Bo Watson — 2022 Tennessee Senate, District 11 campaign
2022 Tennessee Senate, District 11 · 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 →
$434,351
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 →
$382,790
Itemized in-kind 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. This figure adds the in-kind contributions itemized on the selected reports. The Registry reports in-kind apart from receipts, so it is not part of the receipts figure. Full definition →
$1,563
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$207,937
Donors
181
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
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: organizations and PACs, itemized, 87% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $51K · 13%Organizations and PACs, itemized $332K · 87%
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 →
$786average gift
$500median gift
65individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
$50–200
$200–1K
$1K–5K
$5K+
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 →
79% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (21% from out of state).
Tennessee $300,590 Out of state $82,200
- Nashville $157K41%
- Memphis $36K10%
- Brentwood $34K9%
- Washington, DC $31K8%
- Chattanooga $17K5%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $56K
- Other out-of-state $51K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2019 – Jan 2023. Peak $51,850 in Jan 2022. Spending peaked at $20,439 in Mar 2022.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor figure above is a named-donor floor. A complete combined-term total is unavailable. This table names 180 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Medical Association PAC (TMA) | 5 | $19,000.00 |
| Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) | 5 | $16,000.00 |
| Amazon.com Services LLC PAC | 5 | $13,500.00 |
| Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) | 6 | $13,000.00 |
| Unitedhealth Group Incorporated PAC | 4 | $10,000.00 |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of TN PAC | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| HCA TriStar Fund PAC | 4 | $9,000.00 |
| Great Public Schools PAC | 4 | $8,500.00 |
| Fedex Corporation PAC | 2 | $8,000.00 |
| Tennessee First PAC | 3 | $6,500.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterhouse Public Relations | 21 | $106,316.60 | |
| Baylor School | 4 | $13,150.00 | |
| Erlanger Children Hospital Foundation | 1 | $6,750.00 | |
| At&T (Online) | 47 | $6,372.22 | |
| Tennessee State Museum Foundation | 1 | $6,000.00 | |
| Tennessee Republican Party | 3 | $6,000.00 | |
| Leadership Tennessee | 1 | $4,250.00 | |
| Hamilton County Republican Party | 1 | $4,000.00 | |
| Kim White for Mayor | 1 | $3,200.00 | |
| Rose, Paul | 1 | $3,200.00 | |
| Tres, Wittum | 2 | $2,800.00 | |
| American Heart Association | 1 | $2,500.00 | |
| Dickerson, Steven | 1 | $2,200.00 | |
| Gardenhire, Todd | 1 | $2,200.00 | |
| Bill Lee Inaugural 2023 | 1 | $2,125.00 | |
| Johnson, Jack | 1 | $1,600.00 | |
| United States Postal Service | 19 | $1,590.29 | |
| Reagan Outdoor Advertising of Chattanoog | 3 | $1,500.00 | |
| Community Foundation of Greater Chattan | 1 | $1,500.00 | |
| Soddy Daisy High School Qb Club | 3 | $1,250.00 | |
| Sale Creek Football Boosters | 4 | $1,125.00 | |
| Simply To Impress | 3 | $1,000.18 | |
| Hixson High School Football Boosters | 4 | $1,000.00 | |
| Tennessee State Museum | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Bill Hagerty for US Senate | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Massey, Rebecca Duncan | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Mitchell Meek of Red Bank Commission | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Reeves, William S. | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Johnson City Veterans Park | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Citizens To Elect Rusty Crowe To Congres | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Maryellen Locher Breast Cancer Research | 1 | $950.00 | |
| Awakening, Inc. | 1 | $915.00 | |
| Signal Mountain Football Boosters | 3 | $825.00 | |
| Apta TN | 1 | $750.00 | |
| Ooltewah Touchdown Club | 3 | $750.00 | |
| Cell Surgeon | 2 | $720.70 | |
| Michaels | 3 | $691.43 | |
| Friends of Hixson | 3 | $675.00 | |
| Julie's Framing | 1 | $597.97 | |
| United Postal Service | 9 | $584.00 | |
| Chattanooga Womens' Foundation | 2 | $550.00 | |
| Pachyderm | 1 | $504.98 | |
| Markco Print and Copy | 4 | $502.55 | |
