International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

Political Action Committee

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

Raised

$266,519

incl. $266,109 unitemized small gifts

Total Spent

$78,100

To TN candidates

$50,500

65% of spending

To other PACs

$25,000

32% of spending

Where the Money Goes

Of the $78,100 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $50,500 (65%) — 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: $100 ÷ Total spent: $78,100

Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending	$100
Contributions to candidates	$50,500

Source filings:

To TN candidates $50,500 65%
To other PACs $25,000 32%
Spent outside Tennessee $2,500 3.2%
Operating & other $100 0.1%

“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. Separate from out-of-state donors.

Contributions to Candidates

No contributions to tracked candidates on record.

This committee’s own filings report $50,500 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $0. Of the $50,500 difference, $50,500 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $50,500 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

Stewart, Eric $7,500.00
Camp, Randy $6,000.00
Ruppe, Becky $6,000.00
Davidson, David $6,000.00
Shaffer, Paul $5,000.00
Turner, Michael L. (Mike) $5,000.00
Barnes, Tim $3,000.00
Cobb, Ty $2,500.00
Berke, Andrew $2,500.00
Beck, Greg $1,500.00
…and 6 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
Tennessee Democratic Party	$25,000.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose	Total
Registration	$100.00

from to

Individual operating payments
Payee	Purpose	Date	Amount
Registry of Election Finance	Registration	01/24/2008	$100.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor	Location	Employer	Total Given
Robert P Klein	Chattanooga, TN	Ibew	$410.00

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 2008 Historical	$416,807.54	$439,424.55	Source: Q4 2008 filing Report 25829
Pre-General 2008 Historical	$364,433.83	$416,807.54	Source: Pre-General 2008 filing Report 24744
Q3 2008 Historical	$364,938.82	$364,433.83	Source: Q3 2008 filing Report 23627
Pre-Primary 2008 Amended Historical	$301,850.49	$364,938.82	Source: Pre-Primary 2008 filing Report 22607
Q2 2008 Historical	$273,226.32	$301,850.49	Source: Q2 2008 filing Report 21301
Q1 2008 Historical	$250,505.87	$273,226.32	Source: Q1 2008 filing Report 20425