Hamilton County Fund for Children Public Educ

Political Action Committee

Registered Nov 2008 · Treasurer: Daud J. Omarkhail · Chattanooga, TN

Year by year

Hamilton County Fund for Children Public Educ — 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
2024 $0.00 $4,631.50 $0.00
2023 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
2022 $4,482.89 $8,450.00 $0.00
2021 $2,166.00 $0.00 $0.00
2020 $0.00 $2,340.00 $0.00
2019 $7,109.98 $1,000.00 $0.00
2018 $0.00 $4,319.80 $0.00
2017 $3,453.00 $500.00 $0.00
2016 $3,765.00 $2,719.49 $0.00
2015 $60.00 $0.00 $0.00
2014 $5,333.15 $5,290.41 $300.00
2013 $0.00 $1,444.85 $0.00
2012 $6,179.21 $4,776.72 $0.00
2011 $6,388.50 $4,808.42 $0.00
2010 $6,334.01 $10,334.33 $0.00
2009 $6,085.50 $903.71 $0.00
2008 $5,835.00 $6,555.97 $0.00
2007 $5,513.72 $1,806.38 $0.00
2006 $5,673.00 $5,100.00 $0.00
2005 $0.00 $100.00 $0.00
2004 $230.00 $8,400.00 $0.00
All years $68,608.96 $73,481.58 $300.00
Raised
$68,609
incl. $30,004 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$73,482
Operating & other
$41,682
57% of spending
To TN candidates
$31,800
43% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $300 to 1 candidate
$300 to 1 Republican

Where the Money Goes

Of the $73,482 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $41,682 (57%) — went to operating costs and overhead.

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: $41,682 ÷ Total spent: $73,482
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $41,682
Contributions to candidates $31,800

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate Office Party Total
Greg Martin † Tennessee House, District 26 Rep. $300.00

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

This committee’s own filings report $31,800 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $300. Of the $31,500 difference, $31,500 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $31,500 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here — federal, local, and out-of-state races, and sitting legislators not on the 2026 ballot:

  • Smith, Kenny $2,100.00
  • Testerman, David $2,000.00
  • Mackey, Warren $1,900.00
  • Brooks, John $1,700.00
  • Fairchild, Everette $1,600.00
  • Friends To Elect Greg Beck $1,300.00
  • Baker, Chip $1,000.00
  • Bankston, Chester $1,000.00
  • Colburn, Debbie $1,000.00
  • Eratt, Mike $1,000.00
  • …and 34 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.

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Election Campaign $8,450.00
Donations $7,500.00
Donation To Scholarship Fund $4,631.50
Advertising $2,340.00
2 Buses Transportation To Rally Leg Plaza In Nashv $1,800.00
Kefauyer Dinner $1,660.00
Dinner $1,500.00
Estes Kefauver Dinner $1,500.00
Patron Table For Kefaurer Dinner $1,500.00
Table For Marilyn Lloyd Dinner $1,500.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Hamilton County Education Assoc Chattanooga, TN — $25,621.48
Hcea Dues Rebate Chattanooga, TN — $12,532.50
Friends To Elect Ralph Miller Chattanooga, TN — $135.71

