Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC)

Political Action Committee

Registered Jan 1990 · Treasurer: Brenda Brewster · Nashville, TN

Raised
$960,067
incl. $360,050 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$763,421
Operating & other
$301,518
39% of spending
To TN candidates
$257,052
34% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $81,500 to 57 candidates
$70,500 to 46 Republicans $11,000 to 11 Democrats

Where the Money Goes

Of the $763,421 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $301,518 (39%) — went to operating costs and overhead.

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: $301,518 ÷ Total spent: $763,421
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $301,518
Contributions to candidates $257,052
Source filings:

“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
Randy McNally † Tennessee Senate, District 05 Rep. $7,500.00
Bo Watson † Tennessee Senate, District 11 Rep. $6,000.00
Jack Johnson † Tennessee Senate, District 27 Rep. $4,500.00
Mark Pody † Tennessee Senate, District 17 Rep. $3,000.00
Ken Yager † Tennessee Senate, District 12 Rep. $2,000.00
Kerry Roberts † Tennessee Senate, District 23 Rep. $2,000.00
Ryan D. Williams † Tennessee House, District 42 Rep. $2,000.00
William Lamberth † Tennessee House, District 44 Rep. $2,000.00
Andrew Ellis Farmer † Tennessee House, District 17 Rep. $1,500.00
Cameron Sexton † Tennessee House, District 25 Rep. $1,500.00

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

This committee’s own filings report $257,052 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $81,500. Of the $175,552 difference, $175,552 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $175,552 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here — federal, local, and out-of-state races, and sitting legislators not on the 2026 ballot:

  • Greater Nashville Realtors $30,456.73
  • Reeves, William S. $10,000.00
  • Ketron, Bill $9,500.00
  • Williamson County Assoc of Realtors $8,228.07
  • Swann, Art $5,500.00
  • Harwell, Beth $5,000.00
  • Eastern Middle TN of Assoc of Realtors $3,619.50
  • Casada, Glen $3,500.00
  • Kelsey, Brian $3,500.00
  • Johnson, Curtis $3,000.00
  • …and 93 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 Republican Caucus $17,500.00
Harwell PAC $7,500.00
MCPAC (Randy McNally) $7,500.00
Knoxville Area Assn. of Realtors $7,433.13
Senate Democratic Caucus $6,000.00
Sumner Association of Realtors $5,705.25
Larry Grohn Campaign Committee $5,000.00
KEYPAC (Ken Yager) $5,000.00
Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee $5,000.00
Cas-Pac $4,500.00

Given in Other States

This committee sent $109,851 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
National Association of Realtors Illinois $109,850.52

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Pac Fees $127,119.85
Hall Strategies $45,000.00
Fundraising Event Expenses $10,000.00
Local Candidate Request $9,450.00
Rpac Event $9,200.34
Major Donor Event $8,000.00
Lip Sync Event $7,738.52
Gcar Local Candidate Request $7,500.00
March 27 Rpac Event $7,000.00
Accounting Fees $6,351.10

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Alicia Griffith Nashville, TN The Wilson Group $10,000.00
Tennessee Association of Realtors Nashville, TN — $10,000.00
Williamson County Association of Realtor Inc. Brentwood, TN — $10,000.00
Renae Voda Franklin, TN Coldwell Banker Narnes $5,075.02
Brianna Morant Nashville, TN Benchmark Realty LLC $5,015.00
Greater Nashville Assn of Realtors Nashville, TN — $5,000.00
Janice Carlton Shelbyville, TN Coldwell Banker Segroves-Neese $5,000.00
Memphis Area Assoc of Realtors Memphis, TN — $5,000.00
Phillip Cantrell Brentwood, TN Benchmark Realty LLC $5,000.00
Randy Whetsell Clarksville, TN Reliant Realty Era Powered $4,925.00

Showing the top 500 of 727 funders by total given. Download the full list (CSV).

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 2017 Historical $557,543.66 $529,249.86 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2017 Historical $329,234.38 $557,543.66 Source ↗