Jefferson County Democratic Party

Political Action Committee

Registered Aug 2004 · Treasurer: A. Chris Mallete · Dandridge, TN

Year by year

Jefferson 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 $1,396.00 $157.78 $0.00
2025 $3,732.00 $2,341.59 $0.00
2024 $3,613.27 $4,938.00 $0.00
2023 $4,051.00 $3,958.00 $0.00
2022 $7,617.98 $4,961.98 $0.00
2021 $3,255.00 $1,822.01 $0.00
2020 $2,540.20 $3,481.75 $0.00
2019 $2,639.05 $1,765.00 $0.00
2018 $3,543.63 $4,277.16 $0.00
2017 $1,775.50 $552.05 $0.00
2016 $4,142.00 $5,296.43 $0.00
2015 $4,382.26 $1,868.00 $0.00
2014 $5,059.04 $5,443.15 $0.00
2013 $3,620.00 $2,483.14 $0.00
2012 $3,919.00 $4,364.05 $0.00
2011 $3,578.00 $3,301.39 $0.00
2010 $2,000.00 $2,017.95 $0.00
2009 $1,556.05 $1,301.87 $0.00
2008 $6,592.85 $4,575.29 $0.00
2007 $1,043.03 $1,454.80 $0.00
2006 $7,315.11 $7,673.31 $0.00
2005 $5,813.78 $3,681.20 $0.00
2004 $9,476.62 $11,837.91 $0.00
All years $92,661.37 $83,553.81 $0.00
Raised
$92,661
incl. $71,550 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$83,554
Operating & other
$71,454
86% of spending
To TN candidates
$11,400
14% of spending

Where the Money Goes

Of the $83,554 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $71,454 (86%) — 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: $71,454 ÷ Total spent: $83,554
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $71,454
Contributions to candidates $11,400

Contributions to Candidates

No contributions to tracked candidates on record.

This committee’s own filings report $11,400 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $0. Of the $11,400 difference, $11,400 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $11,400 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here — federal, local, and out-of-state races, and sitting legislators not on the 2026 ballot:

  • Barnett, Hank $7,000.00
  • Fitzgerald, II, Vincyl $700.00
  • Lejong-Mccash, Delynn $700.00
  • Bredesen, Phil $500.00
  • Dockery, Michael $500.00
  • Ford Jr, Harold $500.00
  • Howerton, Bill $500.00
  • Ramsey, Marjorie $500.00
  • Benedict, Brent $250.00
  • Contribution $250.00

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
Tennessee Democratic Party $500.00
Smoky Mountain Young Democrats $200.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Food / Beverage $16,227.28
Scholarship $8,288.00
Advertising $7,424.71
Rent $4,100.00
Donation $4,000.00
Candidate Support $3,500.00
Publicity $2,324.04
Bean Supper $2,320.66
Postage $2,295.32
Registration Fees $2,195.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Contest Every Race Action Fund Chicago, IL — $2,200.00
Betty S Watkins Jefferson City, TN — $2,045.86
William H Barnett Dandridge, TN Walters State Community College $1,869.67
Delynn Lejong McCash Jefferson City, TN — $1,723.27
George W Clay Jefferson City, TN — $1,500.00
Jim Wilson Jefferson City, TN — $1,271.00
Denis Gould Dandridge, TN Not Employed $1,215.00
John K Sonnen Jefferson City, TN — $1,000.00
Ramona Hodge New Market, TN Retired $925.00
Becky Burks Jefferson City, TN — $576.00

