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Tennessee Optometrists PAC

Political Action Committee

Registered Jan 1990 · Treasurer: Stephanie Price · Murfreesboro, TN

Raised
$17,261
incl. $3,311 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$17,200
To TN candidates
$16,700
97% of spending
Operating & other
$500
2.9% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $2,300 to 4 candidates
$1,800 to 3 Republicans $500 to 1 Democrat

Where the Money Goes

Of the $17,200 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $16,700 (97%) — went to Tennessee candidates.

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: $500 ÷ Total spent: $17,200
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $500
Contributions to candidates $16,700
Source filings:

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate Office Party Total
Rusty Crowe † Tennessee Senate, District 03 Rep. $1,000.00
Doug Overbey † Tennessee Senate, District 02 Rep. $500.00
Joe Towns Jr. † Tennessee House, District 84 Dem. $500.00
Michael Harrison † Tennessee House, District 09 Rep. $300.00

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

This committee’s own filings report $16,700 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $2,300. Of the $14,400 difference, $14,400 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $14,400 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

  • Richardson, Jeanne $3,000.00
  • Armstrong, Joe $1,000.00
  • Berke, Andrew $1,000.00
  • Kernell, Mike $1,000.00
  • Kurita, Rosalind $1,000.00
  • Pruitt, Mary $1,000.00
  • Hardaway, G. A. $500.00
  • Black, Diane $500.00
  • Dubois, J. Thomas $500.00
  • Ferguson, Dennis $500.00
  • …and 10 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.

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Clerical Work $500.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Alan Bugg Union City, TN Self-Employed $1,000.00
Mohammad Rafiettary Memphis, TN Self-Employed $1,000.00
Harold Morrill Jefferson City, TN Self-Employed $700.00
Barry Winston Knoxville, TN Self-Employed $500.00
Charlene Burnett Jackson, TN Self-Employed $500.00
Charles Denaburg Union City, TN Self-Employed $500.00
Clayton Rhodes Chattanooga, TN Self-Employed $500.00
David Foutch Liberty, TN Self-Employed $500.00
David Mills Elizabethton, TN Self-Employed $500.00
Fred Burnett Jackson, TN Self-Employed $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
Year-End 2007 Amended Historical $711.69 $275.15 Source: Year-End 2007 filing Report 20191
Mid-Year 2007 Historical $958.30 $711.69 Source: Mid-Year 2007 filing Report 13751