The Bipartisan Network PAC

Political Action Committee

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

Raised

$1,000,000

Total Spent

$276,633

Spent outside Tennessee

$274,133

99.0% of spending

To TN candidates

$2,500

0.9% of spending

Where the Money Goes

Of the $276,633 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $274,133 (99.0%) — went to activity outside Tennessee.

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: $276,633

Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending	$0
Contributions to candidates	$2,500

Source filings:

Spent outside Tennessee $274,133 99.0%
To TN candidates $2,500 0.9%

“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

No contributions to tracked candidates on record.

This committee’s own filings report $2,500 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $0. 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:

Bill Lee Inaugural $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	$500,000.00
Laura Arnold	Houston, TX	Retired	$500,000.00

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 2023 Historical	$40,500.18	$899,637.70	Source: Year-End 2023 filing Report 110500
Mid-Year 2023 Historical	$166,270.33	$40,500.18	Source: Mid-Year 2023 filing Report 108499