Tennessee Retail Association PAC

Political Action Committee

Registered Jan 1990 · Treasurer: Virginia Raffield · Nashville, TN

Raised

$16,500

Total Spent

$4,500

To TN candidates

$2,500

56% of spending

To other PACs

$2,000

44% of spending

Candidate Giving by Party $500 to 1 candidate

$500 to 1 Republican

Where the Money Goes

Of the $4,500 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $2,500 (56%) — went to Tennessee candidates.

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: $0 ÷ Total spent: $4,500

Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending	$0
Contributions to candidates	$2,500

Source filings:

To TN candidates $2,500 56%
To other PACs $2,000 44%

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate	Office	Party	Total
Sam Whitson ^†	Tennessee House, District 65	Rep.	$500.00

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

This committee’s own filings report $2,500 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $500. Of the $2,000 difference, $2,000 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $2,000 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

Eldridge, Jimmy $500.00
Lundberg, Jon $500.00
Matheny, Judd $500.00
Sargent, Jr., Charles $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
Doc PAC	$500.00
Green PAC	$500.00
Jim Tracy Leadership PAC	$500.00
The Legacy Continues PAC	$500.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor	Location	Employer	Total Given
Target Corporation	Minneapolis, MN	—	$10,000.00
Publix Super Markets Inc.	Lakeland, FL	—	$5,000.00
W S Badcock Corporation	Mulberry, FL	—	$1,000.00
LOWPAC	Mooresville, NC	—	$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 2016 Historical	$19,511.91	$18,366.91	Source: Q4 2016 filing Report 69774
Pre-General 2016 Historical	$19,526.91	$19,511.91	Source: Pre-General 2016 filing Report 68501
Q3 2016 Amended Historical	$7,057.16	$19,526.91	Source: Q3 2016 filing Report 71509
Pre-Primary 2016 Amended Historical	$8,072.16	$7,057.16	Source: Pre-Primary 2016 filing Report 68090
Q2 2016 Historical	$8,117.16	$8,072.16	Source: Q2 2016 filing Report 64295
Q1 2016 Amended Historical	$6,647.16	$8,117.16	Source: Q1 2016 filing Report 63973