Buffalo PAC
Registered Jan 2006 · Treasurer: Chris Garner · Nashville, TN
Where the Money Goes
Of the $8,327 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $7,577 (91%) — went to operating costs and overhead. Operating costs consumed 91% of everything it spent; $750 went to Tennessee candidates.
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 / overhead spending | $7,577 |
| Contributions to candidates | $750 |
- Operating & other $7,577 91%
- To TN candidates $750 9.0%
Contributions to Candidates
No contributions to tracked candidates on record.
This committee’s own filings report $750 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $0. Of the $750 difference, $750 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).
Its filing also reports $750 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here — federal, local, and out-of-state races, and sitting legislators not on the 2026 ballot:
- Friends of Bob Mendez $750.00
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.
Operating & Other Spending
| Purpose | Total |
|---|---|
| Donations | $5,500.00 |
| Food / Beverage | $1,555.94 |
| Meeting Expenses | $521.48 |
| Payee | Purpose | Date | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swetts Restaurant | Food / Beverage | 01/16/2019 | $819.38 |
| Friends for Burkley Allen | Donations | 07/09/2019 | $750.00 |
| Friends for Fabian Bedne | Donations | 07/09/2019 | $750.00 |
| Friends for Zulfat Sura | Donations | 07/09/2019 | $750.00 |
| Sharon Hurt for Nashville | Donations | 07/09/2019 | $750.00 |
| Swetts Restaurant | Food / Beverage | 07/01/2019 | $736.56 |
| Hoskins | Meeting Expenses | 11/20/2019 | $521.48 |
| Antoinette Lee for Council | Donations | 07/09/2019 | $500.00 |
| Elect David McMurray | Donations | 07/09/2019 | $500.00 |
| Friends of Jennifer Gamble | Donations | 07/09/2019 | $500.00 |
Who Funds It
| Donor | Location | Employer | Total Given |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred Degrafinried | Nashville, TN | Leadership Tennessee | $250.00 |
| Angelo White | Nashville, TN | Self-Employed | $250.00 |
| Anthony Owens | Nashville, TN | Dugard Communications | $250.00 |
| Arnett Bodenhamer | Nashville, TN | Retired | $250.00 |
| Ashford Hughes | Nashville, TN | Metro Government | $250.00 |
| Clifton Harris | Nashville, TN | Urban League | $250.00 |
| Everett Stein | Mount Juliet, TN | — | $250.00 |
| Harvey E Hoskins | Nashville, TN | Hoskins Cpas | $250.00 |
| John A Keys | Nashville, TN | State of Tennessee | $250.00 |
| Leon Williams | Nashville, TN | St of TN | $250.00 |
Filing History
Totals as filed with the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance; see About for how this data is processed.