Tennessee Pipe Trades Council Educational Committee PAC

Political Action Committee

Raised
$53,700
incl. $100 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$113,670
To other PACs
$94,000
83% of spending
Spent outside Tennessee
$10,000
8.8% of spending

Where the Money Goes

Of the $113,670 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $94,000 (83%) — went to other PACs and committees.

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: $1,670 ÷ Total spent: $113,670
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $1,670
Contributions to candidates $8,000

“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

No contributions to tracked candidates on record.

This committee’s own filings report $8,000 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $0. Of the $8,000 difference, $8,000 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $8,000 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

  • Hawkins, Jim $3,000.00
  • Harmon, Bill $2,500.00
  • Vaughn, Nathan $2,500.00

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.

Contributions to Other PACs

Contributions to other political action committees
Committee Total
Senate Democratic Caucus $40,000.00
The Speaker S Fund $35,000.00
Tennessee Democratic Party $19,000.00

Given in Other States

This committee sent $10,000 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
United Association PAC Fund Washington, D.C. $10,000.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Interest $1,670.37

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Plumbers Pipefitters Education Committee Nashville, TN — $27,000.00
TN State Pipe Trades Nashville, TN — $26,600.00

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 2008 Historical $3,514.78 $3,514.78 Source: Q4 2008 filing Report 26159
Pre-General 2008 Historical $21,514.78 $3,514.78 Source: Pre-General 2008 filing Report 24765
Q3 2008 Amended Historical $2,514.78 $21,514.78 Source: Q3 2008 filing Report 24058
Pre-Primary 2008 Historical $7,514.78 $2,514.78 Source: Pre-Primary 2008 filing Report 22786
Q2 2008 Historical $2,512.70 $7,514.78 Source: Q2 2008 filing Report 21739
Q1 2008 Historical $2,512.70 $2,512.70 Source: Q1 2008 filing Report 20327