Tennessee Electric Cooperatives PAC

Political Action Committee

Registered Jan 1990 · Treasurer: Mike Knotts · Nashville, TN

Raised
$57,814
incl. $5,507 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$60,000
To TN candidates
$58,000
97% of spending
To other PACs
$2,000
3.3% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $46,500 to 26 candidates
$40,000 to 21 Republicans $6,500 to 5 Democrats

Where the Money Goes

Of the $60,000 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $58,000 (97%) — 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: $0 ÷ Total spent: $60,000
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $0
Contributions to candidates $58,000
Source filings:

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate Office Party Total
Cameron Sexton † Tennessee House, District 25 Rep. $5,000.00
Randy McNally † Tennessee Senate, District 05 Rep. $5,000.00
Paul Bailey † Tennessee Senate, District 15 Rep. $3,000.00
Bo Watson † Tennessee Senate, District 11 Rep. $2,000.00
Chris Hurt † Tennessee House, District 82 Rep. $2,000.00
Ferrell Haile † Tennessee Senate, District 18 Rep. $2,000.00
Gary W Hicks Jr † Tennessee House, District 09 Rep. $2,000.00
Ken Yager † Tennessee Senate, District 12 Rep. $2,000.00
Pat Marsh † Tennessee House, District 62 Rep. $2,000.00
Steve Southerland † Tennessee Senate, District 09 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 $58,000 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $46,500. Of the $11,500 difference, $11,500 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $11,500 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here — federal, local, and out-of-state races, and sitting legislators not on the 2026 ballot:

  • Bell, Mike $1,500.00
  • Hazlewood, Patsy $1,500.00
  • Johnson, Curtis $1,500.00
  • Lundberg, Jon $1,500.00
  • Swann, Art $1,500.00
  • Calfee, Kent $1,000.00
  • Holt, Andrew $1,000.00
  • Jernigan, Darren $1,000.00
  • Tillis, Thomas R. $1,000.00

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
JACK PAC (Jack Johnson) $2,000.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Action Committee for Rural Electrification Arlington, VA — $44,098.14
Duck River Electric Membership Corporati Shelbyville, TN — $7,491.00
Tennessee Electric Cooperative Assn Nashville, TN — $417.55
Kevin Murphy Brighton, TN Southwest Tennessee Emc $150.00

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 2019 Historical $53,945.31 $21,264.21 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2019 Historical $23,450.40 $53,945.31 Source ↗