Ao Smith Corporation PAC AOSPAC

Political Action Committee

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

Year by year

Ao Smith Corporation PAC AOSPAC — money raised, spent and given to candidates in each report year, and the all-time totals those years add up to.
Report year Raised Spent To candidates
2026 $11,309.91 $9,500.00 $0.00
2025 $16,714.88 $21,500.00 $0.00
2024 $30,449.88 $10,500.00 $0.00
2023 $15,829.87 $29,000.00 $0.00
2022 $12,599.90 $25,000.00 $0.00
2021 $28,784.88 $20,000.00 $0.00
2020 $27,616.55 $28,500.00 $0.00
2019 $23,574.88 $23,500.00 $0.00
2018 $27,796.55 $32,000.00 $0.00
2017 $33,710.72 $23,500.00 $0.00
2016 $11,920.76 $27,500.00 $0.00
2015 $32,163.30 $6,000.00 $0.00
2014 $19,608.30 $37,500.00 $0.00
2013 $21,345.80 $8,500.00 $0.00
2012 $39,281.43 $45,000.00 $0.00
2011 $12,605.60 $2,700.00 $0.00
2010 $4,825.00 $21,600.00 $0.00
All years $370,138.21 $371,800.00 $0.00
Raised
$370,138
incl. $71,158 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$371,800
Spent outside Tennessee
$300,500
81% of spending
To TN candidates
$33,500
9.0% of spending

Where the Money Goes

Of the $371,800 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $300,500 (81%) — 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: $24,100 ÷ Total spent: $371,800
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $24,100
Contributions to candidates $33,500

“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.

This committee’s own filings report $33,500 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $0. Of the $33,500 difference, $33,500 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $33,500 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

  • Marsha Blackburn for Congress $10,000.00
  • Alexander for Senate, Inc. $5,000.00
  • Diane Black for Congress $5,000.00
  • Black (2012), Diane $2,500.00
  • Team Hagerty $2,500.00
  • John Rose for Tennessee $2,000.00
  • Bob Corker for Senate $1,500.00
  • Burchett for Congress $1,000.00
  • Cohen, Steve $1,000.00
  • Duncan for Congress $1,000.00
  • …and 2 more recipients

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
Chuck Fleischmann for Congress Committee $6,000.00
Rock City PAC $5,000.00
Tennessee PAC for Leadership $2,500.00
Cheatham County Business PAC $200.00

Given in Other States

This committee sent $300,500 to 96 candidates and committees outside Tennessee, across 19 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
Cooper for Congress Washington, D.C. $15,000.00
Kind for Congress Washington, D.C. $11,500.00
Steil for Wisconsin Virginia $11,500.00
Marsha for Senate Washington, D.C. $10,000.00
Tammy Baldwin for Senate Washington, D.C. $10,000.00
Friends of Jim Clyburn Washington, D.C. $9,500.00
The Thom Tillis Committee North Carolina $8,500.00
Pallone for Congress New Jersey $8,000.00
Tammy Baldwin for Senate Wisconsin $7,500.00
Team Ryan Washington, D.C. $7,500.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Donations $24,000.00
Registration $100.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Jim Stern Wauwatosa, WI A. O. Smith Corporate Headquarters $26,500.00
Charles Lauber Elm Grove, WI Ao Smith $22,440.00
Joshua Greene Crofton, MD A.O. Smith Corporation $20,499.18
Kevin Wheeler Pewaukee, WI Ao Smith Corp $20,000.00
Ajita Rajendra Mequon, WI A. O. Smith Corporate WHQ $16,100.00
Danny Royston Camden, SC Ao Smith $16,000.00
Darrell Schuh Franklin, TN Lochinvar $14,050.00
David Warren Franklin, TN A. O. Smith Water Products $11,700.00
Gene Wulf Sarasota, FL A. O. Smith Corporation $8,000.00
Joshua Smith Mequon, WI Ao Smith $7,499.70

