Johnson City Pro Firefighters PAC

Political Action Committee

Registered Feb 2003 · Treasurer: Rickey Carter · Johnson City, TN

Raised

$18,936

Total Spent

$14,326

Operating & other

$13,101

91% of spending

To TN candidates

$1,226

8.6% of spending

Where the Money Goes

Of the $14,326 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $13,101 (91%) — went to operating costs and overhead. Operating costs consumed 91% of everything it spent; $1,226 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: $13,101 ÷ Total spent: $14,326

Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending	$13,101
Contributions to candidates	$1,226

Source filings:

Operating & other $13,101 91%
To TN candidates $1,226 8.6%

Contributions to Candidates

No contributions to tracked candidates on record.

This committee’s own filings report $1,226 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $0. Of the $1,226 difference, $1,226 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $1,226 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

Hill, Matthew $500.00
Moore, Gary $500.00
Weaver, Steve $225.52

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
Annual Rally	$2,309.84
Printing	$1,979.25
Pac Shirts For Members	$1,157.68
Food / Beverage	$1,016.23
Lodging	$944.24
Milage, Per Diem	$770.00
Campaign Workers	$762.50
Hotel For Conference	$700.29
Advertising	$652.81
Signs	$523.71

from to

Individual operating payments
Payee	Purpose	Date	Amount
Best Western	Annual Rally	12/15/2009	$2,309.84
Proforma	Printing	09/22/2009	$1,979.25
Z Z Topps	Pac Shirts For Members	12/10/2009	$1,157.68
Holiday Inn	Lodging	10/05/2009	$681.60
Applebee's	Food / Beverage	12/12/2009	$670.00
Premium Graphics	Signs	04/02/2009	$498.75
Johnson City Press	Advertising	04/23/2009	$453.25
Firehouse BBQ	Reimbur For St Conv Fee Accidently Wrote From Gen	09/28/2009	$390.50
Hamilton, Mike	Milage, Per Diem	09/29/2009	$385.00
Keys, Ian	Milage, Per Diem	09/29/2009	$385.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor	Location	Employer	Total Given
Fire Fighters Interested In Registration and Education	Washington, DC	—	$16,956.94
Johnson City Firefighters Charitable	Johnson City, TN	—	$1,979.25

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	$16,156.64	$18,440.69	Source: Year-End 2009 filing Report 29258
Mid-Year 2009 Amended Historical	$13,513.69	$16,156.64	Source: Mid-Year 2009 filing Report 28205