Memphis

Nashville Fire Fighters Local 140 PAC

Political Action Committee

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

Raised
$48,088
incl. $29,534 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$75,452
To TN candidates
$63,000
83% of spending
Operating & other
$8,702
12% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $2,250 to 2 candidates
$2,250 to 2 Democrats

Where the Money Goes

Of the $75,452 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $63,000 (83%) — 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: $8,702 ÷ Total spent: $75,452
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $8,702
Contributions to candidates $63,000
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. $2,000.00
Antonio Parkinson † Tennessee House, District 98 Dem. $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 $63,000 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $2,250. Of the $60,750 difference, $60,750 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $60,750 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

  • Baker, James $5,000.00
  • Moore, Gary $5,000.00
  • Turner, Michael L. (Mike) $5,000.00
  • Banks, Brady $2,000.00
  • Barry, Megan $2,000.00
  • Dean, Karl $2,000.00
  • Garrett, Tim $2,000.00
  • Neighbors, Diane $2,000.00
  • Robinson, Marilyn $2,000.00
  • Steine, Ronnie $2,000.00
  • …and 32 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 $3,500.00

Given in Other States

This committee sent $250 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
McOsker, Pat California $250.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Travel/Conference $8,476.80
Research / Polling $125.00
Pac Registration $100.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Fire Fighters Interested In Registration and Education Washington, DC — $18,553.96

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 2011 Historical $115,673.68 $121,154.54 Source: Year-End 2011 filing Report 38588
Mid-Year 2011 Amended Historical $148,574.87 $115,673.68 Source: Mid-Year 2011 filing Report 37754