Memphis

Ryman Hospitality Properties PAC

Political Action Committee

Registered Jan 1990 · Treasurer: Jennifer Hutcheson · Nashville, TN

Also giving in

Also gave $5,500.00 in U.S. Congress politics

Cross-jurisdiction totals reflect the linked entity record and may exclude unmerged duplicates; figures are two separate per-jurisdiction public totals, not a combined statewide total.

Raised
$12,663
incl. $112 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$21,800
Spent outside Tennessee
$11,000
50% of spending
To other PACs
$8,000
37% of spending

Where the Money Goes

Of the $21,800 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $11,000 (50%) — went to activity outside Tennessee.

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: $21,800
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $0
Contributions to candidates $2,800
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 $2,800 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $0. Of the $2,800 difference, $2,800 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $2,800 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

  • Briley, David $1,000.00
  • John Rose for Tennessee $1,000.00
  • Cooper for Congress $500.00
  • Beck, Bill $300.00

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
Middle Tennessee Business Leaders for Common Sense $5,000.00
Tennessee Democratic Party $1,500.00
Cas-Pac $1,000.00
KEYPAC (Ken Yager) $500.00

Given in Other States

This committee sent $5,000 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
Hotel PAC Washington, D.C. $5,000.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Colin Reed Nashville, TN Ryman Hospitality Properties $4,999.80
Scott LYNN Nashville, TN Ryman Hospitality Properties $1,596.14
Mark Fioravanti Nashville, TN Ryman Hospitality Properties $1,534.54
Sidney Cherry Nashville, TN Ryman Hospitality Properties $898.50
James Chamblin Nashville, TN Ryman Hospitality Properties $711.94
Jennifer Hutcheson Nashville, TN Ryman Hospitality Properties $520.00
Patrick Chaffin Nashville, TN Ryman Hospitality Properties $520.00
Sherman Napier Nashville, TN Ryman Hospitality Properties $465.36
David Collier Nashville, TN Gaylord Entertainment Co $305.94
Lauren Smith Nashville, TN Gaylord Entertainment $261.50

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 2017 Historical $73,587.31 $64,020.54 Source: Year-End 2017 filing Report 73086
Mid-Year 2017 Historical $73,441.21 $73,587.31 Source: Mid-Year 2017 filing Report 71518