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Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT)

Political Action Committee

Registered Jan 1990 · Treasurer: Henry E. Hildebrand III · Brentwood, TN

Raised
$63,651
Total Spent
$64,400
To TN candidates
$61,400
95% of spending
To other PACs
$3,000
4.7% of spending
Candidate Giving by Party $5,800 to 8 candidates
$4,300 to 5 Republicans $1,500 to 3 Democrats

Where the Money Goes

Of the $64,400 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $61,400 (95%) — 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: $64,400
Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending $0
Contributions to candidates $61,400
Source filings:

Contributions to Candidates

Contributions to tracked candidates
Candidate Office Party Total
Ron Ramsey † Tennessee Senate, District 04 Rep. $2,000.00
Curry Todd † Tennessee House, District 95 Rep. $1,000.00
Bo Watson † Tennessee Senate, District 11 Rep. $500.00
Frank S Niceley † Tennessee Senate, District 08 Rep. $500.00
Joe Towns Jr. † Tennessee House, District 84 Dem. $500.00
Johnny Shaw † Tennessee House, District 80 Dem. $500.00
Larry J. Miller † Tennessee House, District 88 Dem. $500.00
Doug Overbey † Tennessee Senate, District 02 Rep. $300.00

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

This committee’s own filings report $61,400 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $5,800. Of the $55,600 difference, $55,600 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $55,600 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

  • Graves, Jo Ann $4,000.00
  • Trail, Larry $3,500.00
  • Clabough, Bill $2,000.00
  • Cohen, Steve $2,000.00
  • Hagood, Jamie $2,000.00
  • Tindell, Harry $2,000.00
  • Davidson, Eugene $1,500.00
  • Speakers Fund $1,500.00
  • Ferguson, Dennis $1,500.00
  • Langster, Edith Taylor $1,000.00
  • …and 50 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
House Senate Democratic Caucus $2,500.00
House Republican Caucus $500.00

Who Funds It

Donors funding this political action committee
Donor Location Employer Total Given
Thomas Bernard Nashville, TN Horizon Wine and Spirits, LLC $10,039.00
Pat Scruggs Knoxville, TN Beverage Control, Inc. $5,916.00
John Hooper Nashville, TN Tennessee Wine \& Spirits Co. $5,400.00
Athens Distributing Company Memphis Memphis, TN — $4,908.00
Athens Distributing Company Chattanooga Chattanooga, TN — $4,563.00
Larry Perlberg Memphis, TN United Liquors Corp. $3,836.00
H E Christenberry Knoxville, TN Triple "C" Distributing Co. $3,681.00
D V Distributing Knoxville, TN D \& V Distributing $3,402.00
Athens Distributing Company Nashville Nashville, TN — $3,340.00
Michael Milner Knoxville, TN Knoxville Beverage Co., Inc. $2,682.00

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 2004 Historical $53,822.53 $42,044.53 Source: Q4 2004 filing Report 2820
Q3 2004 Historical $25,793.53 $53,822.53 Source: Q3 2004 filing Report 1955
Q2 2004 Historical $26,793.53 $25,793.53 Source: Q2 2004 filing Report 1227
Q1 2004 Historical $42,793.53 $26,793.53 Source: Q1 2004 filing Report 584