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

$50,000

Total Spent

$48,950

To TN candidates

$47,700

97% of spending

Spent outside Tennessee

$1,000

2.0% of spending

Candidate Giving by Party $12,700 to 1 candidate

$12,700 to 1 Republican

Where the Money Goes

Of the $48,950 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $47,700 (97%) — 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: $0 ÷ Total spent: $48,950

Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending	$0
Contributions to candidates	$47,700

Source filings:

To TN candidates $47,700 97%
Spent outside Tennessee $1,000 2.0%
To other PACs $250 0.5%

“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
Bill Lee ^†	Governor	Rep.	$12,700.00

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

This committee’s own filings report $47,700 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $12,700. Of the $35,000 difference, $35,000 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $35,000 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

Save Nashville Now $35,000.00

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
Tennessee Assn of Professional Surveyors Land Surveyors	$250.00

Given in Other States

This committee sent $1,000 to 1 candidate and committee outside Tennessee, across 1 state. 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
Youngkin for Governor	Virginia	$1,000.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor	Location	Employer	Total Given
Gresham Smith	Nashville, TN	—	$50,000.00

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 2021 Amended Historical	$57,055.53	$56,055.53	Source: Year-End 2021 filing Report 103715
Mid-Year 2021 Amended Historical	$55,005.53	$57,055.53	Source: Mid-Year 2021 filing Report 103714