Farris Bobango PAC

Political Action Committee

Registered Jan 1990 · Treasurer: Homer B. Branan · Memphis, TN

Raised
$56,500
Total Spent
$68,050
To TN candidates
$50,750
75% of spending
To other PACs
$15,550
23% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $7,350 to 13 candidates
$6,450 to 10 Republicans $900 to 3 Democrats

Where the Money Goes

Of the $68,050 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $50,750 (75%) — 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: $68,050
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $0
Contributions to candidates $50,750
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
Becky Duncan Massey † Tennessee Senate, District 06 Rep. $1,500.00
Ken Yager † Tennessee Senate, District 12 Rep. $1,500.00
Randy McNally † Tennessee Senate, District 05 Rep. $1,000.00
Mark White † Tennessee House, District 83 Rep. $500.00
Steve Southerland † Tennessee Senate, District 09 Rep. $500.00
Jack Johnson † Tennessee Senate, District 27 Rep. $400.00
Larry J. Miller † Tennessee House, District 88 Dem. $400.00
Pat Marsh † Tennessee House, District 62 Rep. $300.00
Antonio Parkinson † Tennessee House, District 98 Dem. $250.00
Dennis Powers † Tennessee House, District 36 Rep. $250.00

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

This committee’s own filings report $50,750 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $7,350. Of the $43,400 difference, $43,400 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $43,400 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here — federal, local, and out-of-state races, and sitting legislators not on the 2026 ballot:

  • Gresham, Dolores $2,000.00
  • Overbey, Doug $2,000.00
  • Tracy, Jim $2,000.00
  • Brown, Joe $1,500.00
  • Friends of Ac Wharton $1,500.00
  • Friends of Kemp Conrad $1,500.00
  • Ford, Edmond $1,000.00
  • Maggart, Debra Young $1,000.00
  • Strickland, Jim $1,000.00
  • Weirich, Amy $1,000.00
  • …and 57 more recipients

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
Tennessee Republican Caucus $5,000.00
Land Title PAC of TN $2,500.00
Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee $2,500.00
RAAMPAC $2,000.00
MPAC $1,500.00
Abc PAC $1,050.00
Committee To Elect Kemba Ford $500.00
House Democratic Caucus $500.00

Given in Other States

This committee sent $1,750 to 2 candidates and committees outside Tennessee, across 2 states. 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
Beshear-Abramson 2011 Kentucky $1,250.00
Shafer, David Georgia $500.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Farris Bobango Branan PLC Memphis, TN — $47,000.00
Reid D Evensky, PC Memphis, TN — $7,000.00
Robbie Ammons Nashville, TN PCG $2,500.00

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
Year-End 2011 Amended Historical $6,877.00 $4,027.00 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2011 Amended Historical $12,077.00 $6,877.00 Source ↗