Nashville Fire Fighters Local 140 PAC

Political Action Committee

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

Raised

$55,970

incl. $33,495 unitemized small gifts

Total Spent

$100,406

To TN candidates

$94,300

94% of spending

Operating & other

$6,106

6.1% of spending

Candidate Giving by Party $2,000 to 2 candidates

$2,000 to 2 Democrats

Where the Money Goes

Of the $100,406 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $94,300 (94%) — 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: $6,106 ÷ Total spent: $100,406

Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending	$6,106
Contributions to candidates	$94,300

Source filings:

To TN candidates $94,300 94%
Operating & other $6,106 6.1%

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate	Office	Party	Total
Bo Mitchell ^†	Tennessee House, District 50	Dem.	$1,000.00
Jason L Powell ^†	Tennessee House, District 53	Dem.	$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 $94,300 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $2,000. Of the $92,300 difference, $92,300 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $92,300 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

Barry, Megan $15,200.00
Freeman, Bill $5,000.00
Collins, Harold $5,000.00
Martin, Sarah $3,000.00
Swann, Chris $3,000.00
Bennett, Karen $2,500.00
Cooper, John $2,500.00
Duvall, Robert $2,500.00
Gilmore, Erica $2,500.00
Holleman, Jason $2,500.00
…and 42 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.

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose	Total
Printing	$3,194.00
Tickets Fundraiser	$1,000.00
T-Shirts	$712.50
Mailing Service	$694.47
Signs	$405.00
Annual Fee	$100.00

from to

Individual operating payments
Payee	Purpose	Date	Amount
American Press and Label	Printing	09/10/2015	$1,790.00
Printing, Etc	Printing	08/12/2015	$1,306.00
Tennessee Democratic Party	Tickets Fundraiser	10/27/2015	$1,000.00
Graphics Concepts	T-Shirts	09/02/2015	$712.50
Mailsource, Inc.	Mailing Service	08/20/2015	$694.47
Plastic Supply and Manufacturing Co	Signs	09/02/2015	$405.00
State of Tennessee	Annual Fee	01/14/2016	$100.00
Printing, Etc	Printing	07/29/2015	$98.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor	Location	Employer	Total Given
Fire Fighters Interested In Registration and Education	Washington, DC	—	$22,475.04

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	$116,207.81	$79,814.89	Source: Year-End 2015 filing Report 62477
Mid-Year 2015 Amended Historical	$124,200.33	$116,207.81	Source: Mid-Year 2015 filing Report 122481