Byron Bush — 2020 U.S. Senator campaign
2020 U.S. Senator · totals since Oct 1, 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 → · 6 filings · YE 2019–YE 2020
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 →
29% of this campaign’s individual contributions came as small unitemized donations — gifts under the federal itemization threshold (about $200 a cycle) that the filer reports only as a lump sum, never broken out by donor. The gift-size and location breakdowns below cover the itemized 71%.
Largest part: loans (line 13), 97% of receipts on these reports.
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 →
94% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (6% from out of state).
- Nashville $3K40%
- Franklin $3K35%
- Brentwood $7509%
- McDonnough, GA $5006%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $750
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Nov 2019 – Aug 2020. Peak $3,050 in May 2020. Spending peaked at $154,037 in Jun 2020.
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 11 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Harold Duke | 1 | $2,800.00 |
| Garland Mahan | 1 | $1,400.00 |
| Teclemariam Wubneh | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| R Jerry Rice | 2 | $750.00 |
| Ray Dey | 1 | $500.00 |
| Allan Moody | 1 | $500.00 |
| Larry L Parker | 1 | $300.00 |
| Jim Sweeney | 1 | $250.00 |
| Michael Jenkins | 1 | $250.00 |
| Marshall County Gop | 1 | $100.00 |
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four Winds Consulting Inc. | 5 | $275,225.00 | |
| Bush, Byron | 4 | $57,000.00 | |
| Knox Enterprise | 1 | $15,000.00 | |
| Sinclair Broadcast Group | 2 | $13,395.00 | |
| Troy Brewer CPA Inc. | 7 | $10,000.00 | |
| Nashville Signs and Graphics | 3 | $7,983.50 | |
| Lamuscio, Olivia | 8 | $2,800.00 | |
| Spence, Joseph T. | 2 | $2,400.00 | |
| Firestone, Thomas M | 6 | $1,800.00 | |
| Net Bird Creative | 1 | $1,799.90 | |
| Mahan and Associates | 4 | $1,612.15 | |
| Compass Group Inc. | 1 | $1,092.50 | |
| Trump Victory | 1 | $1,041.98 | |
| Bush, James | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Federal Express | 2 | $892.48 | |
| Hamilton County Gop | 1 | $875.00 | |
| Grand Central | 1 | $700.00 | |
| Bk Ventures LLC | 1 | $625.00 | |
| United States Post Office | 9 | $548.25 | |
| Sir Speedy | 1 | $494.21 | |
| The Home Depot | 6 | $473.55 | |
| Sos Printing LLC | 1 | $464.31 | |
| McConnohie, Danielle | 1 | $400.00 | |
| Marriott | 1 | $347.61 | |
| Williamson County Gop | 1 | $321.52 | |
| Sprint Store | 1 | $268.85 | |
| Hampton Inn | 1 | $164.62 | |
| Comfort Inn | 1 | $100.89 | |
| Davidson County Gop | 1 | $100.00 |
| 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 Byron Bush’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Consulting & professional services $253,862 64%
- Advertising & media $64,295 16%
- Loan & debt repayment $57,000 14%
- Printing & mail $13,614 3%
- Fundraising & events $3,734 1.0%
- Office & operations $2,244 0.6%
- Field & voter contact $2,200 0.6%
- Other $1,042 0.3%
- Travel $935 0.3%
Filing History
Totals as filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC); see About for how this data is processed.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| YE 2020 | $36,789.79 | $36,789.79 | Source: YE 2020 filing |
| Q3 2020 | $61,350.50 | $36,789.79 | Source: Q3 2020 filing |
| 12P 2020 | $63,551.67 | $61,350.50 | Source: 12P 2020 filing |
| Q2 2020 | $267,630.52 | $63,551.67 | Source: Q2 2020 filing |
| Q1 2020 | $174,888.89 | $267,630.52 | Source: Q1 2020 filing |
| YE 2019 | $0.00 | $174,888.89 | Source: YE 2019 filing |