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.
Funding patterns
Every Tennessee candidate ranked by where their money comes from. Each ranking is sorted by share — the dependence question — with a floor on how much a campaign raised so a tiny total can't top the chart, plus a "largest by dollars" cut for the biggest raw amounts.
Ranked by out-of-state share
Candidates ranked by how much of everything they raised came from donors outside Tennessee (counting itemized gifts, whose state we know) — a measure of how nationally, rather than locally, a campaign is funded.
| # | Candidate | Office | Share | Out-of-state $ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aftyn Behn | Tennessee House, District 51 | 82% | $59,678 of $73K |
| 2 | Justin Jones | Tennessee House, District 52 | 64% | $50,052 of $78K |
| 3 | Allie Phillips | Tennessee House, District 75 | 63% | $94,491 of $149K |
| 4 | Jesse Huseth | Tennessee House, District 97 | 54% | $57,787 of $107K |
| 5 | Bryan Goldberg | Tennessee House, District 18 | 42% | $49,429 of $118K |
| 6 | Randy McNally | Tennessee Senate, District 05 | 38% | $81,100 of $212K |
| 7 | Jesse Chism | Tennessee House, District 85 | 37% | $18,500 of $51K |
| 8 | Gabby Salinas | Tennessee House, District 96 | 35% | $27,125 of $77K |
| 9 | Kevin Vaughan | Tennessee House, District 95 | 32% | $29,500 of $92K |
| 10 | John Stevens | Tennessee Senate, District 24 | 32% | $46,000 of $145K |
| 11 | Johnny Garrett | Tennessee House, District 45 | 31% | $8,500 of $28K |
| 12 | Jason L Powell | Tennessee House, District 53 | 30% | $8,662 of $29K |
| 13 | Jeff Yarbro | Tennessee Senate, District 21 | 28% | $41,398 of $146K |
| 14 | Marsha Blackburn | Governor | 28% | $3,021,366 of $10.8M |
| 15 | Iris Rudder | Tennessee House, District 39 | 27% | $14,250 of $52K |
Largest by dollars: Marsha Blackburn $3.0M · Paul Bailey $116K · Jack Johnson $108K · Bo Watson $100K · Allie Phillips $94K
Ranked by small-donor share
Candidates ranked by the share of their money that arrived in gifts of $200 or less — a proxy for how broad a grassroots base a campaign draws on.
| # | Candidate | Office | Share | Small-donor $ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Jones | Tennessee House, District 52 | 84% | $65,503 of $78K |
| 2 | Gloria Johnson | Tennessee House, District 90 | 80% | $18,299 of $23K |
| 3 | Aftyn Behn | Tennessee House, District 51 | 77% | $56,028 of $73K |
| 4 | Allie Phillips | Tennessee House, District 75 | 72% | $106,719 of $149K |
| 5 | Justin J. Pearson | Tennessee House, District 86 | 69% | $7,632 of $11K |
| 6 | Mandy Cook | Tennessee House, District 45 | 64% | $14,701 of $23K |
| 7 | Jerri Green | Governor | 61% | $424,888 of $698K |
| 8 | Jesse Huseth | Tennessee House, District 97 | 61% | $65,115 of $107K |
| 9 | Bryan Goldberg | Tennessee House, District 18 | 55% | $65,148 of $118K |
| 10 | Sheila Grooms McMahan | Tennessee House, District 11 | 55% | $9,530 of $17K |
| 11 | Teri Mai | Tennessee House, District 92 | 54% | $6,448 of $12K |
| 12 | Connie Casha | Tennessee House, District 49 | 54% | $5,537 of $10K |
| 13 | Bethany N Miller | Tennessee House, District 80 | 47% | $9,504 of $20K |
| 14 | Anne Backus | Tennessee House, District 33 | 44% | $5,459 of $13K |
| 15 | Arriell Gipson-Martin | Tennessee House, District 91 | 43% | $2,257 of $5K |
Largest by dollars: Marsha Blackburn $1.3M · Jerri Green $425K · Allie Phillips $107K · John Rose $72K · Lauren Pinkston $69K
Ranked by self-funding share
Candidates ranked by how much of their campaign they funded themselves — direct contributions plus personal and family loans. Skin in the game, or a thin donor base; the data only says where the money came from.
