Patriot PAC

Political Action Committee

Year by year

Patriot PAC — money raised, spent and given to candidates in each report year, and the all-time totals those years add up to.
Report year Raised Spent To candidates
2018 $123,223.12 $123,166.16 $12,967.38
All years $123,223.12 $123,166.16 $12,967.38
Raised
$123,223
incl. $100 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$123,166
To other PACs
$60,000
49% of spending
To TN candidates
$46,267
38% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $12,967 to 2 candidates
$12,967 to 2 Republicans

Where the Money Goes

Of the $123,166 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $60,000 (49%) — went to other PACs and committees.

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: $5,326 ÷ Total spent: $123,166
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $5,326
Contributions to candidates $46,267

“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
Mark Pody † Tennessee Senate, District 17 Rep. $11,800.00
Dawn White † Tennessee Senate, District 13 Rep. $1,167.38

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

This committee’s own filings report $46,267 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $12,967. Of the $33,300 difference, $33,300 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $33,300 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here — federal, local, and out-of-state races, and sitting legislators not on the 2026 ballot:

  • Concerned Constitutional Conservatives $25,500.00
  • Beavers, Mae $7,800.00

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
Freedom PAC $31,000.00
Tennessee Firearms Assn Legislative Action Committee $25,000.00
TN8PAC $4,000.00

Given in Other States

This committee sent $11,573 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
Great American Coalition Washington, D.C. $11,573.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Donations $2,000.00
Postage $1,948.14
Printing $1,377.64

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Mae Beavers Mt Juliet, TN Retired $122,123.12
Greg Dugdale Alexandria, TN Real Estate $1,000.00

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
Q3 2018 Historical $16,213.16 $0.00 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2018 Historical $22,886.16 $16,213.16 Source ↗
Q2 2018 Amended Historical $65,623.12 $22,886.16 Source ↗
Q1 2018 Amended Historical $0.00 $65,623.12 Source ↗