Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

Political Action Committee

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

Raised

$10,000

Total Spent

$11,000

To TN candidates

$10,000

91% of spending

Spent outside Tennessee

$1,000

9.1% of spending

Candidate Giving by Party $9,000 to 9 candidates

$5,000 to 5 Republicans $4,000 to 4 Democrats

Where the Money Goes

Of the $11,000 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $10,000 (91%) — went to Tennessee candidates.

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: $0 ÷ Total spent: $11,000

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

Source filings:

To TN candidates $10,000 91%
Spent outside Tennessee $1,000 9.1%

“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
Brock Martin ^†	Tennessee House, District 79	Rep.	$1,000.00
Caleb Hemmer ^†	Tennessee House, District 59	Dem.	$1,000.00
Cameron Sexton ^†	Tennessee House, District 25	Rep.	$1,000.00
David B. Hawk ^†	Tennessee House, District 05	Rep.	$1,000.00
Ferrell Haile ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 18	Rep.	$1,000.00
Harold M. Love, Jr. ^†	Tennessee House, District 58	Dem.	$1,000.00
London Lamar	Tennessee Senate, District 33	Dem.	$1,000.00
Raumesh Akbari ^†	Tennessee Senate, District 29	Dem.	$1,000.00
Sabi "Doc" Kumar ^†	Tennessee House, District 66	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 $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:

Reeves, William S. $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.

Given in Other States

This committee sent $1,000 to 1 candidate and committee outside Tennessee, across 1 state. 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
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	Massachusetts	$1,000.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor	Location	Employer	Total Given
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.	Boston, MA	—	$10,000.00

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 2023 Historical	$0.00	$0.00	Source: Year-End 2023 filing Report 110797
Mid-Year 2023 Historical	$0.00	$0.00	Source: Mid-Year 2023 filing Report 109213