Hawkins County Republican Committee

Political Action Committee

Registered Jul 2014 · Treasurer: Brady C. Forgety · Rogersville, TN

Year by year

Hawkins County Republican Committee — 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 $23,815.00 $17,790.03 $0.00
2025 $16,582.69 $18,180.11 $500.00
2024 $12,572.00 $17,942.18 $0.00
2023 $13,160.00 $15,544.62 $0.00
2022 $14,700.00 $10,988.32 $0.00
2021 $14,506.29 $6,701.27 $0.00
2020 $11,850.50 $14,243.27 $1,000.00
2019 $11,967.00 $7,247.90 $0.00
2018 $7,905.00 $6,268.25 $0.00
2017 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
2016 $4,790.00 $4,937.53 $0.00
2015 $735.00 $0.00 $0.00
2014 $0.00 $1,665.00 $0.00
All years $132,583.48 $121,508.48 $1,000.00
Raised
$132,583
incl. $42,571 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$121,508
Operating & other
$113,120
93% of spending
To TN candidates
$7,117
5.9% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $1,000 to 2 candidates
$1,000 to 2 Republicans

Where the Money Goes

Of the $121,508 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $113,120 (93%) — went to operating costs and overhead. Operating costs consumed 93% of everything it spent; $7,117 went to Tennessee candidates.

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: $113,120 ÷ Total spent: $121,508
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $113,120
Contributions to candidates $7,117

“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
Frank S Niceley † Tennessee Senate, District 08 Rep. $500.00
Gary W Hicks Jr Tennessee House, District 09 Rep. $500.00

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

This committee’s own filings report $7,117 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $1,000. Of the $6,117 difference, $5,617 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below) and $500 has not been matched to a receipt on those candidates’ own filings.

Its filing also reports $5,617 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

  • Hale Springs Inn $2,724.75
  • Bill Hagerty for Senate $500.00
  • Diana Harshbarger for Congresspl $500.00
  • Cheryl Battaglia, Cheryl $474.77
  • Ut-Extension Hawkins County $350.00
  • Reeves, Billy $289.74
  • Rutledge, Cindy $277.79
  • Armstrong, Dan E. $200.00
  • Pearson, Alex $200.00
  • First Baptist Church of Rogersville $100.00

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
Republican Women of Hawkins County $671.37
Hawkins Co. Republican Women $100.00

Given in Other States

This committee sent $500 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
Donald Trump for President New York $500.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Catering Lincoln Dinner $17,053.50
Lincoln Day Dinner Catering $14,633.94
Catering For Picnic $13,747.03
Catering For Reagan Day Dinner $11,665.00
Statesman Dinner Table $8,500.00
Donation $6,250.00
Statehood Picnic $3,582.17
Share Of Joint Fund Raising Event $3,023.45
Lincoln Day Expense - Julie Alvis $2,812.50
Ad - Rogersville Review $2,700.29

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Gary Hicks Jr Rogersville, TN — $15,300.00
Robert Harshbarger Kingsport, TN State of Tennessee $7,650.00
Elect Lundburg Bristol, TN — $3,000.00
Tim Hill Bristol, TN Self-Employed $2,700.00
Mark Dewitte Rogersville, TN Marcore $2,550.00
Linda D Buckles Kingsport, TN Retired $2,450.00
Beth Boniface Morristown, TN Self-Employed $2,325.00
Billy Reeves Surgoinsville, TN Retired $2,125.00
Diana for Congress Hudson, WI — $1,900.00
Bill Jenkins Rogersville, TN US Government $1,875.00

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-General 2026 $12,387.29 $12,387.29 Source: Pre-General 2026 filing Report 131244
Q3 2026 $10,199.21 $12,387.29 Source: Q3 2026 filing Report 129109
Pre-Primary 2026 $10,199.21 $10,199.21 Source: Pre-Primary 2026 filing Report 127957
Q2 2026 $6,442.78 $10,199.21 Source: Q2 2026 filing Report 126291
Q1 2026 $6,362.32 $6,442.78 Source: Q1 2026 filing Report 124908
Year-End 2025 $7,637.38 $6,362.32 Source: Year-End 2025 filing Report 123674
Mid-Year 2025 Amended $7,959.74 $7,637.38 Source: Mid-Year 2025 filing Report 123155
Q4 2024 Amended Historical $9,750.05 $7,959.74 Source: Q4 2024 filing Report 123782
Pre-General 2024 Historical $9,750.05 $9,750.05 Source: Pre-General 2024 filing Report 118272
Q3 2024 Historical $12,178.25 $9,750.05 Source: Q3 2024 filing Report 118271
Pre-Primary 2024 Historical $12,466.49 $12,178.25 Source: Pre-Primary 2024 filing Report 115016
Q2 2024 Amended Historical $12,325.55 $12,466.49 Source: Q2 2024 filing Report 122756
Q1 2024 Historical $12,766.92 $12,325.55 Source: Q1 2024 filing Report 113431
Year-End 2023 Historical $13,844.27 $12,766.92 Source: Year-End 2023 filing Report 110470
Mid-Year 2023 Amended Historical $15,151.54 $13,844.27 Source: Mid-Year 2023 filing Report 122755
Q4 2022 Amended Historical $15,634.44 $15,151.54 Source: Q4 2022 filing Report 122751
Pre-General 2022 Historical $15,634.44 $15,634.44 Source: Pre-General 2022 filing Report 108237
Q3 2022 Historical $15,188.30 $15,634.44 Source: Q3 2022 filing Report 106180
Pre-Primary 2022 Historical $15,188.30 $15,188.30 Source: Pre-Primary 2022 filing Report 103600
Q2 2022 Historical $13,438.30 $15,188.30 Source: Q2 2022 filing Report 103597
Q1 2022 Amended Historical $11,439.86 $13,438.30 Source: Q1 2022 filing Report 122754
Year-End 2021 Historical $3,742.75 $11,439.86 Source: Year-End 2021 filing Report 97914
Mid-Year 2021 Historical $3,686.25 $3,742.75 Source: Mid-Year 2021 filing Report 96201

