GKRW Leadership PAC

Political Action Committee

Registered Aug 1998 · Treasurer: Deborah J. Adams · Kingsport, TN

Raised

$14,867

incl. $14,867 unitemized small gifts

Total Spent

$9,432

Operating & other

$8,982

95% of spending

To TN candidates

$450

4.8% of spending

Candidate Giving by Party $300 to 1 candidate

$300 to 1 Republican

Where the Money Goes

Of the $9,432 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $8,982 (95%) — went to operating costs and overhead. Operating costs consumed 95% of everything it spent; $450 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: $8,982 ÷ Total spent: $9,432

Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending	$8,982
Contributions to candidates	$450

Source filings:

Operating & other $8,982 95%
To TN candidates $450 4.8%

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate	Office	Party	Total
Neal Kerney ^†	Tennessee House, District 03	Rep.	$300.00

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

This committee’s own filings report $450 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $300. Of the $150 difference, $150 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $150 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

Godsey, Steve $150.00

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
Fundraising Material	$3,910.05
Food / Beverage	$1,367.34
T-Shirts	$1,159.50
Fundraising	$1,064.40
Supplies	$594.27
Donations	$450.00
Equipment Rental	$436.12

from to

Individual operating payments
Payee	Purpose	Date	Amount
Ridgefields Country Club	Food / Beverage	12/05/2004	$1,251.16
Blue Ridge Sportswear	T-Shirts	09/23/2004	$919.50
Capitol One	Fundraising Material	10/18/2004	$805.52
Bank One	Fundraising	04/19/2004	$800.29
Patton, Gail	Fundraising Material	09/13/2004	$764.00
Citibank	Fundraising Material	09/18/2004	$755.52
Citi Bank	Fundraising Material	10/19/2004	$718.84
Spalding Group	Supplies	09/10/2004	$480.00
Rent-A-Center	Equipment Rental	09/18/2004	$436.12
Capitol One	Fundraising Material	10/29/2004	$298.64

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
Q4 2004 Amended Historical	$4,609.79	$5,120.30	Source: Q4 2004 filing Report 2886
Q3 2004 Historical	$2,475.94	$4,609.79	Source: Q3 2004 filing Report 2169
Q2 2004 Historical	$3,031.09	$2,475.94	Source: Q2 2004 filing Report 810
Q1 2004 Historical	$2,848.94	$3,031.09	Source: Q1 2004 filing Report 188