Tennessee Educ Assn Fund for Children Public Edu

Political Action Committee

Registered Jan 1990 · Treasurer: Terrance Gibson · Nashville, TN

Raised
$255,154
incl. $255,154 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$463,449
Operating & other
$201,049
43% of spending
To TN candidates
$170,400
37% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $46,300 to 17 candidates
$27,500 to 11 Republicans $18,800 to 6 Democrats

Where the Money Goes

Of the $463,449 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $201,049 (43%) — went to operating costs and overhead.

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: $201,049 ÷ Total spent: $463,449
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $201,049
Contributions to candidates $170,400

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate Office Party Total
Raumesh Akbari † Tennessee Senate, District 29 Dem. $9,800.00
Gary W Hicks Jr † Tennessee House, District 09 Rep. $6,500.00
Jeremy Faison † Tennessee House, District 11 Rep. $6,000.00
Lowell Russell † Tennessee House, District 21 Rep. $4,000.00
Andrea Bond Johnson † Tennessee House, District 80 Dem. $2,500.00
Antonio Parkinson † Tennessee House, District 98 Dem. $2,000.00
Harold M. Love, Jr. † Tennessee House, District 58 Dem. $2,000.00
Jerome F. Moon † Tennessee House, District 08 Rep. $2,000.00
Paul Bailey † Tennessee Senate, District 15 Rep. $2,000.00
Richard M. Briggs † Tennessee Senate, District 07 Rep. $2,000.00

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

This committee’s own filings report $170,400 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $46,300. Of the $124,100 difference, $124,100 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $124,100 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here — federal, local, and out-of-state races, and sitting legislators not on the 2026 ballot:

  • Coley, James $12,500.00
  • Robinson, Katrina $11,800.00
  • Fitzhugh, Craig $10,000.00
  • Harwell, Beth $10,000.00
  • Thompson, Hilman Dwayne $10,000.00
  • Fulbright, Michael $7,000.00
  • Stewart, Sloan Andrew $7,000.00
  • Van Huss, Micah $6,800.00
  • Potts, Jason $6,000.00
  • Hodges, Jason $5,000.00
  • …and 18 more recipients

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 Democratic Party $30,000.00
Tennessee Tomorrow PAC $25,000.00
House Republican Caucus $20,000.00
KEYPAC (Ken Yager) $5,000.00
Johnson Victory PAC $5,000.00
Senate Republican Caucus $5,000.00
MCPAC (Randy McNally) $2,000.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Donation $55,000.00
Polling $49,200.00
Printing, Handling & Postage $25,609.38
Survey For Primary $17,100.00
Printing $11,127.86
Postage $7,465.83
Postage & Handling $6,163.24
Postage & Mailing $4,444.22
Donations $4,000.00
Printing & Handling $3,345.13

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 Amended Historical $27,623.87 $37,103.07 Source ↗
Pre-General 2018 Amended Historical $68,985.06 $27,623.87 Source ↗
Q3 2018 Amended Historical $122,449.13 $68,985.06 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2018 Amended Historical $232,933.47 $122,449.13 Source ↗
Q2 2018 Amended Historical $294,616.59 $232,933.47 Source ↗
Q1 2018 Amended Historical $221,013.92 $294,616.59 Source ↗