Tennessee Association of Broadcasters PAC

Political Action Committee

Registered Dec 2014 · Treasurer: Brenda Heidt · Nashville, TN

Raised

$15,000

incl. $15,000 unitemized small gifts

Total Spent

$20,500

To TN candidates

$20,000

98% of spending

To other PACs

$500

2.4% of spending

Candidate Giving by Party $11,250 to 8 candidates

$10,750 to 7 Republicans $500 to 1 Democrat

Where the Money Goes

Of the $20,500 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $20,000 (98%) — 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: $20,500

Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending	$0
Contributions to candidates	$20,000

Source filings:

To TN candidates $20,000 98%
To other PACs $500 2.4%

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate	Office	Party	Total
Bill Lee ^†	Governor	Rep.	$5,000.00
Bo Watson ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 11	Rep.	$2,000.00
Andrew Ellis Farmer ^†	Tennessee House, District 17	Rep.	$1,000.00
Randy McNally ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 05	Rep.	$1,000.00
William Lamberth ^†	Tennessee House, District 44	Rep.	$1,000.00
Johnny Shaw ^†	Tennessee House, District 80	Dem.	$500.00
Timothy Hill ^†	Tennessee House, District 03	Rep.	$500.00
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 $20,000 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $11,250. Of the $8,750 difference, $8,750 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $8,750 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

Dean, Karl $5,000.00
Kelsey, Brian $1,000.00
Casada, Glen $1,000.00
Johnson, Curtis $1,000.00
Hill, Matthew $500.00
Hughes, Dan $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
INVICTUS PAC (John Ray Clemmons)	$500.00

Who Funds It

No itemized contributions to this committee on record.

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 2018 Historical	$5,449.80	$18,449.80	Source: Q4 2018 filing Report 83284
Pre-General 2018 Historical	$5,449.80	$5,449.80	Source: Pre-General 2018 filing Report 80931
Q3 2018 Historical	$22,449.80	$5,449.80	Source: Q3 2018 filing Report 79365
Pre-Primary 2018 Historical	$22,449.80	$22,449.80	Source: Pre-Primary 2018 filing Report 78001
Q2 2018 Historical	$23,949.80	$22,449.80	Source: Q2 2018 filing Report 76795
Q1 2018 Historical	$23,949.80	$23,949.80	Source: Q1 2018 filing Report 75050