Metro Memphis Hotel Lodging Assn PAC

Political Action Committee

Registered May 2002 · Treasurer: John Rucker · Memphis, TN

Raised

$19,189

incl. $2,679 unitemized small gifts

Total Spent

$22,000

Operating & other

$15,000

68% of spending

To TN candidates

$7,000

32% of spending

Candidate Giving by Party $2,000 to 4 candidates

$500 to 1 Republican $1,500 to 3 Democrats

Where the Money Goes

Of the $22,000 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $15,000 (68%) — went to operating costs and overhead.

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: $15,000 ÷ Total spent: $22,000

Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending	$15,000
Contributions to candidates	$7,000

Source filings:

Operating & other $15,000 68%
To TN candidates $7,000 32%

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate	Office	Party	Total
Curry Todd ^†	Tennessee House, District 95	Rep.	$500.00
Joe Towns Jr. ^†	Tennessee House, District 84	Dem.	$500.00
Karen Camper ^†	Tennessee House, District 87	Dem.	$500.00
Larry J. Miller ^†	Tennessee House, District 88	Dem.	$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 $7,000 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $2,000. Of the $5,000 difference, $5,000 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $5,000 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

Wharton, Ac $5,000.00

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.

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose	Total
Campaign Contributio	$15,000.00

from to

Individual operating payments
Payee	Purpose	Date	Amount
Friends of Myron Lowery	Campaign Contributio	10/27/2009	$4,000.00
Gibbons, Bill	Campaign Contributio	01/04/2010	$2,500.00
Malone, Diedre	Campaign Contributio	05/20/2009	$1,000.00
Coley, James	Campaign Contributio	01/04/2010	$500.00
Cooper, Barbara	Campaign Contributio	01/04/2010	$500.00
Deberry, Lois	Campaign Contributio	01/04/2010	$500.00
Deberry, Jr., John	Campaign Contributio	01/04/2010	$500.00
Ford, Ophelia	Campaign Contributio	01/04/2010	$500.00
Hardaway, G. A.	Campaign Contributio	01/04/2010	$500.00
Jones, Jr., Ulysses	Campaign Contributio	01/04/2010	$500.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor	Location	Employer	Total Given
Hospitality Education Fund	Cordova, TN	—	$10,000.00
Davidson Hotel Company LLC	Atlanta, GA	—	$1,500.00
Wright Investment Properties	Cordova, TN	—	$1,123.00
John Rucker	Memphis, TN	Key Magazine of Memphis	$1,000.00
Craig Marshall	Memphis, TN	Hampton Inn Beale Street	$755.00
Mohamad Hakimian	Memphis, TN	Madison Hotel	$447.00
Pinkowski Company	Memphis, TN	—	$355.00
Doug Owings	Memphis, TN	Owings Properties	$350.00
Pace Cooper	Memphis, TN	Cooper Hotels	$308.00
Randy Churchey	Germantown, TN	MCR Development	$308.00

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 2009 Amended Historical	$12,079.93	$4,872.37	Source: Year-End 2009 filing Report 31174
Mid-Year 2009 Historical	$9,286.36	$12,079.93	Source: Mid-Year 2009 filing Report 27661