Plumbers Pipefitters Education Committee

Political Action Committee

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

Raised
$243,283
incl. $243,283 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$284,631
To TN candidates
$121,800
43% of spending
To other PACs
$75,575
27% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $2,500 to 1 candidate
$2,500 to 1 Democrat

Where the Money Goes

Of the $284,631 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $121,800 (43%) — 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: $26,705 ÷ Total spent: $284,631
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $26,705
Contributions to candidates $121,800

“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
Stratton Bone † Tennessee House, District 46 Dem. $2,500.00

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

This committee’s own filings report $121,800 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $2,500. Of the $119,300 difference, $119,300 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $119,300 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

  • Ruppe, Becky $10,500.00
  • Stewart, Eric $10,000.00
  • Barnes, Tim $10,000.00
  • Camp, Randy $8,000.00
  • Rogers, Jean Anne $7,000.00
  • Williams, Micheal $6,000.00
  • Hawkins, Jim $5,000.00
  • Kyle, Jim $5,000.00
  • Ryal, James $5,000.00
  • Cobb, Ty $4,000.00
  • …and 27 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
Tennessee Pipe Trades Council Educational Committee PAC $27,000.00
The Speaker S Fund $25,000.00
Tenn. Democratic Party $11,000.00
House Senate Democratic Caucus $10,000.00
House-Senate Joint Democratic Caucus $1,000.00
Montgomery County Democratic Party $750.00
Hickman County Democratic Party $500.00
Citizens' Committee $325.00

Given in Other States

This committee sent $60,551 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
Ua PAC Fund Washington, D.C. $60,551.25

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Interest $17,464.95
Jackson Day Dinner $5,000.00
Annual Dinner $3,700.00
Golf Tournament $440.00
Registration $100.00

Who Funds It

No itemized contributions to this committee on record.

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 2008 Historical $9,221.46 $4,113.34 Source: Q4 2008 filing Report 26175
Pre-General 2008 Amended Historical $12,140.82 $9,221.46 Source: Pre-General 2008 filing Report 25281
Q3 2008 Historical $2,831.99 $12,140.82 Source: Q3 2008 filing Report 24029
Pre-Primary 2008 Historical $2,331.99 $2,831.99 Source: Pre-Primary 2008 filing Report 22766
Q2 2008 Historical $6,575.08 $2,331.99 Source: Q2 2008 filing Report 21721
Q1 2008 Historical $942.84 $6,575.08 Source: Q1 2008 filing Report 20461