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Political Action Committee

Registered Dec 2009 · Treasurer: Robert Hamill · Columbus, OH

Raised

$615,672

incl. $62,757 unitemized small gifts

Total Spent

$588,459

Spent outside Tennessee

$576,959

98% of spending

To TN candidates

$6,000

1.0% of spending

Candidate Giving by Party $4,000 to 5 candidates

$3,500 to 4 Republicans $500 to 1 Democrat

Where the Money Goes

Of the $588,459 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $576,959 (98%) — went to activity outside Tennessee.

Operating share of spending compares operating spending with total spent.

Show formula

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

Operating spending: $0 ÷ Total spent: $588,459

Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending	$0
Contributions to candidates	$6,000

Source filings:

Spent outside Tennessee $576,959 98%
To TN candidates $6,000 1.0%
To other PACs $5,500 0.9%

“Spent outside Tennessee” is money this committee sent out of state — a multi-state committee’s lump non-Tennessee line plus any individually-filed out-of-state contributions. Separate from out-of-state donors.

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate	Office	Party	Total
Bud Hulsey ^†	Tennessee House, District 02	Rep.	$1,000.00
John K Crawford ^†	Tennessee House, District 01	Rep.	$1,000.00
Timothy Hill ^†	Tennessee House, District 03	Rep.	$1,000.00
Jeff Yarbro ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 21	Dem.	$500.00
Steve Southerland ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 09	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 $6,000 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $4,000. Of the $2,000 difference, $2,000 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $2,000 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

Lundberg, Jon $1,000.00
Calfee, Kent $500.00
Holsclaw, John B. $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
CAM PAC (Cameron Sexton)	$1,000.00
KEYPAC (Ken Yager)	$1,000.00
MCPAC (Randy McNally)	$1,000.00
JACK PAC (Jack Johnson)	$500.00
Johnson Victory PAC	$500.00
LAMBERTH PAC (William Lamberth)	$500.00
Marsh for Tennessee Business PAC	$500.00
PB PAC (Paul Bailey)	$500.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor	Location	Employer	Total Given
Charles Zebula	Dublin, OH	Aep Service Corp	$5,024.59
Allan Smith	Dublin, OH	Aep Service Corp	$4,999.92
Charles Patton	Blacklick, OH	Aep Service Corp	$4,999.92
Dale Heydlauff	Upper Arlington, OH	Aep Service Corp	$4,999.92
Julio Reyes	Corpus Christi, TX	Aep Texas Central Co	$4,999.92
Nicholas Akins	Dublin, OH	Aep Service Corp	$4,999.92
Paul Chodak	Fort Wayne, IN	Indiana Michigan Power	$4,999.92
Brian Tierney	Upper Arrlington, OH	Aep Service Corp	$3,956.17
Craig Rhoades	Dublin, OH	Aep Service Corp	$3,904.17
David Feinberg	New Albany, OH	Aep Service Corp	$3,379.07

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
Year-End 2019 Historical	$228,066.65	$236,368.15	Source: Year-End 2019 filing Report 85904
Mid-Year 2019 Historical	$209,155.20	$228,066.65	Source: Mid-Year 2019 filing Report 84543