THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Scott DesJarlais raised $1.0 million across 702 contributions with a 56-44 split between PAC/committee money and individual donors, supplemented by $165K in party and single-issue political money. His industry-tied contributions show pronounced concentration in Defense & Aerospace (35% of industry money), followed by Construction & Engineering (11%) and smaller shares in Retail & Consumer, Food & Beverage, and Real Estate. Individual donors in his base work primarily in Retail & Consumer, Construction & Engineering, and Defense & Aerospace sectors, with a recorded voting history of 336 votes and 2 stock trade disclosures.
Raised · all cycles$952K▲ 79% in ’24 vs ’22#210 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share35%Defense & Aerospace
Donor-sector votes15on bills touching top donor sectors
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Left: who funds DesJarlais (ribbon width = dollars) · right: their votes on bills classified as favoring vs limiting those sectors
“Favors / limits” is an AI classification of each bill's likely effect on the sector — a factual reading of the bill, not a claim about motive. Correlation, not causation. The named bills are in DOES THE MONEY MATCH THE VOTES? below.
DOES THE MONEY MATCH THE VOTES?
How DesJarlais voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 15 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is DesJarlais's total from that donor sector — shown on each related vote, not a per-vote amount. Correlation between funding and votes, not causation; many factors shape any single vote.
TOP SOURCES
1$27K
HOUSE FREEDOM FUND
PAC
2$25K
ULINE
employees
3$21K
REALTORS PAC
PAC
4$20K
EYE OF THE TIGER PAC
PAC
5$20K
MAJORITY COMMITTEE PAC--MC PAC
PAC
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
Sector-Aligned Voting91%
Scott DesJarlais (R) voted YEA on 9 of 9 bills classified as favoring their donor sectors — #30 rate in the House
Rep. Scott DesJarlais voted yes on 9 of 9 bills (100%) that an AI classifier identified as favoring Defense & Aerospace and Retail sectors, ranking 30th highest among House members on this metric. He voted yes on HR6126-118, the Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, classified as favoring Defense & Aerospace, and voted yes on 1 of 1 bills classified as limiting those sectors.
Committee–Donor Overlap70%
Scott DesJarlais (R) sits on the Armed Services committee overseeing Defense & Aerospace — their largest tracked donor sector (26%)
Scott DesJarlais (R-TN) serves on the House Committee on Armed Services, which has jurisdiction over the Defense & Aerospace sector. Defense & Aerospace is his largest donor sector at 26.1% of identified contributions, ranking third among House Republicans in donor concentration from this sector.
COMMITTEES
Agriculture
Armed Services
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Mike Rogers
R-AL · House
Defense & AerospaceConstruction & EngineeringReal Estate
Lisa C. McClain
R-MI · House
Defense & AerospaceConstruction & EngineeringReal Estate
Andrew S. Clyde
R-GA · House
Construction & EngineeringRetail & ConsumerReal Estate
Glenn Grothman
R-WI · House
Construction & EngineeringRetail & ConsumerReal Estate
Thomas P. Tiffany
R-WI · House
Construction & EngineeringRetail & ConsumerReal Estate
Andy Harris
R-MD · House
Construction & EngineeringFood & BeverageReal Estate