Knox Liberty Organization

Political Action Committee

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

Year by year

Knox Liberty Organization — 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 $65,378.54 $47,720.22 $150.00
2025 $63,843.02 $49,827.14 $7,500.00
2024 $31,929.21 $39,302.74 $0.00
2023 $21,083.33 $14,967.94 $350.00
2022 $8,785.00 $8,404.83 $0.00
2021 $10,735.24 $11,457.81 $0.00
2020 $4,330.66 $3,452.77 $0.00
2019 $5,000.00 $21.29 $0.00
All years $211,085.00 $175,154.74 $8,000.00
Raised
$211,085
incl. $2,870 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$175,155
Operating & other
$120,420
69% of spending
To TN candidates
$27,879
16% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $8,000 to 3 candidates
$8,000 to 3 Republicans

Where the Money Goes

Of the $175,155 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $120,420 (69%) — 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: $120,420 ÷ Total spent: $175,155
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $120,420
Contributions to candidates $27,879

“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. $850.00
Frank S Niceley † Tennessee Senate, District 08 Rep. $350.00

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

This committee’s own filings report $27,879 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $8,000. Of the $19,879 difference, $19,879 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $19,879 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

  • My District My Vote $5,900.00
  • Knoxville Against Raising Taxes $5,000.00
  • Melody Watts Campaign $2,200.00
  • Jeff Talman Campaign $1,900.00
  • Herrera for Law Director $1,193.50
  • Angela Russell Campaign $971.50
  • Becky Jones Campaign $713.93
  • Campaign of Debbie Phillips $550.00
  • Wijunamai, Kungdiangbou $500.00
  • Sheri Super Campaign $450.00
  • …and 4 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
Voting Conservative Matters $16,300.00
Todd for A Better Tennessee PAC $7,000.00
Roving Patriots PAC $2,000.00
Committee To Elect Kyle Ward $300.00
Committee To Elect Rhonda Lee $100.00
Scruffy Little City $100.00

Given in Other States

This committee sent $1,056 to 2 candidates and committees outside Tennessee, across 2 states. 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
Andy Fox for Commissioner Georgia $805.52
Tenth Amendment Center California $250.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Campaign Workers $20,942.22
Research / Polling $16,184.00
Printing $15,778.88
Technology $13,536.93
Donations $10,877.90
Event- Fundraiser $5,339.27
Office Supplies $4,890.97
Survey $4,191.68
Campaign Materials $4,122.77
Food / Beverage $2,758.28

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Parker Bartholomew Knoxville, TN Self-Employed $22,750.00
Dana Hofseth Knoxville, TN Retired $10,674.17
Justin Lafferty Knoxville, TN State of Tennessee $10,593.17
Stand for Tennessee Alexandria, VA — $7,872.83
Robert Petrone Knoxville, TN B \& T Distributing Co., Inc. $7,550.00
Ross Croley Knoxville, TN Gsv $6,600.00
David Colquitt Knoxville, TN Self-Employed $6,000.00
The Invo Companies Oak Ridge, TN — $5,500.00
John Koehler Soddy Daisy, TN Self-Employed $5,000.00
Jordan Mollenhour Knoxville, TN Mollenhour Gross, LLC $5,000.00

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 $36,215.15 $35,427.84 Source: Pre-General 2026 filing Report 131022
Q3 2026 $40,483.25 $36,215.15 Source: Q3 2026 filing Report 129913
Pre-Primary 2026 $38,482.03 $40,483.25 Source: Pre-Primary 2026 filing Report 128311
Q2 2026 $26,652.92 $38,482.03 Source: Q2 2026 filing Report 127123
Q1 2026 Amended $17,769.52 $26,652.92 Source: Q1 2026 filing Report 127202
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
Q4 2024 Historical $3,946.81 $3,753.53 Source: Q4 2024 filing Report 120767
Pre-General 2024 Amended Historical $6,589.40 $3,946.81 Source: Pre-General 2024 filing Report 122841
Q3 2024 Historical $2,960.62 $6,589.40 Source: Q3 2024 filing Report 117873
Pre-Primary 2024 Historical $2,059.22 $2,960.62 Source: Pre-Primary 2024 filing Report 116171
Q2 2024 Historical $6,336.54 $2,059.22 Source: Q2 2024 filing Report 114878
Q1 2024 Historical $11,126.53 $6,336.54 Source: Q1 2024 filing Report 113266
Year-End 2023 Historical $3,950.58 $11,126.53 Source: Year-End 2023 filing Report 111821
Mid-Year 2023 Historical $5,011.64 $3,950.58 Source: Mid-Year 2023 filing Report 109142
Q4 2022 Historical $4,924.58 $5,011.64 Source: Q4 2022 filing Report 107232
Pre-General 2022 Historical $4,018.61 $4,924.58 Source: Pre-General 2022 filing Report 105641
Q3 2022 Historical $5,113.90 $4,018.61 Source: Q3 2022 filing Report 104808
Pre-Primary 2022 Historical $9,101.71 $5,113.90 Source: Pre-Primary 2022 filing Report 102927
Q2 2022 Historical $12,399.29 $9,101.71 Source: Q2 2022 filing Report 100342
Q1 2022 Historical $4,545.61 $12,399.29 Source: Q1 2022 filing Report 98845
Year-End 2021 Historical $2,439.37 $4,545.61 Source: Year-End 2021 filing Report 96881
Mid-Year 2021 Historical $5,640.66 $2,439.37 Source: Mid-Year 2021 filing Report 95256
Q4 2020 Historical $1,796.95 $5,640.66 Source: Q4 2020 filing Report 93318
Pre-General 2020 Historical $1,796.95 $1,796.95 Source: Pre-General 2020 filing Report 92065
Q3 2020 Historical $2,190.85 $1,796.95 Source: Q3 2020 filing Report 91067
Pre-Primary 2020 Historical $3,818.43 $2,190.85 Source: Pre-Primary 2020 filing Report 90034
Q2 2020 Historical $4,473.73 $3,818.43 Source: Q2 2020 filing Report 88663
Q1 2020 Historical $4,979.15 $4,473.73 Source: Q1 2020 filing Report 86972
Year-End 2019 Historical $2,000.16 $4,979.15 Source: Year-End 2019 filing Report 86095
Mid-Year 2019 Historical $0.00 $2,000.16 Source: Mid-Year 2019 filing Report 84047