Southern Company Gas Tennessee PAC

Political Action Committee

Registered Dec 2014 · Treasurer: Caroline Earle · Atlanta, GA

Raised

$22,000

Total Spent

$19,000

To TN candidates

$14,000

74% of spending

To other PACs

$5,000

26% of spending

Candidate Giving by Party $12,000 to 12 candidates

$11,000 to 11 Republicans $1,000 to 1 Democrat

Where the Money Goes

Of the $19,000 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $14,000 (74%) — went to Tennessee candidates.

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: $0 ÷ Total spent: $19,000

Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending	$0
Contributions to candidates	$14,000

Source filings:

To TN candidates $14,000 74%
To other PACs $5,000 26%

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate	Office	Party	Total
Bo Watson ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 11	Rep.	$1,000.00
Cameron Sexton ^†	Tennessee House, District 25	Rep.	$1,000.00
Clark Boyd ^†	Tennessee House, District 46	Rep.	$1,000.00
Dan Howell ^†	Tennessee House, District 22	Rep.	$1,000.00
Greg Martin ^†	Tennessee House, District 26	Rep.	$1,000.00
Greg Vital ^†	Tennessee House, District 29	Rep.	$1,000.00
J. Adam Lowe ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 01	Rep.	$1,000.00
Kevin Raper ^†	Tennessee House, District 24	Rep.	$1,000.00
Kevin Vaughan ^†	Tennessee House, District 95	Rep.	$1,000.00
Mark Cochran ^†	Tennessee House, District 23	Rep.	$1,000.00

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

This committee’s own filings report $14,000 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $12,000. Of the $2,000 difference, $2,000 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $2,000 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

Hazlewood, Patsy $1,000.00
Helton, Esther $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
House Republican Caucus	$2,500.00
Senate Republican Caucus	$2,500.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor	Location	Employer	Total Given
Southern Company Gas	Atlanta, GA	—	$22,000.00

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
Q4 2024 Historical	$7,507.47	$29,507.47	Source: Q4 2024 filing Report 120307
Pre-General 2024 Amended Historical	$7,507.47	$7,507.47	Source: Pre-General 2024 filing Report 120305
Q3 2024 Historical	$7,507.47	$7,507.47	Source: Q3 2024 filing Report 117455
Pre-Primary 2024 Historical	$7,507.47	$7,507.47	Source: Pre-Primary 2024 filing Report 115853
Q2 2024 Historical	$26,507.47	$7,507.47	Source: Q2 2024 filing Report 114155
Q1 2024 Historical	$26,507.47	$26,507.47	Source: Q1 2024 filing Report 112367