TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Apr 3, 2017
Tennessee state legislators spent campaign dollars on questionable items like flowers, car washes, Amazon Prime memberships, basketball tickets, wedding gifts and more, according to an investigation by the Tennessean. Regulatory oversight of how state elected officials spend their money is nebulous, with the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance randomly auditing just 2 percent of campaign accounts each year. Currently Lt. Gov. Randy McNally, R-Oak Ridge, and Sen. Ken Yager, R-Kingston, are proposing changing state law so that the registry would audit 4 percent of campaign finance reports.