Truth Matters PAC

Political Action Committee

Raised
$124,000
Total Spent
$121,250
To TN candidates
$110,400
91% of spending
To other PACs
$10,000
8.2% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $12,100 to 2 candidates
$12,100 to 2 Republicans

Where the Money Goes

Of the $121,250 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $110,400 (91%) — went to Tennessee candidates.

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: $850 ÷ Total spent: $121,250
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $850
Contributions to candidates $110,400

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate Office Party Total
Jeremy Faison † Tennessee House, District 11 Rep. $7,100.00
Timothy Hill † Tennessee House, District 03 Rep. $5,000.00

† Reported in this PAC’s own disbursement filing; the recipient’s receipt filing hasn’t itemized it yet.

This committee’s own filings report $110,400 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $12,100. Of the $98,300 difference, $98,300 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $98,300 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here — federal, local, and out-of-state races, and sitting legislators not on the 2026 ballot:

  • Hathaway, Rob $7,100.00
  • Hughes, Scott $7,100.00
  • Mortensen, Rob $7,100.00
  • Shipley, Tony $7,100.00
  • Van Huss, Micah $7,100.00
  • Butt, Sheila $7,100.00
  • Green, Mark E. $7,100.00
  • Ragan, John $7,100.00
  • Weaver, Terri LYNN $7,100.00
  • Matheny, Judd $7,100.00
  • …and 6 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.

Contributions to Other PACs

Contributions to other political action committees
Committee Total
Tennessee Federation for Children PAC $5,000.00
JOE PAC (Joe Carr) $5,000.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Accounting/Compliance $850.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Andrew W Miller Jr Nashville, TN Healthmark Ventures $71,000.00
C J Gideon Jr Nashville, TN Self-Employed $25,000.00
Tracy L Miller Brentwood, TN Long Ragsdale & Waters $20,000.00
Daniel K Bregman Nashville, TN Bregman Eye Center $4,500.00
Harold L Siebert Brentwood, TN — $2,000.00
Thomas Rice Nashville, TN Retired $1,000.00
H E Lovell Franklin, TN Lovell Painting $500.00

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 2012 Historical $13,799.00 $7,699.00 Source ↗
Pre-General 2012 Historical $16,299.00 $13,799.00 Source ↗
Q3 2012 Historical $7,549.00 $16,299.00 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2012 Historical $0.00 $7,549.00 Source ↗