Driving Tennessee PAC

Political Action Committee

Registered Aug 2012 · Treasurer: Bethanne Benson · Memphis, TN

Raised

Total Spent

$20,200

To TN candidates

$20,102

99.5% of spending

Operating & other

$98

0.5% of spending

Candidate Giving by Party $18,551 to 5 candidates

$17,551 to 4 Republicans $1,000 to 1 Democrat

Where the Money Goes

Of the $20,200 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $20,102 (99.5%) — 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: $98 ÷ Total spent: $20,200

Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending	$98
Contributions to candidates	$20,102

Source filings:

To TN candidates $20,102 99.5%
Operating & other $98 0.5%

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate	Office	Party	Total
Paul Bailey	Tennessee Senate, District 15	Rep.	$6,551.14
Ferrell Haile ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 18	Rep.	$5,000.00
Pat Marsh ^†	Tennessee House, District 62	Rep.	$5,000.00
John Ray Clemmons ^†	Tennessee House, District 55	Dem.	$1,000.00
Ron M. Gant ^†	Tennessee House, District 94	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 $20,102 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $18,551. Of the $1,551 difference, $3,102 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below), offset by $1,551 that tracked candidates reported receiving beyond what this committee’s own filings itemize for the period (filing-cadence lag).

Its filing also reports $3,102 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

Giovanni West $3,102.28

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
Fedex Charges	$98.04

from to

Individual operating payments
Payee	Purpose	Date	Amount
Dobbs Management Services, Inc.	Fedex Charges	03/14/2023	$33.15
FedEx	Fedex Charges	11/15/2023	$32.59
FedEx	Fedex Charges	09/14/2023	$32.30

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 2023 Historical	$23,575.55	$8,408.38	Source: Year-End 2023 filing Report 110657
Mid-Year 2023 Historical	$28,608.70	$23,575.55	Source: Mid-Year 2023 filing Report 108959