Norfolk Southern Corp Good Govt Fund

Political Action Committee

Registered Jan 1990 · Treasurer: Marque I Ledoux · Washington, DC

Also giving in

Also gave $4,000.00 in U.S. Congress politics

Cross-jurisdiction totals reflect the linked entity record and may exclude unmerged duplicates; figures are two separate per-jurisdiction public totals, not a combined statewide total. As of 2026-09-24.

Raised
$516,472
incl. $54,071 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$56,879
Operating & other
$49,054
86% of spending
To TN candidates
$6,500
11% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $1,500 to 2 candidates
$1,500 to 2 Republicans

Where the Money Goes

Of the $56,879 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $49,054 (86%) — went to operating costs and overhead.

Why this number?

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: $49,054 ÷ Total spent: $56,879
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $49,054
Contributions to candidates $6,500

“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
Marsha Blackburn † Governor Rep. $1,000.00
Steve Southerland † Tennessee Senate, District 09 Rep. $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 $6,500 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $1,500. Of the $5,000 difference, $5,000 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $5,000 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here — federal, local, and out-of-state races, and sitting legislators not on the 2026 ballot:

  • Corker, Bob $2,000.00
  • Pinion, Phillip $1,000.00
  • Ketron, Bill $500.00
  • Cochran, Jerome $250.00
  • Coleman, Kent $250.00
  • Fraley, George $250.00
  • Harmon, Bill $250.00
  • Sontany, Janis Baird $250.00
  • Vaughn, Nathan $250.00

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.

Given in Other States

This committee sent $1,325 to 6 candidates and committees outside Tennessee, across 2 states. 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
Rudolh, David Maryland $500.00
Miller, Warren Maryland $250.00
Bieda, Steven Michigan $150.00
Sheen, Fulton Michigan $150.00
Tobocman, Steve Michigan $150.00
Dillon Leadership Fund Michigan $125.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Left Blank $49,000.00
Reimbursement $54.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Bruno Maestri Clifton, VA Norfolk Southern Corp $5,000.00
David Lawson Norfolk, VA Norfolk Southern Corp $5,000.00
James Hixon Virginia Beach, VA Norfolk Southern Corp $5,000.00
John Samuels Virginia Beach, VA — $5,000.00
Mark Manion Virginia Beach, VA Norfolk Southern Co $5,000.00
Robert Fort Virginia Beach, VA Norfolk Southern Corp $5,000.00
Deborah Butler Norfolk, VA Norfolk Southern Corp $4,999.92
Frederick Wimbush Chesapeake, VA Norfolk Southern Corp $4,999.92
Gerhard Thelen Atlanta, GA Norfolk Southern Corp $4,999.92
Henry Wolf Norfolk, VA Norfolk Southern Corp $4,999.92

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
Q4 2006 Amended Historical $69,582.31 $139,065.63 Source ↗
Pre-General 2006 Late Historical $92,862.33 $69,582.31 Source ↗
Q3 2006 Amended Historical $92,291.71 $92,862.33 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2006 Amended Historical $102,345.96 $92,291.71 Source ↗
Q2 2006 Amended Historical $94,020.67 $102,345.96 Source ↗
Q1 2006 Amended Historical $86,415.05 $94,020.67 Source ↗