Tennessee

Samuel B Nelson

Shelby County Commissioner, Dist. 10 Democratic

Latest filing: Pre-Primary 2026 · Apr 28, 2026 · source: Shelby County

3 filings · Year-End 2025–Q1 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 →
$3,921
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 →
$23,326
includes $3,298 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 →
$2,800
goods or services
Total Spent
$16,198
Donors
103
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Self-Funded
3%
$700 of $26,126 raised, including in-kind · self-contributions
Out-of-State
5%
$1,213 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:

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. Excludes $95.49 the filer reported on Schedule A as a refund or reimbursement — money paid back to the committee, not money it raised, so it is not counted here. It remains in the filing's own totals.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $19,328
Candidate's own contributions $700
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $3,298
Raised (cash) $23,326
From each filing:
  • Pre-Primary 2026 Initial $6,948 derived
  • Q1 2026 Initial $4,364 derived
  • Year-End 2025 Initial $12,014 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $8,017 derived
    • Candidate's own contributions $700 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $3,298 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 $16,148
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $50
Total spent $16,198
From each filing:
  • Pre-Primary 2026 Initial $5,963 derived
  • Q1 2026 Initial $4,003 derived
  • Year-End 2025 Initial $6,231 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $6,181 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $50 filing-stated

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: $1,213 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $26,126
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $1,213
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$26,126
Spent
$16,198

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 59%, organizations and PACs 28%, with 11% from other sources.

Candidate’s own money $700 · 3% Individuals $15K · 59% Organizations & PACs $7K · 28% Other sources $3K · 11%

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: $700 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $26,126
Inputs behind Share from the candidate
Candidate's own money (incl. self-loans) $700
From individuals $15,316
From organizations and PACs $7,310
In-kind contributions (goods & services) $2,800
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 →

$123average gift
$50median gift
98individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $100
69%
23%
$100–200
10%
9%
$200–500
13%
31%
$500–1K
6%
28%
$1K+
1%
8%

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: $12,018 ÷ Individual donors: 98
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $12,018
Median gift $50
Individual donors 98
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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 →

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

Tennessee $16,656 Out of state $1,213
  • Memphis $14K77%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $3K
  • Other out-of-state $1K

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: $1,213 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $17,869
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $1,213
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Sep 2025 – Oct 2026. Peak $6,948 in Apr 2026. Spending peaked at $5,963 in Apr 2026.

Cash contributions Spent

Bars show $19,103 of $19,328 in itemized contributions. The other $225 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 30 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 78 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $3,913 and their names are withheld.

30 named donors 43 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Jobs PAC 1 $5,000.00
Diane Rudner 1 $1,000.00
Cigna PAC 1 $1,000.00
H2P2 1 $800.00
Samuel Nelson Self 1 $700.00
Brandon Zuber In-Kind 1 $700.00
Pierre Hibbler In-Kind 1 $700.00
Shaniya Allen In-Kind 1 $700.00
Diamond Events In-Kind 1 $700.00
Dave Jones 1 $600.00

Expenditures

67 vendors 145 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Midsouth Solutions 7 $3,295.81 20%
Canva 9 $1,282.01 8%
Pamela Lee 7 $900.00 6%
Soul 7 Band - ACT Now Ventures 2 $800.00 5%
Rico Foster 4 $625.00 4%
Michael Holmes 3 $625.00 4%
Memphis Sports Masters. 4 $577.17 4%
Kresions 1 $566.50 4%
DirectFX 1 $556.20 3%
Young Actors Guild 2 $520.00 3%

Filing History

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Pre-Primary 2026 $2,936.74 $3,921.09 Source: Pre-Primary 2026 filing
Q1 2026 $2,480.89 $2,936.74 Source: Q1 2026 filing
Year-End 2025 $0.00 $5,783.49 Source: Year-End 2025 filing