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U.S. House, District 5: who gets your vote?

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Candidate
CH

Charlie Hatcher

Running for U.S. House · Tennessee District 5

NationalRepublican

Candidate
CM

Chaz Molder

Running for U.S. House · Tennessee District 5

NationalDemocrat

Charlie HatcherCandidateChaz MolderChallenger

Job fit

Charlie Hatcher

Offices held

  • He served as Tennessee State Veterinarian before becoming Commissioner of Agriculture 1
  • He served as Tennessee State Veterinarian 1

Chaz Molder

Offices held

  • Chaz Molder was elected as Columbia’s mayor in 2018. 2

Education

  • law school graduate of the University of Memphis. 2
  • a graduate of the University of Tennessee 2

Top issues

We haven't found stated positions for either candidate yet.

How they voted on top issues

We haven't found votes on top issues for either candidate yet.

Who pays them

Charlie Hatcher

Where the campaign money came from3

small donorslarge donors
small donors$15Klarge donors$568K$720K raised
$14,5843Small individual donors
$567,7053Large individual donors

Chaz Molder

Where the campaign money came from4

small donorslarge donorsother politicianslabor unionspolitical allies (same party)Other kinds of donors
small donors$296Klarge donors$2.1Motherpoliticians$88Klabor unions$33Kpolitical allies(same party)$26KOther kinds ofdonors$9K$2.6M raised
$296,2954Small individual donors
$2,065,3234Large individual donors

Checks

Charlie Hatcher

No voting record to check yet

Chaz Molder

No voting record to check yet

Based on current data. May change in a future update.

Sources

  1. About – Charlie Hatcher · checked 2026-10-14 used in: Experience
  2. Meet Chaz - Chaz Molder for Congress · checked 2026-10-14 used in: Experience
  3. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
  4. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
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Candidate A

Charlie Hatcher

RepublicanShown above

🚩 No federal record yet. Campaign money: $720K raised, 79% from large donors, 0% from organized interests. Group breakdown unavailable. The filed PAC total is known, but its givers have not been identified here.
Filed PAC total: $3,500.00 (0% of $719,502.95 raised), 2026 cycle. Group source

Sources

1 Background: About – Charlie Hatcher · checked 2026-10-14

2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

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CM
Candidate B

Chaz Molder

DemocratShown above

🚩 No federal record yet. Campaign money: $2.6M raised, 80% from large donors, 8% from organized interests. Group coverage unverified: filing cutoffs and receipt scope have not been reconciled. Named amounts are not a complete split of the filed PAC total.
Filed PAC total: $215,700.00 (8% of $2,577,538.14 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $154,938.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source

Sources

1 Background: Meet Chaz - Chaz Molder for Congress · checked 2026-10-14

2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

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Candidate C

James A. Johnson

Independent

No verified background on file for this candidate.

We don't have campaign money records for this race yet.

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Candidate D

Micheál (Me-Haul) O’Leary

Independent

We don't have campaign money records for this race yet.

Sources

1 Background: Tennessee Candidate & Election Guide (web-fetched text extraction) · checked 2026-10-21

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