OpenTN Follow the money.
Tennessee campaign finance data, made searchable and actually usable. Look up your reps, trace the money, and see who's funding who.
OpenTN is live and tracking 233 candidates, 22,485 unique donors, $15.9M in total contributions, and 43,525 contribution records from official Tennessee state filings.
What it does
Everything you need to follow the money in Tennessee politics.
Campaign Finance Data
Searchable access to Tennessee campaign finance records sourced directly from official state filings.
Community Funding Index
Scores candidates across small-dollar power, neighbor funding, funding spread, and individual vs. PAC support. No editorial spin.
Representative Lookup
Punch in your ZIP code. See who represents you, where their money comes from, and who their top donors are.
Geographic Donor Mapping
See where the money comes from — by city, by state, and how much is flowing in from out of state.
Corporate Giving Tracking
Track employer-linked and business entity donations. See which companies are putting money into Tennessee races.
PAC Funding Analysis
Dig into PAC-to-candidate relationships. See how political action committees spread their money around.
The story
Campaign finance data in Tennessee is public record. But have you ever tried to actually use it? The raw filings are buried, the format is rough, and unless you already know what you're looking for, good luck. We built OpenTN because that's not good enough.
We pull directly from the Tennessee Bureau of Ethics and Campaign Finance, crunch the raw filing data, and turn it into something you can search, score, and actually make sense of. The Community Funding Index breaks down how a candidate is funded — grassroots vs. PAC money, in-district vs. out-of-state — without telling you what to think about it.
This is Position5's first civic tech project. We're not partisan, we don't editorialize, and we don't have a horse in any race. We just think people should be able to see where the money goes.
Data Source
Tennessee Bureau of Ethics and Campaign Finance
Coverage
State and local candidates across Tennessee
Approach
Non-partisan. No editorial angle. Just the data.