JACK PAC (Jack Johnson)

Political Action Committee

Registered Nov 2011 · Treasurer: Tommy Nelms · Franklin, TN

Year by year

JACK PAC (Jack Johnson) — money raised, spent and given to candidates in each report year, and the all-time totals those years add up to.
Report year Raised Spent To candidates
2026 $550,500.00 $810,484.80 $218,740.79
2025 $264,470.20 $186,497.99 $43,500.00
2024 $321,350.00 $358,234.55 $16,750.00
2023 $229,195.51 $192,978.32 $88,500.00
2022 $194,593.91 $101,666.34 $18,500.00
2021 $71,146.53 $57,032.08 $15,000.00
2020 $81,500.00 $44,483.93 $7,000.00
2019 $54,250.00 $62,395.70 $35,500.00
2018 $117,955.49 $104,390.09 $17,000.00
2017 $65,000.00 $54,850.00 $31,000.00
2016 $34,050.00 $20,850.00 $7,000.00
2015 $4,000.00 $6,550.00 $0.00
2014 $41,050.00 $53,700.00 $19,000.00
2013 $14,250.00 $7,300.00 $0.00
2012 $10,210.00 $11,350.00 $3,000.00
2011 $15,500.00 $4,000.00 $0.00
All years $2,069,021.64 $2,076,763.80 $376,590.79
Also giving in

Also gave $8,000.00 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
$2,069,022
incl. $100 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$2,076,764
Operating & other
$855,578
41% of spending
To TN candidates
$834,204
40% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $376,591 to 40 candidates
$376,591 to 40 Republicans

Where the Money Goes

Of the $2,076,764 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $855,578 (41%) — went to operating costs and overhead.

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: $855,578 ÷ Total spent: $2,076,764
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $855,578
Contributions to candidates $834,204

“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
Richard M. Briggs Tennessee Senate, District 07 Rep. $33,400.00
Marsha Blackburn Governor Rep. $30,800.00
Jimmy Matlock Tennessee Senate, District 05 Rep. $27,500.00
J. Adam Lowe Tennessee Senate, District 01 Rep. $26,170.80
Brent Taylor Tennessee Senate, District 31 Rep. $24,746.79
Dawn White Tennessee Senate, District 13 Rep. $23,400.00
Kerry Roberts Tennessee Senate, District 23 Rep. $23,400.00
Mark Pody Tennessee Senate, District 17 Rep. $23,400.00
Rusty Crowe Tennessee Senate, District 03 Rep. $20,000.00
Lee Reeves Tennessee House, District 65 Rep. $19,000.00

† Reported in this PAC’s own disbursement filing; the recipient’s receipt filing hasn’t itemized it yet.

This committee’s own filings report $834,204 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $376,591. Of the $457,613 difference, $355,754 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below) and $101,859 has not been matched to a receipt on those candidates’ own filings.

Its filing also reports $355,754 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

  • Anchor Research $20,500.00
  • Lundberg, Jon $20,500.00
  • Reeves, William S. $17,500.00
  • TN Faith and Freedom Coalition $13,500.00
  • 21st District Recovery Court $13,000.00
  • Dickerson, Steven $9,000.00
  • Swann, Art $9,000.00
  • Kelsey, Brian $6,000.00
  • Brightstone $5,577.52
  • Davis House $5,350.00
  • …and 215 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
Senate Republican Caucus $228,187.50
TN Republican Party $48,500.00
GOPAC Election Fund Tennessee $25,000.00
Williamson County Career Republican Wome $7,171.14
TN Young Republicans $5,500.00
Tennesseans for Liberty PAC $5,000.00
Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee $5,000.00
BRIGGS PAC (Richard Briggs) $3,000.00
Bell PAC $3,000.00
Latinos for Tennessee $3,000.00

