Funding Patterns
Every Tennessee candidate ranked by where their money comes from — out-of-state, small-dollar, and self-funding — plus the notable anomalies underneath. Every line links to the records behind it.
Notable patterns
Patterns worth a second look — the kind that usually take a spreadsheet to find.
PACs giving to both parties
Committees whose contributions reached Democratic and Republican candidates alike this cycle. The data shows who they gave to, not why.
| Committee | To Democrats | To Republicans | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA TriStar Fund | $35,000 | $366,300 | $401,300 |
| Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) | $58,000 | $315,500 | $373,500 |
| Tennessee Bankers Association PAC | $8,000 | $348,400 | $356,400 |
| Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) | $45,500 | $276,550 | $322,050 |
| Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC | $25,500 | $286,000 | $311,500 |
| Amazon.com Services LLC | $52,000 | $206,500 | $258,500 |
| Total Wine Political Action Committee | $29,000 | $229,400 | $258,400 |
| Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) | $22,500 | $201,300 | $223,800 |
| Housing Industry PAC | $5,000 | $216,900 | $221,900 |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of TN PAC | $13,000 | $207,400 | $220,400 |
| Tennessee First | $12,500 | $172,500 | $185,000 |
| Tennessee Medical Association PAC (TMA) | $25,000 | $149,981 | $174,981 |
| TN Advance Financial PAC | $5,000 | $167,500 | $172,500 |
| Tennessee Manufactured Housing Assn PAC | $5,000 | $166,500 | $171,500 |
| Tennessee Health Care Assn PAC | $8,500 | $157,400 | $165,900 |
Single-employer donor blocs
Three or more donors who share an employer, giving to the same candidate. A bloc can be ordinary workplace enthusiasm or coordinated giving worth a closer look. “At least” because employer spellings we have not linked may add more. A candidate running for more than one office at once is counted once, across every campaign they are running.
| Employer | Candidate | Donors | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|
| State of Tennessee | Marsha Blackburn (Governor) | at least 36 | $73,863 |
| Anthropic | Marsha Blackburn (Governor) | at least 7 | $62,600 |
| Putnam County | John Rose (Governor) | at least 3 | $15,562 |
| Ewing Kessler, Inc. | Julian A. McTizic (Tennessee House, District 80) | at least 8 | $15,200 |
| HCA Healthcare | Jack Johnson (Tennessee Senate, District 27) | at least 8 | $12,900 |
| Mid-State Construction | Ed Butler (Tennessee House, District 41) | at least 3 | $11,400 |
| Ballad Health | Rusty Crowe (Tennessee Senate, District 03) | at least 3 | $9,500 |
| HCA | Bo Watson (Tennessee Senate, District 11) | at least 7 | $9,100 |
| Gjerset and Lorenz | Bo Watson (Tennessee Senate, District 11) | at least 5 | $9,000 |
| Boyle Investment Company | Brent Taylor (Tennessee Senate, District 31) | at least 3 | $8,600 |
| Wolftever Development | Esther Helton Haynes (Tennessee House, District 30) | at least 3 | $8,000 |
| State of Tennessee | Mark Pody (Tennessee Senate, District 17) | at least 5 | $7,400 |
| McKee Foods | Greg Vital (Tennessee House, District 29) | at least 3 | $7,050 |
| Wagon Wheel Title | Angie Lawless (Tennessee House, District 59) | at least 4 | $7,001 |
| University of Memphis | Jerri Green (Governor) | at least 5 | $6,804 |
How these lists are built: every row derives from Tennessee records already published on this site — no new disclosure, only new sorts. Notable patterns: employer blocs need 3+ donors sharing an employer and $5,000 combined, at most 2 per candidate. Rankings cap at 15 rows.