Plumbers Steamfitters Local 43

Political Action Committee

Registered Mar 2018 · Treasurer: Joshua Ewing · Chattanooga, TN

Year by year

Plumbers Steamfitters Local 43 — money raised, spent and given to candidates in each report year, and the all-time totals those years add up to.
Report year Raised Spent To candidates
2026 $3,434.16 $0.00 $0.00
2025 $3,576.71 $2,005.00 $0.00
2024 $4,038.95 $3,680.34 $0.00
2023 $0.00 $60.00 $0.00
2022 $4.48 $0.00 $0.00
2021 $63.04 $0.00 $0.00
2020 $56.47 $0.00 $0.00
2019 $62.57 $1,000.00 $0.00
2018 $1,831.88 $750.05 $0.00
2016 $0.00 $2,250.00 $0.00
2015 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
2014 $0.00 $4,500.00 $0.00
2013 $16.75 $1,500.00 $0.00
2012 $0.00 $500.00 $0.00
All years $13,085.01 $16,245.39 $0.00
Raised
$13,085
incl. $2,069 unitemized small gifts
excl. $9,267 in bookkeeping entries — carried-forward balances, adjustments, refunds — not money raised
Total Spent
$16,245
To other PACs
$7,250
45% of spending
To TN candidates
$5,881
36% of spending

Where the Money Goes

Of the $16,245 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $7,250 (45%) — went to other PACs and committees.

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: $1,614 ÷ Total spent: $16,245
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $1,614
Contributions to candidates $5,881

“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

No contributions to tracked candidates on record.

This committee’s own filings report $5,881 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $0. Of the $5,881 difference, $5,881 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $5,881 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

  • Southern Benefit Administrators $3,630.94
  • Voices for A Stronger Tennessee $1,000.00
  • Evans $500.00
  • Jim Hammond for Sherriff $500.00
  • Greg Beck $250.00

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
Plumbers Steamfitters Local 43 $7,250.00

Given in Other States

This committee sent $1,500 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
Pipe Trades Usa PAC Washington, D.C. $1,000.00
Sisk, Gary Georgia $500.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Donations $1,500.00
Bank Fees $114.40
Audit Adjustment $0.05

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Southern Benefit Administrators Inc. Goodlettsville, TN — $10,126.55
W J O Neil Chattanooga, TN — $502.20
Viking Industrial Chattanooga, TN — $387.20

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
Q3 2026 $4,458.46 $5,400.84 Source: Q3 2026 filing Report 130183
Pre-Primary 2026 $4,096.19 $4,458.46 Source: Pre-Primary 2026 filing Report 128149
Q2 2026 $2,807.61 $4,096.19 Source: Q2 2026 filing Report 127391
Q1 2026 $1,966.42 $2,807.61 Source: Q1 2026 filing Report 125274
Year-End 2025 $2,268.80 $1,966.42 Source: Year-End 2025 filing Report 124512
Mid-Year 2025 $394.52 $2,268.80 Source: Mid-Year 2025 filing Report 122106
Q4 2024 Historical $2.32 $394.52 Source: Q4 2024 filing Report 120011
Pre-General 2024 Historical $17.32 $2.32 Source: Pre-General 2024 filing Report 118933
Q3 2024 Historical $17.32 $17.32 Source: Q3 2024 filing Report 117799
Pre-Primary 2024 Historical $36.72 $17.32 Source: Pre-Primary 2024 filing Report 115809
Q2 2024 Amended Historical $538.11 $36.72 Source: Q2 2024 filing Report 116631
Q1 2024 Historical $35.91 $538.11 Source: Q1 2024 filing Report 112626
Year-End 2023 Historical $65.91 $35.91 Source: Year-End 2023 filing Report 111282
Mid-Year 2023 Historical $95.91 $65.91 Source: Mid-Year 2023 filing Report 108778
Q4 2022 Historical $110.91 $95.91 Source: Q4 2022 filing Report 107136
Pre-General 2022 Historical $125.91 $110.91 Source: Pre-General 2022 filing Report 105873
Q3 2022 Historical $124.79 $125.91 Source: Q3 2022 filing Report 104309
Pre-Primary 2022 Historical $134.79 $124.79 Source: Pre-Primary 2022 filing Report 102849
Q2 2022 Historical $149.79 $134.79 Source: Q2 2022 filing Report 101104
Q1 2022 Historical $156.43 $149.79 Source: Q1 2022 filing Report 98382
Year-End 2021 Historical $149.74 $156.43 Source: Year-End 2021 filing Report 97814
Mid-Year 2021 Historical $148.39 $149.74 Source: Mid-Year 2021 filing Report 95892
Q4 2020 Historical $147.51 $148.39 Source: Q4 2020 filing Report 93497
Pre-General 2020 Historical $141.77 $147.51 Source: Pre-General 2020 filing Report 92712
Q3 2020 Historical $146.17 $141.77 Source: Q3 2020 filing Report 91869
Pre-Primary 2020 Historical $143.64 $146.17 Source: Pre-Primary 2020 filing Report 89805
Q2 2020 Historical $136.92 $143.64 Source: Q2 2020 filing Report 89052
Q1 2020 Historical $140.54 $136.92 Source: Q1 2020 filing Report 87709

