Lyondell Chemical Company PAC

Political Action Committee

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

Raised

$125,107

incl. $3,759 unitemized small gifts

Total Spent

$141,024

Spent outside Tennessee

$138,024

98% of spending

To TN candidates

$2,000

1.4% of spending

Candidate Giving by Party $2,000 to 2 candidates

$2,000 to 2 Republicans

Where the Money Goes

Of the $141,024 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $138,024 (98%) — went to activity outside Tennessee.

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: $0 ÷ Total spent: $141,024

Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending	$0
Contributions to candidates	$2,000

Source filings:

Spent outside Tennessee $138,024 98%
To TN candidates $2,000 1.4%
To other PACs $1,000 0.7%

“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
Chris Todd ^†	Tennessee House, District 73	Rep.	$1,000.00
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
TN Chamber 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
Jeffrey Kaplan	Houston, TX	Lyondell Chemical Company	$5,000.00
Dale Friedrichs	Victoria, TX	Equistar Chemicals	$4,999.92
James Guilfoyle	Kingwood, TX	Equistar	$4,999.92
Michael Hopkins	Houston, TX	Lyondell	$4,999.92
Paul Augustowski	Humble, TX	Equistar	$3,333.28
Whitney Giddings	Houston, TX	Lyondell	$2,462.50
Ann Travis	Houston, TX	Lyondell	$2,069.83
Jennifer Jewson	Friendswood, TX	Lyondell	$2,065.08

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 2019 Historical	$25,181.04	$37,415.21	Source: Year-End 2019 filing Report 85642
Mid-Year 2019 Historical	$50,332.14	$25,181.04	Source: Mid-Year 2019 filing Report 84335