Gresham Smith PAC

Political Action Committee

Registered Jan 1990 · Treasurer: Kenneth Dwayne West · Nashville, TN

Also giving in

Also gave $4,500.00 in Memphis-area politics

Cross-jurisdiction totals reflect the linked entity record and may exclude unmerged duplicates; figures are two separate per-jurisdiction public totals, not a combined statewide total.

Raised

$12,766

incl. $192 unitemized small gifts

Total Spent

$59,229

To other PACs

$55,700

94% of spending

To TN candidates

$3,250

5.5% of spending

Candidate Giving by Party $1,000 to 1 candidate

$1,000 to 1 Republican

Where the Money Goes

Of the $59,229 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $55,700 (94%) — went to other PACs and committees.

Operating share of spending compares operating spending with total spent.

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Operating / overhead spending divided by everything this committee spent (each expenditure lands in exactly one bucket).

Operating spending: $279 ÷ Total spent: $59,229

Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending	$279
Contributions to candidates	$3,250

Source filings:

To other PACs $55,700 94%
To TN candidates $3,250 5.5%
Operating & other $279 0.5%

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate	Office	Party	Total
Bill Lee ^†	Governor	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 $3,250 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $1,000. Of the $2,250 difference, $2,250 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $2,250 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

Boyd, Randy $1,000.00
Dean, Karl $1,000.00
David Briley for Vice Mayor $250.00

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.

Contributions to Other PACs

Contributions to other political action committees
Committee	Total
Citizens for Greater Mobility	$50,000.00
Nashville Business Coalition	$4,700.00
Tennessee Republic Party	$1,000.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose	Total
Bank Fees	$279.14

from to

Individual operating payments
Payee	Purpose	Date	Amount
Regions Bank	Bank Fees	12/31/2017	$144.17
Regions Bank	Bank Fees	06/30/2017	$134.97

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor	Location	Employer	Total Given
Rodney Chester	Brentwood, TN	Gresham, Smith and Partners	$1,300.02
Brackney Reed	Old Hickory, TN	Gresham, Smith and Partners	$1,280.16
James Bearden	Franklin, TN	Gresham, Smith and Partners	$1,235.00
Alan Pramuk	Franklin, TN	Gresham, Smith and Partners	$1,200.00
J Michael Sullivan	Nashville, TN	Gresham, Smith and Partners	$1,200.00
Marshall Elizer	Nashville, TN	Gresham, Smith and Partners	$1,050.00
Steve Johnson	Nashville, TN	Gresham, Smith and Partners	$990.00
Hal Humphrey	Hoover, AL	Gresham, Smith and Partners	$720.00
David King	Richmond, VA	Gresham, Smith and Partners	$618.48
Michael Flatt	Brentwood, TN	Gresham, Smith and Partners	$600.00

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 2017 Amended Historical	$66,327.88	$15,762.63	Source: Year-End 2017 filing Report 73907
Mid-Year 2017 Historical	$62,225.55	$66,327.88	Source: Mid-Year 2017 filing Report 71658