Bill Lee — 2022 Governor campaign

Governor Republican

2022 Governor · totals since Jan 16, 2019

Final This campaign’s election cycle is closed — no further reports for it are due, so these totals are settled rather than mid-race. They cover every filing we hold for the campaign; if the source archive later adds one, we load it. Full definition → · 12 filings · Mid-Year 2019–Q4 2022

Ended With What was left in the campaign’s account when its reporting closed — the ending balance on its final report for this race. It is a leftover, not a war chest: money still to be spent, refunded, given away, or carried into the next campaign. Full definition →
$82,621
as of the Q4 report
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$7,077,856
includes $13,046 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
$71,193 refunded
Loan entries in filing detail: $10,166,000. The report totals above govern this headline.
Total Spent
$7,677,132
less $13,584 in refunds & credits → $6,691,912 net disbursements
Donors
2,009
total donors; qualifying names are listed below

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:
  • Q4 2022 Initial $82,621 filing-stated

Reported receipts adds together the amounts listed below.

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Sum of Total Receipts reported on the selected source reports.

Inputs behind Reported receipts
Year-End 2020 reported receipts $1,698,950
Mid-Year 2020 reported receipts $138
Year-End 2019 reported receipts $641,869
Mid-Year 2019 reported receipts $15,742
Q4 2022 reported receipts $111,074
Pre-General 2022 reported receipts $169,993
Q3 2022 reported receipts $551,810
Pre-Primary 2022 reported receipts $5,052
Q2 2022 reported receipts $42,722
Q1 2022 reported receipts $0
Year-End 2021 reported receipts $3,154,270
Mid-Year 2021 reported receipts $686,234
Reported receipts $7,077,856
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 $7,664,270
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $12,863
Total spent $7,677,132
From each filing:
  • Year-End 2020 Amendment $197,092 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $196,918 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $173 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2020 Supplemental $163,123 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $162,653 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $469 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2019 Amendment $288,942 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $288,369 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $573 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2019 Supplemental $322,480 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $321,437 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,043 filing-stated
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  • Q4 2022 Initial $403,921 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $402,576 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,345 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2022 Initial $3,316,034 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $3,314,660 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,374 filing-stated
  • Q3 2022 Initial $1,421,440 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,418,034 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $3,406 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2022 Initial $85,319 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $84,655 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $665 filing-stated
  • Q2 2022 Initial $219,732 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $218,579 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,153 filing-stated
  • Q1 2022 Initial $361,718 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $361,256 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $462 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2021 Supplemental $540,461 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $538,999 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,462 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2021 Supplemental $356,870 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $356,135 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $736 filing-stated
Receipts
$7,077,856
Spent
$7,677,132

Who funds this campaign The sources split breaks down the receipts the headline adds up, by the lines of each report behind it; its parts add up to the headline. Open its “Why this number?” for each report’s lines. 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 →

Largest part: individuals, itemized, 78% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $5.6M · 78%Organizations and PACs, itemized $1.6M · 22%

Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds: −$68,102. Shares are of the $7,145,958 before it.

Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized compares individuals, itemized with reported receipts before the negative part.

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Each selected report's reported receipts split by the report's own lines; the parts of every report add up to its total, and the totals to the headline. Shares are of the receipts before the negative part.

Individuals, itemized: $5,576,812 ÷ Reported receipts before the negative part: $7,145,958
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
Individuals, itemized $5,576,812
Organizations and PACs, itemized $1,556,100
Unitemized contributions $13,046
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds -$68,102
From each filing:
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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 →

$3,179average gift
$2,000median gift
1,754individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
3%
0.2%
$200–1K
21%
3%
$1K–5K
51%
34%
$5K+
25%
63%

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: $5,576,812 ÷ Individual donors: 1754
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $5,576,812
Median gift $2,000
Individual donors 1754

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 →

84% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (16% from out of state).

Tennessee $5,980,779 Out of state $1,152,133
  • Nashville $2.1M29%
  • Brentwood $593K8%
  • Knoxville $402K6%
  • Memphis $372K5%
  • Franklin $355K5%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $2.2M
  • Other out-of-state $1.2M

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: $1,152,133 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $7,132,912
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $1,152,133

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2019 – Jan 2023. Peak $697,250 in Nov 2020. Spending peaked at $3,238,312 in Oct 2022.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor figure above is a named-donor floor. A complete combined-term total is unavailable. This table names 1,957 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200.