Given in Other States

This committee sent $32,680 to 21 candidates and committees outside Tennessee, across 14 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
Victory Enterprises Iowa $12,000.00
Southwest Airlines Texas $4,249.20
Williamson County Friends of Nra Virginia $1,700.00
American Airlines Texas $1,625.19
Jason Miyares for Virginia Virginia $1,500.00
Recording Industry Assoc of America Washington, D.C. $1,192.00
Delta Airlines Georgia $1,146.80
Marco Rubio for Senate Florida $1,000.00
Natl Republican Congressional Comm Washington, D.C. $1,000.00
Noem Victory Fund South Dakota $1,000.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Advertising $533,107.37
Food / Beverage $70,053.86
Professional Services $52,701.07
Public Transportation $42,656.41
Music Performers $40,620.00
Hotel $19,469.14
Donations $11,964.58
Polling $8,500.00
Mileage $6,385.45
Fundraising-Supplies $5,303.20

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) Nashville, TN — $88,500.00
Blue Cross Blue Shield of TN PAC Chattanooga, TN — $67,500.00
TN Advance Financial PAC Nashville, TN — $60,000.00
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) Brentwood, TN — $54,000.00
GOPAC Election Fund Tennessee Arlington, VA — $50,000.00
Tennessee Electric Cooperatives PAC Nashville, TN — $42,500.00
MCPAC (Randy McNally) Nashville, TN — $40,000.00
Jack Daniel's PAC Alexandria, VA — $37,500.00
HCA TriStar Fund Brentwood, TN — $36,000.00
Amazon.com Services LLC Washington, DC — $33,500.00

