Plumbers Pipefitters Education Committee

Political Action Committee

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

Raised
$176,550
incl. $176,550 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$387,386
To TN candidates
$238,300
62% of spending
To other PACs
$119,834
31% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $2,500 to 1 candidate
$2,500 to 1 Democrat

Where the Money Goes

Of the $387,386 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $238,300 (62%) — 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: $20,251 ÷ Total spent: $387,386
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $20,251
Contributions to candidates $238,300

“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
Bo Mitchell † Tennessee House, District 50 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 $238,300 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $2,500. Of the $235,800 difference, $235,800 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $235,800 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

  • Democratice Victory 2010 $60,000.00
  • Matthews, Debbie $13,000.00
  • Borchert, Willie (Butch) $8,000.00
  • Hale, James $7,500.00
  • Haslam Inaugural 2011 $7,500.00
  • Carneal, Billy Paul $7,000.00
  • Shephard, Joe M. $7,000.00
  • McWherter, Michael $6,500.00
  • Moore, Calvin $6,000.00
  • Twork, Danny R. $5,500.00
  • …and 43 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
House Democratic Caucus $42,000.00
United Association Political Action Fund $29,834.44
Tennessee Coalition for Working Families $26,000.00
Senate Democratic Caucus $13,000.00
Tennessee Democratic Party $6,000.00
Humphrey's Democratic Party $3,000.00

Given in Other States

This committee sent $9,000 to 2 candidates and committees outside Tennessee, across 2 states. 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
Lake Research Partners Washington, D.C. $5,000.00
O'Malley for Governor, Martin Maryland $4,000.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Interest $17,930.27
Brenda Gilmore Public Meeting $1,204.00
Printing $981.82
Registration $100.00
Bank Fees $35.00

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 2010 Historical $10,759.84 $3,809.03 Source: Q4 2010 filing Report 35743
Pre-General 2010 Historical $29,148.51 $10,759.84 Source: Pre-General 2010 filing Report 34226
Q3 2010 Historical $4,747.74 $29,148.51 Source: Q3 2010 filing Report 33404
Pre-Primary 2010 Historical $10,020.84 $4,747.74 Source: Pre-Primary 2010 filing Report 32376
Q2 2010 Historical $6,445.75 $10,020.84 Source: Q2 2010 filing Report 31327
Q1 2010 Historical $2,818.89 $6,445.75 Source: Q1 2010 filing Report 30074