Memphis

Porter Johnson PLLC PAC Burch

Political Action Committee

Registered Aug 1997 · Treasurer: Nathan A. Bicks · Memphis, TN

Raised
$3,430
Total Spent
$3,650
To TN candidates
$3,450
95% of spending
Spent outside Tennessee
$200
5.5% of spending

Where the Money Goes

Of the $3,650 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $3,450 (95%) — 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: $3,650
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $0
Contributions to candidates $3,450
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

No contributions to tracked candidates on record.

This committee’s own filings report $3,450 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $0. Of the $3,450 difference, $3,450 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $3,450 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

  • Goldin, Arnold $750.00
  • Holt, Barbara S. $500.00
  • Fields, Donna $500.00
  • Peete, Ricky $250.00
  • Hooks, Michael $250.00
  • Cohen, Steve $250.00
  • Patterson, Bob $250.00
  • Spence, Robert $250.00
  • Stout-Mitchell, Tajuan $250.00
  • Chumney, Carol $100.00
  • …and 1 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.

Given in Other States

This committee sent $200 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
Gregoire for Governor Washington, D.C. $200.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Porter Johnson PLLC Burch Memphis, TN — $3,000.00
Donna Fields Memphis, TN — $430.00

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 2004 Historical $633.69 $183.69 Source: Q4 2004 filing Report 2894
Q3 2004 Historical $883.69 $633.69 Source: Q3 2004 filing Report 2112
Q2 2004 Amended Historical $403.69 $883.69 Source: Q2 2004 filing Report 1313
Q1 2004 Amended Historical $653.69 $403.69 Source: Q1 2004 filing Report 1314