KEYPAC (Ken Yager)

Political Action Committee

Registered Apr 2016 · Treasurer: Sean Hensley · Kingston, TN

Raised
$87,600
incl. $100 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$66,213
To TN candidates
$37,000
56% of spending
Operating & other
$27,213
41% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $30,000 to 19 candidates
$30,000 to 19 Republicans

Where the Money Goes

Of the $66,213 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $37,000 (56%) — went to Tennessee candidates.

Why this number?

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: $27,213 ÷ Total spent: $66,213
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $27,213
Contributions to candidates $37,000
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
Ferrell Haile † Tennessee Senate, District 18 Rep. $5,000.00
Becky Duncan Massey † Tennessee Senate, District 06 Rep. $2,000.00
Bill Powers † Tennessee Senate, District 22 Rep. $2,000.00
Janice Bowling † Tennessee Senate, District 16 Rep. $2,000.00
Page Walley † Tennessee Senate, District 26 Rep. $2,000.00
Paul Rose † Tennessee Senate, District 32 Rep. $2,000.00
Robert Stevens † Tennessee House, District 13 Rep. $2,000.00
Todd Gardenhire † Tennessee Senate, District 10 Rep. $2,000.00
Bo Watson Tennessee Senate, District 11 Rep. $1,000.00
Brent Taylor Tennessee Senate, District 31 Rep. $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 $37,000 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $30,000. Of the $7,000 difference, $7,000 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $7,000 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here — federal, local, and out-of-state races, and sitting legislators not on the 2026 ballot:

  • Lundberg, Jon $2,000.00
  • Niceley, Frank $2,000.00
  • Reeves, William S. $2,000.00
  • Rolli, Alice $1,000.00

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
JACK PAC (Jack Johnson) $1,000.00

Given in Other States

This committee sent $1,000 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
Scott, Tim South Carolina $1,000.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Issued-Based Polling $13,187.50
Fundraising Expenses $6,075.00
Professional Services $3,320.50
Donation $3,200.00
Donation-Scholarship $1,000.00
Federal Taxes $229.50
Donation-Charity Event $100.00
Renew Statutory Rep-Howard H Baker, Jr. Foundation $90.00
Bank Fee $10.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Butler Snow Good To Great Tennessee PAC Nashville, TN — $6,000.00
HCA TriStar Fund Brentwood, TN — $5,000.00
Tennessee Action Committee for Rural Electrification Nashville, TN — $5,000.00
Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) Nashville, TN — $5,000.00
Jack Daniel's PAC Alexandria, VA — $4,000.00
Unitedhealth Group Incorporated Washington, DC — $4,000.00
Build TN Housing Nashville, TN — $3,500.00
Insurors of TN PAC Nashville, TN — $3,500.00
Amazon.com Services LLC Washington, DC — $3,000.00
Vogel PAC Nashville, TN — $3,000.00

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 2023 Amended Historical $341,073.89 $374,471.64 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2023 Historical $353,084.14 $341,073.89 Source ↗