Community Health Systems, Inc. (CHS)

Political Action Committee

Registered Jan 2015 · Treasurer: Justin Pitt · Franklin, TN

Raised

$40,000

Total Spent

$46,000

To TN candidates

$22,500

49% of spending

To other PACs

$20,500

45% of spending

Candidate Giving by Party $17,500 to 15 candidates

$15,500 to 13 Republicans $2,000 to 2 Democrats

Where the Money Goes

Of the $46,000 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $22,500 (49%) — 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: $3,000 ÷ Total spent: $46,000

Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending	$3,000
Contributions to candidates	$22,500

Source filings:

To TN candidates $22,500 49%
To other PACs $20,500 45%
Operating & other $3,000 6.5%

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate	Office	Party	Total
Richard M. Briggs ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 07	Rep.	$2,500.00
Bill Powers ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 22	Rep.	$2,000.00
Andrew Ellis Farmer ^†	Tennessee House, District 17	Rep.	$1,000.00
Bryan Terry ^†	Tennessee House, District 48	Rep.	$1,000.00
Dan Howell ^†	Tennessee House, District 22	Rep.	$1,000.00
Dave Wright ^†	Tennessee House, District 19	Rep.	$1,000.00
David B. Hawk ^†	Tennessee House, District 05	Rep.	$1,000.00
J. Adam Lowe ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 01	Rep.	$1,000.00
Jeff Yarbro ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 21	Dem.	$1,000.00
Jeremy Faison ^†	Tennessee House, District 11	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 $22,500 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $17,500. Of the $5,000 difference, $5,000 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $5,000 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

Whitson, Sam $2,000.00
Testerman, Janet $1,000.00
Burkhart, Jeff $1,000.00
Johnson, Curtis $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
CAM PAC (Cameron Sexton)	$5,000.00
House Republican Caucus	$5,000.00
Senate Republican Caucus	$5,000.00
MCPAC (Randy McNally)	$2,500.00
BECPAC (Becky Massey)	$2,000.00
LAMBERTH PAC (William Lamberth)	$1,000.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose	Total
Donations	$3,000.00

from to

Individual operating payments
Payee	Purpose	Date	Amount
McCalmon, Jacob	Donations	05/27/2022	$1,500.00
Ravener, Bob	Donations	05/27/2022	$1,500.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor	Location	Employer	Total Given
CHS Community Health Systems Inc.	Franklin, TN	—	$40,000.00

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
Q4 2022 Historical	$2,600.00	$2,600.00	Source: Q4 2022 filing Report 107055
Pre-General 2022 Amended Historical	$2,100.00	$2,600.00	Source: Pre-General 2022 filing Report 106778
Q3 2022 Amended Historical	$4,600.00	$2,100.00	Source: Q3 2022 filing Report 106775
Pre-Primary 2022 Historical	$5,600.00	$4,600.00	Source: Pre-Primary 2022 filing Report 102808
Q2 2022 Historical	$8,600.00	$5,600.00	Source: Q2 2022 filing Report 101094
Q1 2022 Historical	$8,600.00	$8,600.00	Source: Q1 2022 filing Report 99871