Tennessee TELPAC

Political Action Committee

Registered Jan 1990 · Treasurer: Kasey Krueger · Mcminnville, TN

Raised
$80,000
Total Spent
$61,000
To TN candidates
$43,000
70% of spending
To other PACs
$13,000
21% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $35,750 to 43 candidates
$34,750 to 40 Republicans $1,000 to 3 Democrats

Where the Money Goes

Of the $61,000 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $43,000 (70%) — 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: $61,000
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $0
Contributions to candidates $43,000
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. $2,500.00
Bill Lee † Governor Rep. $2,100.00
Jeremy Faison † Tennessee House, District 11 Rep. $2,000.00
Jack Johnson † Tennessee Senate, District 27 Rep. $1,600.00
Dawn White † Tennessee Senate, District 13 Rep. $1,500.00
Kelly T Keisling † Tennessee House, District 38 Rep. $1,500.00
Mark Pody † Tennessee Senate, District 17 Rep. $1,500.00
Ryan D. Williams † Tennessee House, District 42 Rep. $1,500.00
Clark Boyd † Tennessee House, District 46 Rep. $1,000.00
Ferrell Haile † Tennessee Senate, District 18 Rep. $1,000.00

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

This committee’s own filings report $43,000 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $35,750. Of the $7,250 difference, $7,250 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $7,250 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

  • Reeves, William S. $1,500.00
  • Smith, Robin $750.00
  • Bell, Mike $500.00
  • Calfee, Kent $500.00
  • Daniel, Martin $500.00
  • Gilmore, Brenda $500.00
  • Hazlewood, Patsy $500.00
  • Holsclaw, John B. $500.00
  • Holt, Andrew $500.00
  • Swann, Art $500.00
  • …and 2 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
Tenn. Republican Caucus $5,500.00
MAC-PAC (MacKenzie) $2,000.00
LAMBERTH PAC (William Lamberth) $1,500.00
KEYPAC (Ken Yager) $1,000.00
House-Senate Joint Democratic Caucus $1,000.00
PB PAC (Paul Bailey) $1,000.00
HAILE PAC (Ferrell Haile) $500.00
Nash PAC $500.00

Given in Other States

This committee sent $5,000 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 Conference of State Legislatures Colorado $5,000.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Tennessee Telecommunications Association McMinnville, TN — $55,000.00
Tennessee Rural Communications Cooperati Gainesboro, TN — $25,000.00

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 Historical $12,310.05 $25,688.80 Source: Year-End 2019 filing Report 85790
Mid-Year 2019 Historical $6,810.05 $12,310.05 Source: Mid-Year 2019 filing Report 84330