Memphis

Unaka Company PAC

Political Action Committee

Registered Jan 2002 · Treasurer: John M. Owens · Greenville, TN

Also giving in

Also gave $21,100.00 in U.S. Congress politics

Cross-jurisdiction totals reflect the linked entity record and may exclude unmerged duplicates; figures are two separate per-jurisdiction public totals, not a combined statewide total.

Raised
$16,500
Total Spent
$16,600
Spent outside Tennessee
$10,500
63% of spending
To TN candidates
$6,000
36% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $1,000 to 1 candidate
$1,000 to 1 Republican

Where the Money Goes

Of the $16,600 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $10,500 (63%) — 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: $100 ÷ Total spent: $16,600
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $100
Contributions to candidates $6,000
Source filings:

“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 (itemized below). Separate from out-of-state donors.

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate Office Party Total
David B. Hawk † Tennessee House, District 05 Rep. $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 $6,000 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $1,000. Of the $5,000 difference, $5,000 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $5,000 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

  • Daniels, William $2,000.00
  • Corker, Robert $2,000.00
  • Bryan, Darrell $500.00
  • Webster, Sarah $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.

Given in Other States

This committee sent $10,500 to 4 candidates and committees outside Tennessee, across 2 states. These are counted as spending outside Tennessee, not as Tennessee candidate support — Who Funds Tennessee doesn’t track out-of-state races, so they don’t link to a page here.

Contributions to candidates and committees outside Tennessee
Recipient State Total
National Republican Congressional Commit Washington, D.C. $5,000.00
Rice, Tom South Carolina $3,500.00
Bauer, Andre South Carolina $1,000.00
George, Wayne South Carolina $1,000.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Annual Registration $100.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Kevin Gates Crown Point, IN Crown Point, Inc $5,000.00
Robert Austin Dallas, TX Unaka $5,000.00
L Yonz Greeneville, TN Unaka $4,000.00
Lonnie Thompson Florence, SC Sopakco, Inc. $2,500.00

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 $116,694.31 $121,694.31 Source: Q4 2012 filing Report 46283
Pre-General 2012 Historical $111,194.31 $116,694.31 Source: Pre-General 2012 filing Report 44248
Q3 2012 Historical $111,694.31 $111,194.31 Source: Q3 2012 filing Report 43129
Pre-Primary 2012 Historical $111,694.31 $111,694.31 Source: Pre-Primary 2012 filing Report 41725
Q2 2012 Historical $121,694.31 $111,694.31 Source: Q2 2012 filing Report 40532
Q1 2012 Historical $121,794.31 $121,694.31 Source: Q1 2012 filing Report 39366