THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Scott DesJarlais relies more heavily on PAC and committee funding than individual donors, with 56% of his $1.0 million raised coming from these sources. Industry-tied money to his campaign shows a concentration in Defense & Aerospace (35%), followed by Construction & Engineering (11%), with smaller shares from Retail & Consumer, Real Estate, and Food & Beverage; his individual donor base similarly draws from Defense & Aerospace, Construction & Engineering, and Retail & Consumer sectors. He has filed 2 stock trade disclosures and maintains a voting record of 338 recorded votes.
Raised · all cycles$1.0M▲ 79% in ’24 vs ’22#210 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share35%Defense & Aerospace
Donor-sector votes13on 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 13 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 Voting89%
Scott DesJarlais (R) voted YEA on 7 of 7 bills classified as favoring their donor sectors — #5 rate in the House
Rep. DesJarlais voted yes on 7 of 7 bills (100%) classified as favoring his top donor sectors including Defense & Aerospace and Retail & Consumer, ranking #5 among House members for this voting pattern. He voted yes on HR8289-118, the Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2024, classified as favoring Defense & Aerospace, and supported the one tracked bill classified as limiting these sectors.
Committee–Donor Overlap70%
Scott DesJarlais (R) sits on the Armed Services committee overseeing Defense & Aerospace — their largest tracked donor sector (26%)
Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-TN) sits 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 contributions, ranking him #2 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
Joe Wilson
R-SC · 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