| # | Candidate | Office | Share | Own money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monty Fritts | Tennessee House, District 32 | 100% | $15,000 of $15K |
| 2 | David Hatley | Governor | 99.9% | $7,000,000 of $7.0M |
| 3 | Craig D'Apolito | Tennessee House, District 64 | 98% | $25,000 of $25K |
| 4 | Gino Bulso | Tennessee House, District 61 | 96% | $651,000 of $678K |
| 5 | Michelle Foreman | Tennessee House, District 65 | 96% | $301,866 of $316K |
| 6 | Todd Warner | Tennessee House, District 92 | 90% | $329,670 of $366K |
| 7 | John Rose | Governor | 87% | $12,999,804 of $15.0M |
| 8 | Teresa Congioloso | Tennessee Senate, District 01 | 86% | $93,941 of $109K |
| 9 | Robert C. Vick | Governor | 85% | $10,522 of $12K |
| 10 | Harold "Bo" McCawley | Tennessee House, District 31 | 85% | $23,200 of $27K |
| 11 | Bobby Harshbarger | Tennessee Senate, District 04 | 83% | $410,000 of $495K |
| 12 | Greg Vital | Tennessee House, District 29 | 73% | $225,000 of $307K |
| 13 | Dennis H. Beavers | Tennessee Senate, District 01 | 72% | $51,750 of $72K |
| 14 | Harold Howard | Tennessee House, District 43 | 71% | $34,500 of $49K |
| 15 | Raumesh Akbari | Tennessee Senate, District 29 | 70% | $12,768 of $18K |
Largest by dollars: John Rose $13.0M · David Hatley $7.0M · Brent Taylor $1.0M · Gino Bulso $651K · Bobby Harshbarger $410K
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 | $27,000 | $315,300 | $342,300 |
| Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC | $25,500 | $274,500 | $300,000 |
| Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) | $53,000 | $246,500 | $299,500 |
| Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) | $42,250 | $206,900 | $249,150 |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of TN PAC | $13,000 | $197,400 | $210,400 |
| Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) | $20,000 | $186,300 | $206,300 |
| Amazon.com Services LLC | $39,000 | $166,500 | $205,500 |
| Total Wine Political Action Committee | $29,000 | $175,500 | $204,500 |
| TN Advance Financial PAC | $5,000 | $165,500 | $170,500 |
| Tennessee Health Care Assn PAC | $8,500 | $152,400 | $160,900 |
| Tennessee First | $10,000 | $139,000 | $149,000 |
| Tennessee Telpac | $3,150 | $137,300 | $140,450 |
| Tennessee Manufactured Housing Assn PAC | $5,000 | $129,500 | $134,500 |
| Tennessee Medical Association PAC (TMA) | $16,500 | $107,731 | $124,231 |
| Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry PAC | $3,500 | $110,400 | $113,900 |
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.
| Employer | Candidate | Donors | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|
| State of Tennessee | Marsha Blackburn (Governor) | 38 | $63,014 |
| West Cancer Center | Marsha Blackburn (Governor) | 6 | $58,300 |
| Putnam County | John Rose (Governor) | 3 | $15,562 |
| Ewing Kessler, Inc. | Julian A. McTizic (Tennessee House, District 80) | 8 | $15,200 |
| HCA Healthcare | Jack Johnson (Tennessee Senate, District 27) | 9 | $13,900 |
| One Bank of Tennessee | John Rose (Governor) | 3 | $12,300 |
| Mid-State Construction | Ed Butler (Tennessee House, District 41) | 3 | $11,400 |
| Community Health Systems | Jack Johnson (Tennessee Senate, District 27) | 18 | $9,750 |
| HCA | Bo Watson (Tennessee Senate, District 11) | 7 | $9,100 |
| Gjerset and Lorenz | Bo Watson (Tennessee Senate, District 11) | 5 | $9,000 |
| Boyle Investment Company | Brent Taylor (Tennessee Senate, District 31) | 3 | $8,600 |
| State of Tennessee | Mark Pody (Tennessee Senate, District 17) | 5 | $8,550 |
| Wagon Wheel Title | Angie Lawless (Tennessee House, District 59) | 4 | $7,001 |
| Farm Bureau | Paul Bailey (Tennessee Senate, District 15) | 17 | $6,750 |
| Self Employeed | Tony Jay Crisp (Tennessee House, District 08) | 6 | $6,200 |
How these lists are built: every row derives from Tennessee records already published on this site — no new disclosure, only new sorts. The funding-pattern rankings require a candidate to have raised a minimum ($10,000 for self-funding, $25,000 for out-of-state, $5,000 for small-donor) and to clear a 25% share, then rank by share; the "largest by dollars" cut drops the share floor to surface the biggest raw amounts. Small gifts are ≤$200. Notable patterns: employer blocs need 3+ donors sharing an employer and $5,000 combined, at most 2 per candidate. Rankings cap at 15 rows.