JB Smiley Jr. — 2022 Governor campaign
2022 Governor · totals since Jul 1, 2021
Also ran for Shelby County Mayor on Who Funds Memphis
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 · Year-End 2021–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 →
$74
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 →
$259,321
includes $39,724 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
$3,550 refunded
Loan entries in filing detail: $1,425. The report totals above govern this headline.
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 →
$24,665
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$261,548
less $3,501 in refunds & credits → $258,047 net disbursements
Donors
452
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: individuals, itemized, 76% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $200K · 76%Organizations and PACs, itemized $20K · 7%Unitemized contributions $40K · 15%
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds: −$2,125. Shares are of the $261,446 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 →
$463average gift
$200median gift
431individual 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 →
83% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (17% from out of state).
Tennessee $182,586 Out of state $36,711
- Memphis $106K48%
- Knoxville $20K9%
- Cordova $11K5%
- Bartlett $9K4%
- Collierville $8K4%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $29K
- Other out-of-state $37K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Sep 2021 – Sep 2022. Peak $32,959 in Sep 2021. Spending peaked at $41,330 in Sep 2021.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 260 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 201 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $21,158 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Phillip Lawson ↺ $3,300.00 refunded | 4 | $8,500.00 net $11,800.00 gross |
| Fred Dorse In-Kind | 2 | $8,000.00 |
| JB Smiley Jr Self Includes In-Kind | 14 | $5,025.00 |
| Brandi Bruns In-Kind | 2 | $5,000.00 |
| Craig Weiss | 1 | $4,300.00 |
| Karla Jurvetson | 1 | $4,300.00 |
| Tiffany Kelly | 3 | $4,300.00 |
| Chris Farinas | 1 | $4,300.00 |
| Keith Dunn | 1 | $4,300.00 |
| Murray Wells | 1 | $4,300.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adp Payroll | 23 | $64,726.63 | |
| Sway | 2 | $27,000.00 | |
| Veracity | 4 | $14,000.00 | |
| NGP VAN | 9 | $11,853.07 | |
| Blue Knot Strategies | 2 | $11,000.00 | |
| Dorse & Associates | 3 | $10,710.00 | |
| Airbnb | 4 | $10,087.51 | |
| Avis Rent-A-Car | 4 | $7,047.74 | |
| Memphis Flag and Banner Co | 5 | $6,220.00 | |
| Gaines, Rashad | 3 | $5,500.00 | |
| Jj Graphics | 5 | $4,686.51 | |
| Blip Billboards | 2 | $4,677.26 | |
| Actblue | 6 | $4,668.53 | |
| Whitney, LYNN | 2 | $3,650.00 | |
| Catalog Kings | 1 | $3,207.34 | |
| American Airlines | 3 | $2,599.17 | |
| States Made LLC | 4 | $2,442.82 | |
| Tennessee Democratic Party | 2 | $2,239.20 | |
| Holiday Inn | 6 | $2,062.68 | |
| Element Nashville | 8 | $2,000.12 | |
| Bruns Wheeler Group | 1 | $2,000.00 | |
| Holleman, Bernice | 2 | $1,965.00 | |
| Fowler, Rose | 1 | $1,890.00 | |
| Golden, Eric | 2 | $1,890.00 | |
| Slicktext | 8 | $1,792.96 | |
| Shell | 13 | $1,644.22 | |
| The Home Depot | 3 | $1,590.68 | |
| Hamilton County Democratic Party | 1 | $1,500.00 | |
| Moriarity, Sean | 1 | $1,500.00 | |
| Robodial | 3 | $1,320.00 | |
| Message In A Bottle Productions | 1 | $1,311.00 | |
| Chandler, Emma | 1 | $1,155.00 | |
| Harper, Virginia | 1 | $1,155.00 | |
| Liggins, Randolph | 1 | $1,155.00 | |
