Laborers Local Union 818 PAC

Political Action Committee

Year by year

Laborers Local Union 818 PAC — 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
2007 $37,142.97 $82,676.95 $0.00
2006 $48,625.08 $53,554.72 $0.00
2005 $45,501.43 $17,800.00 $0.00
2004 $64,156.07 $43,646.40 $0.00
All years $195,425.55 $197,678.07 $0.00
Raised
$195,426
incl. $20,857 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$197,678
Operating & other
$94,165
48% of spending
To TN candidates
$47,950
24% of spending

Where the Money Goes

Of the $197,678 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $94,165 (48%) — went to operating costs and overhead.

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: $94,165 ÷ Total spent: $197,678
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $94,165
Contributions to candidates $47,950

“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

No contributions to tracked candidates on record.

This committee’s own filings report $47,950 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $0. Of the $47,950 difference, $47,950 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $47,950 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here — federal, local, and out-of-state races, and sitting legislators not on the 2026 ballot:

  • Bredesen, Phil $15,000.00
  • Stokes 2006 $5,000.00
  • Stokes, Casey $5,000.00
  • Victory 2006 $5,000.00
  • Cooper, Jerry $1,500.00
  • Jones, Sherry $1,250.00
  • Kilby, Tommy $1,250.00
  • Carson, B.J $1,000.00
  • Graves, Jo Ann $1,000.00
  • Joe Duncan for Mayor $1,000.00
  • …and 20 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
Tenn. Democratic Executive Committee $20,000.00
Tenn Democratic Party $12,500.00
Bredesen Inaugural Committee, Inc. $7,500.00
The Speaker S Fund $2,000.00
House-Senate Joint Democatic Caucus $450.00

Given in Other States

This committee sent $13,113 to 3 candidates and committees outside Tennessee, across 3 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
Laborers Political League Washington, D.C. $6,113.31
Landrieu, Mitch Louisiana $5,000.00
Henson for Senate Campaign Committee Georgia $2,000.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Closing $72,576.95
Donations $19,136.47
Travel $1,100.00
Tee Shirts For Bredesen $954.72
Annual Fee $250.00
Checks $146.62

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
TN Laborers Health Welfare Fund Nashville, TN — $173,918.89
Laborers Local Union 818 PAC Knoxville, TN — $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
Year-End 2007 Historical $51,719.73 $0.00 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2007 Amended Historical $45,533.98 $51,719.73 Source ↗
Q4 2006 Amended Historical $45,586.37 $45,533.98 Source ↗
Pre-General 2006 Amended Historical $66,485.02 $45,586.37 Source ↗
Q3 2006 Amended Historical $65,395.97 $66,485.02 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2006 Historical $65,021.81 $65,395.97 Source ↗
Q2 2006 Amended Historical $63,184.11 $65,021.81 Source ↗
Q1 2006 Historical $50,463.62 $63,184.11 Source ↗
Q4 2005 Amended Historical $36,420.60 $50,463.62 Source ↗
Q3 2005 Historical $42,202.08 $36,420.60 Source ↗
Q2 2005 Late Historical $31,726.20 $42,202.08 Source ↗
Q1 2005 Amended Historical $22,776.74 $31,726.20 Source ↗
Q4 2004 Amended Historical $16,129.35 $22,776.74 Source ↗
Q3 2004 Amended Historical $7,765.59 $16,129.35 Source ↗
Q2 2004 Historical $8,785.79 $7,765.59 Source ↗
Q1 2004 Amended Historical $2,459.16 $8,785.79 Source ↗