Kevin Lee McCants

This page was current at the end of the individual's last campaign covered by Ballotpedia. Please contact us with any updates.

Kevin Lee McCants

Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

August 1, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

The University of Alabama

Graduate

University of Tennessee, Chattanooga

Personal

Profession

Production supervisor

float:right;
border:1px solid #FFB81F;
background-color: white;
width: 250px;
font-size: .9em;
margin-bottom:0px;

} .infobox p { margin-bottom: 0; } .widget-row { display: inline-block; width: 100%; margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px; } .widget-row.heading { font-size: 1.2em; } .widget-row.value-only { text-align: center; background-color: grey; color: white; font-weight: bold; } .widget-row.value-only.white { background-color: #f9f9f9; } .widget-row.value-only.black { background-color: #f9f9f9; color: black; } .widget-row.Democratic { background-color: #003388; color: white; font-weight: bold; } .widget-row.Republican { background-color: red; color: white; font-weight: bold; } .widget-row.Independent, .widget-row.Nonpartisan, .widget-row.Constitution { background-color: grey; color: white; font-weight: bold; } .widget-row.Libertarian { background-color: #f9d334; color: black; font-weight: bold; } .widget-row.Green { background-color: green; color: white; font-weight: bold; } .widget-key { width: 43%; display: inline-block; padding-left: 10px; vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold; } .widget-value { width: 57%; float: right; display: inline-block; padding-left: 10px; word-wrap: break-word; } .widget-img { width: 150px; display: block; margin: auto; } .clearfix { clear: both; }

Kevin Lee McCants (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Tennessee. He did not appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary on August 1, 2024.

Biography

Kevin Lee McCants graduated from the University of Alabama with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering technologies and from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga with a master's degree in industrial and organizational psychology. His career experience includes working as a production supervisor at a Hot Topic Distribution Center.

Elections

2024

See also: United States Senate election in Tennessee, 2024

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Tennessee

Incumbent Marsha Blackburn defeated Gloria Johnson, Tharon Chandler, Pamela Moses, and Hastina Robinson in the general election for U.S. Senate Tennessee on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Marsha Blackburn (R)	64.3	1,851,088
		Gloria Johnson (D)	33.7	969,569
		Tharon Chandler (Independent)	0.9	26,749
		Pamela Moses (Independent)	0.8	22,933
		Hastina Robinson (Independent)	0.3	7,675

---

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source	Total votes: 2,878,014
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Wisdom Zerit Teklay (Wisdom People Party)
• Marshal Weaver (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Tennessee

Gloria Johnson defeated Marquita Bradshaw, Lola Denise Brown, and Civil Miller-Watkins in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Tennessee on August 1, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gloria Johnson	70.2	143,962
		Marquita Bradshaw	21.8	44,657
		Lola Denise Brown	4.9	10,027
		Civil Miller-Watkins	3.1	6,420

---

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 205,066
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Kevin Lee McCants (D)
• Dylan Fain (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Tennessee

Incumbent Marsha Blackburn defeated Tres Wittum in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Tennessee on August 1, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Marsha Blackburn	89.5	367,799
		Tres Wittum	10.5	43,244

---

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 411,043
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Endorsements

   .ballot-measure-endorsements p {
       display: inline;
   }
   .ballot-measure-endorsements td {
       width: 35% !important;
   }
   .endorsements-header {
       margin-top: 10px !important;
       margin-bottom: 5px !important;
   }
   .ballot-measure-endorsements ul {
       margin-top: 0 !important;
       margin-bottom: 0 !important;
   }
   .split-cols-bm {
       columns: 2;
       -webkit-columns: 2;
       -moz-columns: 2;
   }
   @media screen and (max-width: 792px) {
       .split-cols-bm {
           columns: 1;
           -webkit-columns: 1;
           -moz-columns: 1;
       }
   }

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for McCants in this election.

2018

See also: United States Senate election in Tennessee, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Tennessee

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Tennessee on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Marsha Blackburn (R)	54.7	1,227,483
		Phil Bredesen (D)	43.9	985,450
		Trudy Austin (Independent)	0.4	9,455
		Dean Hill (Independent)	0.4	8,717
		Kris Todd (Independent)	0.2	5,084
		John Carico (Independent)	0.2	3,398
		Breton Phillips (Independent)	0.1	2,226
		Kevin Lee McCants (Independent)	0.1	1,927

---

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,243,740
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Tennessee

Phil Bredesen defeated Gary Davis and John Wolfe in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Tennessee on August 2, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Phil Bredesen	91.5	349,718
		Gary Davis	5.3	20,170
		John Wolfe	3.2	12,269

---

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 382,157
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Billy Bailey (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Tennessee

Marsha Blackburn defeated Aaron Pettigrew in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Tennessee on August 2, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Marsha Blackburn	84.5	613,513
		Aaron Pettigrew	15.5	112,705

---

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 726,218
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Larry Crim (R)
• Stephen Lee Fincher (R)
• Rolando Toyos (R)
• Edgar A. Lawson (R)

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Kevin Lee McCants did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

---

Note: The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Depending on the election or state, this may represent only a portion of all the funds spent on their behalf. Satellite spending groups may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer. Campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the FEC website. Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law.

---

Kevin Lee McCants campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2018	U.S. Senate Tennessee	Lost general	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$0	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

See also

2024 Elections

What's on the ballot? U.S. President U.S. Congress U.S. Congress special elections State executives State legislatures State courts Ballot measures Municipal government School boards Election analysis hub

Government

Who represents me? U.S. Congress State executives State legislators State courts Ballot measures Municipal government School boards

Newsletters

The Daily Brew The Weekly Brew The Ballot Bulletin Checks and Balances Economy and Society Hall Pass Number of the Day Robe & Gavel

External links

   .contact_entity {font-size: 1.5em ;margin-top: 0.6em; margin-bottom: 0em;margin-right: 0.5em;}
   .contact_office { margin-top: 0.3em; margin-bottom: 0em;margin-right: 0.5em;}
   .external_links_table { width: auto !important; }
   @media (max-width:600px) {
       .contact_entity {font-size: 1.0em ;margin-top: 0.6em; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-right: 0.5em;}
       .contact_office { font-size: 0.8 em; margin-top: 0.6em; margin-bottom: 0em;margin-right: 0.5em;}  
   }

Search Google News for this topic

Footnotes

[show]

Tennessee's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Marsha Blackburn (R)

Bill Hagerty (R)

Representatives

District 1

Diana Harshbarger (R)

District 2

Tim Burchett (R)

District 3

Charles Fleischmann (R)

District 4

Scott DesJarlais (R)

District 5

Andy Ogles (R)

District 6

John Rose (R)

District 7

Mark Green (R)

District 8

David Kustoff (R)

District 9

Steve Cohen (D)

Republican Party (10)

Democratic Party (1)