Almost all candidates running for Knox County Commission received donations in the last part of the election cycle, from April 1 to July 22, and several had individual contributors who maxed out the limits.
The most amount of money an individual can donate to a campaign is $1,800 in the general election and $1,800 in the primary.
Here are Knox County Commission candidates' top donations, according to campaign finance records.
District 1
Charles Frazier, Republican
Frazier has not filed the campaign finance reports required for the past two periods.
Damon Rawls, Democrat
- 44 donations
- Highest donation from a group: $1,000 from Tennessee Realtors PAC
- Highest donation from an individual: $1,800 from Shirley Black
District 2
Courtney Durrett, incumbent Democrat
- Highest donation from a group: $6,000 from the Tennessee Realtors PAC
- Highest donation from an individual: $1,800 each from Janet Lawson and Phillip Lawson
Ethan Grantham, independent
Grantham did not take donations.
Debbie Phillips, Republican
- 21 donations
- Highest donation from a group: $2,000 from the Knox County Republican Party
- Highest donation from an individual: $1,800 from Justin Hirst, who lost in the GOP primary for Knox County Commission. Hirst also is running for the Tennessee House of Representatives in District 15.
District 4
Garrett Holt, Republican
- 72 donations
- Highest donation from a group: $250 from the Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. PAC
- Highest donation from an individual: $1,800 each from Ann Bailey, Steve Bailey, David Colquitt and Wes Stowers
Shane Jackson, Democrat
- 307 donations
- Highest donation from a group: $5,000 from the Tennessee Realtors PAC
- Highest donation from an individual: $1,800 each from Janet Lawson, Mary Sullivan and William Sullivan
District 5
S. Arthur Moore, Democrat
- 88 donations
- Highest donation from a group: $150 from the Democratic Women of Knoxville
- Highest donation from an individual: $1,800 from Atonia Webb
Angela Russell, Republican
- 37 donations
- Highest donation from a group: $2,000 from the Knox County Republican Party
- Highest donation from an individual: $1,800 each from Jack Stenziano, Whitney Stenziano and Steve Williams
District 6
Daniel Greene, Democrat
- 37 donations
- Greene did not receive any donations from a group
- Highest donation from an individual: $500 from Jennifer Payne
Terry Hill, Republican
- Six donations
- Highest donation from a group: $3,000 from the Tennessee Realtors PAC
- Highest donation from an individual: $1,000 from Chuck Holland
District 8
Charles Chandler, Democrat
- 33 donations
- Chandler did not have donations from a group.
- Highest donation from an individual: $100 each from Sarah Baskin, Catherine Brewer, Paul Laudeman, Dave and Judy Lee, Michelle Loseke, Reshad Mahmudov, Saleem Saleem, Lucy Stephenson and Edwin Yeiser
Adam Thompson, Republican
- Two donations
- Highest donation from a group: $2,000 from the Knox County Republican Club
- Highest donation from an individual: $500 from Kevin Murphy
District 9
Andy Fox, Republican
- 55 donations
- Highest donation from a group: $2,000 from the Knox County Republican Party
- Highest donation from an individual: $1,800 from Doug Harris
Matthew Park, Democrat
- 389 donations
- Highest donation from a group: $5,000 from the Tennessee Realtors PAC.
- Highest donation from an individual: $1,800 each from Janet Lawson and Philip Lawson
Stacey Bryan Smith, independent
Smith did not accept donations.
Allie Feinberg reports on politics for Knox News. Email her: allie.feinberg@knoxnews.com and follow her on X, formerly known as Twitter, @alliefeinberg.
This article originally appeared on Knoxville News Sentinel: These people gave the most money to each Knox County Commission candidate
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