Tennessee

Shante Avant

Shelby County Commissioner, Dist. 5 Democratic

Won the seat 7,667 votes · 98.79% reported results

Latest filing: Pre-Primary 2026 · May 13, 2026 · source: Shelby County

1 of 1 expected report 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 →
$12,179
$5,937 carried over
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 →
$27,030
includes $1,680 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Why this number?
Total Spent
$19,728
Why this number?
Donors
39
39 shown · 0 below $200
Out-of-State
1.0%
$250 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 $25,350
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $1,680
Funds raised $27,030
From each filing:
  • Pre-Primary 2026 Initial $6,080 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $4,900 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $1,180 filing-stated
  • Q1 2026 Initial $3,650 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $3,450 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $200 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2025 Initial $17,300 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $17,000 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $300 filing-stated

Itemized expenditure rows plus the stated spending a filer reported as a lump sum without itemizing it.

Inputs behind Total spent
Itemized expenditures $19,728
Total spent $19,728
From each filing:

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: $250 ÷ Total raised: $27,030
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $250
Source filings:
Raised
$27,030
Spent
$19,728

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 74%; organizations and PACs gave 26%.

Individuals $20K · 74% Organizations & PACs $7K · 26%
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 individuals divided by the total.

From individuals: $20,030 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $27,030
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $20,030
From organizations and PACs $7,000
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 →

$612average gift
$500median gift
30individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $100
0%
0%
$100–200
0%
0%
$200–500
47%
19%
$500–1K
20%
16%
$1K+
33%
65%
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: $18,350 ÷ Individual donors: 30
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $18,350
Median gift $500
Individual donors 30
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 →

99% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (1% from out of state).

Tennessee $23,100 Out of state $250
  • Memphis $18K77%
  • Cordova $2K10%
  • Collierville $1K6%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $1K
  • Other out-of-state $250
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 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: $250 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $23,350
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $250
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2023 – May 2026. Peak $15,500 in Dec 2025. Spending peaked at $8,075 in Apr 2026.

Raised Spent

Contributions

Showing 39 donors who gave $200 or more cumulatively.

Itemized campaign contributions
Donor Location Employer Total

Expenditures

28 vendors 31 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Diamond Printing 2 $4,182.17 21%
Friends To Elect Shante Avant 1 $3,000.00 15%
Rivers Edge Solutions 1 $3,000.00 15%
American Heart Association 1 $2,200.00 11%
Deedrick Jeffries 1 $1,500.00 8%
Talisa Franklin Media 1 $1,000.00 5%
Links Foundation 1 $750.00 4%
Instacart 2 $571.06 3%
ADP 1 $521.31 3%
Vintage 901 1 $434.00 2%

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

Prior Elections 1 past cycle

2022 Election

Raised $64,263 · Spent $65,643 · 95 donors

Includes $1,233 raised not itemized below — gifts under the $200 disclosure floor, unnamed sources, and refunds netted out of the total.

2022 election contributions
Donor Location Employer Total
Stand PAC of Tennessee PORTLAND, OR 97201 — $8,000.00
Tennessee Prosperity PAC Memphis, TN 38103 — $3,330.00
Barbara Hyde MEMPHIS, TN 38103 Jr Hyde Family Foundation $3,200.00
William Orgel Memphis, TN 38120 Tower Ventures $2,600.00
Pitt Hyde Memphis, TN 38103 Hyde Family Foundation $2,600.00
Tennessee Realtors PAC Nashville, TN 37212 — $2,500.00
Tomeka Hart Memphis, TN 38112 Blue Meridian $2,100.00
Craig Weiss Memphis, TN 38120 Tower Ventures $1,600.00
Robin Orgel Memphis, TN 38120 — $1,600.00
Sharon Ryan Germantown, TN 38139 — $1,600.00
76 more donors not shown
2022 election expenditures
Payee Purpose Amount Date
Sordow Smith Poll worker $635.00 —
Ruse Erun Poll Worker $500.00 —
Diamond Pantry Campaign Signs $3,547.67 —
Darse & Associates Consulting $2,000.00 —
Maynard Johartu Media Consulting $330.00 —
Deechuk Jeffries Consulting $1,200.00 —
Cole Screen Printry Campaign T-Shirts $450.00 —
Textedly Media $237.06 —
Kroger Fuel Cards $400.00 —
Textedly — $152.36 —
73 more expenditures not shown

Filing History

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Pre-Primary 2026 Late $15,674.46 $12,179.47 Source ↗
Q1 2026 $17,474.42 $15,674.46 Source ↗
Year-End 2025 $174.42 $17,474.42 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2025 Late $174.42 $174.42 Source ↗
Year-End 2024 $1,233.21 $1,233.21 Source ↗
Q4 2024 $209.58 $209.58 Source ↗
Q3 2024 Late $459.58 $459.58 Source ↗
Q2 2024 Late $493.45 $493.45 Source ↗
Q1 2024 Late $1,233.21 $1,233.21 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2023 $5,936.71 $1,233.21 Source ↗
Q4 2022 Late Historical $7,007.04 $5,936.71 Source ↗
Q3 2022 Historical $5,165.01 $7,007.04 Source ↗
Pre-General 2022 Historical $10,900.08 $5,145.01 Source ↗
Q2 2022 Historical $7,736.63 $10,908.08 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2022 Late Historical $18,321.77 $7,436.63 Source ↗
Q1 2022 Historical $0.00 $18,321.77 Source ↗