Memphis

Plumbers Local Union 17 PAC

Political Action Committee

Registered Jan 1990 · Treasurer: Brandon Osbahr · Memphis, TN

Raised
$17,607
incl. $367 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$17,422
Operating & other
$10,672
61% of spending
To TN candidates
$6,250
36% of spending

Where the Money Goes

Of the $17,422 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $10,672 (61%) — went to operating costs and overhead.

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: $10,672 ÷ Total spent: $17,422
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $10,672
Contributions to candidates $6,250
Source filings:

“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

No contributions to tracked candidates on record.

This committee’s own filings report $6,250 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $0. Of the $6,250 difference, $6,250 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $6,250 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

  • Chumney, Carol $1,500.00
  • Hardaway, G. A. $500.00
  • Richardson, Jeanne $500.00
  • Connatser, Charles $500.00
  • Gatewood, Stephanie $500.00
  • Brown, Joe $250.00
  • Collins, Harold $250.00
  • Flinn, Shea $250.00
  • Franklin, Desi $250.00
  • Halbert, Wandy $250.00
  • …and 6 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.

Given in Other States

This committee sent $500 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
Adams, Ken Mississippi $500.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Lobbyist $10,672.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Gipson Mechanical Memphis, TN — $3,033.21
White Plumbing Company Memphis, TN — $3,004.65
Tri State Plumbing Company Memphis, TN — $2,770.75
Krag Plumbing Company Memphis, TN — $2,351.35
Damon Marcus Company Memphis, TN — $1,655.20
Wheelis Mechanical Memphis, TN — $1,385.25
Psi Plumbing Company Memphis, TN — $1,156.80
Pci Plumbing Company Collierville, TN — $945.60
Morgan Turner Plumbing Memphis, TN — $428.45
Plumbers Local Union 17 Memphis, TN — $384.00

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 2007 Historical $9,845.64 $7,613.27 Source: Year-End 2007 filing Report 14474
Mid-Year 2007 Historical $7,528.53 $9,845.64 Source: Mid-Year 2007 filing Report 13349