As filed on this report: cash beginning $140.54, receipts $0.00, disbursements $0.00, cash ending $136.92.

Year-End 2019 Historical $1,105.12 $140.54 Source: Year-End 2019 filing Report 85675
Mid-Year 2019 Historical $1,082.86 $1,105.12 Source: Mid-Year 2019 filing Report 84554
Q4 2018 Historical $1,052.59 $1,082.86 Source: Q4 2018 filing Report 82013
Pre-General 2018 Historical $1,051.65 $1,052.59 Source: Pre-General 2018 filing Report 81454
Q3 2018 Historical $1,030.90 $1,051.65 Source: Q3 2018 filing Report 79912
Pre-Primary 2018 Historical $1,030.90 $1,030.90 Source: Pre-Primary 2018 filing Report 78635
Q2 2018 Amended Historical $1,199.98 $1,030.90 Source: Q2 2018 filing Report 78298
Q1 2018 Amended Historical $0.00 $1,199.98 Source: Q1 2018 filing Report 75522
Q4 2016 Historical $533.77 $533.77 Source: Q4 2016 filing Report 69600
Pre-General 2016 Historical $1,783.77 $533.77 Source: Pre-General 2016 filing Report 68541
Q3 2016 Historical $1,783.77 $1,783.77 Source: Q3 2016 filing Report 66949
Pre-Primary 2016 Historical $1,783.77 $1,783.77 Source: Pre-Primary 2016 filing Report 65630
Q2 2016 Historical $2,783.77 $1,783.77 Source: Q2 2016 filing Report 64560
Q1 2016 Historical $2,783.77 $2,783.77 Source: Q1 2016 filing Report 63356
Year-End 2015 Historical $2,783.77 $2,783.77 Source: Year-End 2015 filing Report 62198
Mid-Year 2015 Historical $2,783.77 $2,783.77 Source: Mid-Year 2015 filing Report 60052
Q4 2014 Historical $2,783.77 $2,783.77 Source: Q4 2014 filing Report 58532
Pre-General 2014 Historical $2,783.77 $2,783.77 Source: Pre-General 2014 filing Report 58012
Q3 2014 Historical $2,783.77 $2,783.77 Source: Q3 2014 filing Report 57035
Pre-Primary 2014 Amended Historical $2,783.77 $2,783.77 Source: Pre-Primary 2014 filing Report 58013
Q2 2014 Amended Historical $6,283.77 $2,783.77 Source: Q2 2014 filing Report 55207
Q1 2014 Amended Historical $7,283.77 $6,283.77 Source: Q1 2014 filing Report 51496
Year-End 2013 Historical $7,267.02 $7,283.77 Source: Year-End 2013 filing Report 49929
Mid-Year 2013 Historical $8,767.02 $7,267.02 Source: Mid-Year 2013 filing Report 47654
Q4 2012 Historical $8,767.02 $8,767.02 Source: Q4 2012 filing Report 45704
Pre-General 2012 Historical $0.00 $8,767.02 Source: Pre-General 2012 filing Report 45703