Mike Bell — 2022 Tennessee Senate, District 09 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 09 Republican

2022 Tennessee Senate, District 09

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 → · 10 filings · Mid-Year 2019–Q3 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 →
$0
as of the Q3 report
Why this number?
Raised (cash) Cash and cash-like receipts the campaign took in: contributions, the candidate’s own money, loans, and transfers from affiliated committees. Donated goods and services are not cash; they appear separately as In-Kind Received. Bookkeeping entries such as a carried balance, accounting adjustment, or refund also stay only in the filing’s own totals. Full definition →
$234,250
includes $1,150 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Why this number?
Total Spent
$355,709
Why this number?
Spent of Cash Raised How much of the cash this campaign took in it went on to spend, measured now that its reporting has closed. Above 100% means it spent more than it raised for this race, drawing on money it already had when the cycle opened. Full definition →
151.8%
$355,709 spent of $234,250 raised (cash) · opened with $171,166
Donors
At least 133 named
full total unavailable for this combined term
Out-of-State
15%
$35,100 from outside TN
Why this number?

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 $229.91 the filer reported on Schedule A as an accounting adjustment — a correction to its books, not money it raised, so it is not counted here. It remains in the filing's own totals.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $233,100
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $1,150
Raised (cash) $234,250
From each filing:
  • Year-End 2020 Supplemental $72,400 derived
  • Mid-Year 2020 Supplemental $2,250 derived
  • Year-End 2019 Supplemental $95,900 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $94,750 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $1,150 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2019 Amendment $2,500 derived
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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.

Inputs behind Total spent
Itemized expenditures $347,951
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $7,758
Total spent $355,709
From each filing:
  • Year-End 2020 Supplemental $51,412 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $50,502 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $910 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2020 Supplemental $21,762 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $20,969 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $793 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2019 Supplemental $26,318 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $25,161 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,157 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2019 Amendment $23,369 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $21,509 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,860 filing-stated
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  • Q3 2022 Initial $30,456 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $29,964 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $493 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2022 Amendment $2,957 derived
  • Q2 2022 Initial $71,694 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $71,410 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $285 filing-stated
  • Q1 2022 Initial $15,984 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $15,935 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $49 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2021 Supplemental $84,328 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $82,935 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,394 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2021 Supplemental $27,428 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $26,611 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $818 filing-stated

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).

Itemized money from outside Tennessee: $35,100 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $234,250
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $35,100
Raised incl. in-kind
$234,250
Spent
$355,709

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 16%; organizations and PACs gave 85%.

Individuals $36K · 16% Organizations & PACs $198K · 85%
Why this number?

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: $36,300 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $234,250
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $36,300
From organizations and PACs $197,950

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 $198,000 Out of state $35,100
  • Nashville $121K52%
  • Brentwood $22K9%
  • Cleveland $21K9%
  • Washington, DC $7K3%
  • Athens $4K2%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $31K
  • Other out-of-state $29K
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).

Itemized money from outside Tennessee: $35,100 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $233,100
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $35,100

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2019 – Sep 2022. Peak $33,000 in Jul 2019. Spending peaked at $59,135 in Jan 2022.

Cash contributions Spent

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.

Named donor list 133 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC 1 $3,000.00
TN Advance Financial PAC 1 $3,000.00
Tennessee Bankers Assn PAC 1 $3,000.00
Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry PAC 1 $2,500.00
Comcast Corporation PAC 1 $2,500.00
Waller Lansden PAC 1 $2,500.00
Concerned Automotive Retailers PAC 2 $2,000.00
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) 1 $2,000.00
Lawyers Involved for TN 1 $2,000.00
Lifepoint Tennessee PAC 1 $2,000.00

Expenditures

148 vendors 309 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Bell PAC 1 $50,000.00 14%
Rachel Barrett & Company 7 $31,340.00 9%
New Hope Crisis Pregnancy Center 4 $15,950.00 5%
Full Circle Medical Center 1 $15,000.00 4%
Senate Republican Caucus 1 $15,000.00 4%
Women At the Well 3 $12,659.00 4%
Bell, Mike 11 $11,806.90 3%
Bradley Co. Republican Party 2 $10,105.00 3%
Tennessee Wildlife Resourses Foundation 5 $7,950.00 2%
Boys and Girls Club of the Ocoee 4 $7,726.42 2%

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 Mike Bell’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Contributions & donations $248,970 72%
  • Consulting & professional services $35,340 10%
  • Travel $21,421 6%
  • Fundraising & events $16,533 5%
  • Other $9,688 3%
  • Staff & payroll $8,675 2%
  • Advertising & media $4,375 1%
  • Office & operations $1,678 0.5%
  • Printing & mail $1,272 0.4%

Filing History

Totals as filed with the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance; see About for how this data is processed.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Q3 2022 $30,456.32 $0.00 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2022 Amended $33,268.17 $30,456.32 Source ↗
Q2 2022 $104,962.59 $33,268.17 Source ↗
Q1 2022 $120,946.59 $104,962.59 Source ↗
Year-End 2021 $175,087.84 $120,946.59 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2021 $171,166.19 $175,087.84 Source ↗
Year-End 2020 $150,178.39 $171,166.19 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2020 $169,390.32 $150,178.39 Source ↗
Year-End 2019 $99,578.21 $169,390.32 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2019 Amended $120,447.24 $99,578.21 Source ↗