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David Kustoff

US Representative (R-TN-8)
Tracked because Sitting member of the House; tracked for votes, donor mapping, and committee oversight.
Editorial summary · AI-drafted from public records

David Kustoff is the Republican U.S. Representative (TN's 8th congressional district). The platform has 5 voting records on file (2021-2025) and 44 verified facts on file covering this member's voting positions, financial disclosures, and stated platform commitments.

Facts on record39
Connections mapped50
Sources cited19
✦ Thin coverage gap +110 connected to 50 entities · only 39 facts on record · flagged for follow-up research
Evidence: 21P+13 18S+10
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No documented contradictions on file.
[PUBLIC COST ESTIMATE]
Documented financial relationships span 0 money flow chains, while 1 elected official holds documented connections.
$9.6BDonor Contributions
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Donor contributions aggregate documented amounts from the donor_interests table, sourced from FEC individual and PAC contribution filings.

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All figures are drawn from public filings. Estimates are conservative — undisclosed transactions, dark money, and vanish-point hops are excluded from totals. This is a minimum documented floor, not a ceiling.

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David Kustoff has not publicly weighed in on In-person constituent town halls
Key Connections
← American Medical Association PAC organization
donor
$5,000 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00000422/
← Build PAC Of The National Association Of Home Builders organization
donor
$7,000 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00000901/
← The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Action Committee For Rural Electrification (A... organization
donor
$6,000 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (4 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00002972/
← Mortgage Bankers Association PAC (Morpac) organization
donor
$10,000 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00004812/
← National Association Of Insurance And Financial Advisors PAC organization
donor
$11,500 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00005249/
← Culac The PAC Of Credit Union National Association organization
donor
$10,000 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (4 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00007880/
← First Horizon National Corporation Federal PAC organization
donor
$10,000 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00008151/
← American Council Of Engineering Companies (Acec/PAC) organization
donor
$7,500 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00010868/
Facts (39)
Data Freshness
Ageing Last update: 172d ago · Avg age: 185d
Confidence Tiers: Primary Source — cross-referenced government/corporate filings Pending Review — sourced but not independently verified AI Inference — analytical hypothesis from cross-referencing
✓ Verified Findings (39)
Independently re-checked: a second model read the source artifact and confirmed it supports the extracted claim.
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Bachelor's degree or higher: 29.8%
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Poverty rate: 10.2%
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Homeownership rate: 72.8%
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Black or African American: 17.1%
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: White (Non-Hispanic): 73.5%
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Population (2024): 767,898
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median household income: $69,163
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Amendment 4 — Remove Religious Minister Disqualification (2022) (2022) — passed, margin majority yes
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Amendment 3 — Remove Slavery as Punishment for Crime from Constitution (2022) (2022) — passed, margin 80% yes to 20% no
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Amendment 1 — Right-to-Work Constitutional Amendment (2022) (2022) — passed, margin 70% yes to 30% no — swept all 95 counties
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 31-33 (share 0.13)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 44-45 (share 0.15)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 62 (share 0.17)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Top employer: Baptist Memorial Health Care (Memphis area) (14000 employees)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Top employer: Hitachi Energy (Alamo — Crockett County) (350 employees)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Top employer: West Tennessee Healthcare (Jackson) (6000 employees)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Top employer: FedEx Corporation (Memphis HQ — adjacent to district) (30000 employees)
✓ verified Pending Review [constituency_baseline] District summary: Tennessee's 8th Congressional District covers the bulk of West Tennessee, stretching from the Mississippi River to the eastern Memphis suburbs. The district includes all or parts of Shelby, Madison, Gibson, Dyer, Weakley, Henry, Carroll, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy, and surrounding counties. Major cities include Jackson, Dyersburg, Union City, Paris, Collierville, Germantown, Bartlett, and the eastern fourth of Memphis. With a population of approximately 767,898 and a Cook PVI of R+48, it is one of the safest Republican seats in the nation. The district has a median household income of $69,163 and a poverty rate of 10.2%. It is 73.5% White and 17.1% Black. Only 29.8% of residents hold a bachelor's degree, below the national average. Homeownership is 72.8% with a median home value of $233,800. The economy is anchored by agriculture, manufacturing (including a Hitachi Energy transformer plant), distribution and logistics (FedEx headquarters in Memphis), healthcare, and retail. The district includes rural hospital access challenges and significant agricultural interests.
