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Political Action Committee

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

Raised

$494,235

incl. $162,314 unitemized small gifts

Total Spent

$539,600

Spent outside Tennessee

$519,600

96% of spending

To TN candidates

$11,500

2.1% of spending

Candidate Giving by Party $7,000 to 10 candidates

$6,000 to 8 Republicans $1,000 to 2 Democrats

Where the Money Goes

Of the $539,600 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $519,600 (96%) — 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: $539,600

Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending	$0
Contributions to candidates	$11,500

Source filings:

Spent outside Tennessee $519,600 96%
To TN candidates $11,500 2.1%
To other PACs $8,500 1.6%

“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
Clark Boyd ^†	Tennessee House, District 46	Rep.	$1,000.00
John K Crawford ^†	Tennessee House, District 01	Rep.	$1,000.00
Kevin Vaughan ^†	Tennessee House, District 95	Rep.	$1,000.00
Ed Jackson ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 25	Rep.	$500.00
Jason Zachary ^†	Tennessee House, District 14	Rep.	$500.00
Jeff Yarbro ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 21	Dem.	$500.00
Raumesh Akbari ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 29	Dem.	$500.00
Richard M. Briggs ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 07	Rep.	$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 $11,500 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $7,000. Of the $4,500 difference, $4,500 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $4,500 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

Campbell, Scotty $1,000.00
Lundberg, Jon $1,000.00
Citizens for Real Leadership $500.00
Hazlewood, Patsy $500.00
Holsclaw, John B. $500.00
Swann, Art $500.00
Thompson, Hilman Dwayne $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
JACK PAC (Jack Johnson)	$1,000.00
KEYPAC (Ken Yager)	$1,000.00
LAMBERTH PAC (William Lamberth)	$1,000.00
MCPAC (Randy McNally)	$1,000.00
PB PAC (Paul Bailey)	$1,000.00
Tennesseans Freedom PAC	$1,000.00
BOWPAC (Bo Watson)	$500.00
Johnson Victory PAC	$500.00
Marsh for Tennessee Business PAC	$500.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor	Location	Employer	Total Given
Nicholas Akins	Dublin, OH	Aep Service Corp	$4,999.92
Paul Chodak	Fort Wayne, IN	Indiana Michigan Power	$4,999.92
Rajagopalan Sundararajan	Dublin, OH	Aep Service Corporation	$4,615.20
Anthony Kavanagh	Arlington, VA	Aep Service Corp	$4,500.00
Craig Rhoades	Dublin, OH	Aep Service Corp	$4,235.04
Phillip Ulrich	Columbus, OH	Aep Service Corporation	$4,230.60
Peggy Simmons	Tulsa, OK	Public Service Co. of Ok	$4,091.28
Julia Sloat	Columbus, OH	Aep Service Corp	$3,963.59
Matthew Horeled	Tulsa, OK	Public Service Co. of Ok	$3,600.00
David Feinberg	New Albany, OH	Aep Service Corp	$3,570.00

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 2022 Historical	$370,230.91	$380,486.70	Source: Q4 2022 filing Report 107704
Pre-General 2022 Historical	$354,746.09	$370,230.91	Source: Pre-General 2022 filing Report 105913
Q3 2022 Historical	$410,960.53	$354,746.09	Source: Q3 2022 filing Report 104751
Pre-Primary 2022 Historical	$371,041.19	$410,960.53	Source: Pre-Primary 2022 filing Report 102590
Q2 2022 Historical	$475,210.60	$371,041.19	Source: Q2 2022 filing Report 101014
Q1 2022 Historical	$425,351.72	$475,210.60	Source: Q1 2022 filing Report 98713