Bico Associates Special Account

Political Action Committee

Registered Jan 1990 · Treasurer: Jimmie D. Williams · Memphis, TN

Also giving in

Also gave $1,750.00 in Memphis-area 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

$29,790

Total Spent

$29,790

Spent outside Tennessee

$17,290

58% of spending

To TN candidates

$12,500

42% of spending

Candidate Giving by Party $3,500 to 5 candidates

$2,500 to 3 Republicans $600 to 1 Democrat $400 to 1 nonpartisan candidate

Where the Money Goes

Of the $29,790 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $17,290 (58%) — went to activity outside Tennessee.

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: $29,790

Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending	$0
Contributions to candidates	$12,500

Source filings:

Spent outside Tennessee $17,290 58%
To TN candidates $12,500 42%

“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

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate	Office	Party	Total
Bo Watson ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 11	Rep.	$1,500.00
Joe Towns Jr. ^†	Tennessee House, District 84	Dem.	$600.00
Cameron Sexton ^†	Tennessee House, District 25	Rep.	$500.00
Mark White ^†	Tennessee House, District 83	Rep.	$500.00
Valerie L. Smith ^†	Tennessee Court of Appeals	Nonpartisan	$400.00

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

This committee’s own filings report $12,500 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $3,500. Of the $9,000 difference, $9,000 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $9,000 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

Weirich, Amy $3,200.00
Morrison, Bill $1,000.00
Newman, Regina $750.00
Parsons, David $750.00
Burgess, Melvin $750.00
Milton, Reginald $750.00
Michael, Dan $500.00
Votekelsey.Com $500.00
Corbin-Johnson, Felicia $400.00
Wagner, Mary $400.00

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.

Given in Other States

This committee sent $17,290 to 1 candidate and committee outside Tennessee, across 1 state. 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
American Israel Public Affairs Committee	Washington, D.C.	$17,290.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor	Location	Employer	Total Given
GP Belz Investco	Memphis, TN	—	$29,790.00

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
Year-End 2021 Historical	$1,200.00	$1,200.00	Source: Year-End 2021 filing Report 97065
Mid-Year 2021 Historical	$1,200.00	$1,200.00	Source: Mid-Year 2021 filing Report 95436