Memphis

Plumbers Pipefitters Education Committee

Political Action Committee

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

Raised
$117,613
incl. $117,613 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$208,982
To TN candidates
$126,164
60% of spending
To other PACs
$66,087
32% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $6,500 to 1 candidate
$6,500 to 1 Democrat

Where the Money Goes

Of the $208,982 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $126,164 (60%) — 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: $8,181 ÷ Total spent: $208,982
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $8,181
Contributions to candidates $126,164
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
Bo Mitchell † Tennessee House, District 50 Dem. $6,500.00

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

This committee’s own filings report $126,164 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $6,500. Of the $119,664 difference, $119,664 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $119,664 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

  • Patton, Johnny R. $10,000.00
  • Bone for Mayor, Charles $7,500.00
  • Cunningham for Mayor of Dickson Co, Matthew $7,300.00
  • Harper, Thelma $7,000.00
  • Moreland for Judge, Casey $5,000.00
  • Shepard, David $5,000.00
  • Gross, Tony $5,000.00
  • Tidwell, John $5,000.00
  • Davis for Humphreys Sherriff, Chris $3,700.00
  • Funk, Glenn $3,500.00
  • …and 37 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
United Association Political Action Fund $50,086.55
Democratic House Caucus $11,000.00
Tennessee Democratic Party $5,000.00

Given in Other States

This committee sent $8,549 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
Ua PAC Fund Washington, D.C. $4,549.47
Ross for Ark Governor, Mike Arkansas $4,000.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Interest $8,128.06
Check Order $53.12

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 2014 Amended Historical $4,551.19 $4,639.88 Source: Q4 2014 filing Report 58985
Pre-General 2014 Historical $3,637.52 $4,551.19 Source: Pre-General 2014 filing Report 57408
Q3 2014 Historical $5,613.89 $3,637.52 Source: Q3 2014 filing Report 55963
Pre-Primary 2014 Historical $2,533.95 $5,613.89 Source: Pre-Primary 2014 filing Report 53719
Q2 2014 Historical $30,086.82 $2,533.95 Source: Q2 2014 filing Report 52937
Q1 2014 Historical $12,170.35 $30,086.82 Source: Q1 2014 filing Report 50990