| Sallie, Billie | 1 | $1,155.00 | |
| Turner, Vanessa | 1 | $1,155.00 | |
| Zoom | 8 | $1,026.90 | |
| Pinnacle Bank | 9 | $1,025.15 | |
| Iheart Media | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Orpheum Theatre | 3 | $1,000.00 | |
| Uber | 2 | $942.92 | |
| Agape North | 2 | $942.24 | |
| Wholesale Signs | 3 | $942.00 | |
| Felecia Bean Catering | 1 | $940.00 | |
| Quablan, Inc. | 20 | $917.17 | |
| Enterprise Rent-A-Car | 1 | $803.78 | |
| Your Shirts Ink'd | 3 | $790.20 | |
| Davidson County Democratic Party | 2 | $750.00 | |
| Home2 Suites | 3 | $669.03 | |
| Nash, Shirley | 2 | $600.00 | |
| United Airlines | 1 | $557.09 | |
| Association of TN Alphamen | 1 | $550.00 | |
| Maury County Democratic Party | 2 | $525.00 | |
| Makedas | 1 | $525.00 | |
| Kroger | 4 | $519.88 | |
| Victory Fund | 1 | $516.45 | |
| Four Points By Sheraton | 2 | $487.93 | |
| Doubletree | 2 | $468.98 | |
| Contempora Magazine | 2 | $450.00 | |
| Knox County Democratic Party | 1 | $445.00 | |
| Loves Travel | 3 | $441.81 | |
| FedEx Office | 6 | $427.14 | |
| Pilot | 4 | $409.12 | |
| Mapco | 6 | $408.63 | |
| Washington County Democratic Party | 1 | $400.00 | |
| Bp Oil | 5 | $376.97 | |
| Next Day Flyers | 1 | $374.17 | |
| Teddy Bear Express | 1 | $350.00 | |
| Marathon | 4 | $345.47 | |
| Shopify | 1 | $342.42 | |
| Hertz | 1 | $333.81 | |
| In and Out Wireless | 2 | $321.80 | |
| 2 | $320.05 | ||
| General Morgan Inn | 1 | $317.56 | |
| Moore, Johnie | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Moore, Tampla | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Aicima, LLC | 1 | $300.00 | |
| SpringHill Suites | 1 | $298.77 | |
| Des Friscos | 2 | $296.18 | |
| Delta | 1 | $267.20 | |
| Acacia Rentals | 1 | $235.93 | |
| Allgood's Used Books and Coffee | 2 | $231.01 | |
| Midtown Mini Storage | 1 | $210.00 | |
| Pflag | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Dg Protective Security | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Suggs, Antonio | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Restream | 2 | $196.00 | |
| McDonald's | 7 | $191.29 | |
| Exxon Mobil | 4 | $184.81 | |
| Print Place | 1 | $179.07 | |
| Lenny's | 1 | $175.38 | |
| Chick-fil-A | 2 | $170.96 | |
| Eataly | 1 | $170.40 | |
| Allianz Travel | 2 | $151.00 | |
| United States Postal Service | 1 | $150.80 | |
| Morris, Dorris | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Tsu Foundation | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Davis, Michael Adrian | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Malone, Travis | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Speedway | 2 | $126.29 | |
| 7-Eleven | 1 | $124.23 | |
| WKND | 1 | $118.91 | |
| Yardbird | 1 | $113.97 | |
| Staton Corporation | 1 | $111.32 | |
| Event Rentals By Hicks | 1 | $109.75 | |
| The Jingle Mingle | 1 | $109.34 | |
| Bricktops | 1 | $104.59 | |
| Wilkins, Barbara | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Elam, Kendall | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Brown, Olivia | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Everhart, Donte | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Johnson, Taryn | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Ross, Danielle | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Ward-Pope, Sierra | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Office Max | 1 | $93.15 | |
| The Grind | 1 | $91.85 | |
| Casey Jones Village | 1 | $84.95 | |
| Oakwood BBQ Food Truck | 1 | $78.00 | |
| At&T | 3 | $75.00 | |
| Moondance Grille | 1 | $75.00 | |
