Hamilton County Democratic Party

Political Action Committee

Registered Jan 1990 · Treasurer: Brandi Hubbard · Chattanooga, TN

Year by year

Hamilton County Democratic Party — money raised, spent and given to candidates in each report year, and the all-time totals those years add up to.
Report year Raised Spent To candidates
2026 $67,816.70 $55,710.86 $0.00
2025 $58,590.04 $55,572.39 $0.00
2024 $106,220.18 $102,528.95 $0.00
2023 $75,897.51 $75,144.20 $0.00
2022 $126,960.73 $131,510.37 $0.00
2021 $19,213.96 $19,039.69 $0.00
2020 $48,761.32 $40,594.38 $0.00
2019 $35,951.48 $33,417.98 $0.00
2018 $75,518.53 $98,224.07 $1,000.00
2017 $80,114.18 $40,978.12 $0.00
2016 $41,544.82 $46,349.91 $0.00
2015 $23,011.87 $28,393.24 $0.00
2014 $38,321.19 $51,540.19 $0.00
2013 $38,103.50 $16,369.25 $0.00
2012 $42,365.52 $50,771.12 $0.00
2011 $46,639.20 $35,351.75 $0.00
2010 $26,022.00 $33,755.49 $0.00
2009 $33,998.28 $25,094.31 $0.00
2008 $125,729.00 $116,004.28 $0.00
2007 $77,188.61 $67,440.27 $0.00
2006 $106,507.38 $117,514.85 $0.00
2005 $49,985.31 $37,822.64 $0.00
2004 $35,649.10 $25,721.08 $0.00
All years $1,380,110.41 $1,304,849.39 $1,000.00
Raised
$1,380,110
incl. $201,734 unitemized small gifts
excl. $2,737 in bookkeeping entries — carried-forward balances, adjustments, refunds — not money raised
Total Spent
$1,304,849
Operating & other
$1,295,269
99.2% of spending
To TN candidates
$8,305
0.6% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $1,000 to 1 candidate
$1,000 to 1 Democrat

Where the Money Goes

Of the $1,304,849 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $1,295,269 (99.2%) — went to operating costs and overhead. Operating costs consumed 99.2% of everything it spent; $8,305 went to Tennessee candidates.

Why this number?

Operating share of spending compares operating spending with total spent.

Show formula

Operating / overhead spending divided by everything this committee spent (each expenditure lands in exactly one bucket).

Operating spending: $1,295,269 ÷ Total spent: $1,304,849
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $1,295,269
Contributions to candidates $8,305

“Spent outside Tennessee” is money this committee sent out of state — a multi-state committee’s lump non-Tennessee line plus any individually-filed out-of-state contributions (itemized below). Separate from out-of-state donors.

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate Office Party Total
Yusuf A. Hakeem † Tennessee House, District 28 Dem. $1,000.00

† Reported in this PAC’s own disbursement filing; the recipient’s receipt filing hasn’t itemized it yet.

This committee’s own filings report $8,305 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $1,000. Of the $7,305 difference, $7,305 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $7,305 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here — federal, local, and out-of-state races, and sitting legislators not on the 2026 ballot:

  • St Paul's Ame Church $1,130.00
  • Bredesen, Phil $1,000.00
  • Lawrence, Jean-Marie $1,000.00
  • Thongnopnua, Joda $1,000.00
  • Butler, Jelena $500.00
  • Yates, Mitzi $500.00
  • Tennessee Valley Pride, Inc. $400.00
  • TMCC Foundation $375.00
  • Bill Knowles Campaign Comm. $200.00
  • Citizens To Elect Caleb Long $200.00
  • …and 5 more recipients

Tennessee caps what a PAC may give one candidate per election — $15,400 for statewide and House races, $30,800 for Senate races (2025–26 limits; a primary and a general count as separate elections). Registry of Election Finance limits.

Contributions to Other PACs

Contributions to other political action committees
Committee Total
Planned Parenthood Tennessee Action Fund $1,000.00
Tenn Young Democrats $250.00

Given in Other States

This committee sent $25 to 1 candidate and committee outside Tennessee, across 1 state. These are counted as spending outside Tennessee, not as Tennessee candidate support — Who Funds Tennessee doesn’t track out-of-state races, so they don’t link to a page here.

