Memphis

Tennessee Laborers PAC

Political Action Committee

Registered Nov 2007 · Treasurer: Ethan Link · Nashville, TN

Also giving in

Also gave $1,000.00 in Memphis-area politics

Cross-jurisdiction totals reflect the linked entity record and may exclude unmerged duplicates; figures are two separate per-jurisdiction public totals, not a combined statewide total.

Raised
$176,229
incl. $17,752 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$190,760
Spent outside Tennessee
$112,000
59% of spending
To TN candidates
$41,600
22% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $7,000 to 4 candidates
$1,000 to 1 Republican $6,000 to 3 Democrats

Where the Money Goes

Of the $190,760 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $112,000 (59%) — went to activity outside Tennessee.

Operating share of spending compares operating spending with total spent.

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Operating / overhead spending divided by everything this committee spent (each expenditure lands in exactly one bucket).

Operating spending: $160 ÷ Total spent: $190,760
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $160
Contributions to candidates $41,600
Source filings:

“Spent outside Tennessee” is money this committee sent out of state — a multi-state committee’s lump non-Tennessee line plus any individually-filed out-of-state contributions (itemized below). Separate from out-of-state donors.

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate Office Party Total
Bo Mitchell † Tennessee House, District 50 Dem. $5,000.00
Michael Harrison † Tennessee House, District 09 Rep. $1,000.00
Gloria Johnson † Tennessee House, District 90 Dem. $500.00
Jason L Powell † Tennessee House, District 53 Dem. $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 $41,600 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $7,000. Of the $34,600 difference, $34,600 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $34,600 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

  • Haslam, Bill $10,000.00
  • Jernigan, Darren $7,500.00
  • Berke, Andrew $7,100.00
  • Warren Gooch for Anderson County Mayor $3,000.00
  • Turner, Steven $1,000.00
  • Dean, Vince $1,000.00
  • Tracy, Jim $1,000.00
  • Elect Jim Coppinger $1,000.00
  • Ramsey, Robert (Bob) $1,000.00
  • Haynes, Ryan $500.00
  • …and 3 more recipients

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
House Democratic Caucus $25,000.00
Tennessee Afl Cio Labor Committee $5,000.00
Harwell PAC $5,000.00
McCormick PAC $1,500.00
Tennesseans for Better Leadership PAC $500.00

Given in Other States

This committee sent $112,000 to 1 candidate and committee outside Tennessee, across 1 state. These are counted as spending outside Tennessee, not as Tennessee candidate support — Who Funds Tennessee doesn’t track out-of-state races, so they don’t link to a page here.

Contributions to candidates and committees outside Tennessee
Recipient State Total
Miami-Dade Jobs Coalition Florida $112,000.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Office Supplies $159.97

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Southeast Laborers District Council Nashville, TN — $140,000.00
Laborers Local 386 Madison, TN — $2,500.00
Laborers Local 818 Knoxville, TN — $1,500.00
Calvin Williams Hephzibah, GA Alberici Constructors $375.98
Robert Hebert Augusta, GA Alberici Constructors $367.05
Phillip Evans Augusta, GA Alberici Constructors $358.64
Charles Drayton North Augusta, SC Alberici Constructor $354.44
Adrian Steele Charlotte, NC Alberici Constructors $343.78
Willie Williams Augusta, GA Alberici Constructor $332.30
Willie Ling Estill, SC Alberici Constructors $331.84

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 2012 Historical $931.13 $1,350.10 Source: Q4 2012 filing Report 46380
Pre-General 2012 Historical $5,166.90 $931.13 Source: Pre-General 2012 filing Report 44745
Q3 2012 Historical $9,335.66 $5,166.90 Source: Q3 2012 filing Report 43812
Pre-Primary 2012 Amended Historical $17,973.02 $9,335.66 Source: Pre-Primary 2012 filing Report 61357
Q2 2012 Amended Historical $12,272.02 $17,973.02 Source: Q2 2012 filing Report 43593
Q1 2012 Amended Historical $15,480.84 $12,272.02 Source: Q1 2012 filing Report 43566