Ao Smith Corporation PAC AOSPAC

Political Action Committee

Registered Oct 2010 · Treasurer: Benjamin Otchere · Milwaukee, WI

Raised
$27,617
incl. $7,073 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$28,500
Spent outside Tennessee
$28,500
100% of spending

Where the Money Goes

Of the $28,500 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $28,500 (100%) — went to activity outside Tennessee.

Why this number?

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: $28,500
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $0
Contributions to candidates $0

“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 (itemized below). Separate from out-of-state donors.

Contributions to Candidates

No contributions to tracked candidates on record.

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.

Given in Other States

This committee sent $28,500 to 19 candidates and committees outside Tennessee, across 8 states. These are counted as spending outside Tennessee, not as Tennessee candidate support — Who Funds Tennessee doesn’t track out-of-state races, so they don’t link to a page here.

Contributions to candidates and committees outside Tennessee
Recipient State Total
The Thom Tillis Committee North Carolina $3,500.00
Paul Tonko for Congress New York $2,500.00
Friends of Jim Clyburn Washington, D.C. $2,500.00
Shaheen for Senate New Hampshire $2,500.00
Kind for Congress Wisconsin $2,500.00
Peters for Michigan Michigan $2,000.00
Mullin for Congress Washington, D.C. $1,000.00
Texans for Senator John Cornyn Virginia $1,000.00
Veronica Escobar for Congress Maryland $1,000.00
Blue Wave Pol Partners North Carolina $1,000.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Kevin Wheeler Pewaukee, WI Ao Smith Corp $5,000.00
Charles Lauber Elm Grove, WI Ao Smith $4,850.00
Jim Stern Wauwatosa, WI A. O. Smith Corporate Headquarters $3,000.00
Joshua Greene Crofton, MD A.O. Smith Corporation $1,999.92
David Warren Franklin, TN A. O. Smith Water Products $1,000.00
Joseph Troccoli Old Hickory, TN A. O. Smith Water Products $1,000.00
Joshua Smith Mequon, WI Ao Smith $833.30
Darrell Schuh Franklin, TN Lochinvar $600.00
David Chisolm Nashville, TN A. O. Smith Water Products $500.00
Daniel Kempken Elm Grove, WI Ao Smith Corp $300.00

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 2020 Historical $23,754.27 $27,879.93 Source ↗
Pre-General 2020 Historical $25,749.28 $23,754.27 Source ↗
Q3 2020 Amended Historical $28,988.46 $25,749.28 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2020 Historical $27,466.80 $28,988.46 Source ↗
Q2 2020 Historical $29,581.03 $27,466.80 Source ↗
Q1 2020 Historical $28,760.27 $29,581.03 Source ↗