| Office Depot | 1 | $74.43 | |
| Kings Market | 1 | $74.00 | |
| City Cafe Diner | 1 | $72.63 | |
| Olympic Steak & Pizza | 1 | $70.35 | |
| Legends Steakhouse | 1 | $70.00 | |
| Curry & Jerk | 1 | $69.30 | |
| Farmers and Distillers | 1 | $68.68 | |
| Bellevue Express | 1 | $66.31 | |
| Raceway | 2 | $57.50 | |
| Glide Express | 3 | $56.97 | |
| Walmart | 1 | $52.01 | |
| Sp Plus Corporation | 1 | $50.99 | |
| Superlo Foods | 1 | $49.41 | |
| Zaxby's | 1 | $48.62 | |
| Ez Mart | 1 | $47.70 | |
| Swetts | 1 | $46.81 | |
| Hucks Food & Fuel | 1 | $44.00 | |
| Kangaroo Express | 1 | $43.67 | |
| Perfection Auto Detailing | 1 | $43.39 | |
| Pizza Hut | 1 | $42.14 | |
| East Park Donuts | 1 | $39.93 | |
| Elite Market | 1 | $38.17 | |
| O'Charleys | 1 | $37.95 | |
| Dragon Food Truck | 1 | $36.81 | |
| Murphy Express | 1 | $35.27 | |
| Envato | 1 | $35.00 | |
| Walgreens | 1 | $26.20 | |
| Schulz Brau Brewing Company | 1 | $25.00 | |
| Bp Oil | 1 | $25.00 | |
| Laz Parking | 1 | $25.00 | |
| Lowe's | 1 | $22.74 | |
| Magic Hands Shoe Signs | 1 | $20.00 | |
| Wendys | 3 | $19.72 | |
| Virgin Hotel | 1 | $15.00 | |
| Target | 1 | $10.82 | |
| Parking Authority | 1 | $2.25 | |
| Dollar General | 1 | $2.20 |
Dates
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
Loans
$1,425.00 in loan balances shown. The filings date all of it to this campaign. Later reports can repeat an outstanding loan, so each reconstructed lender balance is counted once below.
| Lender | Type | Received | Balance shown | Repaid | Outstanding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self (Jb Smiley Jr.) | Candidate loan | Aug 1, 2022 | $1,425.00 | $1,200.00 | $225.00 |
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 JB Smiley Jr.’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Staff & payroll $66,613 26%
- Advertising & media $34,926 14%
- Consulting & professional services $33,200 13%
- Other $29,933 12%
- Travel $24,638 10%
- Printing & mail $22,778 9%
- Office & operations $17,953 7%
- Field & voter contact $12,970 5%
- Contributions & donations $6,651 3%
- Fundraising & events $6,351 2%
Loans
| Lender | Amount | Date Received | Outstanding | Repaid |
|---|
Each loan shows its balance as of the candidate's most recent filing; repayments since then appear when the next report is filed.
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 Late | $73.81 | $73.81 | Source: Q4 2022 filing Report 108399 |
| Q3 2022 Amended | $8,687.63 | $73.81 | Source: Q3 2022 filing Report 113714 |
| Pre-Primary 2022 | $2,514.06 | $8,687.63 | Source: Pre-Primary 2022 filing Report 102861 |
| Q2 2022 Amended | $4,205.71 | $2,514.06 | Source: Q2 2022 filing Report 107552 |
| Q1 2022 Amended | $13,401.33 | $4,205.71 | Source: Q1 2022 filing Report 107544 |
| Year-End 2021 Amended | $0.00 | $13,401.33 | Source: Year-End 2021 filing Report 100001 |
After the election
Reports ending after Jan 15, 2023.
Contributions and spending
No contributions or expenditures reported 4 filings · Mid-Year 2023–Year-End 2024
No individual donors or expenditures are published for this campaign.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year-End 2024 Amended | $35.65 | $0.00 | Source: Year-End 2024 filing Report 121154 |
| Mid-Year 2024 Late | $35.65 | $35.65 | Source: Mid-Year 2024 filing Report 116212 |
| Year-End 2023 | $73.81 | $35.65 | Source: Year-End 2023 filing Report 111761 |
| As filed on this report: cash beginning $73.81, receipts $0.00, disbursements $0.00, cash ending $35.65. | |||
| Mid-Year 2023 | $73.81 | $73.81 | Source: Mid-Year 2023 filing Report 109378 |