Added: 27 Apr 2026
✓ verified Primary Source Voted nay on H.R. 8404 (Respect for Marriage Act) on 2022-12-08: One of 169 House Republicans to vote against codifying federal recognition of same-sex and interracial marriages. Only 39 Republicans supported the landmark civil rights bill.
✓ verified Primary Source Voted nay on H.R. 3684 (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) on 2021-11-05: One of 200 House Republicans to oppose the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package that funded roads, bridges, broadband, and energy infrastructure across West Tennessee.
Date: 2021-11-05 Added: 27 Apr 2026 ↗ SOURCE: Roll call: H.R.3684
✓ verified Primary Source Voted nay on H.R. 1319 (American Rescue Plan Act of 2021) on 2021-02-27: Opposed $1.9 trillion COVID relief including $1,400 stimulus checks and expanded child tax credits — benefits that would have aided families in a district with a 10.2% poverty rate and median household income of $69,163.
✓ verified Primary Source Voted yea on H.R. 8035 (Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024) on 2024-04-20: Voted for $60.8 billion in Ukraine military aid, earning a 'B' grade from Republicans for Ukraine. Voted for every major Ukraine aid package from lend-lease forward. One of 101 House Republicans to support the 2024 supplemental. Also voted to protect Ukraine funding against multiple GOP amendments seeking to strip $300 million in aid.
✓ verified Primary Source Voted yea on H.R. 1 (119th Congress) (One Big Beautiful Bill Act) on 2025-07-03: As a Ways and Means Committee member, played a key role in crafting the tax portion of Trump's signature reconciliation bill. Called it 'historic legislation' that delivers 'tax relief' to working Americans. The bill passed 218-214, cutting hundreds of billions from Medicaid and SNAP. Constituents protested outside his Memphis office, chanting 'I feel betrayed' that he would cut programs in a district with a 10.2% poverty rate.
✓ verified Primary Source [vote] Kustoff voted for the American Health Care Act of 2017 to repeal the Affordable Care Act, telling constituents at a town hall that 'our current health care system is failing Tennesseans.' A woman angrily confronted him about that vote.
✓ verified Primary Source [platform] Kustoff campaigned on fiscal conservatism and fighting to 'cut taxes and regulations' to defend 'West Tennessee values.'
✓ verified Primary Source [statement] Kustoff made anti-Ukraine statements, saying: 'We're all for Ukraine, we support their effort against the Russians... But the message that I get from constituents across west Tennessee... is we need to stop the spending.' Republicans for Ukraine also flagged Kustoff for making 'an anti-Ukraine statement or statements.'
✓ verified Primary Source [vote] Kustoff voted in favor of H.R. 8035, the Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2024, providing $60.8 billion in military aid to Ukraine. Republicans for Ukraine gave him a 'B' grade.
✓ verified Primary Source [vote] Kustoff voted against the Respect for Marriage Act, one of 169 House Republicans to oppose codifying federal recognition of same-sex and interracial marriages. He also voted against the Equality Act.
✓ verified Primary Source [vote] Kustoff voted against certifying Pennsylvania's electoral votes on January 6-7, 2021, and signed the Texas v. Pennsylvania amicus brief seeking to overturn the 2020 election results.
✓ verified Primary Source [vote] Kustoff voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, celebrating it as delivering 'the largest spending reduction in history' and making permanent key provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The Congressional Budget Office projected the OBBB would add trillions to the national deficit.
✓ verified Primary Source [vote] Kustoff voted against the American Rescue Plan Act, joining every Republican in opposing the $1.9 trillion COVID relief package.
✓ verified Primary Source Kustoff is one of only two Jewish Republican members of the House of Representatives and has been a vocal supporter of Israel throughout his career.
✓ verified Primary Source Delivering American Values in DC is Kustoff's leadership PAC, contributing 100% to Republican candidates.
✓ verified Primary Source Quiver Quantitative estimated Kustoff's net worth at $6.9M as of May 2025 and $8.4M by August 2025, ranking approximately 108th-118th in Congress. He holds approximately $1.8M-$2.6M invested in publicly traded assets.
✓ verified Primary Source Kustoff serves on the House Ways and Means Committee, the chief tax-writing committee. He authored the Holocaust Insurance Accountability Act and co-sponsored the RPM Access Act and Winter Canola Study Act.
✓ verified Primary Source Blackstone Group contributed $41,600, Apollo Global Management $26,400, First Horizon Corp $23,200, and the Republican Jewish Coalition $22,350 — all among Kustoff's top contributors for the cycle.
✓ verified Primary Source Securities & Investment was the top contributing industry at $202,466 ($137,766 individual + $64,700 PAC), followed by Insurance at $177,500 ($15,000 individual + $162,500 PAC), and Real Estate at $110,950 ($35,950 individual + $75,000 PAC).
✓ verified Primary Source The American Israel Public Affairs Committee was Kustoff's top organizational contributor at $44,600 ($34,600 individual + $10,000 PAC), and the largest payor to his campaign committee at $76,460 through 58 payments in the 2024 cycle. Pro-Israel industry contributions totaled $100,778 ($80,778 individual + $20,000 PAC).
✓ verified Primary Source David Kustoff's campaign committee raised $2,410,699 in the 2023-2024 election cycle, with 46.31% from PAC contributions ($1,116,370) and only 0.44% from small individual donors ($10,759).
