TDS Telecommunications Corporation PAC

Political Action Committee

Registered Dec 2009 · Treasurer: Andrew Petersen · Madison, WI

Raised

$19,878

incl. $5,189 unitemized small gifts

Total Spent

$11,500

Spent outside Tennessee

$8,500

74% of spending

To TN candidates

$2,250

20% of spending

Candidate Giving by Party $1,500 to 6 candidates

$1,500 to 6 Republicans

Where the Money Goes

Of the $11,500 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $8,500 (74%) — went to activity outside Tennessee.

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: $11,500

Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending	$0
Contributions to candidates	$2,250

Source filings:

Spent outside Tennessee $8,500 74%
To TN candidates $2,250 20%
To other PACs $750 6.5%

“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. Separate from out-of-state donors.

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate	Office	Party	Total
Becky Duncan Massey ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 06	Rep.	$250.00
Jason Zachary ^†	Tennessee House, District 14	Rep.	$250.00
Lowell Russell ^†	Tennessee House, District 21	Rep.	$250.00
Mark Cochran ^†	Tennessee House, District 23	Rep.	$250.00
Mark Pody ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 17	Rep.	$250.00
Susan M Lynn ^†	Tennessee House, District 57	Rep.	$250.00

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

This committee’s own filings report $2,250 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $1,500. Of the $750 difference, $750 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $750 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

Tillis, Thomas R. $500.00
Bell, Mike $250.00

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
BECPAC (Becky Massey)	$250.00
CAM PAC (Cameron Sexton)	$250.00
JACK PAC (Jack Johnson)	$250.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor	Location	Employer	Total Given
George Off	St. Petersburg, FL	TDS	$1,500.00
Kurt Thaus	Hinsdale, IL	Telephone & Data Systems	$1,300.00
Peter Sereda	Highland Park, IL	Telephone & Data Systems	$1,140.00
Gary Sugarman	Rochester, NY	TDS	$1,000.00
Joseph Hanley	Flossmoor, IL	Telephone & Data Systems	$998.40
Jane McCahon	Chicago, IL	Telephone & Data Systems	$780.00
Andrew Petersen	Verona, WI	TDS Telecom Service Corp.	$546.00
John Sango	Madison, WI	TDS Telecom Service Corp	$520.00
Thomas Weber	Itasca, IL	US Cellular	$520.00
Scott Williamson	Winnetka, IL	Telephone & Data Systems	$514.80

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 2019 Historical	$88,860.14	$89,622.48	Source: Year-End 2019 filing Report 86514
Mid-Year 2019 Historical	$87,158.33	$88,860.14	Source: Mid-Year 2019 filing Report 84558