Memphis

Bo Watson

Tennessee Senate, District 11 Republican Incumbent

Latest filing: Q2 2026 · Jul 9, 2026 · source: TN Registry of Election Finance

2 of 2 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 →
$628,062
$434,351 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 →
$655,576
$4,728 refunded
Why this number?
Total Spent
$458,844
Why this number?
Donors
391
375 shown · 16 below $200
Out-of-State
15%
$100,265 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:
  • Q2 2026 Initial $628,062 filing-stated

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) $655,576
Funds raised $655,576
From each filing:
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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 $458,844
Total spent $458,844
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: $100,265 ÷ Total raised: $655,576
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $100,265
Source filings:
Raised
$655,576
Spent
$458,844

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 44%; organizations and PACs gave 56%.

Individuals $288K · 44% Organizations & PACs $367K · 56%
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 individuals divided by the total.

From individuals: $288,367 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $655,576
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $288,367
From organizations and PACs $367,210
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 →

$1,109average gift
$750median gift
260individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0.8%
0.1%
$50–200
5%
0.5%
$200–1K
48%
21%
$1K–5K
44%
73%
$5K+
1%
6%
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: $288,367 ÷ Individual donors: 260
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $288,367
Median gift $750
Individual donors 260
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 →

85% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (15% from out of state).

Tennessee $553,311 Out of state $100,265
  • Nashville $140K21%
  • Chattanooga $94K14%
  • Memphis $71K11%
  • Brentwood $45K7%
  • Washington, DC $42K6%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $203K
  • Other out-of-state $59K
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: $100,265 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $653,576
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $100,265
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2023 – Jun 2026. Peak $87,474 in Dec 2025. Spending peaked at $47,471 in Jan 2026.

Raised Spent

Contributions

Showing 375 donors who gave $200 or more cumulatively. 16 additional smaller donors contributed $1,286 total.

Itemized campaign contributions
Donor Location Employer Total

Expenditures

100 vendors 305 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Waterhouse Public Relations 44 $358,134.02 78%
Erlanger Foundation 1 $15,000.00 3%
At&T (Online) 41 $7,984.53 2%
Hamilton County Republican Party 1 $7,500.00 2%
Tennessee State Museum Foundation 1 $7,000.00 2%
Bank of America 2 $4,920.84 1%
Anedot 39 $3,862.98 0.9%
Sea Island Lodge 4 $3,718.32 0.9%
Sea Island Cloister 2 $3,612.64 0.8%
Heritage Foundation 2 $2,500.00 0.6%

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

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
Q2 2026 $673,522.46 $628,061.60 Source ↗
Q1 2026 $743,410.23 $673,522.46 Source ↗
Year-End 2025 Amended $510,399.69 $743,410.23 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2025 Amended $597,765.08 $510,399.69 Source ↗
Year-End 2024 $504,052.94 $597,765.08 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2024 $443,197.69 $504,052.94 Source ↗
Year-End 2023 $404,775.07 $443,197.69 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2023 Amended $434,350.78 $404,775.07 Source ↗