Plumbers Pipefitters Education Committee

Political Action Committee

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

Raised
$115,224
incl. $115,224 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$24,000
To TN candidates
$13,000
54% of spending
To other PACs
$7,000
29% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $3,000 to 1 candidate
$3,000 to 1 Republican

Where the Money Goes

Of the $24,000 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $13,000 (54%) — 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: $0 ÷ Total spent: $24,000
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $0
Contributions to candidates $13,000
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
Mark Pody † Tennessee Senate, District 17 Rep. $3,000.00

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

This committee’s own filings report $13,000 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $3,000. Of the $10,000 difference, $10,000 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $10,000 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

  • Freddie for Mayor $10,000.00

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 Democratic Party $5,000.00
House Democratic Caucus $1,000.00
TN House Democratic Caucus $1,000.00

Given in Other States

This committee sent $4,000 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
Pipe Trades Usa Washington, D.C. $4,000.00

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
Year-End 2025 $387,951.47 $449,574.15 Source: Year-End 2025 filing Report 124322
Mid-Year 2025 $346,689.56 $387,951.47 Source: Mid-Year 2025 filing Report 122479