Tennessee Employees Action Movement

Political Action Committee

Registered Jan 1990 · Treasurer: Thomas F. Osborne · Nashville, TN

Raised

$189,289

incl. $189,289 unitemized small gifts

Total Spent

$167,697

Operating & other

$110,447

66% of spending

To TN candidates

$54,750

33% of spending

Candidate Giving by Party $45,750 to 35 candidates

$36,250 to 26 Republicans $9,500 to 9 Democrats

Where the Money Goes

Of the $167,697 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $110,447 (66%) — went to operating costs and overhead.

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: $110,447 ÷ Total spent: $167,697

Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending	$110,447
Contributions to candidates	$54,750

Source filings:

Operating & other $110,447 66%
To TN candidates $54,750 33%
To other PACs $2,500 1.5%

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate	Office	Party	Total
Richard M. Briggs ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 07	Rep.	$3,000.00
Charlie Baum ^†	Tennessee House, District 37	Rep.	$2,000.00
Dawn White ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 13	Rep.	$2,000.00
Ed Jackson ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 25	Rep.	$2,000.00
Gary W Hicks Jr ^†	Tennessee House, District 09	Rep.	$2,000.00
Jeff Yarbro ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 21	Dem.	$2,000.00
Kerry Roberts ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 23	Rep.	$2,000.00
Mark Pody ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 17	Rep.	$2,000.00
Patsy Hazlewood ^†	Tennessee House, District 27	Rep.	$2,000.00
Rusty Crowe ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 03	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 $54,750 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $45,750. Of the $9,000 difference, $9,000 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $9,000 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

Kelsey, Brian $2,000.00
Helton, Esther $1,500.00
Gilmore, Brenda $1,000.00
Hall (House), Mark $1,000.00
Johnson, Curtis $1,000.00
Reeves, William S. $1,000.00
Stewart, Mike $1,000.00
Lamar (House), London $500.00

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
Senate Republican Caucus	$2,500.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose	Total
Administrative Fees	$90,000.00
Ra Annual Meeting (Pac Portion)	$11,037.00
Reimburse Travel	$6,801.57
Mailer	$2,508.00
Annual Pac Fee	$100.00

from to

Individual operating payments
Payee	Purpose	Date	Amount
Tennessee State Employees Association	Administrative Fees	06/30/2021	$60,000.00
Tennessee State Employees Association	Administrative Fees	12/31/2021	$30,000.00
Tennessee State Employees Association	Ra Annual Meeting (Pac Portion)	06/30/2021	$11,037.00
Tennessee State Employees Association	Reimburse Travel	06/30/2021	$6,801.57
Margin of Victory Partners	Mailer	10/27/2021	$2,508.00
TN Bureau of Ethics	Annual Pac Fee	01/29/2021	$100.00

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
Year-End 2021 Historical	$101,854.43	$93,048.65	Source: Year-End 2021 filing Report 97485
Mid-Year 2021 Historical	$71,435.63	$101,854.43	Source: Mid-Year 2021 filing Report 95011