TDG-PAC (Kent Merritt)

Political Action Committee

Registered Jul 2016 · Treasurer: Brent McLean · Nashville, TN

Raised

$2,500

Total Spent

$5,500

To other PACs

$3,500

64% of spending

To TN candidates

$2,000

36% of spending

Where the Money Goes

Of the $5,500 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $3,500 (64%) — went to other PACs and committees.

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: $5,500

Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending	$0
Contributions to candidates	$2,000

Source filings:

To other PACs $3,500 64%
To TN candidates $2,000 36%

Contributions to Candidates

No contributions to tracked candidates on record.

This committee’s own filings report $2,000 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $0. 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:

Sanderson, Bill $2,000.00

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
KEYPAC (Ken Yager)	$2,500.00
Quest PAC	$1,000.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor	Location	Employer	Total Given
Speakeasy Spirits LLC	Nashville, TN	—	$2,500.00

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
Year-End 2017 Amended Historical	$5,409.65	$2,409.65	Source: Year-End 2017 filing Report 76731
Mid-Year 2017 Amended Historical	$10,365.70	$5,409.65	Source: Mid-Year 2017 filing Report 72014
As filed on this report: cash beginning $10,365.70, receipts $0.00, disbursements $0.00, cash ending $5,409.65.