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Cash for Clout database: Who's funding Tennessee's politics? • Tennessee Lookout [1]
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Date: 2024-04-11
(Photo illustration by John Partipilo)
This database was first published in July 24, 2023. It has since been updated multiple times. The last update came on April 10, 2024
Every year millions of dollars flow to Nashville, flooding the halls of Tennessee’s state capitol as a small number of deep-pocketed groups attempt to influence lawmakers.
The money comes in many streams through different legal channels, all aiming to influence regulations, push for tax breaks and secure government contracts, often to further private interests instead of the public. The Tennessee Lookout, relying on publicly filed lobbying and campaign finance reports, created a tool to search Tennessee’s top political spenders and recipients.
This tool allows users to discover who’s spending the most cash to influence lawmakers and different ways groups spend money to gain influence. Explore the top donors to every current lawmaker and the politicians raking in the most money.
More than 29,000 companies, people and political associations have donated at least $100 to Tennessee’s current crop of elected officials, their affiliated political action committees (PAC) and the political party PACs.
To start use the search tool below to see who’s giving the most to a politician or caucus (search “Bill Lee” or “Tennessee Democratic Caucus”) or see who’s receiving the most from a company or person (enter “FedEx” or “Boyd, Randy”).
All the information in this article comes from the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance and relies on self-reporting by companies and individuals. If you want to contest any data in this story, email [email protected].
Then let’s move onto the leading political spenders in four categories:
Top overall spending since 2009
Leading lobbyist during the 2021-22 Tennessee General Assembly
Top political donor in 2022
The organization leading the way in independent expenditures backing candidates
Next is the club of 192 companies, families and associations that have each spent more than $1 million on a combination of lobbying, donations and independent expenditures since 2009.
To view the full list of groups that have spent over $1 million since 2009 click here.
Have a tip on how money is influencing decisions at the Tennessee Capitol? Send an email to [email protected]. For encrypting messaging, text 615-249-8509 on Signal, or call the same number.
Then, let’s move on to the politicians and a few of the groups choosing sides in Tennessee politics.
Finally, return to Tennessee’s current crop of elected officials, how much money they have raised and their top 25 donors.
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