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
Pre-General 2026 $182,733.63 $7,164.96 Source: Pre-General 2026 filing Report 130439
Q3 2026 Amended $116,246.67 $182,733.63 Source: Q3 2026 filing Report 130441
Pre-Primary 2026 Amended $359,470.21 $116,246.67 Source: Pre-Primary 2026 filing Report 130443
Q2 2026 $208,522.08 $359,470.21 Source: Q2 2026 filing Report 126540
Q1 2026 $242,149.76 $208,522.08 Source: Q1 2026 filing Report 125790
Year-End 2025 $193,547.02 $242,149.76 Source: Year-End 2025 filing Report 123600
Mid-Year 2025 $164,177.55 $193,547.02 Source: Mid-Year 2025 filing Report 122172
Q4 2024 Historical $133,214.46 $164,177.55 Source: Q4 2024 filing Report 120240
Pre-General 2024 Historical $117,389.82 $133,214.46 Source: Pre-General 2024 filing Report 118418
Q3 2024 Historical $88,901.49 $117,389.82 Source: Q3 2024 filing Report 117354
Pre-Primary 2024 Historical $161,192.50 $88,901.49 Source: Pre-Primary 2024 filing Report 116013
Q2 2024 Amended Historical $179,179.25 $161,192.50 Source: Q2 2024 filing Report 115040
Q1 2024 Amended Historical $201,062.10 $179,179.25 Source: Q1 2024 filing Report 115039
Year-End 2023 Amended Historical $134,157.53 $201,062.10 Source: Year-End 2023 filing Report 119235
Mid-Year 2023 Amended Historical $166,540.42 $134,157.53 Source: Mid-Year 2023 filing Report 115333
Q4 2022 Historical $126,468.65 $166,540.42 Source: Q4 2022 filing Report 107095
Pre-General 2022 Historical $131,502.74 $126,468.65 Source: Pre-General 2022 filing Report 105900
Q3 2022 Historical $154,753.26 $131,502.74 Source: Q3 2022 filing Report 105266
Pre-Primary 2022 Historical $132,723.26 $154,753.26 Source: Pre-Primary 2022 filing Report 102474
Q2 2022 Historical $66,633.97 $132,723.26 Source: Q2 2022 filing Report 100314
Q1 2022 Historical $80,987.78 $66,633.97 Source: Q1 2022 filing Report 98885
Year-End 2021 Amended Historical $56,797.52 $80,987.78 Source: Year-End 2021 filing Report 98159
Mid-Year 2021 Historical $67,705.11 $56,797.52 Source: Mid-Year 2021 filing Report 95269
Q4 2020 Amended Historical $28,455.11 $67,705.11 Source: Q4 2020 filing Report 93806
Pre-General 2020 Amended Historical $11,808.16 $28,455.11 Source: Pre-General 2020 filing Report 92880
Q3 2020 Historical $24,439.04 $11,808.16 Source: Q3 2020 filing Report 90948
Pre-Primary 2020 Historical $24,439.04 $24,439.04 Source: Pre-Primary 2020 filing Report 89523
Q2 2020 Historical $24,439.04 $24,439.04 Source: Q2 2020 filing Report 88186
Q1 2020 Historical $30,689.04 $24,439.04 Source: Q1 2020 filing Report 86984
Year-End 2019 Historical $16,884.90 $30,689.04 Source: Year-End 2019 filing Report 85608
Mid-Year 2019 Amended Historical $38,934.90 $16,884.90 Source: Mid-Year 2019 filing Report 85132
Q4 2018 Historical $15,729.41 $38,934.90 Source: Q4 2018 filing Report 82424
Pre-General 2018 Amended Historical $31,979.41 $15,729.41 Source: Pre-General 2018 filing Report 95240
Q3 2018 Historical $6,476.15 $31,979.41 Source: Q3 2018 filing Report 79794
Pre-Primary 2018 Historical $6,669.50 $6,476.15 Source: Pre-Primary 2018 filing Report 77891
Q2 2018 Amended Historical $18,569.50 $6,669.50 Source: Q2 2018 filing Report 95239
Q1 2018 Historical $25,369.50 $18,569.50 Source: Q1 2018 filing Report 74658
Year-End 2017 Amended Historical $14,719.50 $25,369.50 Source: Year-End 2017 filing Report 74656
Mid-Year 2017 Historical $15,219.50 $14,719.50 Source: Mid-Year 2017 filing Report 71375
Q4 2016 Historical $4,319.50 $15,219.50 Source: Q4 2016 filing Report 69626
Pre-General 2016 Amended Historical $15,319.50 $4,319.50 Source: Pre-General 2016 filing Report 69629
Q3 2016 Historical $7,319.50 $15,319.50 Source: Q3 2016 filing Report 67386
Pre-Primary 2016 Amended Historical $5,819.50 $7,319.50 Source: Pre-Primary 2016 filing Report 67388
Q2 2016 Historical $1,319.50 $5,819.50 Source: Q2 2016 filing Report 64414
Q1 2016 Historical $2,319.50 $1,319.50 Source: Q1 2016 filing Report 63527
Year-End 2015 Historical $4,669.50 $2,319.50 Source: Year-End 2015 filing Report 62186
Mid-Year 2015 Historical $4,869.50 $4,669.50 Source: Mid-Year 2015 filing Report 60338
Q4 2014 Amended Historical $7,570.00 $4,869.50 Source: Q4 2014 filing Report 58769
Pre-General 2014 Historical $9,470.00 $7,570.00 Source: Pre-General 2014 filing Report 57563
Q3 2014 Historical $32,970.00 $9,470.00 Source: Q3 2014 filing Report 56549
Pre-Primary 2014 Historical $17,720.00 $32,970.00 Source: Pre-Primary 2014 filing Report 54392
Q2 2014 Historical $16,720.00 $17,720.00 Source: Q2 2014 filing Report 52723
Q1 2014 Historical $18,920.00 $16,720.00 Source: Q1 2014 filing Report 51040
Year-End 2013 Historical $8,720.00 $18,920.00 Source: Year-End 2013 filing Report 49060
Mid-Year 2013 Historical $12,070.00 $8,720.00 Source: Mid-Year 2013 filing Report 47735
Q4 2012 Historical $9,070.00 $12,070.00 Source: Q4 2012 filing Report 46106
Pre-General 2012 Amended Historical $3,570.00 $9,070.00 Source: Pre-General 2012 filing Report 46108
Q3 2012 Historical $5,570.00 $3,570.00 Source: Q3 2012 filing Report 43571
Pre-Primary 2012 Historical $6,110.00 $5,570.00 Source: Pre-Primary 2012 filing Report 42970
Q2 2012 Historical $5,500.00 $6,110.00 Source: Q2 2012 filing Report 41105
Q1 2012 Historical $11,500.00 $5,500.00 Source: Q1 2012 filing Report 40198
Year-End 2011 Historical $0.00 $11,500.00 Source: Year-End 2011 filing Report 38651