Lyondell Chemical Company PAC

Political Action Committee

Registered Jul 2013 · Treasurer: Jared Gurley · Houston, TX

Raised

$121,498

incl. $28,121 unitemized small gifts

Total Spent

$132,500

Spent outside Tennessee

$130,500

98% of spending

To TN candidates

$1,000

0.8% of spending

Candidate Giving by Party $1,000 to 1 candidate

$1,000 to 1 Republican

Where the Money Goes

Of the $132,500 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $130,500 (98%) — went to activity outside Tennessee.

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: $0 ÷ Total spent: $132,500

Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending	$0
Contributions to candidates	$1,000

Source filings:

Spent outside Tennessee $130,500 98%
To TN candidates $1,000 0.8%
To other PACs $1,000 0.8%

“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. Separate from out-of-state donors.

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate	Office	Party	Total
Ed Jackson ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 25	Rep.	$1,000.00

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

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
Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry PAC	$1,000.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor	Location	Employer	Total Given
Bhavesh Patel	Houston, TX	Lyondell Chemical Co	$5,000.00
Daniel Coombs	Spring, TX	Lyondell Chem Comp	$5,000.00
James Guilfoyle	Kingwood, TX	Equistar	$4,666.60
Paul Augustowski	Humble, TX	Equistar	$4,604.10
Dale Friedrichs	Victoria, TX	Equistar Chemicals	$4,166.62
Jeffrey Kaplan	The Woodlands, TX	Lyondell Chemical Company	$3,541.78
Whitney Giddings	Houston, TX	Lyondell	$2,500.00
Timothy Westby	Houston, TX	Equistar	$2,355.96
Melissa Wellmann	Humble, TX	Lyondell Chemical Company	$2,243.69
Brian Goedke	The, TX	Lyondell	$2,040.00

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 2018 Historical	$32,736.40	$50,332.14	Source: Q4 2018 filing Report 82580
Pre-General 2018 Historical	$27,612.52	$32,736.40	Source: Pre-General 2018 filing Report 81420
Q3 2018 Historical	$39,292.49	$27,612.52	Source: Q3 2018 filing Report 80087
Pre-Primary 2018 Historical	$34,853.35	$39,292.49	Source: Pre-Primary 2018 filing Report 78258
Q2 2018 Historical	$23,131.16	$34,853.35	Source: Q2 2018 filing Report 76768
Q1 2018 Historical	$61,334.30	$23,131.16	Source: Q1 2018 filing Report 75159