Bo Watson — 2022 Tennessee Senate, District 11 campaign
2022 Tennessee Senate, District 11
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
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Cash on hand is the amount reported on the filings listed below.
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The ending cash balances the campaign's 2 committees each reported on their most recent filing, added together (each as filed, not computed).
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. Excludes the value of donated goods & services, shown separately as In-Kind Received.
| Itemized contributions from others | $382,790 |
| Raised (cash) | $382,790 |
- Year-End 2020 Supplemental $81,950 derived
- Mid-Year 2020 Supplemental $1,240 derived
- Year-End 2019 Amendment $77,400 derived
- Q4 2022 Initial $33,000 derived
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- Pre-General 2022 Initial $17,950 derived
- Q3 2022 Initial $29,000 derived
- Pre-Primary 2022 Initial $9,000 derived
- Q2 2022 Amendment $1,000 derived
- Year-End 2021 Amendment $131,250 derived
- Mid-Year 2021 Supplemental $1,000 derived
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 | $207,937 |
| Total spent | $207,937 |
- Year-End 2020 Supplemental $28,417 derived
- Mid-Year 2020 Supplemental $5,489 derived
- Year-End 2019 Amendment $7,147 derived
- Mid-Year 2019 Amendment $9,750 derived
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- Q4 2022 Initial $29,072 derived
- Pre-General 2022 Initial $8,374 derived
- Q3 2022 Initial $13,736 derived
- Pre-Primary 2022 Initial $10,515 derived
- Q2 2022 Amendment $13,436 derived
- Q1 2022 Initial $27,734 derived
- Year-End 2021 Amendment $38,976 derived
- Mid-Year 2021 Supplemental $15,291 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 | $82,200 |
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 15%; organizations and PACs gave 85%.
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Share from individuals compares from individuals 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 individuals divided by the total.
| From individuals | $56,090 |
| From organizations and PACs | $326,700 |
| In-kind contributions (goods & services) | $1,563 |
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).
- Nashville $157K41%
- Memphis $36K10%
- Brentwood $34K9%
- Washington, DC $31K8%
- Chattanooga $17K5%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $56K
- Other out-of-state $51K
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 | $82,200 |
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.
Contributions
The donor figure above is a named-donor floor. A complete combined-term total is unavailable. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| Independent Medicine S PAC TN | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| Tennessee Realtors PAC | 3 | $10,000.00 |
| Great Public Schools PAC | 3 | $7,500.00 |
| Amazon.com Services LLC PAC | 2 | $7,000.00 |
| Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC | 2 | $5,000.00 |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of TN PAC | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Tennessee First | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| HCA TriStar Fund PAC | 2 | $5,000.00 |
| Unitedhealth Group Incorporated | 2 | $4,000.00 |
| 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) | 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 |
| 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 ↗ |
| Pre-General 2022 | $420,846.72 | $430,422.79 | Source ↗ |
| Q3 2022 | $405,582.32 | $420,846.72 | Source ↗ |
| Pre-Primary 2022 | $407,097.28 | $405,582.32 | Source ↗ |
| Q2 2022 Amended | $419,533.13 | $407,097.28 | Source ↗ |
| Q1 2022 | $447,267.18 | $419,533.13 | Source ↗ |
| Year-End 2021 Amended | $354,992.73 | $447,267.18 | Source ↗ |
| Mid-Year 2021 | $369,284.10 | $354,992.73 | Source ↗ |
| Year-End 2020 | $314,151.02 | $369,284.10 | Source ↗ |
| Mid-Year 2020 | $318,399.67 | $314,151.02 | Source ↗ |
| Year-End 2019 Amended | $248,146.84 | $318,399.67 | Source ↗ |
| Mid-Year 2019 Amended | $257,897.00 | $248,146.84 | Source ↗ |