Scott Desjarlais
Republican
· TN-4 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Agriculture · and Poultry · and Department Operations · House Committee on Armed Services
Influence Score
42.6
Least exposed
↑ +2.8
vs 118th (39.7)
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This score measures financial influence across twelve categories. Each bar shows how this member compares to all others in Congress. Longer bars mean more exposure.
Score breakdown — twelve categories
Contributionsmoney from PACs (political action committees) and individual donors
1.1
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,561
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.0
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.9
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.0
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
0.0
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
11.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
1.5
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.7
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
1.7
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $23.71M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $47K.
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Score across four congresses
Score and tier for each Congress. Members are ranked against others in the same Congress, so tiers are comparable across rows. Raw scores reflect different data availability per Congress.
| Congress | Score | Tier |
|---|---|---|
| 116th · 2019-2021 | 31.0 | Least exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 29.8 | Least exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 39.7 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 42.5 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
Total money from this network
$30,596
Number of funding networks contributing
1
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Where most of the money comes from
What share of their combined contributions and outside spending comes from a single network. Party committees are excluded.
Network
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
Share from this one network
6.5%
Amount from this network
$30,033
Total from all networks
$460,943
Networks contributing
77
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Who funds Desjarlais
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$195,631
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Does the money match their power?
Whether their money comes from the industries their committees actually oversee
Money from industries they regulate
0.7%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
0.0%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
No suspicious timing patterns detected.
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
BOEING
$3.61M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.33M
BOEING
$2.06M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$2.06M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$1.87M
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
$1.55M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$1.48M
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
$1.38M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$1.36M
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$1.14M
HARRIS
$1.09M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$1.07M
REGIONS BANK
$922K
LEIDOS
$832K
RAYTHEON
$828K
HOMEMAKER
$747K
REGIONS BANK
$688K
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$663K
HOMEMAKER
$536K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Scott Desjarlais comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
COMMUNITY HEALTH COUNCIL PAC DBA BREAST CANCER HEALTH COUNCIL PAC
$8K
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
$7K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$1K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$861
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
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Pro-Israel network donors
This counts contributions to this member from individuals whose FEC filings also show contributions to one of the 16 pro-Israel political action committees tracked by the Index. It is a measure of donor overlap — not a claim about why any individual gave, and not part of the influence score.
8 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $114K to Scott Desjarlais across 8 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$114K
Shared contributors
8
Contributions
8
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | $4K |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 | $4K |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 | $106K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for Scott Desjarlais or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DONALD CUTRELL | Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, Professional Staff on the Senate Appropria… | MAYNARD NEXSEN PC | 11 | 79 | 2023–2025 |
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Scott Desjarlais ranks among the least exposed members of this Congress relative to their colleagues. Money may flow, but the votes do not track the top funding networks. Least exposed is a relative position, not a finding of no exposure.
Data: FEC (Federal Election Commission) filings · 118th–119th Congress · lobbying disclosures · VoteView recorded votes
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required