Politician
Tim Burchett
Republican · Tennessee · ran 4 times since 2020, won 4 · incumbent
FEC candidate H8TN02119
Tim Burchett (Republican) raised $3.1M for the 2026 Tennessee 2nd District race, $260K of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $0 for and $0 against them (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Oct 14, 2026). They won.
Raised, all cycles
$7.1M
2026, 2024, 2022, 2020; counted once per cycle
From PAC checks
12%
$840K from corporations, trade groups, unions and politicians
Outside money for
$0
Super PACs and party groups helping
Outside money against
$67K
Spent attacking them
Every run
Each election and its result. Campaign receipts cover the whole cycle and can appear in both regular and special contests; they count once in the totals above.
| Cycle | Race | Raised | PAC share | Outside for / against | Google ads | All money | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Tennessee 2nd District | $3.1M | 8% | $0 / $0 | – | $3.1M | ✓ Won |
| 2024 | Tennessee 2nd District | $1.2M | 11% | $0 / $0 | – | $1.2M | ✓ Won |
| 2022 | Tennessee 2nd District | $1.4M | 12% | $0 / $67K | – | $1.5M | ✓ Won |
| 2020 | Tennessee 2nd District | $1.3M | 20% | $0 / $0 | – | $1.3M | ✓ Won |
Who wrote the checks
The PACs that gave the most across every run, and what kind of money it is.
Corporate $228KTrade group $214KUnion $111KMembership $83KLeadership PAC $65KOther $45KSuper PAC $7K
- National Association of Realtors Political Action CommitteeMembershipLobbyist PAC$23K
- Majority Committee PAC--Mc PACLeadership PAC$20K
- American Israel Public Affairs Committee Political Action CommitteeMembershipLobbyist PAC$20K
- Build Political Action Committee of the National Association of Home Builders (Buildpac)Trade groupLobbyist PAC$18K
- Senate Eagle PACLeadership PAC$10K
- Fedex Corporation Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
- National Automobile Dealers Association Political Action CommitteeTrade groupLobbyist PAC$10K
- Laborers' International Union of North America (Liuna) PACUnionLobbyist PAC$10K
- Carpenters Legislative Improvement Committee United Brotherhood of Carpenters and JoinersUnionLobbyist PAC$10K
- Engineers Political Education Committee (Epec)/International Union of Operating EngineersUnionLobbyist PAC$10K
- National Beer Wholesalers Association Political Action CommitteeTrade groupLobbyist PAC$8K
- Netjets Association of Shared Aircraft Pilots PAC; Njasap PACUnionLobbyist PAC$7K
Outside money, for and against
Super PACs and party groups that spent the most on these races.
- Indivisible Project Inc.against $67K
Funding and votes
How their votes align with industry funding
Across 17 industry-vote comparisons with at least $10K in traced funding, they voted the industry's way 11 times (65%). This is a retrospective comparison using covered 2020–2026 runs; some money arrived after the vote. A vote can appear for multiple industries. Unknown coverage is excluded. “With industry” means its stated preferred side, and does not establish causation.
| Vote | Industry | Their money from it | Voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| NDAA FY2027House · 2026 · 216–212 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $5K | Nay · against |
| Stop Insider Trading ActHouse · 2026 · 232–198 | Reported household trades wanted nay | Unknown coverage | Yea · against |
| Faster Labor Contracts ActHouse · 2026 · 230–193 | Labor unions wanted yea | $95K | Nay · against |
| Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection ActHouse · 2026 · 216–201 | Gun lobby wanted yea | $6K | Yea · with industry |
| Year-round E15House · 2026 · 218–203 | Agriculture, food and retail wanted yeaOil, gas and coal wanted nay | $79K$5K | Nay · againstNay · with industry |
| Farm, Food, and National Security ActHouse · 2026 · 224–200 | Agriculture, food and retail wanted yea | $79K | Yea · with industry |
| Affordable HOMES ActHouse · 2026 · 263–147 | Real estate and construction wanted yea | $52K | Yea · with industry |
| Protect America's Workforce ActHouse · 2025 · 231–195 | Labor unions wanted yea | $95K | Nay · against |
| ANWR coastal plain leasingHouse · 2025 · 217–209 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $5K | Yea · with industry |
| NDAA FY2026House · 2025 · 231–196 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $5K | Nay · against |
| GENIUS Act (stablecoins)House · 2025 · 308–122 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Yea · with industry |
| CLARITY Act (crypto market structure)House · 2025 · 294–134 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Yea · with industry |
| One Big Beautiful Bill ActHouse · 2025 · 218–214 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yeaWall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $5K$11K | Yea · with industryYea · with industry |
| OCC bank merger rule repealHouse · 2025 · 220–207 | Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $11K | Yea · with industry |
| California clean cars waiver repealHouse · 2025 · 246–164 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $5K | Yea · with industry |
| CFPB overdraft rule repealHouse · 2025 · 217–211 | Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $11K | Yea · with industry |
| IRS DeFi broker rule repealHouse · 2025 · 292–132 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Yea · with industry |
| Methane waste emissions charge repealHouse · 2025 · 220–206 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $5K | Yea · with industry |
| FIT21 (crypto market structure)House · 2024 · 279–136 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Yea · with industry |