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 2024 Historical $4,631.50 $0.00 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2024 Historical $4,631.50 $4,631.50 Source ↗
Q2 2024 Historical $4,630.38 $4,631.50 Source ↗
Q1 2024 Historical $4,630.38 $4,630.38 Source ↗
Year-End 2023 Historical $4,630.11 $4,630.38 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2023 Late Historical $4,628.78 $4,630.11 Source ↗
Q4 2022 Historical $4,627.90 $4,628.78 Source ↗
Pre-General 2022 Historical $4,627.90 $4,627.90 Source ↗
Q3 2022 Late Historical $244.59 $4,627.90 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2022 Historical $5,194.59 $244.59 Source ↗
Q2 2022 Historical $8,594.59 $5,194.59 Source ↗
Q1 2022 Historical $8,594.59 $8,594.59 Source ↗
Year-End 2021 Historical $8,593.11 $8,594.59 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2021 Historical $6,426.12 $8,593.11 Source ↗
Q4 2020 Historical $6,426.12 $6,426.12 Source ↗
Pre-General 2020 Amended Historical $6,426.12 $6,426.12 Source ↗
Q3 2020 Amended Historical $6,425.32 $6,426.12 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2020 Amended Historical $8,765.00 $6,425.32 Source ↗
Q2 2020 Historical $8,764.37 $8,765.00 Source ↗
Q1 2020 Historical $8,762.08 $8,764.37 Source ↗
Year-End 2019 Historical $5,144.12 $8,762.08 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2019 Historical $2,646.30 $5,144.12 Source ↗
Q4 2018 Historical $2,645.62 $2,646.30 Source ↗
Pre-General 2018 Historical $2,645.62 $2,645.62 Source ↗
Q3 2018 Historical $3,305.06 $2,645.62 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2018 Late Historical $6,987.37 $3,305.06 Source ↗
Q2 2018 Historical $6,985.77 $6,987.37 Source ↗
Q1 2018 Historical $6,985.26 $6,985.77 Source ↗
Year-End 2017 Historical $4,131.27 $6,985.26 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2017 Historical $4,130.27 $4,131.27 Source ↗
Q4 2016 Historical $4,229.73 $4,130.27 Source ↗
Pre-General 2016 Historical $4,729.73 $4,229.73 Source ↗
Q3 2016 Historical $4,729.33 $4,729.73 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2016 Historical $4,729.33 $4,729.33 Source ↗
Q2 2016 Amended Historical $3,183.46 $4,729.33 Source ↗
Q1 2016 Historical $3,183.21 $3,183.46 Source ↗
Year-End 2015 Historical $3,222.42 $3,183.21 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2015 Late Historical $3,321.64 $3,222.42 Source ↗
Q4 2014 Historical $3,321.22 $3,321.64 Source ↗
Pre-General 2014 Historical $3,681.22 $3,321.22 Source ↗
Q3 2014 Historical $3,597.76 $3,681.22 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2014 Historical $3,661.31 $3,597.76 Source ↗
Q2 2014 Historical $3,341.38 $3,661.31 Source ↗
Q1 2014 Historical $3,341.12 $3,341.38 Source ↗
Year-End 2013 Historical $4,885.13 $3,341.12 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2013 Historical $5,011.83 $4,885.13 Source ↗
Q4 2012 Historical $5,111.87 $5,011.83 Source ↗
Pre-General 2012 Historical $5,311.75 $5,111.87 Source ↗
Q3 2012 Historical $6,677.21 $5,311.75 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2012 Historical $3,633.71 $6,677.21 Source ↗
Q2 2012 Amended Historical $3,761.28 $3,633.71 Source ↗
Q1 2012 Historical $4,275.29 $3,761.28 Source ↗
Year-End 2011 Historical $6,544.59 $4,275.29 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2011 Amended Historical $2,942.58 $6,544.59 Source ↗
Q4 2010 Historical $4,492.07 $2,942.58 Source ↗
Pre-General 2010 Historical $4,492.07 $4,492.07 Source ↗
Q3 2010 Historical $4,491.63 $4,492.07 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2010 Amended Historical $6,559.61 $4,491.63 Source ↗
Q2 2010 Amended Historical $10,472.48 $6,559.61 Source ↗
Q1 2010 Late Historical $7,288.07 $10,472.48 Source ↗
Year-End 2009 Historical $8,245.07 $7,288.07 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2009 Late Historical $2,400.18 $8,245.07 Source ↗
Q4 2008 Historical $3,198.34 $2,400.18 Source ↗
Pre-General 2008 Historical $5,070.34 $3,198.34 Source ↗
Q3 2008 Historical $5,069.27 $5,070.34 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2008 Amended Historical $6,442.71 $5,069.27 Source ↗
Q2 2008 Amended Historical $3,250.08 $6,442.71 Source ↗
Q1 2008 Amended Historical $3,511.42 $3,250.08 Source ↗
Year-End 2007 Amended Historical $5,161.42 $3,511.42 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2007 Amended Historical $101.08 $5,161.42 Source ↗
Q4 2006 Historical $187.87 $101.08 Source ↗
Pre-General 2006 Historical $1,284.03 $187.87 Source ↗
Q3 2006 Historical $1,284.03 $1,284.03 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2006 Late Historical $1,284.03 $1,284.03 Source ↗
Q2 2006 Late Historical $1,695.04 $1,284.03 Source ↗
Q1 2006 Historical $1,695.04 $1,695.04 Source ↗
Q4 2005 Historical $1,915.04 $1,695.04 Source ↗
Q3 2005 Historical $1,915.04 $1,915.04 Source ↗
Q2 2005 Historical $2,465.04 $1,915.04 Source ↗
Q1 2005 Historical $2,540.04 $2,465.04 Source ↗
Q4 2004 Historical $3,676.16 $2,540.04 Source ↗
Q3 2004 Historical $5,124.99 $3,676.16 Source ↗
Q2 2004 Historical $11,785.52 $5,124.99 Source ↗
Q1 2004 Late Historical $13,208.99 $11,785.52 Source ↗