Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

Political Action Committee

Registered Jun 2016 · Treasurer: Abby Parta · Boston, MA

Raised

$13,000

Total Spent

$15,000

To TN candidates

$10,000

67% of spending

To other PACs

$5,000

33% of spending

Candidate Giving by Party $9,000 to 7 candidates

$5,000 to 1 Republican $4,000 to 6 Democrats

Where the Money Goes

Of the $15,000 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $10,000 (67%) — went to Tennessee candidates.

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: $15,000

Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending	$0
Contributions to candidates	$10,000

Source filings:

To TN candidates $10,000 67%
To other PACs $5,000 33%

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate	Office	Party	Total
Cameron Sexton ^†	Tennessee House, District 25	Rep.	$5,000.00
Jeff Yarbro ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 21	Dem.	$1,000.00
Raumesh Akbari ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 29	Dem.	$1,000.00
Bo Mitchell ^†	Tennessee House, District 50	Dem.	$500.00
Bob Freeman ^†	Tennessee House, District 56	Dem.	$500.00
Larry J. Miller ^†	Tennessee House, District 88	Dem.	$500.00
Vincent Dixie ^†	Tennessee House, District 54	Dem.	$500.00

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

This committee’s own filings report $10,000 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $9,000. Of the $1,000 difference, $1,000 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $1,000 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

Cooper, Barbara $500.00
Jernigan, Darren $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.

Contributions to Other PACs

Contributions to other political action committees
Committee	Total
MCPAC (Randy McNally)	$5,000.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor	Location	Employer	Total Given
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.	Boston, MA	—	$13,000.00

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 2019 Historical	$2,000.00	$0.00	Source: Year-End 2019 filing Report 86588
Mid-Year 2019 Historical	$1,000.00	$2,000.00	Source: Mid-Year 2019 filing Report 83976
As filed on this report: cash beginning $1,000.00, receipts $0.00, disbursements $0.00, cash ending $2,000.00.