Reynolds American Inc. PAC (Tennessee)

Political Action Committee

Registered Jan 1990 · Treasurer: Randolph C. Tompson · Winston-Salem, NC

Year by year

Reynolds American Inc. PAC (Tennessee) — money raised, spent and given to candidates in each report year, and the all-time totals those years add up to.
Report year	Raised	Spent	To candidates
2006	$304,788.88	$5,500.00	$1,000.00
2005	$600,651.96	$150,199.00	$3,750.00
2004	$823,927.43	$723,793.30	$2,500.00
All years	$1,729,368.27	$879,492.30	$48,500.00

Raised

$1,729,368

incl. $537,866 unitemized small gifts

incl. $386 the filer reported without a contributor’s name

Total Spent

$879,492

Spent outside Tennessee

$787,875

90% of spending

To TN candidates

$49,750

5.7% of spending

Candidate Giving by Party $48,500 to 37 candidates

$41,750 to 29 Republicans $6,250 to 7 Democrats $500 to 1 Independent

Where the Money Goes

Of the $879,492 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $787,875 (90%) — went to activity outside Tennessee.

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: $31,367 ÷ Total spent: $879,492

Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending	$31,367
Contributions to candidates	$49,750

Source filings:

Spent outside Tennessee $787,875 90%
To TN candidates $49,750 5.7%
Operating & other $31,367 3.6%
To other PACs $10,500 1.2%

“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

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate	Office	Party	Total
Jack Johnson	Tennessee Senate, District 27	Rep.	$4,000.00
Marsha Blackburn ^†	Governor	Rep.	$4,000.00
Gary W Hicks Jr	Tennessee House, District 09	Rep.	$3,000.00
Jason Zachary	Tennessee House, District 14	Rep.	$3,000.00
David B. Hawk	Tennessee House, District 05	Rep.	$2,500.00
Kevin Vaughan	Tennessee House, District 95	Rep.	$2,500.00
Brent Taylor	Tennessee Senate, District 31	Rep.	$2,000.00
Dawn White	Tennessee Senate, District 13	Rep.	$2,000.00
Kerry Roberts	Tennessee Senate, District 23	Rep.	$2,000.00
London Lamar	Tennessee Senate, District 33	Dem.	$2,000.00

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

This committee’s own filings report $49,750 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $48,500. Of the $1,250 difference, $42,500 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below), offset by $41,250 that tracked candidates reported receiving beyond what this committee’s own filings itemize.

Its filing also reports $42,500 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

Davis, Lincoln $6,000.00
Tanner, John $5,000.00
Jenkins, William $4,000.00
Davidson, Eugene $3,500.00
Cooper, Jim $3,000.00
Gordon, Bart $3,000.00
Duncan for Congress $2,000.00
Litz, John $1,500.00
Kyle, Jim $1,000.00
McDaniel, Steve $1,000.00
…and 28 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.

Contributions to Other PACs

Contributions to other political action committees
Committee	Total
Senate Democratic Caucus	$3,500.00
House Democratic Caucus	$2,000.00
Raam PAC	$1,500.00
Tenn House/ Senate Democratic Caucus	$1,000.00
Tenn Republican Caucus	$1,000.00
Tennessee Kyle PAC	$1,000.00
Rampac	$500.00

Given in Other States

This committee sent $787,875 to 439 candidates and committees outside Tennessee, across 41 states. 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
National Republican Congressional Comm	Washington, D.C.	$30,000.00
National Republican Senatorial Comm	Washington, D.C.	$15,000.00
Special Teams 2004	Washington, D.C.	$15,000.00
America's Foundstion Fka Fighr PAC	Washington, D.C.	$10,000.00
Americans for A Republican Majority	Washington, D.C.	$10,000.00
Barbour for Governor	Mississippi	$10,000.00
Committee for the Preservation of Capitalism	Virginia	$10,000.00
Delay, Tom	Texas	$10,000.00
Republican Majority Fund	Washington, D.C.	$10,000.00
Simmons for Congress	Connecticut	$10,000.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose	Total
Pac Transfer	$25,000.00
Donations	$2,850.00
Admin Expense	$1,741.60
Fed Tax	$1,427.28
Annual Pac Fee	$225.00
Wi Filing Fee	$100.00
Reimbursement	$20.00
Bank Fees	$3.42

from to

Individual operating payments
Payee	Purpose	Date	Amount
Pennsylvania RJR PAC	Pac Transfer	02/28/2004	$5,000.00
Pennsylvania RJR PAC	Pac Transfer	04/19/2004	$5,000.00
Pennsylvania RJR PAC	Pac Transfer	05/19/2004	$5,000.00
Pennsylvania RJR PAC	Pac Transfer	07/23/2004	$5,000.00
Pennsylvania RJR PAC	Pac Transfer	10/26/2004	$5,000.00
R. J. Reynolds Tabacoc Company	Admin Expense	10/15/2004	$1,517.60
Mechanics and Farmers Bank	Fed Tax	03/12/2004	$1,427.28
Davis, Geoff	Donations	09/30/2004	$1,000.00
Pearce for Congress	Donations	09/10/2004	$1,000.00
Hargett, Tre	Donations	10/12/2004	$400.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor	Location	Employer	Total Given
Brown Williamson Tobacco Corp PAC	Winston-Salem, NC	—	$380,689.03
LYNN Beasley	Winston-Salem, NC	—	$14,228.02
Charles Blixt	Advance, NC	Reynolds American	$12,882.79
Dianne Neal	Winston-Salem, NC	Reynolds American	$11,608.89
Susan Ivey	Winston-Salem, NC	Reynolds American	$11,000.00
Richard Sanders	Santa Fe, NM	Santa Fe National Tob	$10,770.86
Tommy Payne	Winston-Salem, NC	Reynolds American	$8,898.40
James Maguire	Winston-Salem, NC	Rj Reynolds	$8,217.96
Ann Johnston	Winston-Salem, NC	Reynolds American	$7,987.10
Frances Creighton	Winston-Salem, NC	Rj Renolds	$7,932.75

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
Q2 2006 Amended Historical	$268,463.98	$242,052.55	Source: Q2 2006 filing Report 9773
Q1 2006 Historical	$352,685.26	$268,463.98	Source: Q1 2006 filing Report 6645
Q4 2005 Historical	$359,743.99	$352,685.26	Source: Q4 2005 filing Report 5670
Q3 2005 Historical	$345,347.75	$359,743.99	Source: Q3 2005 filing Report 5096
Q2 2005 Historical	$345,757.39	$345,347.75	Source: Q2 2005 filing Report 4378
Q1 2005 Historical	$435,273.09	$345,757.39	Source: Q1 2005 filing Report 3821
Q4 2004 Historical	$502,984.59	$435,273.09	Source: Q4 2004 filing Report 3134
Q3 2004 Historical	$311,668.91	$502,984.59	Source: Q3 2004 filing Report 2185
Q2 2004 Amended Historical	$283,004.18	$311,668.91	Source: Q2 2004 filing Report 4805
Q1 2004 Amended Historical	$333,053.00	$283,004.18	Source: Q1 2004 filing Report 2544