Bo Watson — 2026 Tennessee Senate, District 11 campaign
2026 Tennessee Senate, District 11 · totals since Jan 16, 2023
Won the nomination 22,412 votes · 100% reported results
Latest filing: Pre-General 2026 · Oct 26, 2026 · source: TN Registry of Election Finance
11 filings · Mid-Year 2023–Q3 2026
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 →
$539,455
$434,351 carried over
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$737,324
includes $50 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
$4,728 refunded
Total Spent
$633,926
less $1,706 in refunds & credits → $632,220 net disbursements
Donors
441
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, 56% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $327K · 44%Organizations and PACs, itemized $415K · 56%
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds: −$4,728. Shares are of the $742,052 before it.
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 →
$1,061average gift
$750median gift
308individual 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 →
85% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (15% from out of state).
Tennessee $625,740 Out of state $114,263
- Nashville $152K21%
- Chattanooga $117K16%
- Memphis $71K10%
- Brentwood $56K8%
- Washington, DC $47K6%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $229K
- Other out-of-state $67K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2023 – Oct 2026. Peak $87,474 in Dec 2025. Spending peaked at $99,571 in Sep 2026.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 405 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 36 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $2,649 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| HCA TriStar Fund PAC | 4 | $32,500.00 |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of TN PAC | 5 | $25,000.00 |
| Amazon.com Services LLC PAC | 4 | $15,500.00 |
| Tennessee Medical Association PAC (TMA) | 3 | $13,500.00 |
| Tennessee Oil Marketers PAC | 4 | $13,000.00 |
| Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC | 3 | $12,500.00 |
| Unitedhealth Group Incorporated PAC | 3 | $12,000.00 |
| Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry PAC | 3 | $10,000.00 |
| MARSHA PAC (Marsha Blackburn) | 1 | $10,000.00 |
| Housing Industry PAC | 4 | $8,000.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterhouse Public Relations | 49 | $524,300.54 | |
| Erlanger Foundation | 1 | $15,000.00 | |
| At&T (Online) | 45 | $9,074.86 | |
| Hamilton County Republican Party | 1 | $7,500.00 | |
| Tennessee State Museum Foundation | 1 | $7,000.00 | |
| Bank of America | 3 | $5,229.68 | |
| Anedot | 40 | $4,141.60 | |
| Sea Island Lodge | 4 | $3,718.32 | |
| Sea Island Cloister | 2 | $3,612.64 | |
| Yes On Amendment 2 | 1 | $2,500.00 | |
| Heritage Foundation | 2 | $2,500.00 | |
| Ooltewah Football | 2 | $2,200.00 | |
| Watson, Bo | 2 | $2,179.93 | |
| Haile, Ferrell | 1 | $1,800.00 | |
| Orgel, Billy | 1 | $1,700.00 | |
| United States Postal Service | 21 | $1,690.00 | |
| Soddy Daisy Band | 3 | $1,500.00 | |
| Waterhouse, Albert ↺ donor $5,227.70 | 1 | $1,427.70 | |
| Soddy Daisy High School Qb Club | 2 | $1,350.00 | |
| Carlise, Chancellor ↺ donor $5,150.00 | 1 | $1,350.00 | |
| Thompson Hotel | 2 | $1,347.78 | |
| Awakening, Inc. | 1 | $1,250.00 | |
| United Postal Service | 14 | $1,248.00 | |
| Signal Mountain Football Boosters | 3 | $1,200.00 | |
| Signal Centers | 1 | $1,150.00 | |
| Northside Neighborhood House | 2 | $1,123.60 | |
| Sam's Club | 1 | $1,052.91 | |
| National Business Furniture | 1 | $1,019.08 | |
| Elect Katy Mena Berkley | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| NPMM Lightening Athletic Club | 2 | $1,000.00 | |
| Hilton | 1 | $993.50 | |
| Sale Creek Football Boosters | 2 | $875.00 | |
| Best Buy | 1 | $842.20 | |
| Council of State Governments | 1 | $825.00 | |
| Walmart | 7 | $824.68 | |
| Ooltewah Band | 2 | $750.00 | |
| Salamander Hotel | 1 | $620.98 | |
| Ooltewah Touchdown Club | 1 | $600.00 | |
| Women of Distinction | 1 | $600.00 | |
| Hixson High School Football Boosters | 2 | $600.00 | |
| American Airlines | 1 | $566.51 | |
| BJS | 3 | $539.19 | |
