Campaign finance · Reporting 2005–2026
Financial Overview
All reported contributions to currently-elected members of the Tennessee General Assembly, given directly to their campaign accounts. Contributions to PACs are not tabulated here.
$86,248,845.34
Cumulative legislative campaign contributions
85%
of money comes from within Tennessee.
4.9%
of money comes from Washington DC.
74,750
total contributors.
212,725
total contributions.
of all contributions come from special-interest PACs
829 of all contributors are political action committees — about 1.1% of contributors providing 54% of total dollars.
Elected on the Company Dime · Democrats
Top 5 Democrat legislators by share of contributions from special-interest PACs.
Elected on the Company Dime · Republicans
Top 5 Republican legislators by share of contributions from special-interest PACs.
Highest contributing Political Action Committees
Top 10 special-interest PACs by cumulative contributions to currently-elected members. Have a question about a PAC's giving? Email its treasurer.
See who is in The Millionaires Club
All 26 currently-elected members who have exceeded $1,000,000 in cumulative campaign contributions.
Sen. Jack Johnson (R)
Franklin
$3,061,543
Sen. Ken Yager (R)
Kingston
$2,687,660
Rep. Cameron Sexton (R)
Crossville
$2,581,637
Sen. Ferrell Haile (R)
Gallatin
$1,961,192
Sen. Shane Reeves (R)
$1,837,586
Sen. Bo Watson (R)
Hixson
$1,829,956
Sen. Becky Massey (R)
Knoxville
$1,808,985
Sen. Paul Bailey (R)
Sparta
$1,690,849
Rep. Bob Freeman (D)
Nashville
$1,626,674
Sen. Richard Briggs (R)
Knoxville
$1,586,579
Sen. Todd Gardenhire (R)
Chattanooga
$1,573,902
Sen. Randy McNally (R)
Oak Ridge
$1,513,950
Sen. Mark Pody (R)
Lebanon
$1,468,635
Sen. Jeff Yarbro (D)
Nashville
$1,430,906
Rep. William Lamberth (R)
Portland
$1,393,274
Rep. Justin Pearson (D)
Memphis
$1,331,211
Rep. Justin Jones (D)
Nashville
$1,309,289
Rep. Gloria Johnson (D)
Knoxville
$1,271,529
Sen. Ed Jackson (R)
Jackson
$1,169,489
Sen. John Stevens (R)
Huntingdon
$1,163,058
Rep. Bo Mitchell (D)
Nashville
$1,100,670
Rep. Mark White (R)
Memphis
$1,085,345
Rep. Clark Boyd (R)
Lebanon
$1,062,779
Sen. Dawn White (R)
Murfreesboro
$1,050,141
Sen. Steve Southerland (R)
Morristown
$1,018,495
Sen. Joey Hensley (R)
Hohenwald
$1,000,548
All data is public information extracted from Tennessee campaign-finance disclosures. By law, this information is self-reported by candidates and TLRC is not responsible for inaccurate or misleading information. Contact info@tennesseestands.org with corrections.