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

$333,832

incl. $43,605 unitemized small gifts

Total Spent

$326,313

Operating & other

$284,613

87% of spending

To TN candidates

$32,700

10% of spending

Where the Money Goes

Of the $326,313 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $284,613 (87%) — went to operating costs and overhead.

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: $284,613 ÷ Total spent: $326,313

Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending	$284,613
Contributions to candidates	$32,700

Source filings:

Operating & other $284,613 87%
To TN candidates $32,700 10%
To other PACs $9,000 2.8%

Contributions to Candidates

No contributions to tracked candidates on record.

This committee’s own filings report $32,700 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $0. Of the $32,700 difference, $32,700 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $32,700 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

Friends of Megan Berry $15,200.00
Lonnell Matthews for Council $3,000.00
Colby Sledge for Metro Council $1,500.00
Erica Gilmore for Metro Council $1,000.00
Nancy Vanreece for Metro Council $1,000.00
Bob Mendes for Council At-Large $1,000.00
Anthony Davis for State Representative $500.00
Bill Pridemore for Metro Council $500.00
Butler for Metro $500.00
Friends of Bob Mendes $500.00
…and 16 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
Tennessee Democratic Party	$6,000.00
David Briley Committee	$2,000.00
Ready for Freddie Committee	$1,000.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose	Total
Printing	$163,874.91
Advertising	$55,222.50
Campaign Workers	$36,100.00
Research / Polling	$16,700.00
Professional Services	$10,555.00
Website	$2,050.00
Bank Fees	$111.00

from to

Individual operating payments
Payee	Purpose	Date	Amount
Gumbinner & Davies	Printing	07/28/2015	$36,138.56
Gumbinner & Davies	Printing	08/31/2015	$28,948.93
Gumbinner & Davies	Printing	08/04/2015	$26,020.36
Gumbinner & Davies	Printing	07/22/2015	$25,013.04
Gumbinner & Davies	Printing	08/04/2015	$22,726.74
Gerstein, Bocain, & Agne Strategies	Research / Polling	07/22/2015	$16,700.00
Snyder Pickerill Media Group	Advertising	07/22/2015	$15,000.00
Snyder Pickerill Media Group	Advertising	07/13/2015	$15,000.00
Bald Eagle Strategies, LLC	Campaign Workers	08/27/2015	$12,800.00
Gumbinner & Davies	Printing	08/04/2015	$11,994.56

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor	Location	Employer	Total Given
Southeast Laborers District Council	Nashville, TN	—	$290,000.00

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 2015 Amended Historical	$5,762.93	$10,645.45	Source: Year-End 2015 filing Report 62453
Mid-Year 2015 Amended Historical	$3,126.52	$5,762.93	Source: Mid-Year 2015 filing Report 61362