| Adobe | 2 | $524.07 | |
| Office Depot | 16 | $507.55 | |
| Soddy Daisy High Bb Boosters | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Sale Creek Middle High | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Friends To Elect Jeff Price | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Baylor School | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Red Bank Football Boosters | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Tdot | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Hart and Hive | 1 | $491.62 | |
| Publix | 2 | $488.29 | |
| Hyatt Regency | 1 | $486.60 | |
| Staples | 3 | $469.16 | |
| Nat'l Conf of Insurance Legislators | 1 | $447.00 | |
| Central High School Football Booster Clu | 2 | $400.00 | |
| Soddy Daisy VFD | 1 | $400.00 | |
| Shell | 6 | $360.18 | |
| Chattanooga Bar Association | 1 | $350.00 | |
| Zoom | 2 | $348.69 | |
| Cell Surgeon | 2 | $330.45 | |
| Hixson High School Baseball Boosters | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Signal Middle High Band Boosters | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Harland Clarke | 1 | $290.63 | |
| United Airlines | 1 | $288.31 | |
| Uber | 3 | $252.15 | |
| Junior League of Chattanooga | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Friends of Hixson | 2 | $225.00 | |
| Simply To Impress | 1 | $219.50 | |
| Apple | 1 | $217.41 | |
| Hixson High Wrestling Booster Club | 2 | $200.00 | |
| Hixson High Alumni Association | 2 | $200.00 | |
| Art Creations | 1 | $191.19 | |
| Clover | 2 | $184.75 | |
| Central High School Qb Club | 1 | $175.00 | |
| Battery Plus | 1 | $152.93 | |
| Colonel Littleton | 1 | $128.41 | |
| Raceway | 2 | $117.42 | |
| Walmart Super Center | 1 | $114.54 | |
| Walgreens | 3 | $111.56 | |
| Soddy Daisy Baseball Booster | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Sea Horse Ventures, LLC | 1 | $97.89 | |
| Pizza Bros | 1 | $87.74 | |
| Seven Eleven | 1 | $79.44 | |
| United State Postal Service | 1 | $78.00 | |
| Loves | 1 | $77.65 | |
| Georgian Room | 1 | $74.00 | |
| Colt and Allison | 1 | $74.00 | |
| RPM Italian Restaurant | 1 | $74.00 | |
| Appolonia Restaurant | 1 | $74.00 | |
| Tavern On Rush | 1 | $74.00 | |
| Omni Hotels | 2 | $73.38 | |
| Go-Mart | 1 | $69.00 | |
| Main St Market City Corp | 1 | $65.25 | |
| Loves 244 | 1 | $60.66 | |
| Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport | 1 | $60.00 | |
| Tennessee Right To Life/Knox. Co. | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Pilot | 1 | $49.25 | |
| Ace Hardware | 2 | $48.64 | |
| Etsy- Painted By Holly | 1 | $45.89 | |
| Gasngo | 1 | $40.63 | |
| Buc-ee's | 1 | $38.65 | |
| Weigel's | 1 | $37.40 | |
| The Home Depot | 1 | $16.68 | |
| Michaels | 1 | $16.38 | |
| VFW Post 1697 | 1 | $15.00 | |
| FedEx | 1 | $12.25 | |
| Hobby Lobby | 1 | $10.37 |
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 $525,136 83%
- Contributions & donations $49,366 8%
- Other $36,020 6%
- Travel $10,166 2%
- Office & operations $6,399 1%
- Printing & mail $4,445 0.8%
- Fundraising & events $1,673 0.3%
- Field & voter contact $525 0.1%
- Staff & payroll $195 0.1%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-General 2026 | $498,046.80 | $539,455.18 | Source: Pre-General 2026 filing Report 130623 |
| Q3 2026 | $616,451.61 | $498,046.80 | Source: Q3 2026 filing Report 129729 |
| Pre-Primary 2026 | $627,961.60 | $616,451.61 | Source: Pre-Primary 2026 filing Report 128349 |
| Q2 2026 Amended | $673,522.46 | $627,961.60 | Source: Q2 2026 filing Report 128358 |
| Q1 2026 | $743,410.23 | $673,522.46 | Source: Q1 2026 filing Report 125577 |
| Year-End 2025 Amended | $510,399.69 | $743,410.23 | Source: Year-End 2025 filing Report 124654 |
| Mid-Year 2025 Amended | $597,765.08 | $510,399.69 | Source: Mid-Year 2025 filing Report 123006 |
| Year-End 2024 | $504,052.94 | $597,765.08 | Source: Year-End 2024 filing Report 120241 |
| Mid-Year 2024 | $443,197.69 | $504,052.94 | Source: Mid-Year 2024 filing Report 114371 |
| Year-End 2023 | $404,775.07 | $443,197.69 | Source: Year-End 2023 filing Report 110723 |
| Mid-Year 2023 Amended | $434,350.78 | $404,775.07 | Source: Mid-Year 2023 filing Report 110020 |