CoreCivic PAC

Political Action Committee

Registered Aug 2011 · Treasurer: Stacey Cason · Brentwood, TN

Also giving in

Also gave $40,500.00 in U.S. Congress 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

$129,515

incl. $15 unitemized small gifts

Total Spent

$119,400

To TN candidates

$67,900

57% of spending

To other PACs

$51,500

43% of spending

Candidate Giving by Party $54,400 to 27 candidates

$51,900 to 25 Republicans $2,500 to 2 Democrats

Where the Money Goes

Of the $119,400 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $67,900 (57%) — went to Tennessee candidates.

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: $119,400

Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending	$0
Contributions to candidates	$67,900

Source filings:

To TN candidates $67,900 57%
To other PACs $51,500 43%

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate	Office	Party	Total
Bill Lee ^†	Governor	Rep.	$25,400.00
Ferrell Haile ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 18	Rep.	$2,000.00
Bud Hulsey ^†	Tennessee House, District 02	Rep.	$1,500.00
Ed Jackson ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 25	Rep.	$1,500.00
Gary W Hicks Jr ^†	Tennessee House, District 09	Rep.	$1,500.00
Johnny Shaw ^†	Tennessee House, District 80	Dem.	$1,500.00
Kelly T Keisling ^†	Tennessee House, District 38	Rep.	$1,500.00
Charlie Baum ^†	Tennessee House, District 37	Rep.	$1,000.00
Chris Todd ^†	Tennessee House, District 73	Rep.	$1,000.00
David B. Hawk ^†	Tennessee House, District 05	Rep.	$1,000.00

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

This committee’s own filings report $67,900 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $54,400. Of the $13,500 difference, $13,500 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $13,500 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

Bill Lee Inaugural, Inc. $7,500.00
Carr, Bruce Dale $1,000.00
Faison's Freedom $1,000.00
Hazlewood, Patsy $1,000.00
Helton, Esther $1,000.00
Ragan, John $1,000.00
Ramsey, Robert (Bob) $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
CAM PAC (Cameron Sexton)	$10,000.00
MCPAC (Randy McNally)	$10,000.00
Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee	$10,000.00
Senate Republican Caucus	$5,000.00
House Republican Caucus	$2,500.00
KEYPAC (Ken Yager)	$2,500.00
Senate Democratic Caucus	$2,500.00
Tennessee Conservatives PAC	$2,500.00
LAMBERTH PAC (William Lamberth)	$2,500.00
BOWPAC (Bo Watson)	$1,000.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor	Location	Employer	Total Given
CoreCivic, Inc.	Brentwood, TN	—	$129,500.00

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 2022 Historical	$17,525.00	$10,025.00	Source: Q4 2022 filing Report 106985
Pre-General 2022 Historical	$17,525.00	$17,525.00	Source: Pre-General 2022 filing Report 105723
Q3 2022 Historical	$0.00	$17,525.00	Source: Q3 2022 filing Report 103833
Pre-Primary 2022 Amended Historical	$0.00	$0.00	Source: Pre-Primary 2022 filing Report 108504
Q2 2022 Historical	$0.00	$0.00	Source: Q2 2022 filing Report 100418
Q1 2022 Historical	$0.00	$0.00	Source: Q1 2022 filing Report 98150