Memphis

Salt PAC

Political Action Committee

Year by year

Salt PAC — 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
2011 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
2010 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
2009 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
2008 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
2007 $16,053.51 $16,000.00 $0.00
2006 $35,200.00 $35,300.00 $4,000.00
2005 $2,470.00 $5,447.24 $0.00
2004 $38,450.00 $34,200.00 $0.00
All years $92,173.51 $90,947.24 $4,000.00
Also giving in

Also gave $500.00 in Memphis-area politics

Also gave $2,500.00 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
$92,174
incl. $1,740 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$90,947
To TN candidates
$81,100
89% of spending
Operating & other
$9,847
11% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $4,000 to 1 candidate
$4,000 to 1 Republican

Where the Money Goes

Of the $90,947 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $81,100 (89%) — 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: $9,847 ÷ Total spent: $90,947
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $9,847
Contributions to candidates $81,100
Source filings:

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate Office Party Total
Jack Johnson † Tennessee Senate, District 27 Rep. $4,000.00

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

This committee’s own filings report $81,100 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $4,000. Of the $77,100 difference, $77,100 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $77,100 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

  • Stallings, Ron $12,500.00
  • Clement for Mayor $11,000.00
  • Miller for Mayor $10,000.00
  • Beavers, Mae $7,500.00
  • Ketron, Bill $7,500.00
  • McLeary, Don $7,500.00
  • Black, Diane $6,000.00
  • Sharp, Jerry $5,000.00
  • Tracy, Jim $4,000.00
  • Weaver, Terri LYNN $2,000.00
  • …and 8 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.

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Meeting Expense $8,400.00
Donations $1,000.00
Reimbursement $447.24

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
RAAMPAC Nashville, TN — $40,000.00
Smith Steve Nashville, TN Haury \& Smith $14,500.00
John Rankin Nashville, TN Ashland Company $10,000.00
Ronald Ramsey Blountville, TN Ron Ramsey & Associates $10,000.00
Reese Smith Franklin, TN Haury and Smith $7,500.00
Salt PAC Federal Nashville, TN — $2,483.51
Arles Greene Goodlettsville, TN Agc Caulking $1,000.00
David Kustoff Germantown, TN Kustoff and Strickland $1,000.00
Friends of Tre Hargett Bartlett, TN — $1,000.00
Joe Thrasher Franklin, TN — $1,000.00

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
Mid-Year 2011 Historical $158.87 — Source: Mid-Year 2011 filing Report 37406
Q4 2010 Historical $158.87 $158.87 Source: Q4 2010 filing Report 35947
Pre-General 2010 Historical $158.87 $158.87 Source: Pre-General 2010 filing Report 34252
Q3 2010 Historical $158.87 $158.87 Source: Q3 2010 filing Report 33185
Pre-Primary 2010 Historical $158.87 $158.87 Source: Pre-Primary 2010 filing Report 32698
Q2 2010 Historical $158.87 $158.87 Source: Q2 2010 filing Report 31100
Q1 2010 Historical $258.87 $158.87 Source: Q1 2010 filing Report 29846
Year-End 2009 Historical $258.87 $258.87 Source: Year-End 2009 filing Report 28742
Mid-Year 2009 Historical $358.87 $258.87 Source: Mid-Year 2009 filing Report 27515
Q4 2008 Historical $358.87 $358.87 Source: Q4 2008 filing Report 26010
Pre-General 2008 Historical $358.87 $358.87 Source: Pre-General 2008 filing Report 24800
Q3 2008 Amended Historical $358.87 $358.87 Source: Q3 2008 filing Report 24801
Pre-Primary 2008 Historical $358.87 $358.87 Source: Pre-Primary 2008 filing Report 22630
Q2 2008 Historical $358.87 $358.87 Source: Q2 2008 filing Report 21350
Q1 2008 Historical $458.87 $358.87 Source: Q1 2008 filing Report 20373

As filed on this report: cash beginning $458.87, receipts $0.00, disbursements $0.00, cash ending $358.87.
Year-End 2007 Historical $458.87 $458.87 Source: Year-End 2007 filing Report 14542
Mid-Year 2007 Historical $508.84 $458.87 Source: Mid-Year 2007 filing Report 13404
Q4 2006 Historical $3,184.54 $508.84 Source: Q4 2006 filing Report 12212
Pre-General 2006 Amended Historical $684.54 $3,184.54 Source: Pre-General 2006 filing Report 11342
Q3 2006 Historical $684.54 $684.54 Source: Q3 2006 filing Report 10008
Pre-Primary 2006 Historical $684.54 $684.54 Source: Pre-Primary 2006 filing Report 10054
Q2 2006 Historical $884.54 $684.54 Source: Q2 2006 filing Report 7216

As filed on this report: cash beginning $884.54, receipts $0.00, disbursements $0.00, cash ending $684.54.
Q1 2006 Historical $884.54 $884.54 Source: Q1 2006 filing Report 6498
Q4 2005 Historical $989.39 $884.54 Source: Q4 2005 filing Report 5493

As filed on this report: cash beginning $989.39, receipts $0.00, disbursements $0.00, cash ending $884.54.
Q3 2005 Historical $201.26 $989.39 Source: Q3 2005 filing Report 4854
Q2 2005 Historical $201.26 $201.26 Source: Q2 2005 filing Report 4134
Q1 2005 Historical $4,073.50 $201.26 Source: Q1 2005 filing Report 3424
Q4 2004 Historical $23.50 $4,073.50 Source: Q4 2004 filing Report 2789
Q3 2004 Historical $23.50 $23.50 Source: Q3 2004 filing Report 1905
Q2 2004 Historical $323.50 $23.50 Source: Q2 2004 filing Report 1040
Q1 2004 Historical $323.50 $323.50 Source: Q1 2004 filing Report 375