Bill Powers

Tennessee Senate, District 22 Republican Incumbent

Currently serving — not on the August 6, 2026 primary election ballot

Bill Powers holds Tennessee Senate, District 22, a mid-term seat that is not on the August 6, 2026 primary ballot (next up in 2028). The figures below are Powers’s ongoing state campaign-finance activity this cycle.

Latest filing: Mid-Year 2026 · Jul 10, 2026 · source: TN Registry of Election Finance

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 →
$101,187
$43,952 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 →
$248,067
Why this number?
Total Spent
$48,915
Why this number?
Donors
71
71 shown · 0 below $200
Self-Funded
57%
$141,917 of $248,067 raised · campaign loans
Out-of-State
7%
$18,000 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 (gross) $106,150
Loans $141,917
Funds raised $248,067
From each filing: Not attributable to a single filing:
Loans $141,917 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 $48,915
Total spent $48,915
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 99% coverage).

Itemized money from outside Tennessee: $18,000 ÷ Total raised: $248,067
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $18,000
Raised
$248,067
Spent
$48,915

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 57% of the campaign’s funds — individuals gave 2%, organizations and PACs 41%.

Candidate’s own money $142K · 57% Individuals $4K · 2% Organizations & PACs $102K · 41%
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: $141,917 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $248,067
Inputs behind Share from the candidate
Candidate's own money (incl. self-loans) $141,917
From individuals $4,400
From organizations and PACs $101,750

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 →

83% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (17% from out of state).

Tennessee $88,150 Out of state $18,000
  • Nashville $48K45%
  • Franklin $8K8%
  • Washington, DC $7K7%
  • Madison $7K6%
  • Brentwood $6K6%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $20K
  • Other out-of-state $11K
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: $18,000 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $106,150
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $18,000

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2025 – Jun 2026. Peak $32,750 in Jun 2026. Spending peaked at $13,855 in Mar 2025.

Raised Spent

Contributions

Showing 71 donors who gave $200 or more cumulatively.

Itemized campaign contributions
Donor Location Employer Total

Expenditures

28 vendors 36 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Rachel Barrett and Co. 2 $19,850.00 41%
Art and Copy Partners 2 $3,552.91 7%
Matt Van Epps for Congress 1 $3,500.00 7%
Victory Phones, LLC 1 $2,146.50 4%
Lankford, Michael 1 $2,000.00 4%
Maberry, Aron 1 $2,000.00 4%
Political Financial Management 3 $1,680.00 3%
Brent Taylor for Tennessee 1 $1,500.00 3%
Manna Cafe Ministries 2 $1,500.00 3%
Puckett's Grocery 2 $1,435.68 3%

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 Powers’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

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
Mid-Year 2026 $80,806.57 $101,186.53 Source ↗
Year-End 2025 $24,073.09 $80,806.57 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2025 $43,951.62 $24,073.09 Source ↗