Tennessee

Willie Brooks

County Register Democratic

Won the seat 94,326 votes · 98.84% reported results

Latest filing: Pre-General 2026 · Jul 27, 2026 · source: Shelby County

3 of 3 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 →
$2,259
$4,505 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 →
$56,613
Why this number?
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 →
$779
goods or services
Total Spent
$61,362
Why this number?
Donors
181
94 shown · 87 below $200
Self-Funded
17%
$9,500 of $57,392 raised · $500 donated, $9,000 loaned
Out-of-State
7%
$4,075 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. Excludes the value of donated goods & services, shown separately as In-Kind Received.

Inputs behind Funds raised
Itemized contributions from others $47,113
Candidate's own contributions $500
Loans received $9,000
Funds raised $56,613
From each filing: Not attributable to a single filing:
Loans $9,000 derived

Filings restate outstanding loans each period, so a loan belongs to the campaign rather than to any one filing.

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

Inputs behind Total spent
Itemized expenditures $61,362
Total spent $61,362
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: $4,075 ÷ Total raised: $57,392
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $4,075
Source filings:
Raised
$57,392
Spent
$61,362

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 17% of the campaign’s funds — individuals gave 73%, organizations and PACs 8%, with 2% from other sources.

Candidate’s own money $10K · 17% Individuals $42K · 73% Organizations & PACs $5K · 8% Other sources $1K · 2%
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: $9,500 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $57,392
Inputs behind Share from the candidate
Candidate's own money (incl. self-loans) $9,500
From individuals $42,063
From organizations and PACs $4,750
In-kind contributions (goods & services) $779
Other itemized contributions $300
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 →

$239average gift
$150median gift
176individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $100
12%
2%
$100–200
41%
19%
$200–500
28%
29%
$500–1K
13%
28%
$1K+
5%
22%
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: $42,063 ÷ Individual donors: 176
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $42,063
Median gift $150
Individual donors 176
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 $42,413 Out of state $4,075
  • Memphis $23K50%
  • Cordova $5K11%
  • Collierville $5K10%
  • Nashville $3K7%
  • Eads $1K3%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $5K
  • Other out-of-state $4K
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: $4,075 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $46,488
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $4,075
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Feb 2023 – Jul 2026. Peak $10,995 in Apr 2026. Spending peaked at $17,183 in Feb 2026.

Raised Spent

Bars show $12,145 of $47,113 in itemized contributions. The other $34,968 can’t be placed in a month — the filing gave no usable date, or recorded no identifiable source.

Contributions

Showing 94 donors who gave $200 or more cumulatively. 87 additional smaller donors contributed $8,063 total.

Itemized campaign contributions
Donor Location Employer Total

Expenditures

65 vendors 93 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
DirectFX 2 $13,295.32 22%
Rivers Edge Solutions ▨ may be sample ballot 5 $13,000.00 21%
Black Market Strategies 2 $7,500.00 12%
Cole Printing 2 $6,000.00 10%
Targeting Marketing 1 $4,200.00 7%
Owen Brennan's Restaurant 2 $2,339.81 4%
The Home Depot 6 $1,892.84 3%
Meals For You 1 $1,317.00 2%
Waterkolours Art Gallery 1 $1,115.00 2%
Perch 74 Bistro 1 $1,000.00 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 Willie Brooks’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

Of the $15,000 lent, $9,000 was borrowed during the filings shown here. The other $6,000 was drawn before them and is still listed because it has not been fully repaid — so it counts as debt this campaign owes, not as money it raised.

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.

Prior Elections 1 past cycle

2022 Election

Raised $51,350 · Spent $56,131 · 137 donors

Includes $2,925 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
Craig Weiss Memphis, TN 38120 Tower Ventures $1,600.00
Michael Keeney Memphis, TN 38120 Lewis Thomason $1,600.00
Katherine Warren MEMPHIS, TN 38112 Self-Employed $1,600.00
Jeffrey S Warren Memphis, TN 38112 Regional One Health $1,600.00
Retirement Companies of America Memphis, TN 38120 — $1,500.00
Winston Gipson Memphis, TN 38133 Gipson Mechanical $1,000.00
Billy Adkins Eads, TN 38028 Juvenile Court $1,000.00
Sylvester Tate Memphis, TN 38103 Self-Employed $1,000.00
William Orgel Memphis, TN 38120 Tower Ventures $1,000.00
Barry Meyers BARTLETT, TN 38002 I.G.S $1,000.00
100 more donors not shown
2022 election expenditures
Payee Purpose Amount Date
Sam's Club Food $107.05 —
Cole's screen printing Campaign Signs $750.00 —
The Home Depot Sign Supplies $224.24 —
Shelby Democrat Ad $700.00 —
Extra Space Storage Storage $114.00 —
Rivers Edge Solutions Campaign GOTV $1,000.00 —
Premiere Political Communications Robo Call $129.52 —
DirectFX Marketing $17,670.00 —
Carter Malone Group Marketing $1,200.00 —
Extra Space Storage Campaign Material Storage $99.00 —
54 more expenditures not shown

Filing History

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Pre-General 2026 $2,646.98 $2,258.55 Source ↗
Q2 2026 $5,999.99 $2,646.98 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2026 $14,000.55 $5,999.99 Source ↗
Q1 2026 Amended $3,004.72 $14,001.55 Source ↗
Year-End 2025 $3,004.72 $3,004.72 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2025 $3,004.72 $3,004.72 Source ↗
Year-End 2024 $3,004.72 $3,004.72 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2024 $3,404.72 $3,004.72 Source ↗
Year-End 2023 $3,604.72 $3,604.72 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2023 $4,504.67 $3,604.72 Source ↗
Q4 2022 Historical $4,557.62 $4,504.67 Source ↗
Q3 2022 Historical $4,354.14 $4,557.62 Source ↗
Pre-General 2022 Historical $1,374.31 $6,356.14 Source ↗
Q2 2022 Historical $10,779.78 $1,374.31 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2022 Historical $22,998.59 $10,779.78 Source ↗
Q1 2022 Historical $9,292.72 $22,998.59 Source ↗