Reynolds American Inc. PAC (Tennessee)

Political Action Committee

Registered Jul 2006 · Treasurer: Steve Kottak · Winston-Salem, NC

Raised

$59,501

incl. $0 unitemized small gifts

Total Spent

$60,500

To other PACs

$35,000

58% of spending

To TN candidates

$25,500

42% of spending

Candidate Giving by Party $19,000 to 19 candidates

$18,000 to 17 Republicans $1,000 to 2 Democrats

Where the Money Goes

Of the $60,500 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $35,000 (58%) — went to other PACs and committees.

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: $0 ÷ Total spent: $60,500

Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending	$0
Contributions to candidates	$25,500

Source filings:

To other PACs $35,000 58%
To TN candidates $25,500 42%

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate	Office	Party	Total
Bill Lee ^†	Governor	Rep.	$5,000.00
Paul Bailey ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 15	Rep.	$1,500.00
Bill Powers ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 22	Rep.	$1,000.00
Charlie Baum ^†	Tennessee House, District 37	Rep.	$1,000.00
Chris Hurt ^†	Tennessee House, District 82	Rep.	$1,000.00
John Stevens ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 24	Rep.	$1,000.00
Mark White ^†	Tennessee House, District 83	Rep.	$1,000.00
Page Walley ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 26	Rep.	$1,000.00
Paul Sherrell ^†	Tennessee House, District 43	Rep.	$1,000.00
Todd Gardenhire ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 10	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 $25,500 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $19,000. Of the $6,500 difference, $6,500 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $6,500 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

Halford, Curtis $1,000.00
Tillis, Thomas R. $1,000.00
Van Huss, Micah $1,000.00
Dickerson, Steven $1,000.00
Campbell, Scotty $500.00
Hill, Matthew $500.00
Holsclaw, John B. $500.00
Staples, Rick $500.00
Mannis, Eddie $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
CAM PAC (Cameron Sexton)	$10,000.00
MCPAC (Randy McNally)	$10,000.00
House Republican Caucus	$2,500.00
Senate Republican Caucus	$2,500.00
JACK PAC (Jack Johnson)	$2,000.00
KEYPAC (Ken Yager)	$2,000.00
LAMBERTH PAC (William Lamberth)	$2,000.00
Nash PAC	$1,500.00
RY-PAC (Ryan Williams)	$1,500.00
BOWPAC (Bo Watson)	$1,000.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor	Location	Employer	Total Given
RAI Services Company	Winston-Salem, NC	—	$59,500.00

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
Q4 2020 Historical	$1,054.82	$1,055.30	Source: Q4 2020 filing Report 93680
Pre-General 2020 Historical	$15,054.82	$1,054.82	Source: Pre-General 2020 filing Report 91922
Q3 2020 Historical	$1,096.22	$15,054.82	Source: Q3 2020 filing Report 91091
Pre-Primary 2020 Historical	$2,096.22	$1,096.22	Source: Pre-Primary 2020 filing Report 89552
Q2 2020 Historical	$2,137.75	$2,096.22	Source: Q2 2020 filing Report 88638
Q1 2020 Historical	$2,178.93	$2,137.75	Source: Q1 2020 filing Report 87253