Nashville Fire Fighters Local 140 PAC

Political Action Committee

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

Raised

$50,923

Total Spent

$74,120

To TN candidates

$69,700

94% of spending

Operating & other

$4,420

6.0% of spending

Candidate Giving by Party $2,500 to 4 candidates

$1,500 to 3 Democrats $1,000 to 1 Independent

Where the Money Goes

Of the $74,120 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $69,700 (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: $4,420 ÷ Total spent: $74,120

Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending	$4,420
Contributions to candidates	$69,700

Source filings:

To TN candidates $69,700 94%
Operating & other $4,420 6.0%

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate	Office	Party	Total
Martez Coleman ^†	Tennessee House, District 52	Ind.	$1,000.00
Bo Mitchell ^†	Tennessee House, District 50	Dem.	$500.00
Caleb Hemmer ^†	Tennessee House, District 59	Dem.	$500.00
Jeff Yarbro ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 21	Dem.	$500.00

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

This committee’s own filings report $69,700 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $2,500. Of the $67,200 difference, $67,200 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $67,200 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

O'Connell, Freddie $9,400.00
Davis, Anthony $2,750.00
Shulman, Jim $2,250.00
Allen, Burkley $2,000.00
Blalock, Davette $2,000.00
Cheng, Chris $2,000.00
Ellis, Tasha $2,000.00
Evans-Segall, Quin $2,000.00
Hill, Olivia $2,000.00
Porterfield, Delishia $2,000.00
…and 38 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
Election Sign Worker	$3,200.00
Campaign Signs	$770.00
Tpffa Ledge Registration	$450.00

from to

Individual operating payments
Payee	Purpose	Date	Amount
Standley, Gary	Election Sign Worker	09/26/2023	$800.00
Franklin, Thomas	Election Sign Worker	09/26/2023	$600.00
Printing, Etc	Campaign Signs	08/23/2023	$462.00
Tennessee Professional Fire Fighters Ass	Tpffa Ledge Registration	01/23/2023	$450.00
Printing, Etc	Campaign Signs	09/05/2023	$308.00
Brown, Tim	Election Sign Worker	09/26/2023	$200.00
Ford, Alex	Election Sign Worker	09/26/2023	$200.00
Franklin, James	Election Sign Worker	09/26/2023	$200.00
Gallimore, Christopher	Election Sign Worker	09/26/2023	$200.00
Gilmore, James	Election Sign Worker	09/26/2023	$200.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor	Location	Employer	Total Given
Nashville Fire Fighters L140	Nashville, TN	—	$33,713.00
Fire Fighters Interested In Registration and Education	Washington, DC	—	$17,209.95

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 Historical	$264,191.13	$225,662.56	Source: Year-End 2023 filing Report 110854
Mid-Year 2023 Historical	$246,856.82	$264,191.13	Source: Mid-Year 2023 filing Report 109480