Memphis

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

Political Action Committee

Registered Jan 1990 · Treasurer: Paul A. Noble · Washington, DC

Raised
$101,505
incl. $99,225 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$40,000
To TN candidates
$32,500
81% of spending
To other PACs
$5,000
13% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $4,000 to 2 candidates
$4,000 to 2 Democrats

Where the Money Goes

Of the $40,000 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $32,500 (81%) — 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: $0 ÷ Total spent: $40,000
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $0
Contributions to candidates $32,500
Source filings:

“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
Bo Mitchell † Tennessee House, District 50 Dem. $3,000.00
Antonio Parkinson † Tennessee House, District 98 Dem. $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 $32,500 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $4,000. Of the $28,500 difference, $28,500 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $28,500 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

  • Gordon, Bart $5,000.00
  • Davidson, David $4,000.00
  • Ford, Jr, Edmund $3,000.00
  • Berke, Andrew $2,500.00
  • Boyd, Bill $1,000.00
  • Brown, Joe $1,000.00
  • Chumney, Carol J. $1,000.00
  • Fullilove, Janis $1,000.00
  • Griffith, Ike $1,000.00
  • Halbert, Wanda $1,000.00
  • …and 9 more recipients

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
Tenn Democratic Party $5,000.00

Given in Other States

This committee sent $2,500 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
Clement, Bob Virginia $2,500.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Robert P Klein Chattanooga, TN Ibew $600.00
Edward E Harvey Chattanooga, TN Ibew $480.00
James T Springfield Soddy Daisy, TN Ibew $360.00
Bonnie G Crawford Germantown, TN Ibew $300.00
Carl Lansden Chattanooga, TN Ibew $300.00
Brent E Hall Lebanon, TN Ibew $240.00

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 2007 Amended Historical $231,338.43 $250,505.87 Source: Year-End 2007 filing Report 15332
Mid-Year 2007 Historical $189,100.48 $231,338.43 Source: Mid-Year 2007 filing Report 13621