3M Company PAC

Political Action Committee

Registered Oct 2012 · Treasurer: Chad Klostermann · St. Paul, MN

Also giving in

Also gave $15,000.00 in U.S. Congress politics

Cross-jurisdiction totals reflect the linked entity record and may exclude unmerged duplicates; figures are two separate per-jurisdiction public totals, not a combined statewide total.

Raised

$61,584

incl. $13,343 unitemized small gifts

excl. $18,061 in bookkeeping entries — carried-forward balances, adjustments, refunds — not money raised

Total Spent

$2,500

To TN candidates

$1,500

60% of spending

To other PACs

$1,000

40% of spending

Candidate Giving by Party $500 to 1 candidate

$500 to 1 Republican

Where the Money Goes

Of the $2,500 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $1,500 (60%) — went to Tennessee candidates.

Operating share of spending compares operating spending with total spent.

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Operating / overhead spending divided by everything this committee spent (each expenditure lands in exactly one bucket).

Operating spending: $0 ÷ Total spent: $2,500

Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending	$0
Contributions to candidates	$1,500

Source filings:

To TN candidates $1,500 60%
To other PACs $1,000 40%

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate	Office	Party	Total
Ron Ramsey ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 04	Rep.	$500.00

† Reported in this PAC’s own disbursement filing; the recipient’s receipt filing hasn’t itemized it yet.

This committee’s own filings report $1,500 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $500. Of the $1,000 difference, $1,000 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $1,000 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

Harwell, Beth Halteman $500.00
Tracy, Jim $500.00

Tennessee caps what a PAC may give one candidate per election — $15,400 for statewide and House races, $30,800 for Senate races (2025–26 limits; a primary and a general count as separate elections). Registry of Election Finance limits.

Contributions to Other PACs

Contributions to other political action committees
Committee	Total
Tennessee First	$1,000.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor	Location	Employer	Total Given
Livio Desimone	St Paul, MN	Retired	$5,000.00
Ronald Baukol	Nahtomedi, MN	None Listed	$5,000.00
Ian Francis Charles	Eagan, MN	3M	$4,166.68
Christopher David Holmes	Eagan, MN	3M	$1,249.98
David Walter Meline	Minneapolis, MN	3M	$1,249.98
Hakcheol Shin	Stillwater, MN	3M	$1,249.98
Inge G Thulin	Minneapolis, MN	3M	$1,249.98
Jeffrey Kenneth Rageth	Woodbury, MN	3M	$1,249.98
John Karl Woodworth	Woodbury, MN	3M	$1,249.98
Julie Bushman	Saint Paul, MN	3M	$1,249.98

Filing History

Totals as filed with the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance; see About for how this data is processed.

Campaign filing history
Filing	Cash Beginning	Cash Ending	Source
Q4 2012 Amended Historical	$1,982.20	$56,424.09	Source: Q4 2012 filing Report 46704
Pre-General 2012 Historical	$0.00	$1,982.20	Source: Pre-General 2012 filing Report 46309