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Plumbers Pipefitters Education Committee

Political Action Committee

Registered Jan 1990 · Treasurer: William L Johnson, Jr. · Nashville, TN

Raised
$163,008
incl. $130,008 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$116,633
To TN candidates
$56,280
48% of spending
To other PACs
$27,000
23% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $2,000 to 1 candidate
$2,000 to 1 Republican

Where the Money Goes

Of the $116,633 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $56,280 (48%) — 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: $8,612 ÷ Total spent: $116,633
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $8,612
Contributions to candidates $56,280
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

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate Office Party Total
Rusty Crowe † Tennessee Senate, District 03 Rep. $2,000.00

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

This committee’s own filings report $56,280 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $2,000. Of the $54,280 difference, $54,280 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $54,280 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

  • Bredesen, Phil $5,000.00
  • Naifeh, Jimmy $2,500.00
  • Ferguson, Dennis $2,000.00
  • Burchett, Tim $2,000.00
  • Jones, Sherry $2,000.00
  • Rinks, Randy $2,000.00
  • Tracy, Jim $2,000.00
  • Williams, Micheal $2,000.00
  • Winningham, Leslie $2,000.00
  • Ryman, Rip $1,500.00
  • …and 33 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.

Contributions to Other PACs

Contributions to other political action committees
Committee Total
Democratic House Senate Caucus $7,000.00
Tenn. Democratic Party $5,000.00
Democratic House Caucus $5,000.00
Democratic Senate Caucus $5,000.00
Davidson Co. Democratic Party $2,500.00
Tennessee Kyle PAC $2,500.00

Given in Other States

This committee sent $24,741 to 2 candidates and committees 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
Ua PAC Fund Washington, D.C. $14,740.87
Nat'l Democratic Governors Conference Washington, D.C. $10,000.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Interest $7,337.43
Annual Dinner $1,200.00
Annual Fee $75.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
TN Pipe Trades Educational Committee Nashville, TN — $32,000.00
Chandler for Governor Frankfort, KY — $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
Q4 2005 Amended Historical $12,509.56 $1,868.44 Source: Q4 2005 filing Report 5734
Q3 2005 Historical $1,447.55 $12,509.56 Source: Q3 2005 filing Report 4771
Q2 2005 Amended Historical $5,738.83 $1,447.55 Source: Q2 2005 filing Report 4228
Q1 2005 Historical $15,856.71 $5,738.83 Source: Q1 2005 filing Report 3556