Tennesseans for Better Leadership PAC

Political Action Committee

Raised
$6,500
Total Spent
$7,100
To TN candidates
$5,000
70% of spending
To other PACs
$2,000
28% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $4,250 to 1 candidate
$4,250 to 1 Republican

Where the Money Goes

Of the $7,100 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $5,000 (70%) — went to Tennessee candidates.

Why this number?

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: $100 ÷ Total spent: $7,100
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $100
Contributions to candidates $5,000
Source filings:

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate Office Party Total
Pat Marsh † Tennessee House, District 62 Rep. $4,250.00

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

This committee’s own filings report $5,000 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $4,250. 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 — federal, local, and out-of-state races, and sitting legislators not on the 2026 ballot:

  • Evans, Joshua $500.00
  • Gresham, Dolores $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
Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee $2,000.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Annual Registration Fee $100.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
W Kent Williams Elizabethton, TN — $4,000.00
Sundquist Committe Ellendale, 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 2009 Historical $6,722.00 $6,122.00 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2009 Historical $6,722.00 $6,722.00 Source ↗