Middle Tennessee Business Leaders for Common Sense

Political Action Committee

Registered Mar 2017 · Treasurer: Shannon Lambert · Nashville, TN

Raised

$25,000

Total Spent

$64,500

To TN candidates

$38,500

60% of spending

To other PACs

$26,000

40% of spending

Candidate Giving by Party $37,500 to 20 candidates

$33,500 to 16 Republicans $4,000 to 4 Democrats

Where the Money Goes

Of the $64,500 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $38,500 (60%) — went to Tennessee candidates.

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: $64,500

Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending	$0
Contributions to candidates	$38,500

Source filings:

To TN candidates $38,500 60%
To other PACs $26,000 40%

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate	Office	Party	Total
Ken Yager ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 12	Rep.	$3,500.00
Bo Watson ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 11	Rep.	$3,000.00
Dawn White	Tennessee Senate, District 13	Rep.	$3,000.00
Gary W Hicks Jr ^†	Tennessee House, District 09	Rep.	$3,000.00
Kevin Vaughan ^†	Tennessee House, District 95	Rep.	$3,000.00
Mark White ^†	Tennessee House, District 83	Rep.	$3,000.00
Paul Bailey ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 15	Rep.	$3,000.00
Becky Duncan Massey ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 06	Rep.	$2,000.00
Dan Howell	Tennessee House, District 22	Rep.	$2,000.00
Richard M. Briggs	Tennessee Senate, District 07	Rep.	$2,000.00

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

This committee’s own filings report $38,500 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $37,500. Of the $1,000 difference, $1,000 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $1,000 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

Reeves, William S. $1,000.00

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.

Contributions to Other PACs

Contributions to other political action committees
Committee	Total
CAM PAC (Cameron Sexton)	$5,000.00
House Republican Caucus	$5,000.00
Senate Republican Caucus	$5,000.00
JACK PAC (Jack Johnson)	$3,500.00
LAMBERTH PAC (William Lamberth)	$3,500.00
JCB PAC (Clark Boyd)	$2,000.00
House Democratic Caucus	$1,000.00
Senate Democratic Caucus	$1,000.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor	Location	Employer	Total Given
HCA Management Services	Nashville, TN	—	$25,000.00

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
Q3 2026	$119,819.66	$55,319.66	Source: Q3 2026 filing Report 129218
Pre-Primary 2026 Amended	$94,819.66	$119,819.66	Source: Pre-Primary 2026 filing Report 128972
Q2 2026 Amended	$94,819.66	$94,819.66	Source: Q2 2026 filing Report 128973
Q1 2026	$94,819.66	$94,819.66	Source: Q1 2026 filing Report 125827