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Nashville Fire Fighters Local 140 PAC

Political Action Committee

Registered Jan 1990 · Treasurer: Barry Daniel Byers · Nashville, TN

Raised
$75,338
Total Spent
$92,072
To TN candidates
$80,600
88% of spending
Operating & other
$9,312
10% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $1,750 to 2 candidates
$250 to 1 Republican $1,500 to 1 Democrat

Where the Money Goes

Of the $92,072 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $80,600 (88%) — 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: $9,312 ÷ Total spent: $92,072
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $9,312
Contributions to candidates $80,600
Source filings:

“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
Bo Mitchell † Tennessee House, District 50 Dem. $1,500.00
Curry Todd † Tennessee House, District 95 Rep. $250.00

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

This committee’s own filings report $80,600 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $1,750. Of the $78,850 difference, $78,850 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $78,850 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

  • Dozier, Buck $5,000.00
  • Maynard, Jerry $5,000.00
  • Clement, Bob $5,000.00
  • Barry, Megan $4,000.00
  • Loring, J.B. $4,000.00
  • Steine, Ronnie $4,000.00
  • Hostettler, Phillip $2,100.00
  • Exton, Richard $2,000.00
  • Garrett, Tim $2,000.00
  • Langster, Edith Taylor $2,000.00
  • …and 45 more recipients

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
Tennessee Democratic Party $1,000.00
Nashville Womens Political Caucus $1,000.00

Given in Other States

This committee sent $160 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
Chudleigh, David Pennsylvania $160.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
T-Shirts $3,292.70
Postage $1,230.00
Campaign Workers $1,050.00
Donations $1,000.00
Tickets Fundfraiser $1,000.00
Tickets Fundraiser $500.00
Direct Mail-Out $340.00
Artwork For Direct Mail Piece $337.50
Research / Polling $333.34
Reimbursement For Food For Election Workers $228.88

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Nashville Fire Fighters L140 Nashville, TN — $52,620.00
Fire Fighters Interested In Registration and Education Washington, DC — $21,218.17
Phil Ponder Hermitage, TN Phil Ponder Prints $1,500.00

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 2007 Amended Historical $131,219.17 $137,276.40 Source: Year-End 2007 filing Report 15403
Mid-Year 2007 Historical $152,126.22 $131,219.17 Source: Mid-Year 2007 filing Report 13518