Tennessee Optometrists PAC

Political Action Committee

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

Raised
$26,079
Total Spent
$6,131
To TN candidates
$5,500
90% of spending
Operating & other
$631
10% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $4,500 to 4 candidates
$4,500 to 4 Republicans

Where the Money Goes

Of the $6,131 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $5,500 (90%) — went to Tennessee candidates.

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: $631 ÷ Total spent: $6,131
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $631
Contributions to candidates $5,500
Source filings:

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate Office Party Total
Jeremy Faison † Tennessee House, District 11 Rep. $1,500.00
Cameron Sexton † Tennessee House, District 25 Rep. $1,000.00
Rusty Crowe † Tennessee Senate, District 03 Rep. $1,000.00
Ryan D. Williams † Tennessee House, District 42 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 $5,500 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $4,500. Of the $1,000 difference, $1,000 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $1,000 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here — federal, local, and out-of-state races, and sitting legislators not on the 2026 ballot:

  • Hill, Matthew $1,000.00

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 $630.84

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Jeff Foster Newport, TN Self-Employed $2,167.37
Richard Orgain Hendersonville, TN Orgain Family Vision Care $2,000.00
Zachary McCarty Chattanooga, TN Southeast Eye Specialists $2,000.00
Thomas Graves Gallatin, TN Self-Employed $1,834.03
Jessica Durham Franklin, TN Self-Employed $1,667.54
Kurt Steele Newport, TN Self-Employed $1,533.34
Od Patricia Walker Cordova, TN Southern College of Optometry $1,500.03
Od Rob Szeliga Spring Hill, TN Self-Employed $1,500.03
Steve Richardson Cookeville, TN Self-Employed $1,200.00
Tammy Holsclaw Jones Elizabethton, TN Self-Employed $1,084.02

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 2017 Amended Historical $40,879.13 $45,854.95 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2017 Historical $27,127.03 $40,879.13 Source ↗