2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Jonathan Thorp?
The money.
- Raised
- $23K
- Spent
- $29K
- Cash on hand
- $-6,239
- Individuals 75% $17K
- Candidate's own money & loans 25% $5,587
Campaign totals through Oct 8, 2026.
Outside groups: $28K supporting · $0 opposing
Biggest spenders supporting
- YOUR COMMUNITY PAC $28K
Who gave.
Who gives $17K from individuals
9% in small-dollar gifts
$1,513 of $17K came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.
5% from Tennessee · 95% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
Top states
- Maine $6,600
- South Dakota $4,500
- Virginia $2,000
- Tennessee $800
- Colorado $500
- Maryland $250
Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $7,800. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $6,850, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Oct 8, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Aug 15, 2025 to Nov 17, 2025, net of refunds (9 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: $28K for / $0 against · $0 in the final two weeks
Source: FEC regular reports. The final two weeks run Oct 21, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, by the date each ad or mailing went out.
$28K of the $28K on late reports was filed as an estimate. A 24- or 48-hour report is due within a day or two of the spending; the spender's later regular report carries the final cost.
What it bought, per the late reports
- Mail, print & signs 100% $28K
Largest late spenders for
- YOUR COMMUNITY PAC $28K
Latest dissemination on these reports: November 20, 2025. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (1 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 $28K in itemized spending
- Advertising & outreach 31% $8,767
- Staff & payroll 24% $6,600
- Fundraising & processing fees 14% $4,000
- Travel, meals & events 3% $833
- Office, technology & overhead 14% $3,992
- Other or unclassified 13% $3,750
Largest payees
- KLEIER BROTHERS CREATIVE $3,750
- MAEFLY STRATEGIES $2,500
- SMALL TOWN STARTUP $2,492
- CES CREATIVE $2,250
- NXTGEN AGENCY $1,800
Paid to individuals: $9,562, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Apr 20, 2025 to May 11, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (29 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.
- Matthew Robert Van EppsRepublican · $2.6M raised · $4.1M outside
- Darden Hunter CopelandDemocrat · $1.3M raised
- Stewart Thomas ParksRepublican · $363K raised
- Vincent DixieDemocrat · $266K raised · $119K outside
- Mark GreenRepublican · $201K raised · $178 outside
- Saletta HollowayDemocrat · $91K raised
- Jason KnightRepublican · $46K raised
- Andrew KoontzIndependent · $5,100 raised
- Aftyn BehnDemocrat · $2.8M outside
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.