Deere Company PAC TN

Political Action Committee

Registered Oct 2002 · Treasurer: Joanne Woodward · Moline, IL

Raised
$539,156
incl. $138,951 unitemized small gifts
excl. $1,000 in bookkeeping entries — carried-forward balances, adjustments, refunds — not money raised
Total Spent
$15,500
To TN candidates
$14,000
90% of spending
Spent outside Tennessee
$1,500
9.7% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $1,500 to 2 candidates
$1,500 to 2 Republicans

Where the Money Goes

Of the $15,500 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $14,000 (90%) — 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 spending: $0 ÷ Total spent: $15,500
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $0
Contributions to candidates $14,000
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

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate Office Party Total
Steve Southerland † Tennessee Senate, District 09 Rep. $1,000.00
David B. Hawk † Tennessee House, District 05 Rep. $500.00

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

This committee’s own filings report $14,000 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $1,500. Of the $12,500 difference, $12,500 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $12,500 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here — federal, local, and out-of-state races, and sitting legislators not on the 2026 ballot:

  • Alexander for Senate $3,000.00
  • Naifeh, Jimmy $2,500.00
  • Ramsey, Ron $2,500.00
  • Davis, David $2,000.00
  • Cooper, Jim $1,000.00
  • Kyle, Jim $1,000.00
  • Yokley, Eddie $500.00

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 $1,500 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
Tanner, John Washington, D.C. $1,500.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Adel Zakaria Moline, IL John Deere Shared Services Inc. $5,000.00
David Everitt Moline, IL John Deere Shared Services $5,000.00
Herbert Markley Bettendorf, IA John Deere Shared Services Inc. $5,000.00
Charles Stamp Jr Atlanta, GA John Deere Shared Services $4,999.92
Douglas Devries Bettendorf, IA John Deere Shared Services $4,999.92
James Israel Johnston, IA John Deere Shared Services $4,999.92
James Jenkins Midland, MI John Deere Shared Services $4,999.92
Max Guinn Bettendorf, IA John Deere Shared Services $4,999.92
Michael McGrady Carlsbad, CA John Deere Shared Services $4,999.92
Randal Sergesketter Bettendorf, IA Jd Construction & Forestry $4,999.92

Showing the top 500 of 530 funders by total given. Download the full list (CSV).

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 Historical $61,661.90 $225,051.18 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2007 Amended Historical $128,724.76 $61,661.90 Source ↗