional services $36,900 42%
  • Advertising & media $33,605 38%
  • Printing & mail $7,001 8%
  • Field & voter contact $6,729 8%
  • Fundraising & events $2,010 2%
  • Office & operations $1,745 2%
  • Contributions & donations $250 0.3%

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 $22,770.46 $12,826.24 Source: Pre-General 2026 filing Report 127531
Q3 2026 $12,826.24 $0.00 Source: Q3 2026 filing Report 129095
Q2 2026 $15,446.73 $22,770.46 Source: Q2 2026 filing Report 126254
Q1 2026 $17,767.92 $15,446.73 Source: Q1 2026 filing Report 125154
Year-End 2025 $0.00 $17,767.92 Source: Year-End 2025 filing Report 123201