Service Employees Local 205 Cope Acct

Political Action Committee

Registered Jan 1990 · Treasurer: Ashlee Gray · Nashville, TN

Also giving in

Also gave $5,500.00 in Memphis-area 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

$33,581

incl. $6 unitemized small gifts

Total Spent

$77,448

To other PACs

$30,000

39% of spending

Operating & other

$28,948

37% of spending

Where the Money Goes

Of the $77,448 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $30,000 (39%) — went to other PACs and committees.

Operating share of spending compares operating spending with total spent.

Show formula

Operating / overhead spending divided by everything this committee spent (each expenditure lands in exactly one bucket).

Operating spending: $28,948 ÷ Total spent: $77,448

Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending	$28,948
Contributions to candidates	$18,500

Source filings:

To other PACs $30,000 39%
Operating & other $28,948 37%
To TN candidates $18,500 24%

Contributions to Candidates

No contributions to tracked candidates on record.

This committee’s own filings report $18,500 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $0. Of the $18,500 difference, $18,500 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $18,500 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

Mulroy, Steve for Da $5,000.00
Harris, Lee (for Mayor) $5,000.00
Elrod, Rachel, Friends Of $2,500.00
Nabaa-Mckinney, Dr. Berthena $2,500.00
O'Hara Block, Erin for Schools $2,500.00
Marie Mott for District 8 $1,000.00

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
Tennessee Democratic Party	$20,000.00
Davidson County Democratic Executive Committee	$7,500.00
Shelby County Democratic Party PAC	$2,500.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose	Total
Polling County	$21,500.00
Phone Bank County Candidate	$5,610.00
Accountant	$975.00
Printing/Mailing	$763.40
Lobbying Fees	$100.00

from to

Individual operating payments
Payee	Purpose	Date	Amount
Change Research	Polling County	11/08/2022	$11,500.00
Seiu Local 205T	Polling County	05/03/2022	$10,000.00
Seiu Local 205T	Phone Bank County Candidate	09/30/2022	$5,610.00
Puryear & Noonan, Cpas	Accountant	10/25/2022	$975.00
Westerleigh Press	Printing/Mailing	07/26/2022	$324.45
Westerleigh Press	Printing/Mailing	07/26/2022	$324.45
Westerleigh Press	Printing/Mailing	07/26/2022	$114.50
Metro Nashville	Lobbying Fees	01/18/2022	$100.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor	Location	Employer	Total Given
Service Employees International Union Local 205 (SEIU)	Nashville, TN	—	$17,436.00
Seiu Ipea Fund	Washington, DC	—	$16,138.58

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 2022 Historical	$245,542.89	$239,426.39	Source: Q4 2022 filing Report 107224
Pre-General 2022 Historical	$245,067.89	$245,542.89	Source: Pre-General 2022 filing Report 105495
Q3 2022 Historical	$241,634.71	$245,067.89	Source: Q3 2022 filing Report 104328
Pre-Primary 2022 Historical	$260,137.71	$241,634.71	Source: Pre-Primary 2022 filing Report 101892
Q2 2022 Historical	$278,494.21	$260,137.71	Source: Q2 2022 filing Report 100559
Q1 2022 Historical	$283,236.21	$278,494.21	Source: Q1 2022 filing Report 98628