PAC-ABLE Tennessee

Political Action Committee

Registered Jul 1998 · Treasurer: Zach Bates · Nashville, TN

Raised

$18,000

Total Spent

$20,000

To TN candidates

$16,500

83% of spending

To other PACs

$3,500

18% of spending

Candidate Giving by Party $14,500 to 22 candidates

$11,750 to 18 Republicans $2,750 to 4 Democrats

Where the Money Goes

Of the $20,000 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $16,500 (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: $0 ÷ Total spent: $20,000

Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending	$0
Contributions to candidates	$16,500

Source filings:

To TN candidates $16,500 83%
To other PACs $3,500 18%

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate	Office	Party	Total
Cameron Sexton ^†	Tennessee House, District 25	Rep.	$1,500.00
Bo Watson ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 11	Rep.	$1,000.00
Clark Boyd ^†	Tennessee House, District 46	Rep.	$1,000.00
Ferrell Haile ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 18	Rep.	$1,000.00
Jack Johnson ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 27	Rep.	$1,000.00
Karen Camper ^†	Tennessee House, District 87	Dem.	$1,000.00
Ken Yager ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 12	Rep.	$1,000.00
Paul Bailey ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 15	Rep.	$1,000.00
Raumesh Akbari ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 29	Dem.	$1,000.00
Chris Todd ^†	Tennessee House, District 73	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 $16,500 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $14,500. Of the $2,000 difference, $2,000 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $2,000 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

Gilmore, Brenda $1,000.00
Reeves, William S. $500.00
Calfee, Kent $250.00
Holsclaw, John B. $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.

Contributions to Other PACs

Contributions to other political action committees
Committee	Total
KEVPAC (Kevin Vaughan)	$1,500.00
MCPAC (Randy McNally)	$1,500.00
Tennessee Tomorrow PAC	$500.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor	Location	Employer	Total Given
TN Cable Broadband Association	Nashville, TN	—	$18,000.00

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 2021 Historical	$7,178.45	$5,179.74	Source: Year-End 2021 filing Report 97052
Mid-Year 2021 Historical	$7,392.13	$7,178.45	Source: Mid-Year 2021 filing Report 95099