Bill Lee — 2026 Governor campaign
2026 Governor
Latest filing: Year-End 2024 · Jan 27, 2025 · source: TN Registry of Election Finance
4 filings · Mid-Year 2023–Year-End 2024
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Why this number?
Why this number?
Why this number?
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).
- Year-End 2024 Supplemental $13 filing-stated
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.
| Itemized contributions from others | $7,535 |
| Loans received | $4,584,020 |
| Raised (cash) | $4,591,555 |
- Year-End 2024 Supplemental $2,085 derived
- Mid-Year 2024 Supplemental $3,924 derived
- Year-End 2023 Supplemental $2,500 derived
- Mid-Year 2023 Amendment $46 derived
Borrowing that no filing dates to its own reporting period — a balance carried forward from an earlier period, or a loan reported without a date. The rest is shown against the filing that reported borrowing it.
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.
| Itemized expenditures | $103,773 |
| Total spent | $103,773 |
- Year-End 2024 Supplemental $15,490 derived
- Mid-Year 2024 Supplemental $13,202 derived
- Year-End 2023 Supplemental $55,070 derived
- Mid-Year 2023 Amendment $20,012 derived
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 99% coverage).
| From outside Tennessee | $2,575 |
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 99.8% of the campaign’s funds — individuals gave 0.1%, organizations and PACs 0.2%.
Why this number?
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.
| Candidate's own money (incl. self-loans) | $4,584,020 |
| From individuals | $1,121 |
| From organizations and PACs | $6,414 |
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 →
66% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (34% from out of state).
- Springdale, AR $3K33%
- Tiptonville $2K25%
- Brentwood $2K20%
- Germantown $1K13%
- Nashville $5087%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $26
- Other out-of-state $75
Why this number?
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).
| From outside Tennessee | $2,575 |
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2023 – Jan 2025. Peak $3,914 in Jun 2024. Spending peaked at $36,627 in Oct 2023.
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $121 total; their names are not disclosed here.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Tyson Foods, Inc. PAC | 1 | $2,500.00 |
| Check 2018 Voided Uncleared | 1 | $1,906.08 |
| Uncleared Check 2018 Voided | 1 | $1,500.00 |
| Jeffrey Presley | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Uncleared Contribution 2018 Voided | 1 | $250.00 |
| Uncleared Check 2018 Voided | 1 | $150.00 |
| Uncleared Check 2018 Voided | 1 | $100.00 |
| Uncleared Check 2018 Voided | 1 | $8.20 |
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Opinion Strategies | 1 | $36,000.00 | |
| Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee | 3 | $19,200.00 | |
| Rj Young | 1 | $7,895.26 | |
| Metro Self Storage | 20 | $7,264.19 | |
| Sperry's Restaurant | 1 | $4,686.13 | |
| Kimpton Journeyman Hotel | 2 | $4,356.40 | |
| Internal Revenue Service | 4 | $3,966.81 | |
| Intuit | 17 | $3,666.49 | |
| Political Financial Management | 3 | $3,000.00 | |
| Williamson County Republican Party | 1 | $3,000.00 | |
| Pinnacle Bank | 36 | $2,689.97 | |
| Southwest Airlines | 6 | $2,539.32 | |
| Wp Engine | 8 | $2,320.00 | |
| Atmos Energy | 5 | $807.87 | |
| Cut 432 | 1 | $625.74 | |
| Cardmember Services | 8 | $414.54 | |
| Jetblue | 2 | $389.79 | |
| Spirit Airlines | 1 | $314.78 | |
| Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach | 1 | $191.57 | |
| Uber | 1 | $170.36 | |
| Tennessee Dept of Labor | 1 | $90.76 | |
| Microsoft Office | 1 | $76.81 | |
| Winred | 7 | $44.26 | |
| Tennessee Secretary of State | 2 | $41.90 | |
| Godaddy.Com | 1 | $20.17 |
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
Loans
$4,584,020.00 in loan principal 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.
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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.
| Candidate and family loans | $4,584,020 |
| Loan principal shown | $4,584,020 |
| Lender | Type | Received | Principal | Repaid | Outstanding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self (Bill Lee) | Candidate loan | Jan 13, 2025 | $4,584,020.00 | $0.00 | $4,584,020.00 |
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.
- Consulting & professional services $39,000 38%
- Contributions & donations $22,200 21%
- Office & operations $8,322 8%
- Printing & mail $7,895 8%
- Travel $7,600 7%
- Other $7,435 7%
- Fundraising & events $5,503 5%
- Staff & payroll $4,058 4%
- Advertising & media $1,760 2%
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.