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Cash for Clout database: Who's funding Tennessee's politics? • Tennessee Lookout [1]

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Date: 2025-02-24

(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 Feb. 24, 2025.

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 page allows users to discover who’s spending the most cash to influence lawmakers and different ways groups spend money to gain influence.

Through the search bars below:

Explore every person and organization that has given a specific state politician at least $2,500

Look at politicians and organizations spending money independently to elect their chosen candidates

Search all the organizations that have spent money lobbying lawmakers on Capitol Hill in Nashville

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]

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.

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