Fire Fighters Interested In Registration and Education

Political Action Committee

Registered Apr 2001 · Treasurer: Frank Lima · Washington, DC

Raised

$54,368

Total Spent

$54,368

Operating & other

$44,368

82% of spending

To TN candidates

$10,000

18% of spending

Candidate Giving by Party $1,000 to 1 candidate

$1,000 to 1 Republican

Where the Money Goes

Of the $54,368 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $44,368 (82%) — went to operating costs and overhead.

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: $44,368 ÷ Total spent: $54,368

Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending	$44,368
Contributions to candidates	$10,000

Source filings:

Operating & other $44,368 82%
To TN candidates $10,000 18%

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate	Office	Party	Total
Curry Todd ^†	Tennessee House, District 95	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 $10,000 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $1,000. Of the $9,000 difference, $9,000 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $9,000 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

Cobb, Ty $2,500.00
Parks, Rick $2,500.00
Wissman, Mike $2,000.00
Moore, Gary $2,000.00

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.

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose	Total
Transfer	$41,143.68
Trasnfer	$3,224.21

from to

Individual operating payments
Payee	Purpose	Date	Amount
Cobb, Ty	Transfer	10/16/2008	$2,500.00
Nashville Fire Fighters Local 140 Committee P/E	Transfer	02/25/2008	$1,623.65
Nashville Fire Fighters Local 140 Committee P/E	Transfer	03/20/2008	$1,602.81
Nashville Fire Fighters Local 140 Committee P/E	Trasnfer	10/23/2008	$1,589.97
Nashville Fire Fighters Local 140 Committee P/E	Transfer	10/29/2008	$1,589.97
Nashville Fire Fighters Local 140 Committee P/E	Transfer	06/23/2008	$1,581.97
Nashville Fire Fighters Local 140 Committee P/E	Transfer	06/11/2008	$1,581.97
Nashville Fire Fighters Local 140 Committee P/E	Transfer	04/28/2008	$1,581.97
Nashville Fire Fighters Local 140 Committee P/E	Transfer	07/25/2008	$1,576.97
Nashville Fire Fighters Local 140 Committee P/E	Transfer	09/26/2008	$1,566.97

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor	Location	Employer	Total Given
Fire Fighters Interested In Registration and Education Sponsor	Washington, DC	—	$54,367.89

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 2008 Historical	$0.00	$0.00	Source: Q4 2008 filing Report 26288
Pre-General 2008 Historical	$0.00	$0.00	Source: Pre-General 2008 filing Report 24966
Q3 2008 Historical	$0.00	$0.00	Source: Q3 2008 filing Report 23769
Pre-Primary 2008 Historical	$0.00	$0.00	Source: Pre-Primary 2008 filing Report 22798
Q2 2008 Historical	$0.00	$0.00	Source: Q2 2008 filing Report 21863
Q1 2008 Historical	$0.00	$0.00	Source: Q1 2008 filing Report 20339