The Speaker S Fund

Political Action Committee

Registered Jan 1990 · Treasurer: Reta Adams · Covington, TN

Raised
$99,500
Total Spent
$4,794
Operating & other
$4,294
90% of spending
To TN candidates
$500
10% of spending

Where the Money Goes

Of the $4,794 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $4,294 (90%) — went to operating costs and overhead.

Why this number?

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: $4,294 ÷ Total spent: $4,794
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $4,294
Contributions to candidates $500

Contributions to Candidates

No contributions to tracked candidates on record.

This committee’s own filings report $500 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $0. Of the $500 difference, $500 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $500 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here — federal, local, and out-of-state races, and sitting legislators not on the 2026 ballot:

  • Love, Sally $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.

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Printing Invitations $1,052.33
Printing Letterhead $738.91
Campaign Workers $685.99
Unspecified $675.00
Lodging For Fundraiser $623.62
Postage $518.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Farris Mathews Branan Bobango Hellen PAC Memphis, TN — $5,000.00
Jones Airways, LLC Cleveland, TN — $5,000.00
Friends of the University of Memphis PAC Bartlett, TN — $2,500.00
Plumbers Pipefitters Education Committee Nashville, TN — $2,500.00
Charles Seivers Nashville, TN Best Effort Made $2,000.00
Time Warner Communications Employees PAC Memphis, TN — $1,500.00
Att Tennessee PAC Nashville, TN — $1,000.00
Barry Stokes Dickson, TN — $1,000.00
Bico Associates A Belz Partnership Memphis, TN — $1,000.00
Bill Williams Nashville, TN Self-Employed $1,000.00

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 2005 Amended Historical $105,204.77 $126,211.47 Source ↗
Q3 2005 Late Historical $30,014.75 $105,204.77 Source ↗
Q2 2005 Historical $29,892.53 $30,014.75 Source ↗
Q1 2005 Historical $30,529.91 $29,892.53 Source ↗