Committee for Better Govt Autozone, Inc.

Political Action Committee

Registered Jan 1990 · Treasurer: Adam Christopher · Memphis, TN

Also giving in

Also gave $11,000.00 in Memphis-area politics

Also gave $16,000.00 in U.S. Congress 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
$13,089
incl. $7,349 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$21,000
To TN candidates
$14,000
67% of spending
Spent outside Tennessee
$6,000
29% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $6,000 to 2 candidates
$6,000 to 2 Republicans

Where the Money Goes

Of the $21,000 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $14,000 (67%) — 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: $1,000 ÷ Total spent: $21,000
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $1,000
Contributions to candidates $14,000

“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
Marsha Blackburn Governor Rep. $5,000.00
Mark White Tennessee House, District 83 Rep. $1,000.00

This committee’s own filings report $14,000 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $6,000. Of the $8,000 difference, $14,000 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below), offset by $6,000 that tracked candidates reported receiving beyond what this committee’s own filings itemize for the period (filing-cadence lag).

Its filing also reports $14,000 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

  • Marsha for Governor $5,000.00
  • Team Hagerty $5,000.00
  • Brent Taylor for Tennessee $2,000.00
  • Friends for Mickell Lowery $1,000.00
  • Kustoff for Congress $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.

Given in Other States

This committee sent $6,000 to 2 candidates and committees outside Tennessee, across 2 states. 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
Auto Care Association PAC Maryland $5,000.00
Cohen for Congress Washington, D.C. $1,000.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Donations $1,000.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Phil Daniele Memphis, TN AutoZone $810.00
Brett Shanaman Memphis, TN AutoZone $680.00
Brian Campbell Memphis, TN AutoZone $680.00
Joe Sellers Memphis, TN AutoZone $680.00
Grace Sharpley Memphis, TN AutoZone $400.00
Eric Gould Memphis, TN AutoZone $340.00
Samuel Sandoval Memphis, TN AutoZone $340.00
David McKinney Johnson City, TN Retired $275.00
Howard Morgan Memphis, TN AutoZone $275.00
Michael Campanaro Memphis, TN AutoZone $275.00

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
Q3 2026 $130,697.63 $133,554.23 Source: Q3 2026 filing Report 130066
Pre-Primary 2026 $130,145.29 $130,697.63 Source: Pre-Primary 2026 filing Report 128472
Q2 2026 $138,675.27 $130,145.29 Source: Q2 2026 filing Report 127200
Q1 2026 $141,464.75 $138,675.27 Source: Q1 2026 filing Report 125813