Tennessee Code Title 3. Legislature § 3-6-202

(a) Except as provided in subsections (b)-(d), all commission proceedings regarding a sworn complaint, including records relating to a preliminary investigation, are public records and are open to public inspection under title 10, chapter 7.

(b) All personal or professional financial records of the alleged violator are confidential and not subject to public inspection.

(c) All information related to a sworn complaint against a candidate in an election, as defined in § 2-10-102, is confidential and not subject to public inspection during the period from thirty (30) days immediately preceding the commencement of voting for that election through election day, unless the candidate requests in writing the disclosure of the information.

(d) If a member of the commission or member of the commission staff knowingly discloses information in violation of this section, then such disclosure is grounds for immediate termination of a staff member's employment or immediate removal of a commission member from office.