Delta Dental of Tennessee PAC

Political Action Committee

Registered Dec 2012 · Treasurer: Jeffrey Newton · Nashville, TN

Raised

Total Spent

$38,551

To TN candidates

$38,000

99% of spending

Operating & other

$551

1.4% of spending

Candidate Giving by Party $34,000 to 35 candidates

$31,500 to 30 Republicans $2,500 to 5 Democrats

Where the Money Goes

Of the $38,551 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $38,000 (99%) — 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: $551 ÷ Total spent: $38,551

Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending	$551
Contributions to candidates	$38,000

Source filings:

To TN candidates $38,000 99%
Operating & other $551 1.4%

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate	Office	Party	Total
Bill Lee ^†	Governor	Rep.	$5,000.00
Bo Watson ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 11	Rep.	$2,000.00
Jack Johnson ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 27	Rep.	$2,000.00
Paul Bailey ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 15	Rep.	$2,000.00
Randy McNally ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 05	Rep.	$2,000.00
Richard M. Briggs ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 07	Rep.	$2,000.00
Cameron Sexton ^†	Tennessee House, District 25	Rep.	$1,500.00
John Stevens ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 24	Rep.	$1,500.00
Ferrell Haile ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 18	Rep.	$1,000.00
Patsy Hazlewood ^†	Tennessee House, District 27	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 $38,000 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $34,000. Of the $4,000 difference, $4,000 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $4,000 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

Reeves, William S. $1,500.00
Carr, Bruce Dale $500.00
Helton, Esther $500.00
Johnson, Curtis $500.00
Lundberg, Jon $500.00
Ramsey, Robert (Bob) $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.

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose	Total
Bank Fees	$450.65
Annual Pac Fee	$100.00

from to

Individual operating payments
Payee	Purpose	Date	Amount
Bureau of Ethics and Campaign Finance	Annual Pac Fee	01/21/2021	$100.00
First Horizon	Bank Fees	03/19/2021	$40.05
First Horizon	Bank Fees	12/20/2021	$39.09
First Horizon	Bank Fees	10/19/2021	$38.75
First Horizon	Bank Fees	09/20/2021	$37.74
First Horizon	Bank Fees	07/19/2021	$37.63
First Horizon	Bank Fees	05/19/2021	$37.62
First Horizon	Bank Fees	11/19/2021	$37.59
First Horizon	Bank Fees	02/19/2021	$36.56
First Horizon	Bank Fees	01/19/2021	$36.43

Who Funds It

No itemized contributions to this committee on record.

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	$111,376.14	$73,148.93	Source: Year-End 2021 filing Report 96976
Mid-Year 2021 Historical	$111,699.58	$111,376.14	Source: Mid-Year 2021 filing Report 95046