Tennessee Keep Your Legislature Efficient PAC

Political Action Committee

Registered Jan 2005 · Treasurer: Jack Spann · Nashville, TN

Raised

$34,541

Total Spent

$68,288

To TN candidates

$39,150

57% of spending

Operating & other

$16,638

24% of spending

Where the Money Goes

Of the $68,288 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $39,150 (57%) — went to Tennessee candidates.

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: $16,638 ÷ Total spent: $68,288

Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending	$16,638
Contributions to candidates	$39,150

Source filings:

To TN candidates $39,150 57%
Operating & other $16,638 24%
To other PACs $12,500 18%

Contributions to Candidates

No contributions to tracked candidates on record.

This committee’s own filings report $39,150 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $0. Of the $39,150 difference, $39,150 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $39,150 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

Finney, Lowe $15,000.00
Rochelle, Bob $15,000.00
Parker, Mary $3,150.00
Springer, Vince $3,000.00
Tate, Reginald $1,000.00
Kilby, Tommy $1,000.00
Williams, Duran O'Brian $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
Senate Democratic Caucus	$10,000.00
Tennessee Democratic Party	$2,500.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose	Total
Campaign Workers	$7,000.00
Loan To Candidate	$6,000.00
In Kind To Senate Demo Caucus	$1,750.00
Direct Mail	$1,000.00
Research / Polling	$750.00
Food For Tate Reception	$138.30

from to

Individual operating payments
Payee	Purpose	Date	Amount
Tate, Reginald	Loan To Candidate	10/02/2006	$6,000.00
Bates, Rosemary	Campaign Workers	10/20/2006	$3,000.00
Bates, Rosemary	Campaign Workers	10/13/2006	$2,000.00
Bates, Rosemary	Campaign Workers	10/04/2006	$2,000.00
Yacoubian Research	In Kind To Senate Demo Caucus	10/26/2006	$1,750.00
Springer, Vince	Direct Mail	04/05/2006	$1,000.00
Yacoubian Research	Research / Polling	11/01/2006	$750.00
Costco	Food For Tate Reception	09/18/2006	$138.30

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor	Location	Employer	Total Given
Fedex Corporation PAC	Memphis, TN	—	$5,000.00
Att Tennessee PAC	Nashville, TN	—	$4,500.00
Reynolds American Inc. PAC (Tennessee)	Winston- Salem, NC	—	$3,000.00
Tennessee Educ Assn Fund for Children Public Edu	Nashville, TN	—	$3,000.00
Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC)	Nashville, TN	—	$2,500.00
Wholesalers Assn PAC	Nashville, TN	—	$2,041.49
Farris Bobango PAC	Memphis, TN	—	$2,000.00
Insurors of TN PAC	Nashville, TN	—	$2,000.00
Oaat PAC Committee	Nashville, TN	—	$2,000.00
Keith Bissell	Brentwood, TN	—	$1,500.00

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
Q4 2006 Amended Historical	$13,387.46	$14,137.46	Source: Q4 2006 filing Report 13244
Pre-General 2006 Historical	$30,637.46	$13,387.46	Source: Pre-General 2006 filing Report 11033
Q3 2006 Amended Historical	$32,775.76	$30,637.46	Source: Q3 2006 filing Report 12882
Pre-Primary 2006 Historical	$33,925.76	$32,775.76	Source: Pre-Primary 2006 filing Report 9518
Q2 2006 Historical	$41,925.76	$33,925.76	Source: Q2 2006 filing Report 7497
Q1 2006 Historical	$42,000.76	$41,925.76	Source: Q1 2006 filing Report 6823
As filed on this report: cash beginning $42,000.76, receipts $0.00, disbursements $0.00, cash ending $41,925.76.