Representative · Tennessee's 8th district

David Kustoff

David Kustoff is a Republican representative for Tennessee's 8th district, in Congress since 2017. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 5, and cast 461 of 468 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Republican
Chamber
House
Current
In Congress since
Jan 3, 2017
Term ends
Jan 3, 2027
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Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives6750.7%5 of 675 · rank 338 of 43999%461 of 468 · rank 196 of 439311 became law10%19 of 181
118th CongressHouse of Representatives1,2222.8%34 of 1,222 · rank 192 of 44295%790 of 834 · rank 300 of 442280 became law9%21 of 226
117th CongressHouse of Representatives9970.9%9 of 997 · rank 238 of 44399%565 of 573 · rank 164 of 443230 became law27%63 of 230

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1+0.54+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

  1. H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Yea
    Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 265–161· Against party
  2. H.R. 1346: To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure under that Act, and for other purposes.Nay
    May 13, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 218–203· Against party
  3. H.R. 3838: Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026Nay
    Sep 10, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 194–236· Against party
  4. H.R. 4553: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
    Sep 4, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 127–297· Against party
  5. H.R. 4553: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
    Sep 4, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 120–302· Against party
  6. H.R. 4553: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
    Sep 3, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 120–307· Against party
  7. H.R. 4553: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
    Sep 3, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 140–286· Against party
  8. H.R. 8997: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025Nay
    Jul 23, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 121–298· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. S. 2403: Retire through Ownership ActYea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
  2. H.R. 9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
  3. H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection ActYea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
  4. H.J.Res. 213: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
  5. H.R. 10326: PROOF ActYea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
  6. H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
  7. H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
  8. H.Con.Res. 93: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Nay
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
  9. H.J.Res. 210: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision".Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
  10. H.R. 9500: Tax Relief for Fraud Victims ActYea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
  11. H.R. 2140: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
  12. H.R. 4646: Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

82 sponsored · 1 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced7389%
  2. Reported by committee11.2%
  3. Passed one chamber22.4%
  4. Passed both chambers44.9%
  5. Sent to the President11.2%
  6. Became law11.2%

Policy areas

  1. Taxation21
  2. Crime and Law Enforcement11
  3. International Affairs9
  4. Health6
  5. Congress4
  6. Finance and Financial Sector4
  7. Government Operations and Politics3
  8. Science, Technology, Communications3

Latest activity

  1. H.R. 5345 Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act
    Sent to the President· Social Welfare· Sep 29, 2026
  2. H.R. 10512 Child Care Tax Benefit Outreach and Assistance Act
    Introduced· Taxation· Sep 21, 2026
  3. H.R. 10299 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 83 East Park Street in Alamo, Tennessee, as the "Kenneth Nolen Davis Post Office".
    Introduced· Government Operations and Politics· Sep 4, 2026
  4. H.R. 3108 RPM Access Act
    Introduced· Health· Jul 15, 2026
  5. H.R. 9176 PAR Act
    Introduced· Taxation· Jun 8, 2026
  6. H.R. 8415 Small Business Tax Cut Act
    Introduced· Taxation· Apr 21, 2026
  7. H.R. 8109 Save Struggling Hospitals Act
    Introduced· Health· Mar 26, 2026
  8. H.Con.Res. 72 Authorizing 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.
    Passed both chambers· Congress· Mar 3, 2026

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Tennessee's 8th district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026
$118.3M
Per resident
$153
Rank in Tennessee
9 of 9
Contract actions
1,056
New awards: 573

By fiscal year

  1. 138.6MFY2017
  2. 119.9MFY2018
  3. 113.6MFY2019
  4. 197.6MFY2020
  5. 218.1MFY2021
  6. 204.7MFY2022
  7. 249.4MFY2023
  8. 164.9MFY2024
  9. 122.2MFY2025
  10. 118.3MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Agricultural Marketing Service$53.6M45%
    Department of Agriculture
  2. Department of the Army$20.7M18%
    Department of Defense
  3. Department of the Navy$13M11%
    Department of Defense
  4. Department of the Air Force$10.6M9.0%
    Department of Defense
  5. Department of Veterans Affairs$6M5.0%
  6. Federal Acquisition Service$3.8M3.2%
    General Services Administration
  7. Environmental Protection Agency$2.6M2.2%
  8. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$1.6M1.4%
    Department of Agriculture

Top recipients

  1. BONGARDS CREAMERIES$53.6M45%
    15 awards
  2. KILGORE FLARES COMPANY LLC$29.1M25%
    11 awards
  3. STRATEGIC DATA SYSTEMS, INC.$4.5M3.8%
    7 awards
  4. AMERICAN ACCESS, INC.$3.3M2.8%
    170 awards
  5. INTEGRATED QUALITY SOLUTIONS, LLC$3M2.5%
    1 award
  6. CACI, INC. - FEDERAL$2.5M2.1%
    3 awards
  7. XEBEC INC$2M1.7%
    1 award
  8. KEMRON/ARROWHEAD JV, LLC$1.5M1.3%
    1 award
  9. COASTAL MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS INC.$1.2M1.0%
    1 award
  10. FIREWATCH CONTRACTING OF FLORIDA LLC$1.2M1.0%
    1 award
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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised
$2.2M
through Jul 17, 2026
Cash on hand
$3M
From committees
$1.1M
254 committees
From contractor PACs
$224K
58 PACs · 21% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac)$10KAMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization—
mortgage bankers associationmortgage bankers association political action committee (morpac)$10KMORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization$125K
international paperinternational paper political action committee (ip-pac)$10KINTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization—
anheuser-busch companies inc.anheuser-busch companies llc political action committee$10KANHEUSER-BUSCH, LLCAI match · 99% · the same organization—
united parcel service, inc.united parcel service, inc. pac (upspac)$10KUNITED PARCEL SERVICE INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$685.7K
fedex corporationfedex corporation political action committee$10KFEDEX SUPPLY CHAIN DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, INC.AI match · 100% · of one corporate family$407.8M
the northwestern mutual life insurance companythe northwestern mutual life insurance company political action committee (nmpac)$10KNORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO, THEAI match · 100% · the same organization—
burns & mcdonnell, inc.burns and mcdonnell inc. pac$8,000BURNS & MCDONNELL, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$6M
smith & nephew, inc.smith & nephew, inc. pac (s+n pac)$7,500SMITH & NEPHEW INCAI match · 100% · the same organization-$63.4K
at&t inc.at&t inc. employee federal political action committee (at&t employee federal pac)$7,000AT&T CORP.,AI match · 100% · of one corporate family-$3,412

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$2.2M$1.1M$224K58 PACs · 21% of committee money
2024$2.5M$1.1M$215.8K51 PACs · 19% of committee money
2022$1.9M$812.2K$153K33 PACs · 19% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

  1. House · Tennessee's 8th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
  2. House · Tennessee's 8th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
  3. House · Tennessee's 8th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
  4. House · Tennessee's 8th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
  5. House · Tennessee's 8th districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website
kustoff.house.gov
Phone
202-225-4714
Office
560 Cannon House Office Building

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.