The Speaker S Fund

Political Action Committee

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

Raised
$172,425
incl. $1,475 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$6,738
Operating & other
$4,638
69% of spending
To TN candidates
$2,000
30% of spending

Where the Money Goes

Of the $6,738 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $4,638 (69%) — went to operating costs and overhead.

Why this number?

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: $4,638 ÷ Total spent: $6,738
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $4,638
Contributions to candidates $2,000
Source filings:

Contributions to Candidates

No contributions to tracked candidates on record.

This committee’s own filings report $2,000 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $0. Of the $2,000 difference, $2,000 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $2,000 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here — federal, local, and out-of-state races, and sitting legislators not on the 2026 ballot:

  • Hardaway, G. A. $1,000.00
  • Richardson, Jeannie $1,000.00

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.

Contributions to Other PACs

Contributions to other political action committees
Committee Total
Tennessee Young Democrats $100.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Printing Invitations $1,417.83
Income Tax Payment $1,260.00
Printing Letterhead $640.41
Postage $574.00
Campaign Breakfast Fundraiser $546.25
Pac Registration Fee $200.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Allan Jones Cleveland, TN Jones Management $10,000.00
Anna Belle O Brien Crossville, TN — $10,000.00
Plumbers Pipefitters Education Committee Nashville, TN — $7,500.00
Comcast Corp PAC Philadelphia, PA — $5,000.00
Farris Mathews Branan Bobango Hellen PAC Memphis, TN — $5,000.00
Federal Express PAC Memphis, TN — $5,000.00
Tennessee Realtors PAC Nashville, TN — $3,500.00
Nat L Health Corp PAC Murfreesboro, TN — $3,000.00
Att Tennessee PAC Nashville, TN — $2,000.00
C Dewey Branstetter Nashville, TN Self-Employed $2,000.00

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 2007 Amended Historical $38,361.87 $198,538.35 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2007 Historical $30,423.13 $38,361.87 Source ↗