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David Kustoff

David Kustoff

Republican · TN U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

Service history

10 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2017

  • Representative TN-8 2017–present

Background

  • role U.S. representative from Tennessee's 8th congressional district
  • role Served as United States attorney for the Western District of Tennessee from 2006 to 2008
  • background Attorney by profession
  • background Born October 8, 1966

Campaign finance

2016 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House TN-08 · 2026 General Election

  • $1,397,460 raised
  • $1,284,634 spent
  • $112,826 cash on hand
$1.40M
$1.17M
$973.57K
Itemized (≥ $200)$944.60K
Unitemized (< $200)$28.97K
Party committees$500.00
Other committees (PACs)$192.95K
Candidate self-funding$2.70K
$226.00K
Made by candidate$226.00K
Offsets to expenditures$1.71K
Other receipts$34.56
$1.28M
Operating expenditures$1.21M
Loan repayments$60.00K
Contribution refunds$4.50K
Other disbursements$10.00K
Cash on hand$112.83K
Debts owed by committee$238.63K

Through December 31, 2016 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Dec 31, 2016)

Finance updated: not yet pulled

Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

David Kustoff campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2016$1,397,460$1,284,634$112,826
2018$1,792,247$1,833,726$71,348
2020$1,718,362$1,076,430$713,279
2022$1,912,469$1,467,248$1,158,441
2024$2,420,193$1,526,822$2,051,812
2026$2,142,874$1,195,497$2,999,190

Track record

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

These are verifiable facts from the public record, assembled in one place and presented without judgment. They are not a score, a grade, or a ranking. Context matters: a missed vote may be excused, on leadership or committee duty, or paired; a party-unity rate reflects agenda alignment, not virtue or independence; a disclosed trade or a documented relationship is a required public filing, not evidence of wrongdoing. Each fact links to its full source below.

  • 100.0%
    Roll-call participation →

    voted in 3 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%

    Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.

  • 29
    Bills sponsored →

    plus 168 cosponsored

    A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

  • 1
    Sponsored bills enacted →

    of 29 bills sponsored

    Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.

  • 0
    Documented positions →

    no positions documented yet

    Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.

  • 3
    Committee assignments →

    committees and subcommittees

    Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.

  • 5
    Disclosed stock trades →

    2 tickers · 1 in a sector a committee they sit on oversees

    Disclosed trades are legally required public filings (STOCK Act), not evidence of wrongdoing; trades may be executed by a manager or held in a blind trust.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for David Kustoff. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Voting record

Data from Congress.gov roll-call records

100.0%
of House roll calls voted House median 100.0%

Full voting record (3 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 3 of 645 recorded roll calls

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Committee assignments (3)

Data from Congress.gov committee memberships

Issue positions (1)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Stock trades (STOCK Act)

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

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Documented relationships

Documented facts about Kustoff, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

No documented relationships of this kind on record — absence is not a finding.

Frequent co-sponsors

Data from Congress.gov

The members Kustoff most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

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Connections network

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Kustoff connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

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Sponsored / cosponsored bills (197)

Data from Congress.gov

197
Page 1 of 8 · 197 bills
  • HR 9938SCREEN ActcosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9535Securing Agriculture's Workforce Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 29, 2026
  • HR 9489GRACE for Military Survivors ActcosponsoredJun 24, 2026
  • HR 9343Easy Access to Mail ActcosponsoredJun 17, 2026
  • HR 9298Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts ActcosponsoredJun 10, 2026
  • HR 9211Jewish American Security ActcosponsoredJun 8, 2026
  • HR 9176PAR ActsponsoredJun 7, 2026
  • HR 8791IGNITE HBCU Excellence ActcosponsoredMay 12, 2026
  • HCONRES 98Expressing support for America's law enforcement professionals.cosponsoredMay 11, 2026
  • HR 8415Small Business Tax Cut ActsponsoredApr 20, 2026
  • HR 8239SACRED ActcosponsoredApr 8, 2026
  • HR 8109Save Struggling Hospitals ActsponsoredMar 25, 2026
  • HR 8101Ensuring Better Interest Treatment and Deductibility Act (EBITDA)cosponsoredMar 25, 2026
  • HR 7945Nitrous Oxide Safety Act of 2026cosponsoredMar 15, 2026
  • HR 7847Stop Unemployment Fraud ActcosponsoredMar 4, 2026
  • HR 7651Chloe Cole Act of 2026cosponsoredFeb 22, 2026
  • HR 7540United States-Israel FUTURES Act of 2026cosponsoredFeb 11, 2026
  • HR 7450Disaster Zone Energy Affordability and Investment ActcosponsoredFeb 8, 2026
  • HCONRES 72Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony as part of the commemoration of the days of remembrance of victims of the Holocaust.sponsoredFeb 1, 2026
  • HR 7296SAVE America ActcosponsoredJan 29, 2026
  • HR 7300Make Elections Great Again ActcosponsoredJan 29, 2026
  • HR 7230Buying American Cotton Act of 2026cosponsoredJan 21, 2026
  • HRES 984Supporting the recognition of January 9, 2026, as "National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day".cosponsoredJan 8, 2026
  • HR 6800To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to terminate the tax-exempt status of terrorist supporting organizations.sponsoredDec 16, 2025
  • HR 6824To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a tax credit for qualified combined heat and power system property, and for other purposes.cosponsoredDec 16, 2025
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Committee activity

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