FOODPAC K Va T Food Stores, Inc.

Political Action Committee

Raised

$4,293

Total Spent

$5,500

To TN candidates

$4,500

82% of spending

Spent outside Tennessee

$1,000

18% of spending

Candidate Giving by Party $1,000 to 1 candidate

$1,000 to 1 Republican

Where the Money Goes

Of the $5,500 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $4,500 (82%) — 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: $5,500

Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending	$0
Contributions to candidates	$4,500

Source filings:

To TN candidates $4,500 82%
Spent outside Tennessee $1,000 18%

“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
Ken Yager ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 12	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 $4,500 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $1,000. Of the $3,500 difference, $3,500 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $3,500 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

Ramsey (Governor), Ron $3,000.00
Mumpower, Jason $500.00

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 $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
Cantor Victory Fund	Virginia	$1,000.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor	Location	Employer	Total Given
Steven Smith	Abingdon, VA	K-Va-T Food Stores, Inc.	$1,000.00
Paul Widener	Abingdon, VA	K-Va-T Food Stores, Inc.	$580.00
Donnie Meadows	Abingdon, VA	K-Va-T Food Stores, Inc.	$500.00
Robert Neeley	Abingdon, VA	K-Va-T Food Stores, Inc.	$500.00
Stuart Mascola	Johnson City, TN	K-Va-T	$500.00
Leslie Jones	Knoxville, TN	K-Va-T Food Stores, Inc.	$200.00
Leslie R McSwain	Kingsport, TN	K-Va-T	$180.00

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 2009 Historical	$18,890.63	$18,783.63	Source: Year-End 2009 filing Report 29295
Mid-Year 2009 Historical	$20,202.70	$18,890.63	Source: Mid-Year 2009 filing Report 27604