1,957 named donors 3,011 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
H G Hill Realty PAC 5 $25,400.00
Amazon.com Services LLC PAC 4 $25,400.00
HCA TriStar Fund PAC 4 $25,400.00
TN Advance Financial PAC ↺ $2,100.00 refunded 5 $25,400.00 net
$27,500.00 gross
Great Public Schools PAC 4 $25,400.00
Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) 3 $25,400.00
CoreCivic PAC 2 $25,400.00
Community Health Systems, Inc. (CHS) PAC 2 $25,400.00
Focus PAC Inc. 2 $25,400.00
Gresham Smith PAC 2 $25,400.00

Expenditures

278 vendors 1,290 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Advictory LLC 7 $3,271,200.00 43%
Kaegi Resources 12 $891,881.78 12%
Imge LLC 14 $429,929.76 6%
Storytellers LLC 2 $285,153.00 4%
Graham Advisors LLC 24 $239,353.76 3%
Leverage Public Strategies LLC 16 $215,626.98 3%
Strategic Perception Inc. 7 $205,801.89 3%
Troy Brewer CPA Inc. 49 $189,000.00 2%
The Tarrance Group 3 $154,595.00 2%
Maseng Communications 16 $125,026.13 2%

Loans

$10,166,000.00 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 $10,166,000
Loan principal shown $10,166,000
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (Bill Lee) Candidate loan — $10,166,000.00 $1,000,000.00 $9,166,000.00

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

  • Advertising & media $3,626,916 47%
  • Consulting & professional services $1,270,661 17%
  • Fundraising & events $890,816 12%
  • Office & operations $508,507 7%
  • Printing & mail $454,652 6%
  • Other $399,606 5%
  • Field & voter contact $186,092 2%
  • Travel $121,938 2%
  • Staff & payroll $120,490 2%
  • Contributions & donations $84,592 1%

Loans

Campaign loans
Lender Amount Date Received Outstanding Repaid

Each loan shows its balance as of the candidate's most recent filing; repayments since then appear when the next report is filed.

Filing History

Totals as filed with the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance; see About for how this data is processed.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Q4 2022 $375,465.34 $82,621.34 Source: Q4 2022 filing Report 106766
Pre-General 2022 $3,516,828.01 $375,465.34 Source: Pre-General 2022 filing Report 105621
Q3 2022 $4,378,078.02 $3,516,828.01 Source: Q3 2022 filing Report 104288
Pre-Primary 2022 $4,458,345.23 $4,378,078.02 Source: Pre-Primary 2022 filing Report 102332
Q2 2022 $4,635,189.61 $4,458,345.23 Source: Q2 2022 filing Report 100136
Q1 2022 $4,996,907.14 $4,635,189.61 Source: Q1 2022 filing Report 98401
Year-End 2021 $2,383,055.26 $4,996,907.14 Source: Year-End 2021 filing Report 96150
Mid-Year 2021 $2,053,676.20 $2,383,055.26 Source: Mid-Year 2021 filing Report 94580
Year-End 2020 Amended $551,776.47 $2,053,676.20 Source: Year-End 2020 filing Report 96382
Mid-Year 2020 $684,091.98 $551,776.47 Source: Mid-Year 2020 filing Report 88387
Year-End 2019 Amended $331,165.10 $684,091.98 Source: Year-End 2019 filing Report 96992
Mid-Year 2019 $1,775,417.08 $331,165.10 Source: Mid-Year 2019 filing Report 83454

After the election

Reports ending after Jan 15, 2023.

Contributions and spending

Net contributions (cash) $7,535 · Spent $103,773 · 10 donors

4 filings · Mid-Year 2023–Year-End 2024

Includes $121 net contributions (cash) not itemized below.

After the election contributions
Donor Location Employer Total
Tyson Foods, Inc. SPRINGDALE, AR 72762 — $2,500.00
Check 2018 Voided Uncleared TIPTONVILLE, TN 38079 — $1,906.08
Uncleared Check 2018 Voided BRENTWOOD, TN 37027 — $1,758.20
Jeffrey Presley GERMANTOWN, TN 38138 Self-Employed $1,000.00
Uncleared Contribution 2018 Voided NASHVILLE, TN 37205 — $250.00
After the election expenditures
Payee Purpose Amount Date
Cardmember Services BANK FEES $137.83 01/13/2025
Metro Self Storage STORAGE $708.00 01/13/2025
Pinnacle Bank BANK FEES $78.00 01/05/2025
Pinnacle Bank BANK FEES $78.00 12/04/2024
Pinnacle Bank BANK FEES $30.00 12/02/2024
Pinnacle Bank BANK FEES $128.00 11/29/2024
Intuit DUES / SUBSCRIPTIONS $228.34 11/26/2024
Cardmember Services BANK FEES $25.00 11/18/2024
Metro Self Storage STORAGE $354.00 11/18/2024
Pinnacle Bank BANK FEES $128.00 10/30/2024
124 more expenditures not shown
Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Year-End 2024 $13,326.78 $12.85 Source: Year-End 2024 filing Report 119529
Mid-Year 2024 $10,085.68 $13,326.78 Source: Mid-Year 2024 filing Report 114326
Year-End 2023 $62,655.84 $10,085.68 Source: Year-End 2023 filing Report 110357
Mid-Year 2023 Amended $82,621.34 $62,655.84 Source: Mid-Year 2023 filing Report 109850