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World Acceptance Corporation PAC

Political Action Committee

Registered Jan 2003 · Treasurer: John L. Calmes, Jr. · Greenville, SC

Also giving in

Also gave $1,000.00 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
$89,252
incl. $48,629 unitemized small gifts
Total Spent
$63,550
Spent outside Tennessee
$50,000
79% of spending
Operating & other
$8,500
13% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $750 to 1 candidate
$750 to 1 Republican

Where the Money Goes

Of the $63,550 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $50,000 (79%) — went to activity outside Tennessee.

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: $8,500 ÷ Total spent: $63,550
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $8,500
Contributions to candidates $4,550
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
Jack Johnson † Tennessee Senate, District 27 Rep. $750.00

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

This committee’s own filings report $4,550 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $750. Of the $3,800 difference, $3,800 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $3,800 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

  • Bob Corker for Senate $1,000.00
  • Odom, Gary $500.00
  • Hackworth, Jim $400.00
  • Pitts, Joe $400.00
  • Gilmore, Brenda $250.00
  • Patten, Lou $250.00
  • Turner, Michael L. (Mike) $250.00
  • Yokley, Eddie $250.00
  • Cobb, Ty $200.00
  • Dennis, Vance $200.00
  • …and 1 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
Harwell PAC $500.00

Given in Other States

This committee sent $50,000 to 20 candidates and committees outside Tennessee, across 14 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
NRCC Washington, D.C. $10,000.00
National Republican Senatorial Committee Washington, D.C. $5,000.00
Demint for Senate Committee Inc. South Carolina $4,000.00
Friends of Ralph Hudgens Georgia $3,000.00
Sherman for Congress Washington, D.C. $3,000.00
Friends of Chris Dodd Connecticut $2,500.00
McConnell, Mitch Kentucky $2,500.00
Moore for Congress Kansas $2,500.00
Shelby for US Senate Alabama $2,500.00
David Thomas for Congress South Carolina $2,500.00

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose Total
Pac To Pac $8,500.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Kelly Malson Greenville, SC World Acceptance Corporation $2,200.00
James Rosenauer Chestfield, MO World Acceptance Corporation $2,100.00
Dan Walters Simpsonville, SC World Acceptance Corporation $1,900.00
Jeff Tinney Whitesboro, TX World Acceptance Corporation $1,425.00
Michelle Gabbard Cox's Creek, KY World Acceptance Corporation $1,425.00
John Gentile Waterford, MI World Acceptance Corporation $1,390.00
Augustus Mc Lean Greenville, SC World Acceptance Corporation $1,350.00
Daniel Dyer Greenville, SC World Acceptance Corporation $1,200.00
Jackie Willyard Madisonville, KY World Acceptance Corporation $1,137.50
Delia Ann Brigman San Antonio, TX World Acceptance Corporation $1,125.00

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 2009 Amended Historical $8,797.21 $45,125.84 Source: Year-End 2009 filing Report 29371
Mid-Year 2009 Amended Historical $19,606.48 $8,797.21 Source: Mid-Year 2009 filing Report 28128