Middle Tennessee Business Leaders for Common Sense

Political Action Committee

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

Raised
$55,000
Total Spent
$68,484
To other PACs
$36,500
53% of spending
To TN candidates
$26,000
38% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $21,000 to 13 candidates
$13,000 to 8 Republicans $8,000 to 5 Democrats

Where the Money Goes

Of the $68,484 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $36,500 (53%) — went to other PACs and committees.

Why this number?

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: $5,984 ÷ Total spent: $68,484
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $5,984
Contributions to candidates $26,000
Source filings:

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate Office Party Total
Caleb Hemmer † Tennessee House, District 59 Dem. $2,000.00
Clark Boyd † Tennessee House, District 46 Rep. $2,000.00
David B. Hawk † Tennessee House, District 05 Rep. $2,000.00
Dawn White Tennessee Senate, District 13 Rep. $2,000.00
Harold M. Love, Jr. † Tennessee House, District 58 Dem. $2,000.00
Jack Johnson † Tennessee Senate, District 27 Rep. $2,000.00
Jeff Yarbro Tennessee Senate, District 21 Dem. $2,000.00
Paul Bailey Tennessee Senate, District 15 Rep. $2,000.00
Bob Freeman † Tennessee House, District 56 Dem. $1,000.00
Bryan Terry † Tennessee House, District 48 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 $26,000 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $21,000. Of the $5,000 difference, $7,000 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $7,000 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here — federal, local, and out-of-state races, and sitting legislators not on the 2026 ballot:

  • Lundberg, Jon $5,000.00
  • Davis, Anthony $2,000.00

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
Reeves Family PAC $10,000.00
CAM PAC (Cameron Sexton) $5,000.00
INVICTUS PAC (John Ray Clemmons) $5,000.00
KEVPAC (Kevin Vaughan) $5,000.00
MCPAC (Randy McNally) $5,000.00
HAILE PAC (Ferrell Haile) $2,500.00
PB PAC (Paul Bailey) $2,000.00
Faison Freedom PAC $1,000.00
LAMBERTH PAC (William Lamberth) $1,000.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Insurance $4,759.17
Administrative Support $1,224.95

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
HCA Management Services Nashville, TN — $25,000.00
Ingram Industries Nashville, TN — $25,000.00
Barge Design Nashville, TN — $5,000.00

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 2023 Amended Historical $170,763.12 $102,303.95 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2023 Historical $115,788.07 $170,763.12 Source ↗