Contributions to candidates and committees outside Tennessee
Recipient State Total
Blue Utopia Washington $25.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Rent $149,304.42
Headquarters Rent $83,397.92
Salary $60,396.50
Kefauver Dinner Location $52,360.15
Kefauver Dinner $36,380.98
Organizational Support $32,024.54
Contracting Fees $26,907.44
Rent/Dumpster $26,291.99
Food / Beverage $23,157.11
Room Rental For Fundraiser $21,973.69

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Olan Mills Chattanooga, TN Olan Mills Photography $178,950.00
Iron Workers Local Union 704 Chattanooga, TN — $32,500.00
Robert Mills Lookout Mountain, GA Pantheon Capital $25,200.00
HCDP Kefaver Dinner Chattanooga, TN — $20,005.00
Pris Siskin Chattanooga, TN Self-Employed $18,720.00
Tennessee Democratic Party Nashville, TN — $17,650.00
John Allen Brooks Chattanooga, TN Self-Employed $16,570.00
W A Bryan Patten Chattanooga, TN — $13,700.00
Cherie Martinez Chattanooga, TN United Airlines $13,000.00
Lea Anne Wiles Chattanooga, TN Self-Employed $12,350.00

Showing the top 500 of 663 funders by total given. Download the full list (CSV).

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
Pre-Primary 2026 $35,408.64 $28,082.09 Source ↗
Q2 2026 Amended $15,395.40 $35,408.64 Source ↗
Q1 2026 $16,712.25 $15,395.40 Source ↗
Year-End 2025 $14,838.34 $16,712.25 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2025 Late $14,838.34 $14,838.34 Source ↗
Q4 2024 Historical $14,838.34 $14,838.34 Source ↗
Pre-General 2024 Amended Historical $35,467.40 $14,838.34 Source ↗
Q3 2024 Amended Historical $4,311.03 $35,467.40 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2024 Amended Historical $3,603.28 $4,311.03 Source ↗
Q2 2024 Amended Historical $18,852.61 $3,603.28 Source ↗
Q1 2024 Amended Historical $11,147.11 $18,852.61 Source ↗
Year-End 2023 Amended Historical $14,340.59 $11,147.11 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2023 Historical $10,393.80 $14,340.59 Source ↗
Q4 2022 Historical $12,559.93 $10,393.80 Source ↗
Pre-General 2022 Amended Historical $12,236.07 $12,559.93 Source ↗
Q3 2022 Amended Historical $29,427.43 $12,236.07 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2022 Historical $36,009.55 $29,427.43 Source ↗
Q2 2022 Amended Historical $62,086.80 $36,009.55 Source ↗
Q1 2022 Historical $24,980.06 $62,086.80 Source ↗
Year-End 2021 Historical $31,395.47 $24,980.06 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2021 Late Historical $26,226.48 $31,395.47 Source ↗
Q4 2020 Amended Historical $34,016.98 $26,226.48 Source ↗
Pre-General 2020 Amended Historical $39,205.51 $34,016.98 Source ↗
Q3 2020 Historical $28,081.90 $39,205.51 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2020 Amended Historical $28,072.55 $28,081.90 Source ↗
Q2 2020 Late Historical $29,708.48 $28,072.55 Source ↗
Q1 2020 Historical $19,613.50 $29,708.48 Source ↗
Year-End 2019 Historical $10,367.27 $19,613.50 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2019 Amended Historical $18,044.92 $10,367.27 Source ↗
Q4 2018 Amended Historical $26,064.20 $18,044.92 Source ↗
Pre-General 2018 Amended Historical $39,483.76 $26,064.20 Source ↗
Q3 2018 Amended Historical $19,666.53 $39,483.76 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2018 Amended Historical $19,559.55 $19,666.53 Source ↗
Q2 2018 Amended Historical $41,057.39 $19,559.55 Source ↗
Q1 2018 Amended Historical $40,940.46 $41,057.39 Source ↗
