Iron Workers Local 167 Political Action League

Political Action Committee

Registered Jul 2008 · Treasurer: James R. Cole · Memphis, TN

Also giving in

Also gave $500.00 in Memphis-area politics

Also gave $3,000.00 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

$6,474

incl. $6,474 unitemized small gifts

Total Spent

$13,153

Operating & other

$13,153

100% of spending

Where the Money Goes

Of the $13,153 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $13,153 (100%) — went to operating costs and overhead. Operating costs consumed 100% of everything it spent; none of it reached Tennessee candidates as direct contributions.

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: $13,153 ÷ Total spent: $13,153

Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending	$13,153
Contributions to candidates	$0

Source filings:

Operating & other $13,153 100%

Contributions to Candidates

No contributions to tracked candidates on record.

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.

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose	Total
Campaign Donation	$5,000.00
Picnic T Shirts	$4,657.75
Picnic Lapel Pins	$3,370.28
Political Education Fund Of The Bctd	$125.00

from to

Individual operating payments
Payee	Purpose	Date	Amount
American Products	Picnic T Shirts	05/11/2011	$4,657.75
Shaffer, Paul	Campaign Donation	08/04/2011	$2,500.00
Tom Varecha Associates	Picnic Lapel Pins	04/28/2011	$1,720.28
Tom Varecha Associates	Picnic Lapel Pins	03/25/2011	$1,650.00
Wharton, A.C.	Campaign Donation	09/19/2011	$1,000.00
Ford, Kemba	Campaign Donation	09/15/2011	$500.00
Fullilove, Janis	Campaign Donation	09/21/2011	$500.00
Parkinson, Antonio '2 Shay'	Campaign Donation	01/20/2011	$250.00
Shaffer, Paul	Campaign Donation	09/26/2011	$250.00
Political Educational Fund of the BCTD	Political Education Fund Of The Bctd	03/25/2011	$125.00

Who Funds It

No itemized contributions to this committee on record.

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 2011 Historical	$4,282.44	$3,299.68	Source: Year-End 2011 filing Report 38937
Mid-Year 2011 Amended Historical	$10,097.36	$4,282.44	Source: Mid-Year 2011 filing Report 37763