Tennessee Keep Your Legislature Efficient PAC

Political Action Committee

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

Raised
$1,750
Total Spent
$9,950
To TN candidates
$9,550
96% of spending
To other PACs
$400
4.0% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $1,400 to 3 candidates
$1,400 to 3 Democrats

Where the Money Goes

Of the $9,950 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $9,550 (96%) — 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: $9,950
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $0
Contributions to candidates $9,550

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate Office Party Total
Antonio Parkinson † Tennessee House, District 98 Dem. $1,000.00
Sara Kyle † Tennessee Senate, District 30 Dem. $300.00
Jeff Yarbro † Tennessee Senate, District 21 Dem. $100.00

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

This committee’s own filings report $9,550 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $1,400. Of the $8,150 difference, $8,150 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $8,150 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here — federal, local, and out-of-state races, and sitting legislators not on the 2026 ballot:

  • Kyle (Judge), Jim $6,800.00
  • Deidre Malone for Shelby CTY Mayor $500.00
  • Gross, Tony $250.00
  • Barnes, Tim $100.00
  • Clark, Cornelia $100.00
  • Lee, Sharon $100.00
  • McFarland, Tom $100.00
  • Wade, Gary $100.00
  • York, Randall A. $100.00

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
Democratic Policy Council PAC $250.00
Shelby County Democratic Party $150.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Tennessee Health Care Assn PAC Brentwood, TN — $1,000.00
Tennessee Anesthesiologists PAC Nashville, TN — $500.00
Farris Mathews Branan Bobango Hellen PAC Memphis, TN — $250.00

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 2014 Historical $4,778.22 $4,678.22 Source ↗
Pre-General 2014 Historical $4,778.22 $4,778.22 Source ↗
Q3 2014 Amended Historical $5,078.22 $4,778.22 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2014 Historical $12,878.22 $5,078.22 Source ↗
Q2 2014 Historical $12,378.22 $12,878.22 Source ↗
Q1 2014 Late Historical $12,878.22 $12,378.22 Source ↗