Everybody’s thought it.
State Sen. So and So or state Rep. What’s Their Name voted on this or that piece of legislation because they received sizable campaign contributions from a business that will benefit from the legislation.
We’re not here to accuse any member of the Hamilton County legislative delegation of pay-for-play but only to offer information collated in a digital tool created by The Tennessee Lookout to see who is giving to our representatives.
Without the online tool, it would take someone hours and hours to comb through public campaign finance reports, from all the years a particular legislator has been in office, and tally up contributions.
People will make their own conclusions from the information, but here’s what we found: