Tennessee Medical Association PAC (TMA)

Political Action Committee

Registered Jan 1990 · Treasurer: Patrick McFarland, MD · Nashville, TN

Raised
$249,679
incl. $22,137 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$265,428
To TN candidates
$107,480
40% of spending
Operating & other
$89,788
34% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $6,000 to 3 candidates
$6,000 to 3 Republicans

Where the Money Goes

Of the $265,428 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $107,480 (40%) — 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: $89,788 ÷ Total spent: $265,428
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $89,788
Contributions to candidates $107,480

“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
Joey Hensley † Tennessee Senate, District 28 Rep. $3,000.00
Randy McNally † Tennessee Senate, District 05 Rep. $2,000.00
Rusty Crowe † Tennessee Senate, District 03 Rep. $1,000.00

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

This committee’s own filings report $107,480 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $6,000. Of the $101,480 difference, $101,480 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $101,480 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here — federal, local, and out-of-state races, and sitting legislators not on the 2026 ballot:

  • Norris, Mark $7,000.00
  • Ferguson, Dennis $5,500.00
  • Herron, Roy $5,200.00
  • Person, Curtis $5,000.00
  • Armstrong, Joe $4,500.00
  • Hagood, Jamie $3,500.00
  • Fowlkes, Joe $3,500.00
  • Finney, Raymond $3,000.00
  • Sen Person Campaign $2,500.00
  • Shepard, David $2,500.00
  • …and 58 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
Tenn Republican Caucus $19,700.00
House Senate Democratic Caucus $11,000.00
Kurita Majority PAC $10,000.00
Tenn House Democratic Caucus $5,000.00
Tenn Democratic Party $5,000.00
House Democratic Caucus $2,000.00
Senate Democratic Caucus $1,200.00
The Speaker S Fund $1,000.00
Tenn Black Caucus $500.00
Tenn Republican Party $450.00

Given in Other States

This committee sent $12,310 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
Ampac Washington, D.C. $12,310.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Adminstrative $26,570.29
Mileage $18,550.00
Dues / Subscriptions $17,450.00
Printing $6,407.72
Postage $5,196.63
Research / Polling $5,000.00
Professional Services $3,638.61
Bank Fees $2,948.14
Office Supplies $1,198.46
Donations $1,000.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Kurita Majority PAC Clarksville, TN — $10,000.00
Dana Latour Franklin, TN Franklin Dermatology Group $1,750.00
Paul Latour Franklin, TN Franklin Dermatology Group $1,750.00
Kenneth Holbert Smyrna, TN Locum Tenens $1,500.00
Paul Googe Knoxville, TN — $1,411.34
Phyllis Miller Hixon, TN Womens Institute for Specialized Health $1,097.50
Frederick Rayne Cookeville, TN Upper Cumberland Otolaryngoloy $1,000.00
Robert Trautman Germantown, TN Dematology Clinic $1,000.00
Ben Birdwell Hermitage, TN Summit Medical Assoc $900.00
Clark Julius Nashville, TN Retired $900.00

Showing the top 500 of 640 funders by total given. Download the full list (CSV).

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 2004 Historical $42,202.36 $42,177.68 Source ↗
Q3 2004 Amended Historical $55,798.63 $42,202.36 Source ↗
Q2 2004 Late Historical $67,582.80 $55,798.63 Source ↗
Q1 2004 Late Historical $58,149.10 $67,582.80 Source ↗