Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC)

Political Action Committee

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

Raised
$1,320,861
incl. $475,262 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$1,214,934
Operating & other
$409,119
34% of spending
Spent outside Tennessee
$398,327
33% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $121,750 to 107 candidates
$93,000 to 80 Republicans $28,750 to 27 Democrats

Where the Money Goes

Of the $1,214,934 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $409,119 (34%) — 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: $409,119 ÷ Total spent: $1,214,934
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $409,119
Contributions to candidates $253,500
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
Cameron Sexton † Tennessee House, District 25 Rep. $10,000.00
Randy McNally Tennessee Senate, District 05 Rep. $10,000.00
Timothy Hill † Tennessee House, District 03 Rep. $8,000.00
Karen Camper † Tennessee House, District 87 Dem. $5,000.00
Raumesh Akbari † Tennessee Senate, District 29 Dem. $5,000.00
Richard M. Briggs Tennessee Senate, District 07 Rep. $5,000.00
John K Crawford † Tennessee House, District 01 Rep. $3,000.00
J. Adam Lowe † Tennessee Senate, District 01 Rep. $2,500.00
John Ray Clemmons † Tennessee House, District 55 Dem. $2,500.00
London Lamar Tennessee Senate, District 33 Dem. $2,500.00

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

This committee’s own filings report $253,500 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $121,750. Of the $131,750 difference, $129,250 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below) and $2,500 has not yet been itemized on tracked candidates’ own receipt filings (filing-cadence lag).

Its filing also reports $129,250 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here — federal, local, and out-of-state races, and sitting legislators not on the 2026 ballot:

  • O'Connell, Freddie $6,500.00
  • Fugate, Lynne $5,000.00
  • Kincannon, Indya $5,000.00
  • Bonner, Floyd $5,000.00
  • Moore, Ken $5,000.00
  • Young, Paul $5,000.00
  • Allen, Burkley $4,000.00
  • Porterfield, Delishia $4,000.00
  • Quinn for Council $4,000.00
  • Southern Middle TN Assoc of Realtors $3,000.00
  • …and 55 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 $25,000.00
House Republican Caucus $20,000.00
Senate Democratic Caucus $15,000.00
CAM PAC (Cameron Sexton) $15,000.00
MCPAC (Randy McNally) $15,000.00
House Democratic Caucus $10,000.00
Northeast TN Association of Realtors $8,487.75
LAMBERTH PAC (William Lamberth) $7,500.00
JACK PAC (Jack Johnson) $7,500.00
Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee $6,000.00

Given in Other States

This committee sent $398,327 to 2 candidates and committees 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 $217,345.04
National Association of Realtors Illinois $180,981.78

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Fundraising Assistance $248,536.41
Administrative Events $43,274.32
Lobbying Expense $19,100.00
Local Political Activity $14,610.55
Credit Card Fees $10,659.01
2024 Q1 Hall $9,900.00
2023 Q4 Hall $9,900.00
2023 Q3 Hall $9,900.00
Local Party Activity $6,927.75
Region 4 Trustees $6,152.94

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Yvette Meldrum Thompsons Station, TN Self-Employed $13,200.00
Tennessee Association of Realtors Nashville, TN — $10,000.00
Debra Beagle Nashville, TN The Ashton Real Estate Group $9,950.00
John Brittle Brentwood, TN Parks $6,355.00
Kim Weyrauch Clarksville, TN Keller Williams Realty $5,050.00
Kevin Wilson Nashville, TN Parks $5,030.50
Hagan Stone Nashville, TN Parks $5,015.00
Nathan Weinberg Nashville, TN Mw Real Estate Co. $5,015.00
Amanda Dusenberry Columbia, MO Veterans United Home Loans $5,000.00
Erin Krueger Franklin, TN Compass Re $5,000.00

Showing the top 500 of 739 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 2023 Historical $904,365.87 $828,474.93 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2023 Historical $684,461.91 $904,365.87 Source ↗