Tennessee Funeral Directors Assn PAC

Political Action Committee

Registered Dec 1997 · Treasurer: Robert W. Batson · Nashville, TN

Raised
$25,625
incl. $1,415 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$10,000
To TN candidates
$9,500
95% of spending
Operating & other
$500
5.0% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $7,000 to 9 candidates
$7,000 to 9 Republicans

Where the Money Goes

Of the $10,000 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $9,500 (95%) — 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: $500 ÷ Total spent: $10,000
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $500
Contributions to candidates $9,500
Source filings:

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate Office Party Total
Cameron Sexton † Tennessee House, District 25 Rep. $1,000.00
Clark Boyd † Tennessee House, District 46 Rep. $1,000.00
Gary W Hicks Jr † Tennessee House, District 09 Rep. $1,000.00
Jack Johnson † Tennessee Senate, District 27 Rep. $1,000.00
Paul Bailey Tennessee Senate, District 15 Rep. $1,000.00
Brent Taylor Tennessee Senate, District 31 Rep. $500.00
Ken Yager † Tennessee Senate, District 12 Rep. $500.00
Michael Hale † Tennessee House, District 40 Rep. $500.00
Rebecca Keefauver Alexander † Tennessee House, District 07 Rep. $500.00

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

This committee’s own filings report $9,500 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $7,000. Of the $2,500 difference, $1,000 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below) and $1,500 has not yet been itemized on tracked candidates’ own receipt filings (filing-cadence lag).

Its filing also reports $1,000 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here — federal, local, and out-of-state races, and sitting legislators not on the 2026 ballot:

  • Vaughn, Mary 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.

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Donations $500.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Karnes and Sons Funeral Home Dyer, TN — $7,000.00
Austin Bell Funeral Home Springfield, TN — $4,910.00
Moore Cortner Funeral Home, Inc. Winchester, TN — $3,450.00
Security National Ins Co Salt Lake City, UT — $3,110.00
Dale Layne Palmer, TN Layne Funeral Home $1,576.00
Jeffers Funeral and Cremation Greeneville, TN — $1,155.00
Adomat Knoxville, TN — $950.00
Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home Columbia, TN — $600.00
Dyersburg Funeral Home Dyersburg, TN — $525.00
Pamela S Stephens Franklin, TN Williamson Memorial Fuenral Home $485.00

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 2023 Amended Historical $48,881.86 $41,456.86 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2023 Amended Historical $25,831.86 $48,881.86 Source ↗