Tennessee

Will Richardson

Shelby County Commissioner, Dist. 8 Democratic

Won the seat 5,424 votes · 81.09% reported results

Also ran for Tennessee House, District 86 on Who Funds Tennessee

Latest filing: Pre-General 2026 · Aug 12, 2026 · source: Shelby County

5 filings · Year-End 2025–Q2 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 →
$2,190
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 →
$38,640
includes $3,386 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 →
$25,000
goods or services
Total Spent
$37,442
Donors
92
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
17%
$10,550 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.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $35,254
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $3,386
Raised (cash) $38,640
From each filing:
  • Pre-General 2026 Initial $2,253 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $2,100 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $153 filing-stated
  • Q2 2026 Initial $3,446 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $3,055 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $391 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2026 Initial $6,339 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $6,000 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $339 filing-stated
  • Q1 2026 Initial $4,843 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $4,325 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $518 filing-stated
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  • Year-End 2025 Initial $21,759 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $19,774 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $1,985 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 $37,442
Total spent $37,442
From each filing:
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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 96% coverage).

Itemized money from outside Tennessee: $10,550 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $63,640
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $10,550
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$63,640
Spent
$37,442

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 51%; organizations and PACs gave 9%; other sources made up 39%.

Individuals $33K · 51% Organizations & PACs $6K · 9% Other sources $25K · 39%

Share from individuals compares from individuals 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 individuals divided by the total.

From individuals: $32,640 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $63,640
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $32,640
From organizations and PACs $6,000
In-kind contributions (goods & services) $25,000
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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 →

$340average gift
$113median gift
86individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $100
2%
0.6%
$100–200
51%
15%
$200–500
28%
20%
$500–1K
7%
11%
$1K+
12%
53%

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: $29,254 ÷ Individual donors: 86
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $29,254
Median gift $113
Individual donors 86
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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 →

69% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (31% from out of state).

Tennessee $23,454 Out of state $10,550
  • Memphis $17K50%
  • Cordova $3K8%
  • Olive Branch, MS $2K6%
  • Atlanta, GA $2K6%
  • Wilmington, DE $2K6%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $4K
  • Other out-of-state $4K

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 96% 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: $10,550 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $34,004
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $10,550
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Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jul 2025 – Jul 2026. Peak $9,799 in Aug 2025. Spending peaked at $10,090 in Apr 2026.

Cash contributions Spent

Bars show $34,754 of $35,254 in itemized contributions. The other $500 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 47 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 46 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $4,699 and their names are withheld.

47 named donors 57 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Will Richardson Self In-Kind 1 $25,000.00
Lie Foundation Inc. 1 $2,000.00
April Richardson 1 $1,900.00
John Davis 1 $1,900.00
Sara Davis 1 $1,900.00
Jerome Anthony Riley 1 $1,900.00
Rodrick Holmes 1 $1,900.00
Leadership for Educational Equity 1 $1,900.00
Michael Hooks Jr 2 $1,500.00
Carey Marrs 2 $1,500.00

Expenditures

45 vendors 58 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Rivers Edge Solutions 2 $8,516.00 23%
DirectFX 2 $2,720.87 7%
Ramon's Meat Market, LLC 2 $2,640.56 7%
Colletta Graphix 1 $2,032.46 5%
TaJuan Stout Mitchell Consulting 1 $2,004.00 5%
Spirit Magazine 1 $2,002.00 5%
Bluff City Magazine 3 $1,980.00 5%
Women In Leadership Leaning On Wisdom (Willow) 1 $1,900.00 5%
(payee not stated) 2 $1,875.00 5%
Target 1 $1,510.00 4%

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

  • Advertising & media $14,516 39%
  • Other $5,188 14%
  • Office & operations $4,274 11%
  • Fundraising & events $4,185 11%
  • Field & voter contact $3,809 10%
  • Printing & mail $3,086 8%
  • Contributions & donations $1,900 5%
  • Consulting & professional services $432 1%
  • Travel $51 0.2%

Filing History

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Pre-General 2026 Late $2,666.63 $2,189.52 Source: Pre-General 2026 filing
Q2 2026 Late $3,822.55 $2,666.63 Source: Q2 2026 filing
Pre-Primary 2026 $5,630.28 $3,822.55 Source: Pre-Primary 2026 filing
Q1 2026 $18,222.80 $5,630.28 Source: Q1 2026 filing
Year-End 2025 $0.00 $18,222.80 Source: Year-End 2025 filing