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Who funds Chaz Molder?

Tennessee U.S. House District 5DemocratFiled as challengerFEC H6TN05397
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The money.

Chaz MolderFEC filing: Chaz Molder · H6TN05397 ↗
Raised
$3.4M
Spent
$3.0M
Cash on hand
$560K
  • Individuals 90% $3.1M
  • PACs & other committees 9% $322K
  • Party committees 0.2% $5,750
  • Other receipts <0.1% $2,779

Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $82K moved between the candidate's own committees.

Outside groups: $34K supporting · $0 opposing

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. THE PROGRESS FUNDHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $34K

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERSUnion PAC · International Association Of Machinists And Aerospace Workers $10K
  2. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC)Membership group PAC · American Association For Justice (aaj) $10K
  3. INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEUnion PAC · International Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers $10K
  4. AMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICALeadership PAC of Steny Hoyer $10K
  5. PAC TO THE FUTURELeadership PAC of Nancy Pelosi $10K

Who gave.

Who gives $3.1M from individuals

14% in small-dollar gifts

$423K of $3.1M came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.

The itemized gifts below add up to $2.0M of the $2.7M the campaign reported itemizing through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Jul 17, 2026 for this campaign.

83% from Tennessee · 17% from elsewhere

Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.

57% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. Tennessee $1.7M
  2. New York $118K
  3. California $62K
  4. Massachusetts $37K
  5. Oregon $15K
  6. Illinois $14K
  7. Oklahoma $14K
  8. District of Columbia $14K

Top employers named by donors

  1. MCEWEN GROUP $29K
  2. VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER $16K
  3. BASS BERRY & SIMS PLC $16K
  4. BASS BERRY & SIMS $10K
  5. VANDERBILT $9,000
  6. HOLLAND & KNIGHT $8,350
  7. VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY $4,733
  8. THOMPSON BURTON $4,600
  9. VUMC $4,250
  10. STATE OF TENNESSEE $3,625

Employers as donors wrote them on the form. A company listed here did not give this money; people who work there did.

Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $944K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $976K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Aug 18, 2025 to Jul 17, 2026, net of refunds (2,267 entries). Every itemized contribution on FEC.gov ↗

From the principal campaign committee's FEC reports; joint-fundraising transfers and later reports are not included, and no donor is named here. A contribution is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.

Outside money in the final weeks.

Outside spending including late reports: $200K for / $150K against · $165K in the final two weeks

That is $317K more than the $34K in regular reports alone. Source: FEC regular reports plus 24- and 48-hour reports they do not yet cover. The final two weeks run Oct 21, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, by the date each ad or mailing went out.

What it bought, per the late reports

  • Digital ads 56% $197K
  • Mail, print & signs 26% $90K
  • Phones & texts 17% $59K
  • Ad production 1% $4,750

Largest late spenders for

  1. TENNESSEE RISE PAC $100K
  2. THE TIME IS NOW PAC $40K
  3. THE PROGRESS FUND $34K
  4. THREE STAR PAC $25K
  5. GRASSROOTS HENRY COUNTY $1,600

Largest late spenders against

  1. CIVIC RENEWAL FUND INC. $75K
  2. MAGA INC. $75K

Latest dissemination on these reports: October 29, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (14 entries). These reports on FEC.gov ↗

Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate and is not the candidate's money. Purposes are grouped from each spender's own description, so the groups are approximate. A dollar figure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.

Where it went.

Where the money went $1.1M in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $1.1M of the $3.0M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jul 17, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 28% $304K
  • Consultants & strategy 8% $86K
  • Staff & payroll 16% $169K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 19% $207K
  • Polling, research & data 15% $163K
  • Travel, meals & events 2% $18K
  • Office, technology & overhead 6% $70K
  • Legal & compliance 5% $58K
  • Contributions, transfers & refunds 0.3% $3,373
  • Other or unclassified 1% $14K

Largest payees

  1. KINETIC STRATEGIES, LLC $230K
  2. HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC $170K
  3. IMPACT RESEARCH, INC $138K
  4. TRIUMPH STRATEGIES $124K
  5. GPS IMPACT INC. $69K

Paid to individuals: $41K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Sep 4, 2025 to Jul 17, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (424 entries). Every payment on FEC.gov ↗

Grouped by each campaign's own description of the payment, so the groups are approximate. Payments of $200 or less to one payee need not be itemized, detail filed only as memo entries counts under other or unclassified, and spending by the candidate's other committees or by outside groups is not included. A payment is not evidence of a favor or wrongdoing.

Others who filed for this seat.

Questions worth asking.

Money shows who backed a campaign, not how a person will act. Compare it with what they did and said: their votes or official actions if they have held office, their own statements, and their answers to a finding. Use the same questions for every candidate.

FEC bulk data read November 4, 2026. Campaign totals come from each filing's own FEC summary through its latest processed report. Outside spending is independent expenditures itemized in committee reports in the FEC bulk files, primaries included; late 24- and 48-hour reports, party coordinated spending, communication costs and groups that do not report to the FEC are not included. Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate, and it is not the candidate's money. A contribution or expenditure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing. This page identifies the filing by its FEC candidate ID; a person can hold more than one filing.