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The Progress Fund

Political Action Committee

Year by year

The Progress Fund — 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 $50,000.00 $88,250.00 $31,400.00
All years $50,000.00 $88,250.00 $31,400.00
Also giving in

Also gave $9,000.00 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
$50,000
Total Spent
$88,250
Operating & other
$56,850
64% of spending
To TN candidates
$31,400
36% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $31,400 to 5 candidates
$31,400 to 5 Democrats

Where the Money Goes

Of the $88,250 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $56,850 (64%) — 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: $56,850 ÷ Total spent: $88,250
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $56,850
Contributions to candidates $31,400
Source filings:

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate Office Party Total
Jerri Green Governor Dem. $15,400.00
Bryan Goldberg Tennessee House, District 18 Dem. $5,000.00
Jesse Huseth Tennessee House, District 97 Dem. $5,000.00
Ronnie L. Glynn Tennessee House, District 67 Dem. $5,000.00
London Lamar † Tennessee Senate, District 33 Dem. $1,000.00

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

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
Research / Polling $22,000.00
Text Messaging/Digital Ad/Green/Dist 2/Support $16,850.00
Digital Ad/Green/Dist 2/Support $15,000.00
Consulting/Political Strategy $3,000.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Phillip Lawson Knoxville, TN LHP Capital $50,000.00

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
Q3 2026 Amended $24,750.00 -$88,250.00 Source: Q3 2026 filing Report 130142
Pre-Primary 2026 $25,000.00 $24,750.00 Source: Pre-Primary 2026 filing Report 128017
Q2 2026 $0.00 $25,000.00 Source: Q2 2026 filing Report 127218