Congress Monitor Build Handoff

Area: Full Workup (one official, all sections) (eo_full_workup) Filed: 2026-05-03T06:35:00.275Z Source: External LLM via /handoff/congress (attempt #81100) Resolved official: Scott DesJarlais (entity #11165) Ingest result: 22 facts · 22 sources · 1 silences · 1 contradictions · 1 voting_records

Briefing Sent

Single super-prompt covering every per-official research area in one LLM call: donor mapping, silences, contradictions, telling votes, and constituency baseline. The LLM returns ONE JSON object; the ingest pipeline dispatches each section to its typed table independently, so a malformed or no-data section never blocks the rest.

Result

{ "target_official": { "name": "Scott DesJarlais", "bioguide_id": "D000616" }, "donor_mapping": { "facts": [ { "fact_text": "In the 2024 election cycle, Scott DesJarlais's campaign received $305,704.88 in total contributions, including $152,104.88 from individuals and $153,600 from other committees, according to FEC filings.", "date_occurred": "2024-11-05", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H0TN04195/?cycle=2024" }, { "fact_text": "Over his career (2009-2024), DesJarlais's top contributors include McKee Foods ($127,650), National Healthcare Corp ($106,900), American Development Corp ($88,450), and Healthmark Ventures ($74,700), per OpenSecrets.", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00030957&cycle=CAREER" }, { "fact_text": "In the 2023-2024 cycle, top contributors to DesJarlais's campaign committee include McKee Foods ($19,800), House Freedom Fund ($11,600), and Majority Cmte PAC ($10,000), per OpenSecrets.", "date_occurred": "2024-11-05", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/contributors?cid=N00030957&cycle=2010&type=I&newMem=N&recs=20" }, { "fact_text": "During the 2012 election cycle, health industry PACs gave a combined $71,000 to DesJarlais's campaign, despite his scandals involving patient mistresses, according to The Huffington Post.", "date_occurred": "2012-11-06", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/medical-donors-sick-of-scott-desjarlais_b_2212718" } ], "connections": [] }, "silences": [ { "topic": "Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision overturning Roe v. Wade", "expected_position": "As a vocal pro-life advocate with a 100% pro-life voting record, DesJarlais would be expected to issue a statement celebrating the ruling or otherwise commenting on the landmark abortion decision.", "window_start": "2022-06-24", "window_end": "2022-07-08", "evidence_summary": "DesJarlais made no public statement, press release, or social media post about the Dobbs decision in this window, while earlier in June 2022 he issued a press release about a student loan bill, proving his office was active on other topics.", "primary_url": "https://desjarlais.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-desjarlais-introduces-anti-student-loan-forgiveness-bill" } ], "contradictions": { "claims": [ { "claim_text": "Scott DesJarlais has voted consistently to protect the lives of the unborn and maintains a 100% pro-life voting record, with his spokesman calling him '100 percent pro-life.'", "claim_date": "2025-07-12", "claim_type": "statement", "source_url": "https://sbaprolife.org/representative/scott-desjarlais" }, { "claim_text": "Court records from DesJarlais's 2001 divorce reveal he pressured his ex-wife to have two abortions and urged a patient with whom he was having an affair to travel out of state for an abortion.", "claim_date": "2012-10-10", "claim_type": "disclosure", "source_url": "https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/12/tennessee-scott-desjarlais-abortion-scandal/84192098007/" } ], "contradictions": [ { "claim_a_idx": 0, "claim_b_idx": 1, "type": "statement_vs_disclosure", "severity": "high", "narrative": "DesJarlais publicly campaigns as a steadfast pro-life advocate with a perfect voting record, but private court records show he personally urged his ex-wife and a patient to terminate pregnancies, directly contradicting his public stance." } ] }, "telling_votes": [ { "bill_id": "H.R. 7691", "title": "Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2022-05-10", "roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022145?BillNum=H.R.7691", "why_it_matters": "DesJarlais voted against $40 billion in emergency aid to Ukraine, opposing a majority of House Republicans (149 yea vs 57 nay) who supported the measure. His vote aligns with a nationalist wing of the party skeptical of foreign intervention, placing him at odds with GOP leadership and defense-focused interests.", "category": "party_defection" } ], "constituency_baseline": { "baseline": { "district_summary": "Tennessee's 4th Congressional District stretches across southern Middle Tennessee, encompassing rural areas and parts of the Nashville and Chattanooga suburbs, including Bedford, Franklin, Lincoln, Marion, and Rutherford counties. The district is predominantly White (75.9%) with a significant Black minority (9.2%) and a median household income of about $69,571. The economy relies on manufacturing, agriculture, and defense-related installations such as the Arnold Engineering Development Complex near Tullahoma. The district leans heavily Republican and is characterized by a strong conservative and religious electorate.", "top_employers": [ { "name": "Arnold Engineering Development Complex (U.S. Air Force)", "employees": 3000, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-4-tn" }, { "name": "Rutherford County Schools", "employees": 5000, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-4-tn" }, { "name": "Middle Tennessee State University", "employees": 3500, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-4-tn" } ], "dominant_industries": [ { "naics": "31-33 - Manufacturing", "share": 0.18, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-4-tn" }, { "naics": "62 - Health Care and Social Assistance", "share": 0.14, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-4-tn" }, { "naics": "44-45 - Retail Trade", "share": 0.12, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-4-tn" }, { "naics": "92 - Public Administration", "share": 0.07, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-4-tn" } ], "recent_ballot_measures": [ { "name": "Tennessee Constitutional Amendment 1 (2022) - Right-to-Work", "year": 2022, "result": "passed", "margin": "70% yes – 30% no", "source_url": "https://sos.tn.gov/elections/results" }, { "name": "Tennessee Constitutional Amendment 3 (2022) - Remove Slavery as Punishment Exception", "year": 2022, "result": "passed", "margin": "80% yes – 20% no", "source_url": "https://sos.tn.gov/elections/results" } ], "demographic_anchors": [ { "label": "Median household income", "value": "$69,571", "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-4-tn" }, { "label": "Poverty rate", "value": "12.5%", "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-4-tn" }, { "label": "Population White (non-Hispanic)", "value": "75.5%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/scott-desjarlais-D000616/district" }, { "label": "Population Black or African American", "value": "9.2%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/scott-desjarlais-D000616/district" }, { "label": "Bachelor's degree or higher (age 25+)", "value": "25.8%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/scott-desjarlais-D000616/district" } ] } } }