Year-End 2017 Amended Historical $13,771.15 $40,940.46 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2017 Amended Historical $1,804.40 $13,771.15 Source ↗
Q4 2016 Amended Historical $9,007.05 $1,804.40 Source ↗
Pre-General 2016 Amended Historical $12,039.56 $9,007.05 Source ↗
Q3 2016 Amended Historical $16,943.84 $12,039.56 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2016 Amended Historical $16,034.33 $16,943.84 Source ↗
Q2 2016 Amended Historical $9,543.57 $16,034.33 Source ↗
Q1 2016 Amended Historical $6,461.20 $9,543.57 Source ↗
Year-End 2015 Amended Historical $13,016.74 $6,461.20 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2015 Amended Historical $12,042.57 $13,016.74 Source ↗
Q4 2014 Amended Historical $25,242.54 $12,042.57 Source ↗
Pre-General 2014 Amended Historical $10,258.96 $25,242.54 Source ↗
Q3 2014 Amended Historical $22,827.74 $10,258.96 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2014 Historical $27,661.92 $22,827.74 Source ↗
Q2 2014 Amended Historical $34,004.02 $27,661.92 Source ↗
Q1 2014 Amended Historical $24,660.71 $34,004.02 Source ↗
Year-End 2013 Amended Historical $17,112.20 $24,660.71 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2013 Amended Historical $3,542.02 $17,112.20 Source ↗
Q4 2012 Amended Historical $15,543.77 $3,542.02 Source ↗
Pre-General 2012 Historical $8,564.23 $15,543.77 Source ↗
Q3 2012 Historical $1,389.48 $8,564.23 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2012 Historical $1,777.05 $1,389.48 Source ↗
Q2 2012 Historical $12,233.34 $1,777.05 Source ↗
Q1 2012 Historical $20,527.54 $12,233.34 Source ↗
Year-End 2011 Amended Historical $1,451.26 $20,527.54 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2011 Amended Historical $10,231.40 $1,451.26 Source ↗
Q4 2010 Historical $14,992.24 $10,231.40 Source ↗
Pre-General 2010 Historical $9,774.82 $14,992.24 Source ↗
Q3 2010 Historical $4,656.21 $9,774.82 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2010 Historical $6,870.95 $4,656.21 Source ↗
Q2 2010 Historical $16,371.65 $6,870.95 Source ↗
Q1 2010 Historical $20,516.02 $16,371.65 Source ↗
Year-End 2009 Historical $6,422.13 $20,516.02 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2009 Historical $12,796.44 $6,422.13 Source ↗
Q4 2008 Historical $28,195.45 $12,796.44 Source ↗
Pre-General 2008 Amended Historical $8,642.59 $28,195.45 Source ↗
Q3 2008 Historical $15,636.90 $8,642.59 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2008 Amended Historical $21,489.05 $15,636.90 Source ↗
Q2 2008 Historical $3,323.15 $21,489.05 Source ↗
Q1 2008 Late Historical $9,264.99 $3,323.15 Source ↗
Year-End 2007 Amended Historical $10,137.22 $9,264.99 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2007 Amended Historical $227.59 $10,137.22 Source ↗
Q4 2006 Amended Historical $24,352.92 $227.59 Source ↗
Pre-General 2006 Late Historical $5,080.87 $24,352.92 Source ↗
Q3 2006 Amended Historical $7,347.32 $5,080.87 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2006 Late Historical $11,077.65 $7,347.32 Source ↗
Q2 2006 Amended Historical $15,707.26 $11,077.65 Source ↗
Q1 2006 Historical $17,958.81 $15,707.26 Source ↗
Q4 2005 Historical $5,168.61 $17,958.81 Source ↗
Q3 2005 Amended Historical $6,550.22 $5,168.61 Source ↗
Q2 2005 Historical $7,350.12 $6,550.22 Source ↗
Q1 2005 Historical $6,944.28 $7,350.12 Source ↗
Q4 2004 Historical $8,931.31 $6,944.28 Source ↗
Q3 2004 Historical $12,353.72 $8,931.31 Source ↗
Q2 2004 Historical $12,749.06 $12,353.72 Source ↗
Q1 2004 Amended Historical $2,080.42 $12,749.06 Source ↗