Volunteer PAC

Political Action Committee

Registered Jan 1990 · Treasurer: Dawn Perkerson · Nashville, TN

Raised
$4,481,042
incl. $1,713,782 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$207,762
To other PACs
$155,762
75% of spending
To TN candidates
$52,000
25% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $5,000 to 4 candidates
$5,000 to 4 Republicans

Where the Money Goes

Of the $207,762 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $155,762 (75%) — went to other PACs and committees.

Why this number?

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: $207,762
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $0
Contributions to candidates $52,000

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate Office Party Total
Jack Johnson † Tennessee Senate, District 27 Rep. $2,000.00
Bo Watson † Tennessee Senate, District 11 Rep. $1,000.00
Jimmy Matlock † Tennessee Senate, District 05 Rep. $1,000.00
Joey Hensley † Tennessee Senate, District 28 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 $52,000 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $5,000. Of the $47,000 difference, $47,000 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $47,000 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here — federal, local, and out-of-state races, and sitting legislators not on the 2026 ballot:

  • Bryson, Jim $15,000.00
  • Real Marriage.Com $2,500.00
  • Beavers, Mae $2,000.00
  • Baird, William $1,000.00
  • Bell, Mike $1,000.00
  • Borges, Juan $1,000.00
  • Bunch, Dewayne $1,000.00
  • Carr, Joe $1,000.00
  • Casada, Glen $1,000.00
  • Crider, Chris $1,000.00
  • …and 21 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
Tenn Republican Party $150,000.00
Git R Dunn PAC $2,000.00
Williamson County Republican Party $1,500.00
The Red State PAC $1,000.00
Young Republican Federation $1,000.00
Sevier County Republican Party $100.00
Rutherford County Republican Party $50.00
Campbell County Republican Party $50.00
Blount County Republican Party $25.00
Loudon County Gop $25.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Carol Scifres Los Altos, CA Self-Employed $13,000.00
Thomas Barrow Houston, TX Barrow Energy $12,500.00
Ken Eldred Portola Valley, CA Livingstone Foundation $12,400.00
James Earle Nashville, TN Self-Employed $12,000.00
George Benesch Anchorage, AK Retired $10,450.00
Tennessee Leader Victory Fund Washington, DC — $10,071.73
Charles Hanline Plymouth, OH John Stambaugh Co $10,000.00
Stephen Smith Brentwood, TN Haury \& Smith $10,000.00
Ted Welch Nashville, TN Ted Welch Investments $10,000.00
Leonard Litwin Greak Neck, NY Glenwood MGMT Corp $7,500.00

Showing the top 500 of 2,593 funders by total given. Download the full list (CSV).

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 2006 Amended Historical $365,617.08 $85,607.08 Source ↗
Pre-General 2006 Historical $319,286.85 $365,617.08 Source ↗
Q3 2006 Historical $570,570.65 $319,286.85 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2006 Historical $613,962.81 $570,570.65 Source ↗
Q2 2006 Amended Historical $494,469.22 $613,962.81 Source ↗
Q1 2006 Historical $801,193.13 $494,469.22 Source ↗