Tennessee Employees Action Movement

Political Action Committee

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

Raised

$214,991

incl. $214,991 unitemized small gifts

Total Spent

$215,619

Operating & other

$129,619

60% of spending

To TN candidates

$81,500

38% of spending

Candidate Giving by Party $71,500 to 62 candidates

$53,500 to 47 Republicans $18,000 to 15 Democrats

Where the Money Goes

Of the $215,619 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $129,619 (60%) — 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: $129,619 ÷ Total spent: $215,619

Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending	$129,619
Contributions to candidates	$81,500

Source filings:

Operating & other $129,619 60%
To TN candidates $81,500 38%
To other PACs $4,500 2.1%

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate	Office	Party	Total
Caleb Hemmer ^†	Tennessee House, District 59	Dem.	$2,500.00
Cameron Sexton ^†	Tennessee House, District 25	Rep.	$2,500.00
Charlane Oliver ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 19	Dem.	$2,000.00
Charlie Baum ^†	Tennessee House, District 37	Rep.	$2,000.00
Ed Jackson ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 25	Rep.	$2,000.00
J. Adam Lowe ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 01	Rep.	$2,000.00
Jeff Yarbro ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 21	Dem.	$2,000.00
John Gillespie ^†	Tennessee House, District 97	Rep.	$2,000.00
Patsy Hazlewood ^†	Tennessee House, District 27	Rep.	$2,000.00
Randy McNally ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 05	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 $81,500 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $71,500. Of the $10,000 difference, $10,000 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $10,000 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

Weaver, Terri LYNN $3,000.00
Johnson, Curtis $2,500.00
Carr, Bruce Dale $1,000.00
Vallejos, Tommy $1,000.00
Lundberg, Jon $1,000.00
Reeves, William S. $1,000.00
Hardaway, G. A. $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
Senate Democratic Caucus	$1,000.00
Tennessee Tomorrow PAC	$1,000.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose	Total
Administrative Fees	$50,000.00
Meeting Expense For Administrative Committee	$37,685.31
Ra Annual Meeting (Pac Portion)	$36,267.85
Mailer	$3,166.00
Voter File	$2,500.00

from to

Individual operating payments
Payee	Purpose	Date	Amount
Tennessee State Employees Association	Ra Annual Meeting (Pac Portion)	12/31/2022	$36,267.85
Tennessee State Employees Association	Meeting Expense For Administrative Committee	03/31/2022	$30,485.19
Tennessee State Employees Association	Administrative Fees	06/30/2022	$15,000.00
Tennessee State Employees Association	Administrative Fees	12/31/2022	$15,000.00
Tennessee State Employees Association	Administrative Fees	03/31/2022	$15,000.00
Tennessee State Employees Association	Administrative Fees	10/28/2022	$5,000.00
Margin of Victory Partners	Mailer	03/11/2022	$3,166.00
Tennessee State Employees Association	Meeting Expense For Administrative Committee	10/28/2022	$2,906.16
Tennessee State Employees Association	Meeting Expense For Administrative Committee	12/31/2022	$2,906.16
TN Division of Elections	Voter File	03/31/2022	$2,500.00

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 2022 Historical	$114,741.90	$74,933.96	Source: Q4 2022 filing Report 107999
Pre-General 2022 Historical	$111,255.37	$114,741.90	Source: Pre-General 2022 filing Report 106279
Q3 2022 Historical	$101,599.01	$111,255.37	Source: Q3 2022 filing Report 105097
Pre-Primary 2022 Historical	$119,099.01	$101,599.01	Source: Pre-Primary 2022 filing Report 102947
Q2 2022 Historical	$92,303.61	$119,099.01	Source: Q2 2022 filing Report 100883
Q1 2022 Historical	$93,048.65	$92,303.61	Source: Q1 2022 filing Report 99340