Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee

Political Action Committee

Registered Jan 1990 · Treasurer: Shannon Haynes · Nashville, TN

Raised
$3,400,181
incl. $1,800 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$3,324,263
Operating & other
$3,038,106
91% of spending
Spent outside Tennessee
$261,658
7.9% of spending

Where the Money Goes

Of the $3,324,263 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $3,038,106 (91%) — went to operating costs and overhead. Operating costs consumed 91% of everything it spent; $24,500 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: $3,038,106 ÷ Total spent: $3,324,263
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $3,038,106
Contributions to candidates $24,500

“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. Separate from out-of-state donors.

Contributions to Candidates

No contributions to tracked candidates on record.

This committee’s own filings report $24,500 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $0. Of the $24,500 difference, $24,500 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $24,500 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here — federal, local, and out-of-state races, and sitting legislators not on the 2026 ballot:

  • Sanderson, Bill $22,000.00
  • Dominy, Duane $1,000.00
  • Hurley, Julia $1,000.00
  • Hill, Robert $500.00

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
Direct Mail $1,481,524.56
Gotv-Mail $307,625.00
Legislative/Tv/Radio $208,095.00
Research / Polling $207,053.59
Legislative/Mail $177,202.61
Automated Message $127,530.52
Fundraising Cost $112,000.00
Campaign Workers $110,437.00
Robo Calls $42,315.95
Carr-Direct Mail $32,308.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Republican Governors Association Washington, DC — $609,000.00
Republican Governors PAC Washington, DC — $595,000.00
Senate Republican Caucus Nashville, TN — $440,000.00
House Republican Caucus Nashville, TN — $173,134.71
Ron Ramsey Governor Nashville, TN — $66,400.00
RAAMPAC Nashville, TN — $52,500.00
Joe Gregory Piney Flats, TN Self-Employed $50,000.00
Joan P Gregory Bristol, TN Homemaker $40,000.00
Randall Boyd Knoxville, TN Radio Systems Corp. $40,000.00
J R Hyde Memphis, TN President $37,500.00

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 2010 Historical $448,273.04 $98,329.56 Source ↗
Pre-General 2010 Amended Historical $678,698.66 $448,273.04 Source ↗
Q3 2010 Amended Historical $550,474.24 $678,698.66 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2010 Amended Historical $545,233.73 $550,474.24 Source ↗
Q2 2010 Amended Historical $262,205.80 $545,233.73 Source ↗
Q1 2010 Historical $10,134.96 $262,205.80 Source ↗