As filed on this report: cash beginning $3,686.25, receipts $0.00, disbursements $0.00, cash ending $3,742.75.

Q4 2020 Historical $3,686.25 $3,686.25 Source: Q4 2020 filing Report 94240
Pre-General 2020 Amended Historical $6,406.03 $3,686.25 Source: Pre-General 2020 filing Report 93105
Q3 2020 Historical $7,900.83 $6,406.03 Source: Q3 2020 filing Report 90803
Pre-Primary 2020 Historical $4,481.33 $7,900.83 Source: Pre-Primary 2020 filing Report 90794
Q2 2020 Historical $7,364.76 $4,481.33 Source: Q2 2020 filing Report 89120
Q1 2020 Amended Historical $6,349.80 $7,364.76 Source: Q1 2020 filing Report 89118
Year-End 2019 Historical $2,360.70 $6,349.80 Source: Year-End 2019 filing Report 86666
Mid-Year 2019 Historical $1,781.70 $2,360.70 Source: Mid-Year 2019 filing Report 85137
Q4 2018 Historical $1,781.70 $1,781.70 Source: Q4 2018 filing Report 82975
Pre-General 2018 Historical $1,981.70 $1,781.70 Source: Pre-General 2018 filing Report 81741

As filed on this report: cash beginning $1,981.70, receipts $0.00, disbursements $0.00, cash ending $1,781.70.

Q3 2018 Historical $2,381.70 $1,981.70 Source: Q3 2018 filing Report 79820

As filed on this report: cash beginning $2,381.70, receipts $0.00, disbursements $0.00, cash ending $1,981.70.

Pre-Primary 2018 Historical $2,953.59 $2,381.70 Source: Pre-Primary 2018 filing Report 78699

As filed on this report: cash beginning $2,953.59, receipts $0.00, disbursements $0.00, cash ending $2,381.70.

Q2 2018 Historical $3,724.42 $2,953.59 Source: Q2 2018 filing Report 77388

As filed on this report: cash beginning $3,724.42, receipts $0.00, disbursements $0.00, cash ending $2,953.59.

Q1 2018 Historical $2,180.49 $3,724.42 Source: Q1 2018 filing Report 75311
Year-End 2017 Historical $1,904.49 $2,180.49 Source: Year-End 2017 filing Report 73920

As filed on this report: cash beginning $1,904.49, receipts $0.00, disbursements $0.00, cash ending $2,180.49.

Mid-Year 2017 Historical $2,108.74 $1,904.49 Source: Mid-Year 2017 filing Report 72074

As filed on this report: cash beginning $2,108.74, receipts $0.00, disbursements $0.00, cash ending $1,904.49.

Q4 2016 Historical $2,108.74 $2,108.74 Source: Q4 2016 filing Report 70063
Pre-General 2016 Historical $2,108.74 $2,108.74 Source: Pre-General 2016 filing Report 69294
Q3 2016 Historical $2,669.59 $2,108.74 Source: Q3 2016 filing Report 67497

As filed on this report: cash beginning $2,669.59, receipts $0.00, disbursements $0.00, cash ending $2,108.74.

Pre-Primary 2016 Historical $2,669.59 $2,669.59 Source: Pre-Primary 2016 filing Report 66240
Q2 2016 Amended Historical $2,912.12 $2,669.59 Source: Q2 2016 filing Report 66588
Q1 2016 Historical -$2,284.43 $2,912.12 Source: Q1 2016 filing Report 63727

As filed on this report: cash beginning -$2,284.43, receipts $0.00, disbursements $0.00, cash ending $2,912.12.

Year-End 2015 Historical -$2,868.11 -$2,284.43 Source: Year-End 2015 filing Report 62474
Mid-Year 2015 Historical -$2,288.75 -$2,868.11 Source: Mid-Year 2015 filing Report 61075
Q4 2014 Historical -$1,919.00 -$2,288.75 Source: Q4 2014 filing Report 59362
Pre-General 2014 Historical -$1,769.00 -$1,919.00 Source: Pre-General 2014 filing Report 58303
Q3 2014 Historical -$1,450.00 -$1,769.00 Source: Q3 2014 filing Report 58301
Pre-Primary 2014 Historical $0.00 -$1,450.00 Source: Pre-Primary 2014 filing Report 58300