Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle
Scott DesJarlais
- 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
- General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Tennessee, District 4
Official websiteX (Twitter)FacebookYouTubeInstagramFEC pageCongressional biography
Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.
FEC candidate ID H0TN04195 · Principal campaign committee: FRIENDS OF SCOTT DESJARLAIS
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | U.S. House · Tennessee District 4 | $635,146.20 | General-election nominee |
| 2023–2024 | U.S. House · Tennessee District 4 | $305,905.38 | Won the general election (69.95%) |
| 2021–2022 | U.S. House · Tennessee District 4 | $174,860.33 | Won the general election (70.57%) |
| 2019–2020 | U.S. House · Tennessee District 4 | $332,278.55 | Won the general election (66.7%) |
2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, 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$207,465.0062%
- PACs and other committees$124,249.0037%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$564.550%
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
Committees
- House Committee on Agriculture
- Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry
- Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture
- House Committee on Armed Services
- Seapower and Projection Forces
- Strategic Forces Chairman
Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.
PAC and committee contributors
45 committees reported giving $132,410.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.
- HOUSE FREEDOM FUNDLeadership PAC$21,315.00
- NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- MAJORITY COMMITTEE PAC--MC PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$6,000.00
- BROWN-FORMAN CORPORATION NON-PARTISAN COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GM PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- MAKING A RESPONSIBLE STAND FOR HOUSEHOLDS IN AMERICA PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- HUCK PACPAC$5,000.00
- TN4UPACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL PAC (SCI-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- SCALISE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCBA-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- JACOBS GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND OF JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP INC. Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (AMAZON PAC)PAC$2,500.00
- LHC GROUP, INC. PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUNDConnected PAC$2,000.00
- GENERAL MILLS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- THE FARM CREDIT COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC. ASSOCIATES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$2,000.00
- JIM JORDAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- JODY HICE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
Show all 45 committees
- BIGGS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- WINREDHybrid PAC$1,500.00
- THE NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION ACTION COMMITTEE FOR RURAL ELECTRIFICATION (ACRE) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION RURAL BROADBAND PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ABC PAC)PAC$1,000.00
- DISTILLED SPIRITS COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- REYNOLDS AMERICAN INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE; RAI PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- WINE INSTITUTE PACPAC$1,000.00
- HCA HEALTHCARE, INC. GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN BEVERAGE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AKA AMERICAN BEVERAGE PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL HEALTH CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- HOUSE CONSERVATIVES FUNDLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY, INC. EMPLOYEE FEDERAL PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- TORCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,000.00
- SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. PAC Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- FREEDOM FIRST PACPAC$1,000.00
- JOBS, ENERGY AND OUR FOUNDING FATHERS PAC-JEFF PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL ATHLETIC TRAINERS' ASSOCIATION INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NATAConnected PAC$500.00
- VOTESANE PACPAC$500.00
- COUNCIL FOR CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CCAGW PAC)Connected PAC$95.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Scott Desjarlais$9,477.70
- Independent expenditures opposing Scott Desjarlais$750.00
FEC totals for the 2020 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.
- COMMUNITY HEALTH COUNCIL PAC DBA BREAST CANCER HEALTH COUNCIL PACSupporting$8,000.00
- HOUSE FREEDOM FUNDSupporting$1,474.00
- TOGETHER WE THRIVEOpposing$750.00
The race
Tennessee U.S. House, District 4, 2020 · 3 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Desjarlais (R) | $332,278.55 | $302,649.35 | 2020-12-31 |
| Christopher Jolly Hale (D) | $315,755.75 | $5,734.92 | 2020-12-31 |
| Lawrence Doug Norville Douglas Meyer (R) | $21,652.36 | $3,624.34 | 2020-12-31 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
No public polling found for this race.
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee (retrieved October 23, 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 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.
TerraCivic shows public filings without scores, grades or judgments about any candidate.
Federal law prohibits using information copied from FEC reports to solicit contributions or for commercial purposes. Do not use TerraCivic for fundraising, donor prospecting, or contact lists. TerraCivic shows no individual contributor names, addresses, employers or amounts. Data use & privacy