Tennessee Optometrists PAC

Political Action Committee

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

Raised
$16,528
incl. $2,203 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$976
Operating & other
$576
59% of spending
To TN candidates
$400
41% of spending

Where the Money Goes

Of the $976 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $576 (59%) — went to operating costs and overhead.

Why this number?

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: $576 ÷ Total spent: $976
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $576
Contributions to candidates $400
Source filings:

Contributions to Candidates

No contributions to tracked candidates on record.

This committee’s own filings report $400 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $0. Of the $400 difference, $400 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $400 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here — federal, local, and out-of-state races, and sitting legislators not on the 2026 ballot:

  • Pruitt, Mary $400.00

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
Bank Fees $576.36

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Kathy Shamblin Shelbyville, TN Self-Employed $1,000.00
Kurt Steele Newport, TN Self-Employed $1,000.00
Tom Hyde Morristown, TN Self-Employed $1,000.00
Brad Lindsey Morristown, TN Self-Employed $825.00
Alan Bugg Union City, TN Self-Employed $500.00
Barry Winston Knoxville, TN Self-Employed $500.00
Charlene Burnett Jackson, TN Self-Employed $500.00
David Mills Elizabethton, TN Self-Employed $500.00
Dennis Mathews Memphis, 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 2009 Amended Historical $264.13 $15,143.77 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2009 Historical $141.83 $264.13 Source ↗