Metro Memphis Hotel Lodging Assn PAC

Political Action Committee

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

Raised

$116,151

incl. $4,310 unitemized small gifts

Total Spent

$127,720

Operating & other

$93,020

73% of spending

To other PACs

$24,500

19% of spending

Where the Money Goes

Of the $127,720 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $93,020 (73%) — went to operating costs and overhead.

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: $93,020 ÷ Total spent: $127,720

Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending	$93,020
Contributions to candidates	$10,200

Source filings:

Operating & other $93,020 73%
To other PACs $24,500 19%
To TN candidates $10,200 8.0%

Contributions to Candidates

No contributions to tracked candidates on record.

This committee’s own filings report $10,200 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $0. Of the $10,200 difference, $10,200 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $10,200 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

Strickland, Jim $7,600.00
Friends of Ac Wharton $2,600.00

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
Tnhta PAC	$19,000.00
Mra PAC	$5,500.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose	Total
Food / Beverage	$38,841.45
Campaign Contributio	$20,000.00
Professional Services	$16,199.50
Office Supplies	$7,805.65
Printing	$4,025.52
Donations	$1,890.00
Administrative Fee	$1,500.00
Legal/Acctg/Taxes	$1,220.00
Advertising	$890.00
Travel	$373.70

from to

Individual operating payments
Payee	Purpose	Date	Amount
Sheraton Memphis	Food / Beverage	08/25/2015	$19,866.56
Peabody Memphis	Food / Beverage	08/25/2015	$13,894.03
Nolan Production Group	Professional Services	09/29/2015	$11,285.00
Friends of Ac Wharton	Campaign Contributio	01/12/2015	$5,000.00
Ross, Deanna	Printing	07/28/2015	$4,025.52
Ross, Deanna	Office Supplies	09/01/2015	$2,922.21
Ross, Deanna	Office Supplies	09/26/2015	$2,883.44
Rendezvous Restaurant	Food / Beverage	08/18/2015	$2,097.73
Pinkowski & Company	Office Supplies	09/29/2015	$2,000.00
Youth Villages	Donations	09/16/2015	$1,890.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor	Location	Employer	Total Given
Hilton	Memphis, TN	—	$6,595.00
Davidson Hotel Company LLC	Atlanta, GA	—	$5,000.00
US Foods	Memphis, TN	—	$4,569.00
Intercontinental Hotels Group	Atlanta, GA	—	$4,500.00
Ferguson Enterprises	Memphis, TN	—	$4,104.00
Walker Auctions	Germantown, TN	—	$3,701.25
Heartland Payment Systems	Knoxville, TN	—	$3,500.00
HVS	Kirkwood, MO	—	$3,319.00
Comcast Business	Norcross, GA	—	$3,000.00
Pyramid Advisors, LLC	Boston, MA	—	$3,000.00

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 2015 Amended Historical	$41,158.01	$1,129.10	Source: Year-End 2015 filing Report 62732
Mid-Year 2015 Amended Historical	$12,974.32	$41,158.01	Source: Mid-Year 2015 filing Report 60929