Elections · U.S. House, District 5 · Tennessee

Chaz Molder

Democrat On the November ballot

On the November ballot

Molder faces Charlie Hatcher, James A. Johnson and Micheál O'Leary for this seat on November 3, 2026.

Chaz Molderthis pageDemocrat · $2.6M

The general-election ballot as recorded September 21, 2026, not a prediction. Official candidate list: Tennessee Division of Elections; The Division of Elections page that links both lists. Minor-party and write-in filers are on the race page.

The whole race

Where the money comes from

11%from small donors

Small donors: 11%$296K
Large donors: 80%$2.1M
PACs: 8%$216K
Party: <1%$221
Self-funding: --
Other: <1%$22K

Separately, $34K in independent expenditures was reported supporting this candidate by outside committees. That money is not the candidate's receipts and is not part of the mix above.

Receipts reported through July 17, 2026. Source: FEC.

How to vote in Tennessee

General electionNovember 3, 2026

All dates and rules

The district they want to represent

People: 797K
Median household income: $94K
Unemployment: 3.6%
Living below the poverty line: 9.2%
Without health insurance: 9.3%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate. These figures describe the district as drawn before its lines changed for 2026; estimates for the new lines are not yet published.

Against the field for this seat

Each campaign's reported receipts on one shared scale, incumbent first and then by name, never in money order.

Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; their money is still their own filed record. A hollow row is a candidate with no finance report on file yet, not one who raised nothing.

The whole race

Spending to support them

$34K

The Progress Fund$34K

Spending to oppose them

No committee has filed independent spending in this direction.

How these directions are decided

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC. The supporting or opposing direction is each committee's own declared filing, not an interpretation, and a group spending against a candidate is not necessarily spending for their opponent. Outside money is not the campaign's money and is never added to what they raised.

Record in office

Molder does not hold a seat in Congress now, so there is no current voting record, cosponsorships or committee service to show here.

That absence is not a position for or against anything.

What the campaign says, on chazmolder.com

Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.

Cite this page

Project Curia. "Chaz Molder: Tennessee House candidate, 2026." Sources: Federal Election Commission candidate and committee filings; National Conference of State Legislatures election dates and voter-registration rules; Tennessee Division of Elections ballot records; U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Data as of 2026-10-12. /elections/candidate/H-TN-05/H6TN05397

The citation names the source data used for this record.