Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC)

Political Action Committee

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

Raised
$1,120,064
incl. $427,957 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$1,079,878
Operating & other
$470,718
44% of spending
Spent outside Tennessee
$328,160
30% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $131,500 to 108 candidates
$104,000 to 86 Republicans $27,500 to 22 Democrats

Where the Money Goes

Of the $1,079,878 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $470,718 (44%) — 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: $470,718 ÷ Total spent: $1,079,878
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $470,718
Contributions to candidates $134,000
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
Karen Camper † Tennessee House, District 87 Dem. $4,000.00
Raumesh Akbari † Tennessee Senate, District 29 Dem. $4,000.00
Gary W Hicks Jr Tennessee House, District 09 Rep. $3,000.00
John K Crawford Tennessee House, District 01 Rep. $3,000.00
John Stevens Tennessee Senate, District 24 Rep. $3,000.00
Richard M. Briggs Tennessee Senate, District 07 Rep. $3,000.00
Ryan D. Williams Tennessee House, District 42 Rep. $3,000.00
Greg Martin Tennessee House, District 26 Rep. $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 $134,000 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $131,500. Of the $2,500 difference, $5,000 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $5,000 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here — federal, local, and out-of-state races, and sitting legislators not on the 2026 ballot:

  • Burkhart, Jeff $2,500.00
  • Reeves, William S. $2,500.00

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
House Republican Caucus $25,000.00
Senate Republican Caucus $25,000.00
CAM PAC (Cameron Sexton) $15,000.00
MCPAC (Randy McNally) $15,000.00
Senate Democratic Caucus $10,000.00
House Democratic Caucus $10,000.00
KEYPAC (Ken Yager) $8,000.00
JACK PAC (Jack Johnson) $7,500.00
LAMBERTH PAC (William Lamberth) $7,500.00
Faison Freedom PAC $5,000.00

Given in Other States

This committee sent $328,160 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 $328,160.24

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Fundraising Assistance $208,874.88
Event Expense $60,726.07
Local Candidate Request $42,000.00
Local Political Activity $39,506.38
Administrative Events $34,487.95
Lobbying Expense $29,700.00
Pac Fees $17,465.90
Credit Card Fees $13,552.30
Administrative Expense Meetings $7,262.50
Audit $6,400.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
John Brittle Brentwood, TN Parks $6,070.00
Alexander Bynum Dresden, TN Wendell Alexander Realty $5,886.00
Katie Townsend Lexington, TN Prime Team Realtors $5,100.00
Debra Beagle Nashville, TN The Ashton Real Estate Group $5,035.00
Cindy Bennett Rogersville, TN Century 21 Legacy $5,005.00
Kevin Wilson Nashville, TN Parks $5,000.00
Ingrid Prather Athens, TN Premier Properties Realty $4,880.00
Jamie Skeen Chuckey, TN Century 21 Legacy $4,325.00
Greg Renfrow Memphis, TN Nexthome Cornerstone Realty $4,275.00
Ben Cantwell Talbott, TN Greater Impact Realty Lakeway $4,025.00

Showing the top 500 of 641 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 2025 $751,740.20 $748,015.56 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2025 $687,063.12 $751,740.20 Source ↗