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Cash for Clout database: Tennessee's million-dollar club • Tennessee Lookout [1]
['Adam Friedman', 'More From Author', '- Thursday April', '- April']
Date: 2024-04-11
Cash for Clout is a Tennessee Lookout series examining the influence of money on state politics. (Photo: John Partipilo)
Since 2009, 202 groups have spent more than $1 million in Tennessee politics.
An analysis of the spending of Tennessee’s exclusive seven-figure club shows the money serves as a benchmark of the power of private groups to influence public policy.
The expenditures are legally allowed under the state’s campaign laws. While no set amount of money guarantees access and influence, expenditures of more than $1 million show a consistent effort over time by private groups to maximize their lobbying efforts.
David Miller, a politics professor at East Tennessee State University, said organizations looking to influence often pay a minimum to maintain relationships.
“If you’ve established a presence, you’re able to get more out of lobbying,” Miller said.
For the $1 million club, the Lookout provides a 15-year lookback. As of the April 10 update, that database reflects campaign contributions, independent expenditures, and lobbying reports from Jan. 16, 2009, to Jan. 15, 2024.
For future reference, when new campaign finance records are filed on June 30, the 15-year period will only cover July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2024.
This database was first published in July 24, 2023. It has since been updated multiple times. The last update came on April 10, 2024
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