Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Scott DesJarlais

Official portrait of Scott DesJarlais
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Tennessee’s 4th district
Party
Republican
Hometown
Sherwood, TN
Born
1964
In Congress
House since 2011 · 15 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
DESJARLAIS, SCOTT HON.
Next election
Primary August 6, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Tennessee with the current district highlighted

Tennessee, District 4

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

RepublicanU.S. House · Tennessee District 4IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H0TN04195 · Principal campaign committee: FRIENDS OF SCOTT DESJARLAIS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Tennessee District 4$635,146.20General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Tennessee District 4$305,905.38Won the general election (69.95%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Tennessee District 4$174,860.33Won the general election (70.57%)
2019–2020U.S. House · Tennessee District 4$332,278.55Won the general election (66.7%)
Total raised$635,146.20
Total spent$478,359.65
Cash on hand$522,804.91
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through September 30, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $270,340.07PACs and other committees: $363,750.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $1,056.13
  • Individual contributions$270,340.0743%
  • PACs and other committees$363,750.0057%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$1,056.130%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$1,855.071%
  • Contributions over $200$224,335.0099%
  • Itemized from inside Tennessee$67,510.0030%
  • Itemized from other states$156,825.0070%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Alabama $71,000.00 · Virginia $27,500.00. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$525K$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $63,100.00APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $32,823.78JULY QUARTERLY: raised $62,655.00JULY QUARTERLY: spent $46,331.60OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $94,063.98OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $46,509.43YEAR-END: raised $93,774.20YEAR-END: spent $38,909.04APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $67,325.00APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $152,448.66JULY QUARTERLY: raised $143,894.75JULY QUARTERLY: spent $49,212.04PRE-PRIMARY: raised $12,030.00PRE-PRIMARY: spent $41,500.61OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $98,303.27OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $70,624.492025-032025-092026-032026-07

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea500
Voted nay145
Did not vote29 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored1
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored128

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbo
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 210
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vesse
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.R. 1675 Protecting Horses from Soring Act of 2025
    Introduced Feb 27, 2025 · Latest action Feb 27, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

72 committees reported giving $338,514.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

Show all 72 committees

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Scott Desjarlais$434.21
  • Independent expenditures opposing Scott Desjarlais$0.00

FEC totals for the 2026 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Tennessee U.S. House, District 4, 2026 · 12 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Scott Desjarlais (R)$635,146.20$522,804.912026-09-30
Mike Cortese (D)$788,548.76$460.702026-09-30
Victoria Broderick (D)$94,216.96$11,847.542026-10-14
Thomas Eugene Davis (R)$17,964.94$0.002026-08-31
Timothy Lanier (D)$14,088.99$44.212026-09-30
Joyce Elaine Ed.d. Neal (D)$8,310.00−$101.252026-09-30
Joshua James (R)$3,612.51$0.002026-09-30
Jacob Kristopher Anders (I)$2,267.06$805.402026-09-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe RJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid RFebruary 6, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid RMarch 7, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RAugust 14, 2025

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: FRIENDS OF SCOTT DESJARLAIS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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