| Soddy Daisy VFD | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Tennessee Young Republicans | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Bethel Bible Village | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Signal Mountain Education Fund | 2 | $500.00 | |
| Tyler Howell for Red City Commission | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Junior League of Chattanooga | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Boys and Girls Chattanooga | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Chattanooga Trade & Convention Center | 1 | $452.00 | |
| Hunter Museum of American Art | 2 | $407.50 | |
| Big Lots | 1 | $318.69 | |
| Central High School Qb Club | 2 | $300.00 | |
| Custom Ink | 1 | $291.50 | |
| TN Right To Life | 3 | $270.00 | |
| Staples | 7 | $258.90 | |
| Ooltewah High School | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Cherokee Area Council of Boy Scouts | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Red Bank Football Boosters | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Tuner High School Football Boosters | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Pinson, Rob | 1 | $225.00 | |
| Usps/Hixson Office | 2 | $220.00 | |
| Loves | 4 | $215.47 | |
| Best Buy | 2 | $215.01 | |
| Hixson High Wrestling Booster Club | 2 | $200.00 | |
| BOWPAC (Bo Watson) ↺ donor $1,563.38 | 1 | $196.61 | |
| Ymca Center for Civic Engagement | 1 | $175.00 | |
| Medal of Honor Heritage Center | 1 | $150.00 | |
| American Cancer Society | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Walmart | 2 | $133.43 | |
| Holiday Inn Express | 1 | $129.67 | |
| Hope Included | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Hamilton County Republican Women | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Soddy Daisy Lacrosse | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Chattanooga Area Food Bank | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Harrison Ruritan Club | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Soddy Daisy Trojan Fund | 1 | $100.00 | |
| North Hamilton County Elementary | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Rhea County Republican Party | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Office Depot | 3 | $95.40 | |
| United State Postal Service | 1 | $55.00 | |
| Raceway | 1 | $51.50 | |
| Hamilton County Soil Conservation Distri | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Ruritan Club | 1 | $44.00 | |
| Food City | 2 | $43.66 | |
| Watson, Bo | 1 | $42.00 | |
| Friends of Harrison Bay | 2 | $40.00 | |
| Town and Country Food & Tobacco | 1 | $36.00 | |
| Godaddy.Com | 1 | $36.00 | |
| Soddy Daisy Vietnam Veterans | 1 | $35.00 | |
| FedEx | 1 | $31.55 | |
| Ace Hardware | 1 | $30.59 | |
| Allen Elementary Pta | 1 | $25.00 | |
| Heritage Foundation | 1 | $25.00 | |
| FedEx Office | 1 | $16.70 | |
| Target | 1 | $9.58 | |
| Publix Super Market | 1 | $8.72 | |
| Onecause | 1 | $6.25 |
Dates
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
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.
- Advertising & media $94,216 45%
- Fundraising & events $41,348 20%
- Other $34,581 17%
- Contributions & donations $32,849 16%
- Printing & mail $2,942 1%
- Office & operations $1,568 0.8%
- Travel $433 0.3%
Filing History
Totals as filed with the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance; see About for how this data is processed.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | $430,422.79 | $434,350.78 | Source: Q4 2022 filing Report 107403 |
| Pre-General 2022 | $420,846.72 | $430,422.79 | Source: Pre-General 2022 filing Report 105646 |
| Q3 2022 | $405,582.32 | $420,846.72 | Source: Q3 2022 filing Report 103899 |
| Pre-Primary 2022 | $407,097.28 | $405,582.32 | Source: Pre-Primary 2022 filing Report 102500 |
| Q2 2022 Amended | $419,533.13 | $407,097.28 | Source: Q2 2022 filing Report 100329 |
| Q1 2022 | $447,267.18 | $419,533.13 | Source: Q1 2022 filing Report 98031 |
| Year-End 2021 Amended | $354,992.73 | $447,267.18 | Source: Year-End 2021 filing Report 108205 |
| Mid-Year 2021 | $369,284.10 | $354,992.73 | Source: Mid-Year 2021 filing Report 95673 |
| Year-End 2020 | $314,151.02 | $369,284.10 | Source: Year-End 2020 filing Report 94298 |
| Mid-Year 2020 | $318,399.67 | $314,151.02 | Source: Mid-Year 2020 filing Report 88393 |
| Year-End 2019 Amended | $248,146.84 | $318,399.67 | Source: Year-End 2019 filing Report 96856 |
| Mid-Year 2019 Amended | $257,897.00 | $248,146.84 | Source: Mid-Year 2019 filing Report 96857 |