Memphis Fire Fighters Association PAC

Political Action Committee

Registered Jan 1990 · Treasurer: Matthew Tomek · Memphis, TN

Also giving in

Also gave $84,250.00 in Memphis-area politics

Cross-jurisdiction totals reflect the linked entity record and may exclude unmerged duplicates; figures are two separate per-jurisdiction public totals, not a combined statewide total.

Raised

$53,324

Total Spent

$14,000

To TN candidates

$9,500

68% of spending

To other PACs

$3,500

25% of spending

Candidate Giving by Party $2,000 to 2 candidates

$2,000 to 2 Republicans

Where the Money Goes

Of the $14,000 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $9,500 (68%) — 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: $0 ÷ Total spent: $14,000

Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending	$0
Contributions to candidates	$9,500

Source filings:

To TN candidates $9,500 68%
To other PACs $3,500 25%
Spent outside Tennessee $1,000 7.1%

“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
John Gillespie ^†	Tennessee House, District 97	Rep.	$1,000.00
Mark White ^†	Tennessee House, District 83	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 $9,500 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $2,000. Of the $7,500 difference, $7,500 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $7,500 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

Kelsey, Brian $6,000.00
Michalyn Easter-Thomas $1,000.00
Wagner, Mary $500.00

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
Committee To Elect J.B. Smiley, Jr.	$3,500.00

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
Joe Kerr for Supervisor	California	$1,000.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor	Location	Employer	Total Given
Memphis Fire Fighters Association	Memphis, TN	—	$19,406.68
FIREPAC	Washington, DC	—	$18,899.36
Fire Fighters Interested In Registration and Education	Washington, DC	—	$14,982.60

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 2021 Amended Historical	$68,548.09	$84,639.41	Source: Year-End 2021 filing Report 98517
Mid-Year 2021 Historical	$45,315.77	$68,548.09	Source: Mid-Year 2021 filing Report 95756