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-Primary 2026 $4,307.32 $4,331.33 Source ↗
Q2 2026 $3,605.53 $4,307.32 Source ↗
Q1 2026 $3,093.11 $3,605.53 Source ↗
Year-End 2025 $2,017.89 $3,093.11 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2025 $1,702.70 $2,017.89 Source ↗
Q4 2024 Historical $1,616.27 $1,702.70 Source ↗
Pre-General 2024 Historical $1,768.50 $1,616.27 Source ↗
Q3 2024 Historical $2,901.06 $1,768.50 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2024 Historical $3,277.05 $2,901.06 Source ↗
Q2 2024 Historical $4,884.49 $3,277.05 Source ↗
Q1 2024 Historical $3,027.43 $4,884.49 Source ↗
Year-End 2023 Historical $3,506.05 $3,027.43 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2023 Amended Historical $3,368.43 $3,506.05 Source ↗
Q4 2022 Historical $3,217.18 $3,368.43 Source ↗
Pre-General 2022 Historical $2,743.95 $3,217.18 Source ↗
Q3 2022 Historical $3,231.33 $2,743.95 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2022 Historical $2,878.05 $3,231.33 Source ↗
Q2 2022 Amended Historical $3,302.97 $2,878.05 Source ↗
Q1 2022 Historical $3,222.56 $3,302.97 Source ↗
Year-End 2021 Historical $2,245.87 $3,222.56 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2021 Historical $2,112.05 $2,245.87 Source ↗
Q4 2020 Historical $2,179.42 $2,112.05 Source ↗
Pre-General 2020 Historical $1,756.61 $2,179.42 Source ↗
Q3 2020 Historical $1,763.99 $1,756.61 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2020 Historical $1,640.97 $1,763.99 Source ↗
Q2 2020 Historical $2,752.36 $1,640.97 Source ↗
Q1 2020 Historical $3,218.70 $2,752.36 Source ↗
Year-End 2019 Amended Historical $1,665.85 $3,218.70 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2019 Historical $2,623.63 $1,665.85 Source ↗
Q4 2018 Historical $2,995.22 $2,623.63 Source ↗
Pre-General 2018 Amended Historical $3,118.32 $2,995.22 Source ↗
Q3 2018 Historical $3,068.85 $3,118.32 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2018 Historical $3,068.85 $3,068.85 Source ↗
Q2 2018 Historical $4,348.92 $3,068.85 Source ↗
Q1 2018 Historical $4,141.86 $4,348.92 Source ↗
Year-End 2017 Historical $3,020.13 $4,141.86 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2017 Historical $3,089.41 $3,020.13 Source ↗
Q4 2016 Historical $3,354.91 $3,089.41 Source ↗
Pre-General 2016 Historical $2,103.41 $3,354.91 Source ↗
Q3 2016 Historical $2,525.30 $2,103.41 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2016 Historical $2,525.30 $2,525.30 Source ↗
Q2 2016 Historical $3,805.84 $2,525.30 Source ↗
Q1 2016 Late Historical $4,243.84 $3,805.84 Source ↗
Year-End 2015 Historical $3,502.72 $4,243.84 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2015 Historical $2,995.72 $3,502.72 Source ↗
Q4 2014 Historical $3,104.19 $2,995.72 Source ↗
Pre-General 2014 Historical $1,947.44 $3,104.19 Source ↗
Q3 2014 Historical $2,836.84 $1,947.44 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2014 Historical $2,904.84 $2,836.84 Source ↗
Q2 2014 Historical $3,379.83 $2,904.84 Source ↗
Q1 2014 Historical $3,379.83 $3,379.83 Source ↗
Year-End 2013 Historical $2,159.73 $3,379.83 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2013 Historical $2,242.97 $2,159.73 Source ↗
Q4 2012 Amended Historical $2,271.97 $2,242.97 Source ↗
Pre-General 2012 Historical $2,386.97 $2,271.97 Source ↗
Q3 2012 Late Historical $2,529.08 $2,386.97 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2012 Amended Historical $2,593.08 $2,529.08 Source ↗
Q2 2012 Historical $2,709.02 $2,593.08 Source ↗
Q1 2012 Historical $2,688.02 $2,709.02 Source ↗
Year-End 2011 Historical $2,121.48 $2,688.02 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2011 Historical $2,411.41 $2,121.48 Source ↗
Q4 2010 Historical $2,411.41 $2,411.41 Source ↗
Pre-General 2010 Historical $2,411.41 $2,411.41 Source ↗
Q3 2010 Historical $2,559.90 $2,411.41 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2010 Historical $2,619.90 $2,559.90 Source ↗
Q2 2010 Historical $2,669.90 $2,619.90 Source ↗
Q1 2010 Historical $2,471.36 $2,669.90 Source ↗
Year-End 2009 Amended Historical $2,588.81 $2,471.36 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2009 Historical $2,757.68 $2,588.81 Source ↗
Q4 2008 Historical $2,499.75 $2,757.68 Source ↗
Pre-General 2008 Historical $2,719.75 $2,499.75 Source ↗
Q3 2008 Historical $2,740.86 $2,719.75 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2008 Amended Historical $3,111.46 $2,740.86 Source ↗
Q2 2008 Historical $1,636.51 $3,111.46 Source ↗
Q1 2008 Amended Historical $1,711.01 $1,636.51 Source ↗
Year-End 2007 Historical $2,367.63 $1,711.01 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2007 Historical $2,994.42 $2,367.63 Source ↗
Q4 2006 Historical $2,890.79 $2,994.42 Source ↗
Pre-General 2006 Historical $5,027.46 $2,890.79 Source ↗
Q3 2006 Historical $4,882.00 $5,027.46 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2006 Historical $6,346.00 $4,882.00 Source ↗
Q2 2006 Historical $7,032.20 $6,346.00 Source ↗
Q1 2006 Amended Historical $5,499.32 $7,032.20 Source ↗
Q4 2005 Amended Historical $5,797.31 $5,499.32 Source ↗
Q3 2005 Amended Historical $3,911.12 $5,797.31 Source ↗
Q2 2005 Historical $4,222.10 $3,911.12 Source ↗
Q1 2005 Historical $4,316.72 $4,222.10 Source ↗
Q4 2004 Historical $4,246.43 $4,316.72 Source ↗
Q3 2004 Historical $11,386.62 $4,246.43 Source ↗
Q2 2004 Late Historical $7,914.09 $11,386.62 Source ↗
Q1 2004 Late Historical $7,779.23 $7,914.09 Source ↗