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BNSF Railway Company RAILPAC

Political Action Committee

Registered Jan 1990 · Treasurer: Patricia Murphy · Ft Worth, TX

Raised
$1,192,056
incl. $22,943 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$12,000
To TN candidates
$7,000
58% of spending
Spent outside Tennessee
$2,500
21% of spending

Where the Money Goes

Of the $12,000 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $7,000 (58%) — went to Tennessee candidates.

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: $12,000
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $0
Contributions to candidates $7,000
Source filings:

“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 $7,000 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $0. Of the $7,000 difference, $7,000 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $7,000 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

  • Cohen, Steve $2,500.00
  • Tanner, John $2,500.00
  • David, Davis $1,000.00
  • Davis, Lincoln $1,000.00

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
House Democratic Caucus $625.00
House Republican Caucus $625.00
Senate Democratic Caucus $625.00
Senate Republican Caucus-Tn $625.00

Given in Other States

This committee sent $2,500 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
Alexander, Lamar Washington, D.C. $2,500.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Ward Werner Fort Worth, TX BNSF $5,567.00
George Duggan Arlington, TX BNSF $5,208.37
M K Morgan Southlake, TX BNSF $5,208.37
Dennis Kearns Austin, TX BNSF $5,000.16
Paul Bischler Southlake, TX BNSF $5,000.15
D J Mitchell Hurst, TX BNSF $5,000.00
Denis Smith Colleyville, TX BNSF $5,000.00
Kathryn Farmer Fort Worth, TX BNSF $5,000.00
Linda Hurt Southlake, TX BNSF Corp $5,000.00
Mark Stehly Colleyville, TX BNSF $5,000.00

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 2007 Amended Historical $307,991.82 $376,290.31 Source: Year-End 2007 filing Report 21108
Mid-Year 2007 Historical $426,077.39 $307,991.82 Source: Mid-Year 2007 filing Report 13794