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Knox Liberty Organization

Political Action Committee

Registered Jan 2019 · Treasurer: Chrissey Stephens · Knoxville, TN

Raised
$63,843
Total Spent
$49,827
Operating & other
$31,063
62% of spending
To TN candidates
$18,364
37% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $7,500 to 2 candidates
$7,500 to 2 Republicans

Where the Money Goes

Of the $49,827 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $31,063 (62%) — went to operating costs and overhead.

Operating share of spending compares operating spending with total spent.

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

Operating spending: $31,063 ÷ Total spent: $49,827
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $31,063
Contributions to candidates $18,364
Source filings:

“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
Monty Fritts Governor Rep. $6,800.00
Kent Morrell Tennessee Senate, District 07 Rep. $700.00

This committee’s own filings report $18,364 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $7,500. Of the $10,864 difference, $10,864 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $10,864 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

  • Knoxville Against Raising Taxes $5,000.00
  • Melody Watts Campaign $2,200.00
  • Jeff Talman Campaign $1,900.00
  • Becky Jones Campaign $713.93
  • Wijunamai, Kungdiangbou $500.00
  • Sheri Super Campaign $450.00
  • Bill Sofield Campaign $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
Voting Conservative Matters $250.00
Committee To Elect Rhonda Lee $100.00

Given in Other States

This committee sent $50 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
Tenth Amendment Center California $50.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Campaign Workers $8,752.52
Donations $6,000.00
Event- Fundraiser $5,339.27
Technology $2,258.93
Printing $1,831.64
Payroll Taxes $1,584.01
Campaign Materials $1,333.35
Bank Fees $695.69
Insurance $623.00
Food / Beverage $613.09

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Parker Bartholomew Knoxville, TN Self-Employed $12,000.00
Dana Hofseth Knoxville, TN Retired $5,781.56
John Koehler Soddy Daisy, TN Self-Employed $5,000.00
Jordan Mollenhour Knoxville, TN Mollenhour Gross, LLC $5,000.00
Robert Petrone Knoxville, TN B \& T Distributing Co., Inc. $5,000.00
Tennesseans for Common Sense In Government Oak Ridge, TN — $5,000.00
Knoxville Against Raising Taxes Knoxville — $3,000.00
Aubrey Burleson Knoxville, TN Self-Employed $1,900.00
Mike Mollenhour Knoxville, TN Retired $1,281.56
David Brown Knoxville, TN Self-Employed $1,250.00

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
Year-End 2025 $7,237.01 $17,769.52 Source: Year-End 2025 filing Report 124137
Mid-Year 2025 $3,753.53 $7,237.01 Source: Mid-Year 2025 filing Report 122607