Bill Hagerty
Senator · R-TN
OverviewMoney & Influence
61% of Hagerty's money comes from outside TN.
The majority of funding comes from donors who cannot vote for this member.
$1.1M raised$73 avg donation39% from TN
Key Findings
61% of donations come from outside TN
More than half of funding comes from out-of-state donors.
16% of PAC money comes from regulated industries
Some funding comes from industries within this member's committee jurisdiction.
59% of money comes from large donors (>$1,000)
A significant share of funding comes from major individual donors.
No revolving door connections detected
No former staff were matched to registered lobbyists.
How Does Money Flow Through Congress?
An interactive guide to the influence pipeline
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How Does Money Flow Through Congress?
An interactive guide to the influence pipeline
How It Works
The Influence Pipeline
How money flows to — and through — Bill Hagerty's office.
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The Company
A corporation wants a law passed or blocked.
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The PAC
Direct donations are illegal. So employees pool money into a Political Action Committee.
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The Target
PACs fund members on committees that regulate their industry.
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The Committee
These committees write the laws that affect the donor's business.
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🗳️
The Vote
Your representative votes — and the pattern is clear.
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The Lobbying
Those lobbyists push specific bills before their former colleagues.
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The Revolving Door
Former staff become lobbyists for the same industries that fund their old boss.
The cycle repeats.
01
The Company
A corporation wants a law passed or blocked.
02
The PAC
Direct donations are illegal. So employees pool money into a Political Action Committee.
03
The Target
PACs fund members on committees that regulate their industry.
04
⚖️
The Committee
These committees write the laws that affect the donor's business.
05
🚪
The Revolving Door
Former staff become lobbyists for the same industries that fund their old boss.
06
📋
The Lobbying
Those lobbyists push specific bills before their former colleagues.
07
🗳️
The Vote
Your representative votes — and the pattern is clear.
The cycle repeats.
Follow the Money
Finance is the largest PAC sector at $503K from 187 PACs.
Industry PACs
$1.1MWhich sectors fund this member
Leadership PACs
$3.5MHow much power this member brokers
Tennessee Eagle Pac
Raised: $219KSpent: $237K
Senate Eagle Pac
Raised: $1.1MSpent: $582K
Senate Eagle Pac
Raised: $1.3MSpent: $1.3M
Tennessee Eagle Pac
Raised: $248KSpent: $135K
Tennessee Eagle Pac
Raised: $15KSpent: $12K
Top Individual Donors
$5.1MNamed people writing checks
Carter, Joy↗$23K
TN · Airtech Int'l · 5xTN · Maa · 6x
Blalock, Doug↗$18K
TN · Blalock & Sons · 2xFuller, Chris↗$17K
TN · Transcard · 3xValdez, Mike↗$16K
TN · 5xFL · 3x
Hagerty
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Votes Cast by Policy Area
Economics and Public Finance
146
International Affairs
41
Armed Forces and National Security
33
Transportation and Public Works
28
Science, Technology, Communications
25
Environmental Protection
20
Deep Dive
How we built this & what it doesn't prove
- • Donor data from FEC filings (9.47M individual contributions)
- • Voting records from Congress.gov roll call data
- • Lobbying data from Senate LDA filings
- • Staff employment from House disbursement records
Correlation between donations and votes does not prove causation. Members may vote in alignment with donors because they share genuine policy beliefs, not because of financial influence. We present the connections — you decide what they mean.