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Tennessee Valley Water Alliance

Political Action Committee

Registered Jul 2011 · Treasurer: Amy Mohn · Chattanooga, TN

Raised
$22,519
incl. $2,019 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$10,493
To TN candidates
$9,250
88% of spending
Spent outside Tennessee
$1,000
9.5% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $3,500 to 5 candidates
$3,500 to 5 Republicans

Where the Money Goes

Of the $10,493 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $9,250 (88%) — 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: $243 ÷ Total spent: $10,493
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $243
Contributions to candidates $9,250
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
Ken Yager † Tennessee Senate, District 12 Rep. $1,000.00
Pat Marsh † Tennessee House, District 62 Rep. $1,000.00
Jack Johnson † Tennessee Senate, District 27 Rep. $500.00
Janice Bowling † Tennessee Senate, District 16 Rep. $500.00
Ron Ramsey † Tennessee Senate, District 04 Rep. $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 $9,250 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $3,500. Of the $5,750 difference, $5,750 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $5,750 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

  • Anderson, Chris $1,500.00
  • McCormick, Gerald $1,250.00
  • Ken Smith City Council $1,000.00
  • Hazlewood, Patsy $1,000.00
  • Gravitt, Marc $500.00
  • Swann, Art $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.

Given in Other States

This committee sent $1,000 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
Mullis, Jeff Georgia $1,000.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Pac Event $242.54

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
American Water Camden, NJ — $20,000.00
Valoria Armstrong Ooltewah, TN TN American Water $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 2015 Historical $22,007.41 $14,746.87 Source: Year-End 2015 filing Report 62519
Mid-Year 2015 Historical $2,960.41 $22,007.41 Source: Mid-Year 2015 filing Report 60782