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

$49,606

Total Spent

$36,432

To TN candidates

$31,300

86% of spending

To other PACs

$5,000

14% of spending

Where the Money Goes

Of the $36,432 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $31,300 (86%) — went to Tennessee candidates.

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: $132 ÷ Total spent: $36,432

Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending	$132
Contributions to candidates	$31,300

Source filings:

To TN candidates $31,300 86%
To other PACs $5,000 14%
Operating & other $132 0.4%

Contributions to Candidates

No contributions to tracked candidates on record.

This committee’s own filings report $31,300 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $0. Of the $31,300 difference, $31,300 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $31,300 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

Cooper for Mayor $16,200.00
Briley for Mayor $8,100.00
Bill Lee Inaugural Fund $5,000.00
Ken Moore for Mayor $1,000.00
Friends of Jim Strickland $1,000.00

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.

Contributions to Other PACs

Contributions to other political action committees
Committee	Total
GSP Ohio PAC	$5,000.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose	Total
Bank Fees	$132.09

from to

Individual operating payments
Payee	Purpose	Date	Amount
Regions Bank	Bank Fees	03/11/2019	$26.56
Regions Bank	Bank Fees	05/09/2019	$26.43
Regions Bank	Bank Fees	04/09/2019	$26.37
Regions Bank	Bank Fees	06/10/2019	$26.37
Regions Bank	Bank Fees	02/11/2019	$26.36

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor	Location	Employer	Total Given
Gresham Smith	Nashville, TN	—	$40,125.00
Gresham Smith PAC Sponsor	Nashville, TN	—	$9,481.00

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 2019 Amended Historical	$23,674.53	$37,855.53	Source: Year-End 2019 filing Report 103706
Mid-Year 2019 Amended Historical	$24,681.62	$23,674.53	Source: Mid-Year 2019 filing Report 103705