Tennessee Retail Association PAC

Political Action Committee

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

Raised
$7,500
Total Spent
$5,750
To TN candidates
$4,750
83% of spending
To other PACs
$1,000
17% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $3,750 to 8 candidates
$3,750 to 8 Republicans

Where the Money Goes

Of the $5,750 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $4,750 (83%) — went to Tennessee candidates.

Why this number?

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: $5,750
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $0
Contributions to candidates $4,750
Source filings:

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate Office Party Total
Clark Boyd † Tennessee House, District 46 Rep. $500.00
Jack Johnson † Tennessee Senate, District 27 Rep. $500.00
Randy McNally † Tennessee Senate, District 05 Rep. $500.00
Richard M. Briggs † Tennessee Senate, District 07 Rep. $500.00
Rush Bricken † Tennessee House, District 47 Rep. $500.00
Susan M Lynn † Tennessee House, District 57 Rep. $500.00
William Lamberth † Tennessee House, District 44 Rep. $500.00
David B. Hawk † Tennessee House, District 05 Rep. $250.00

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

This committee’s own filings report $4,750 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $3,750. 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:

  • Dickerson, Steven $500.00
  • Tillis, Thomas R. $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
KEYPAC (Ken Yager) $1,000.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Publix Super Markets Inc. Lakeland, FL — $5,000.00
Walgreen Co Deerfield, IL — $2,500.00

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
Year-End 2019 Amended Historical $5,401.91 $2,151.91 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2019 Historical $521.91 $5,401.91 Source ↗