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
Pre-General 2026 $30,807.29 $32,077.28 Source: Pre-General 2026 filing Report 130785
Q3 2026 $27,366.96 $30,807.29 Source: Q3 2026 filing Report 129052
Pre-Primary 2026 $28,116.97 $27,366.96 Source: Pre-Primary 2026 filing Report 127860
Q2 2026 $29,666.64 $28,116.97 Source: Q2 2026 filing Report 126368
Q1 2026 $29,766.31 $29,666.64 Source: Q1 2026 filing Report 125307
Year-End 2025 $30,165.68 $29,766.31 Source: Year-End 2025 filing Report 123298
Mid-Year 2025 $34,550.02 $30,165.68 Source: Mid-Year 2025 filing Report 121168
Q4 2024 Amended Historical $27,509.68 $34,550.02 Source: Q4 2024 filing Report 121886
Pre-General 2024 Amended Historical $26,529.69 $27,509.68 Source: Pre-General 2024 filing Report 120665
Q3 2024 Historical $15,619.47 $26,529.69 Source: Q3 2024 filing Report 116750
Pre-Primary 2024 Historical $13,819.48 $15,619.47 Source: Pre-Primary 2024 filing Report 115384
Q2 2024 Historical $10,719.37 $13,819.48 Source: Q2 2024 filing Report 113756
Q1 2024 Historical $14,599.22 $10,719.37 Source: Q1 2024 filing Report 112692
Year-End 2023 Historical $25,678.72 $14,599.22 Source: Year-End 2023 filing Report 111106
Mid-Year 2023 Historical $26,768.06 $25,678.72 Source: Mid-Year 2023 filing Report 109103
Q4 2022 Historical $24,814.39 $26,768.06 Source: Q4 2022 filing Report 106634
Pre-General 2022 Historical $23,937.73 $24,814.39 Source: Pre-General 2022 filing Report 105550
Q3 2022 Historical $28,987.36 $23,937.73 Source: Q3 2022 filing Report 104492
Pre-Primary 2022 Historical $34,512.37 $28,987.36 Source: Pre-Primary 2022 filing Report 102613
Q2 2022 Historical $40,211.93 $34,512.37 Source: Q2 2022 filing Report 100532
Q1 2022 Historical $39,166.50 $40,211.93 Source: Q1 2022 filing Report 98805
Year-End 2021 Amended Historical $28,395.82 $39,166.50 Source: Year-End 2021 filing Report 96825
Mid-Year 2021 Historical $27,879.93 $28,395.82 Source: Mid-Year 2021 filing Report 95017
Q4 2020 Historical $23,754.27 $27,879.93 Source: Q4 2020 filing Report 93577
Pre-General 2020 Historical $25,749.28 $23,754.27 Source: Pre-General 2020 filing Report 92376
Q3 2020 Amended Historical $28,988.46 $25,749.28 Source: Q3 2020 filing Report 91619
Pre-Primary 2020 Historical $27,466.80 $28,988.46 Source: Pre-Primary 2020 filing Report 89361
Q2 2020 Historical $29,581.03 $27,466.80 Source: Q2 2020 filing Report 88426
Q1 2020 Historical $28,760.27 $29,581.03 Source: Q1 2020 filing Report 87505
Year-End 2019 Historical $29,626.17 $28,760.27 Source: Year-End 2019 filing Report 85597
Mid-Year 2019 Historical $28,665.17 $29,626.17 Source: Mid-Year 2019 filing Report 83873
Q4 2018 Historical $17,803.77 $28,665.17 Source: Q4 2018 filing Report 81981
Pre-General 2018 Historical $16,588.78 $17,803.77 Source: Pre-General 2018 filing Report 80872
Q3 2018 Historical $29,840.44 $16,588.78 Source: Q3 2018 filing Report 79889
Pre-Primary 2018 Historical $31,615.45 $29,840.44 Source: Pre-Primary 2018 filing Report 77189
Q2 2018 Historical $32,931.35 $31,615.45 Source: Q2 2018 filing Report 75613
Q1 2018 Historical $32,844.20 $32,931.35 Source: Q1 2018 filing Report 74294
Year-End 2017 Historical $23,497.32 $32,844.20 Source: Year-End 2017 filing Report 72622
Mid-Year 2017 Historical $20,130.87 $23,497.32 Source: Mid-Year 2017 filing Report 71345
Q4 2016 Historical $27,295.04 $20,130.87 Source: Q4 2016 filing Report 69471
Pre-General 2016 Historical $26,324.98 $27,295.04 Source: Pre-General 2016 filing Report 68615
Q3 2016 Historical $34,093.99 $26,324.98 Source: Q3 2016 filing Report 67383
Pre-Primary 2016 Historical $33,340.59 $34,093.99 Source: Pre-Primary 2016 filing Report 65320
Q2 2016 Historical $35,044.48 $33,340.59 Source: Q2 2016 filing Report 64201
Q1 2016 Historical $35,706.81 $35,044.48 Source: Q1 2016 filing Report 63028
Year-End 2015 Historical $14,602.05 $35,706.81 Source: Year-End 2015 filing Report 61421
Mid-Year 2015 Historical $9,542.00 $14,602.05 Source: Mid-Year 2015 filing Report 59848
Q4 2014 Historical $6,159.03 $9,542.00 Source: Q4 2014 filing Report 58333
Pre-General 2014 Historical $25,765.63 $6,159.03 Source: Pre-General 2014 filing Report 57503
Q3 2014 Historical $24,588.17 $25,765.63 Source: Q3 2014 filing Report 55659
Pre-Primary 2014 Historical $28,504.77 $24,588.17 Source: Pre-Primary 2014 filing Report 54804
Q2 2014 Historical $30,218.77 $28,504.77 Source: Q2 2014 filing Report 52097
Q1 2014 Historical $27,446.25 $30,218.77 Source: Q1 2014 filing Report 50774
Year-End 2013 Historical $20,151.42 $27,446.25 Source: Year-End 2013 filing Report 49250
Mid-Year 2013 Historical $14,598.66 $20,151.42 Source: Mid-Year 2013 filing Report 47639
Q4 2012 Historical $13,578.03 $14,598.66 Source: Q4 2012 filing Report 45530
Pre-General 2012 Historical $32,904.63 $13,578.03 Source: Pre-General 2012 filing Report 44285
Q3 2012 Historical $39,556.97 $32,904.63 Source: Q3 2012 filing Report 43447
Pre-Primary 2012 Historical $38,358.57 $39,556.97 Source: Pre-Primary 2012 filing Report 41683
Q2 2012 Historical $35,227.43 $38,358.57 Source: Q2 2012 filing Report 40950
Q1 2012 Historical $20,316.69 $35,227.43 Source: Q1 2012 filing Report 39870
Year-End 2011 Historical $14,395.52 $20,316.69 Source: Year-End 2011 filing Report 38239
Mid-Year 2011 Historical $10,409.83 $14,395.52 Source: Mid-Year 2011 filing Report 37418
Q4 2010 Historical $12,069.40 $10,409.83 Source: Q4 2010 filing Report 35588
Pre-General 2010 Historical $26,184.40 $12,069.40 Source: Pre-General 2010 filing Report 34825