All Connections (50)
← Scott DesJarlais person
colleague inferential since 2017
DesJarlais and David Kustoff are both known entities in the database representing Tennessee in the U.S. Congress.
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00000422/
donor primary since 2024
$7,000 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00000901/
donor primary since 2026
$5,000 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00002261/
donor primary since 2024
$6,000 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (4 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00002972/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00004812/
donor primary since 2024
$11,500 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00005249/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (4 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00007880/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00008151/
donor primary since 2024
$7,500 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00010868/
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00012245/
← Title Industry PAC organization
donor primary since 2024
$6,000 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (4 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00012914/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00014019/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (6 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00022343/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00023028/
donor primary since 2024
$8,000 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (5 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00024968/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00030718/
donor primary since 2024
$7,500 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (6 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00032698/
← Aflac PAC (Aflac PAC) organization
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00034157/
donor primary since 2026
$10,000 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00034488/
donor primary since 2024
$7,500 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00038604/
donor primary since 2024
$15,000 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00039552/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (4 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00039578/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00046474/
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00048579/
donor primary since 2026
$7,100 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00059733/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00060087/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00064766/
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00067231/
← Fedex Corporation PAC organization
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00068692/
donor primary since 2024
$15,000 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (4 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00077321/
← Cigna Corporation PAC organization
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00085316/
donor primary since 2024
$5,500 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00089458/
← Honeywell International PAC organization
donor primary since 2024
$6,000 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00096156/
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00105981/
donor primary since 2024
$7,500 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (6 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00107029/
← Pricewaterhousecoopers PAC I organization
donor primary since 2024
$6,500 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (4 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00107235/
← At&T Inc. Federal PAC organization
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00109017/
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00113241/
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00113811/
donor primary since 2026
$7,500 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00122101/
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00130773/
← Appraisal Institute PAC organization
donor primary since 2024
$8,500 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (4 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00144261/
donor primary since 2024
$6,000 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00144766/
donor primary since 2024
$7,500 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (5 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00147066/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (4 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00147173/
donor primary since 2024
$7,000 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00148031/
donor primary since 2024
$6,500 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (6 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00153445/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00158881/
donor primary since 2024
$7,000 to David Kustoff's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00161414/
Sources (19)
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: David Kustoff — Court records (no results) court_document Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: David Kustoff — Parliamentary records (no results) parliamentary_record Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: David Kustoff — Lobbying disclosures (no results) government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: David Kustoff — FEC donations (no results) fec_record Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: David Kustoff — SEC filings (no results) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
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2026-04-23 UNVERIFIED SEARCH_ERROR: David Kustoff not found in fec claim_flag Processed 📜 Receipt