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Political Action Committee

Registered Jan 1990 · Treasurer: Mark Chalos · Nashville, TN

Raised
$170,211
incl. $5,930 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$125,984
To TN candidates
$83,000
66% of spending
Operating & other
$42,984
34% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $4,500 to 3 candidates
$4,500 to 3 Democrats

Where the Money Goes

Of the $125,984 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $83,000 (66%) — went to Tennessee candidates.

Operating share of spending compares operating spending with total spent.

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Operating / overhead spending divided by everything this committee spent (each expenditure lands in exactly one bucket).

Operating spending: $42,984 ÷ Total spent: $125,984
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $42,984
Contributions to candidates $83,000
Source filings:

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate Office Party Total
Joe Towns Jr. † Tennessee House, District 84 Dem. $1,500.00
Johnny Shaw † Tennessee House, District 80 Dem. $1,500.00
Larry J. Miller † Tennessee House, District 88 Dem. $1,500.00

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

This committee’s own filings report $83,000 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $4,500. Of the $78,500 difference, $78,500 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $78,500 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

  • Love, Sally $10,000.00
  • Ford, Ophelia $9,500.00
  • Fowlkes, Joe $7,500.00
  • Contribution $5,500.00
  • Bredesen, Phil $5,000.00
  • Person, Jr., Curtis $4,000.00
  • Jackson, Douglas $2,500.00
  • Coleman, Kent $2,000.00
  • Johnson, Russell $2,000.00
  • Jones, Sherry $2,000.00
  • …and 23 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.

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Professional Services $11,000.00
Clerical $6,266.20
Consulting $6,000.00
Taxes $4,419.89
Annual Event $4,094.05
Reimbursement $3,787.69
Telephone $2,575.20
Printing $1,671.11
Unspecified $1,500.00
Rent $1,376.09

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Atla 3 Part Card Washington, DC — $108,336.00
American Association for Justice PAC Washington, DC — $37,120.00
Rogers Hays Pulaski, TN Law Firm of Roger N. Hays $1,500.00
Phillip North Nashville, TN North, Pursell, Ramos \& Jameson PLC $1,300.00
Wayne A Ritchie Knoxville, TN Ritchie, Fels \& Dillard PC $1,200.00
John Mitchell Murfreesboro, TN Mitchell \& Mitchell $1,100.00
Gerald Howard Summers Chattanooga, TN Summers & Wyatt, P.C $1,000.00
Bruce Fox Clinton, TN Fox & Farley $900.00
Joseph Dalton Nashville, TN — $900.00
James Robert Stacy Knoxville, TN Stacy, Whitt \& Cooper $825.00

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
Q4 2005 Amended Historical $336,812.15 $320,799.85 Source: Q4 2005 filing Report 5852
Q3 2005 Historical $289,868.42 $336,812.15 Source: Q3 2005 filing Report 4891
Q2 2005 Historical $259,627.84 $289,868.42 Source: Q2 2005 filing Report 4259
Q1 2005 Historical $248,391.77 $259,627.84 Source: Q1 2005 filing Report 3678