| Israel Security Assistance Support ActHouse · 2024 · 224–187 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $10K | Yea · with industry |
| SAB 121 repealHouse · 2024 · 228–182 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Yea · with industry |
| Antisemitism Awareness ActHouse · 2024 · 320–91 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $10K | Yea · with industry |
| Israel security supplemental (Apr 2024)House · 2024 · 366–58 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $10K | Nay · against |
| Ukraine security supplementalHouse · 2024 · 311–112 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $4K | Nay · against |
| Protecting Health Care for All Patients ActHouse · 2024 · 211–208 | Pharma and health care wanted yea | $21K | Yea · with industry |
| Joint-employer rule repealHouse · 2024 · 206–177 | Labor unions wanted nay | $76K | Yea · against |
| NDAA FY2024House · 2023 · 310–118 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $4K | Nay · against |
| Israel aid (Nov 2023)House · 2023 · 226–196 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $10K | Yea · with industry |
| Pistol brace rule repealHouse · 2023 · 219–210 | Gun lobby wanted yea | $3K | Yea · with industry |
| Lower Energy Costs ActHouse · 2023 · 225–204 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $5K | Yea · with industry |
| Strategic Production Response ActHouse · 2023 · 221–205 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $5K | Yea · with industry |
| Merger Filing Fee Modernization ActHouse · 2022 · 242–184 | Tech and AI wanted nay | $10K | Nay · with industry |
| Inflation Reduction ActHouse · 2022 · 220–207 | Oil, gas and coal wanted nayPharma and health care wanted nayWall Street and hedge funds wanted nay | $2K$12K$6K | Nay · with industryNay · with industryNay · with industry |
| Assault Weapons Ban of 2022House · 2022 · 217–213 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $1K | Nay · with industry |
| Safer Communities Act (post-Uvalde)House · 2022 · 234–193 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $1K | Nay · with industry |
| Affordable Insulin Now ActHouse · 2022 · 232–193 | Pharma and health care wanted nay | $12K | Nay · with industry |
| Bipartisan Background Checks ActHouse · 2021 · 227–203 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $1K | Nay · with industry |
| PRO Act (union organizing)House · 2021 · 225–206 | Labor unions wanted yea | $63K | Nay · against |
Constituents vs. funders
Voted the way most of their constituents wanted on 3 of 6 key votes (50%)
On 1 vote, industries that gave them $10K+ before the vote wanted the opposite of what most of their constituents wanted. They sided with the funders 1 time and with their constituents 0. Constituent views come from the Cooperative Election Study, a survey of about 60,000 adults a year. A side counts as what constituents wanted only when it leads by more than the margin of error; closer results are shown as split. Party explains most votes, and none of this shows that money changed a vote.
| Vote | Their constituents | Their funders | Voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANWR coastal plain leasingHouse · 2025 | 33% support ±13TN-02 · wanted Yea · CES 2024 · related question | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | YeaWith voters |
| One Big Beautiful Bill ActHouse · 2025 | 60% support ±14TN-02 · split · CES 2024 · related question | $11K Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | YeaVoters split |
| Lower Energy Costs ActHouse · 2023 | 65% support ±13TN-02 · wanted Yea · CES 2024 · related question | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | YeaWith voters |
| Strategic Production Response ActHouse · 2023 | 65% support ±13TN-02 · wanted Yea · CES 2024 · related question | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | YeaWith voters |
| Inflation Reduction ActHouse · 2022 | 59% support ±12TN-02 · split · CES 2022 | $12K Pharma and health care wanted nay | NayVoters split |
| Assault Weapons Ban of 2022House · 2022 | 50% support ±12TN-02 · split · CES 2022 | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | NayVoters split |
| Safer Communities Act (post-Uvalde)House · 2022 | 80% support ±4Tennessee (statewide figure) · wanted Yea · CES 2024 | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | NayAgainst voters |
| Affordable Insulin Now ActHouse · 2022 | 73% support ±11TN-02 · wanted Yea · CES 2022 · related question | $12K Pharma and health care wanted nay | NayFunders over voters |
| Bipartisan Background Checks ActHouse · 2021 | 92% support ±3Tennessee (statewide figure) · wanted Yea · CES 2024 | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | NayAgainst voters |
Figures are the candidate's principal committees as filed with the FEC, cycle by cycle. See About the data.
Questions people ask
- Who funded Tim Burchett's 2026 campaign?
- Tim Burchett (Republican) raised $3.1M for the 2026 Tennessee 2nd District race, $260K of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $0 for and $0 against them (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Oct 14, 2026). They won.
- Which PACs gave the most to Tim Burchett?
- Senate Eagle PAC ($10K), American Israel Public Affairs Committee Political Action Committee ($10K), Netjets Association of Shared Aircraft Pilots PAC; Njasap PAC ($7K), Smart Td PAC ($6K), American Bankers Association PAC (Bankpac) ($5K) in 2026.
- How much has Tim Burchett raised across elections?
- $3.1M in 2026, $1.2M in 2024, $1.4M in 2022, $1.3M in 2020. Receipts are counted once per candidate and cycle.