McMinn County Republican Party

Political Action Committee

Registered Jan 1990 · Treasurer: Stacey Hester · Athens, TN

Also giving in

Also gave $500.00 in U.S. Congress politics

Cross-jurisdiction totals reflect the linked entity record and may exclude unmerged duplicates; figures are two separate per-jurisdiction public totals, not a combined statewide total.

Raised

$7,219

incl. $5,019 unitemized small gifts

Total Spent

$6,339

Operating & other

$5,339

84% of spending

To TN candidates

$1,000

16% of spending

Where the Money Goes

Of the $6,339 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $5,339 (84%) — went to operating costs and overhead.

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: $5,339 ÷ Total spent: $6,339

Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending	$5,339
Contributions to candidates	$1,000

Source filings:

Operating & other $5,339 84%
To TN candidates $1,000 16%

Contributions to Candidates

No contributions to tracked candidates on record.

This committee’s own filings report $1,000 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $0. Of the $1,000 difference, $1,000 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $1,000 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

Cowart, Don $1,000.00

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.

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose	Total
Advertising	$1,341.21
T-Shrits	$1,153.80
Signs	$735.00
Rent	$700.00
T-Shirts/Signs	$698.00
Bumper Stickers	$408.00
Fundraisering	$302.60

from to

Individual operating payments
Payee	Purpose	Date	Amount
Dick, Pelley	Rent	11/08/2004	$700.00
Jc Promotions	T-Shirts/Signs	09/23/2004	$698.00
All Star Sports	T-Shrits	09/24/2004	$621.30
Business Promotions	T-Shrits	10/05/2004	$532.50
Jc Promotions	Bumper Stickers	09/16/2004	$408.00
Daily Post Athenian	Advertising	10/28/2004	$400.05
Smith, Jerry	Signs	11/05/2004	$350.00
Cagle, Donn	Fundraisering	10/27/2004	$302.60
Wyxi Raido	Advertising	10/29/2004	$300.00
WJSQ Radio	Advertising	10/29/2004	$299.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor	Location	Employer	Total Given
John Duncan	Washington, DC	—	$1,000.00
Robert Mc Kee	Niota, TN	—	$500.00

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
Q4 2004 Historical	$3,303.52	$1,486.79	Source: Q4 2004 filing Report 3100
Q3 2004 Amended Historical	$936.64	$3,303.52	Source: Q3 2004 filing Report 3939
Q2 2004 Amended Historical	$1,310.03	$936.64	Source: Q2 2004 filing Report 3938
Q1 2004 Amended Historical	$1,137.97	$1,310.03	Source: Q1 2004 filing Report 3937