Tennessee Volunteer PAC

Political Action Committee

Registered Nov 2008 · Treasurer: Ronnie Carter · Nashville, TN

Also giving in

Also gave $1,500.00 in Memphis-area politics

Also gave $1,500.00 in U.S. Congress politics

Cross-jurisdiction totals reflect the linked entity record and may exclude unmerged duplicates; figures are two separate per-jurisdiction public totals, not a combined statewide total.

Raised
$70,000
Total Spent
$63,500
To TN candidates
$56,500
89% of spending
Operating & other
$6,000
9.4% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $41,500 to 42 candidates
$36,500 to 35 Republicans $5,000 to 7 Democrats

Where the Money Goes

Of the $63,500 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $56,500 (89%) — 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: $6,000 ÷ Total spent: $63,500
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $6,000
Contributions to candidates $56,500

“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. $3,500.00
Ken Yager † Tennessee Senate, District 12 Rep. $2,500.00
William Lamberth † Tennessee House, District 44 Rep. $2,500.00
Andrew Ellis Farmer † Tennessee House, District 17 Rep. $2,000.00
Todd Gardenhire † Tennessee Senate, District 10 Rep. $2,000.00
Jeremy Faison † Tennessee House, District 11 Rep. $1,500.00
Becky Duncan Massey † Tennessee Senate, District 06 Rep. $1,000.00
Bill Powers † Tennessee Senate, District 22 Rep. $1,000.00
Bo Watson † Tennessee Senate, District 11 Rep. $1,000.00
Clay Doggett † Tennessee House, District 70 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 $56,500 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $41,500. Of the $15,000 difference, $15,000 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $15,000 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

  • Bell, Mike $3,000.00
  • Curcio, Michael G. $1,500.00
  • Helton, Esther $1,000.00
  • Templeton, Jai $1,000.00
  • Smith, Robin $1,000.00
  • Kelsey, Brian $1,000.00
  • Lundberg, Jon $1,000.00
  • Ogles, Brandon $1,000.00
  • Campbell, Scotty $500.00
  • Hazlewood, Patsy $500.00
  • …and 7 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.

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
TN Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus Washington, D.C. $1,000.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Reception Co-Sponsorship $5,000.00
Campaign Workers $1,000.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Tennessee Association of Prof Bail Agnts Nashville, TN — $70,000.00

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
Q4 2020 Historical $7,029.00 $9,029.00 Source: Q4 2020 filing Report 93333
Pre-General 2020 Amended Historical $53,529.00 $7,029.00 Source: Pre-General 2020 filing Report 93334
Q3 2020 Historical $6,529.00 $53,529.00 Source: Q3 2020 filing Report 91521
Pre-Primary 2020 Historical $7,529.00 $6,529.00 Source: Pre-Primary 2020 filing Report 89530
Q2 2020 Historical $7,529.00 $7,529.00 Source: Q2 2020 filing Report 88679
Q1 2020 Historical $2,529.00 $7,529.00 Source: Q1 2020 filing Report 87573