The Bipartisan Network PAC

Political Action Committee

Registered Oct 2022 · Treasurer: Cabell Hobbs · Washington, DC

Raised

$450,100

incl. $100 unitemized small gifts

Total Spent

$283,830

Spent outside Tennessee

$255,830

90% of spending

To TN candidates

$28,000

9.9% of spending

Candidate Giving by Party $25,500 to 10 candidates

$23,500 to 8 Republicans $2,000 to 2 Democrats

Where the Money Goes

Of the $283,830 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $255,830 (90%) — went to activity outside Tennessee.

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: $0 ÷ Total spent: $283,830

Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending	$0
Contributions to candidates	$28,000

Source filings:

Spent outside Tennessee $255,830 90%
To TN candidates $28,000 9.9%

“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. Separate from out-of-state donors.

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate	Office	Party	Total
Cameron Sexton ^†	Tennessee House, District 25	Rep.	$5,000.00
Randy McNally ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 05	Rep.	$5,000.00
Andrew Ellis Farmer ^†	Tennessee House, District 17	Rep.	$2,500.00
Kerry Roberts ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 23	Rep.	$2,500.00
Paul Rose ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 32	Rep.	$2,500.00
Todd Gardenhire ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 10	Rep.	$2,500.00
William Lamberth ^†	Tennessee House, District 44	Rep.	$2,500.00
Bob Freeman ^†	Tennessee House, District 56	Dem.	$1,000.00
Johnny Garrett ^†	Tennessee House, District 45	Rep.	$1,000.00
Raumesh Akbari ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 29	Dem.	$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 $28,000 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $25,500. Of the $2,500 difference, $2,500 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $2,500 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

Lundberg, Jon $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.

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor	Location	Employer	Total Given
John Arnold	Houston, TX	Retired	$450,000.00

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 2022 Historical	$221,895.26	$166,270.33	Source: Q4 2022 filing Report 106757
Pre-General 2022 Historical	$0.00	$221,895.26	Source: Pre-General 2022 filing Report 105532