Red State PAC

Political Action Committee

Registered Jun 2005 · Treasurer: Jennifer Martinez · Memphis, TN

Raised

$54,581

incl. $131 unitemized small gifts

Total Spent

$53,876

Operating & other

$49,892

93% of spending

To TN candidates

$3,700

6.9% of spending

Candidate Giving by Party $3,700 to 5 candidates

$3,700 to 5 Republicans

Where the Money Goes

Of the $53,876 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $49,892 (93%) — went to operating costs and overhead. Operating costs consumed 93% of everything it spent; $3,700 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: $49,892 ÷ Total spent: $53,876

Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending	$49,892
Contributions to candidates	$3,700

Source filings:

Operating & other $49,892 93%
To TN candidates $3,700 6.9%
To other PACs $284 0.5%

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate	Office	Party	Total
Jay D. Reedy ^†	Tennessee House, District 74	Rep.	$1,000.00
Ron M. Gant ^†	Tennessee House, District 94	Rep.	$1,000.00
Todd Gardenhire ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 10	Rep.	$1,000.00
Mike Sparks ^†	Tennessee House, District 49	Rep.	$500.00
Jeremy Faison ^†	Tennessee House, District 11	Rep.	$200.00

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

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
Williamson County Republican Party	$284.19

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose	Total
Donations	$19,240.00
Campaign Workers	$12,516.13
Dues	$3,600.00
Conference Travel	$3,074.04
Conference Lodging	$1,863.00
Lodging	$1,410.77
Food / Beverage	$1,299.53
Software	$1,020.00
Conference Airfare	$749.18
Lodging For Alec Conference	$699.97

from to

Individual operating payments
Payee	Purpose	Date	Amount
The Standard Club	Dues	03/01/2016	$3,600.00
Smith, Eddie	Donations	04/26/2016	$3,000.00
Cas-Pac	Donations	04/29/2016	$2,500.00
Gresham, Dolores	Donations	04/29/2016	$2,500.00
Swatley, Jacob	Campaign Workers	03/31/2016	$2,000.00
Swatley, Jacob	Campaign Workers	02/29/2016	$2,000.00
Swatley, Jacob	Campaign Workers	06/30/2016	$2,000.00
Swatley, Jacob	Campaign Workers	05/31/2016	$2,000.00
Swatley, Jacob	Campaign Workers	04/29/2016	$2,000.00
Swatley, Jacob	Campaign Workers	07/29/2016	$2,000.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor	Location	Employer	Total Given
Votekelsey Com	Memphis, TN	State Representative	$51,249.92
Brian Kelsey	Memphis, TN	State of Tennessee	$2,000.00
Tennessee Recovery Monitoring Co	Cleveland, TN	—	$1,000.00
Kay K Kelsey	Memphis, TN	—	$200.00

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 2016 Amended Historical	$1,194.80	$1,303.61	Source: Q4 2016 filing Report 70723
Pre-General 2016 Historical	$535.17	$1,194.80	Source: Pre-General 2016 filing Report 68640
Q3 2016 Historical	$2,873.46	$535.17	Source: Q3 2016 filing Report 67093
Pre-Primary 2016 Historical	$2,100.51	$2,873.46	Source: Pre-Primary 2016 filing Report 65953
Q2 2016 Historical	$2,862.04	$2,100.51	Source: Q2 2016 filing Report 64519
Q1 2016 Historical	$2,288.05	$2,862.04	Source: Q1 2016 filing Report 63192