Richard Baker (Tennessee)

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Richard Baker

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Last election

November 5, 2024

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Richard Baker (independent) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Tennessee's 1st Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Tennessee's 1st Congressional District election, 2024

Tennessee's 1st Congressional District election, 2024 (August 1 Democratic primary)

Tennessee's 1st Congressional District election, 2024 (August 1 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 1

Incumbent Diana Harshbarger defeated Kevin Jenkins, Richard Baker, Levi Brake, and Wisdom Zerit Teklay in the general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 1 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Diana Harshbarger (R)	78.1	257,530
		Kevin Jenkins (D)	19.4	63,949
		Richard Baker (Independent)	1.7	5,707
		Levi Brake (Independent)	0.8	2,634
		Wisdom Zerit Teklay (Wisdom People Party) (Write-in)	0.0	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source	Total votes: 329,820
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Marissa King (Independent)
• Joshua Ray Ashburn (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 1

Kevin Jenkins defeated Bennett Lapides in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 1 on August 1, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kevin Jenkins	67.8	5,179
		Bennett Lapides	32.2	2,460

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,639
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Zachary Stamper (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 1

Incumbent Diana Harshbarger advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 1 on August 1, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Diana Harshbarger	100.0	52,190

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2022

See also: Tennessee's 1st Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 1

Incumbent Diana Harshbarger defeated Cameron Parsons, Richard Baker, and Matt Makrom in the general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 1 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Diana Harshbarger (R)	78.3	147,241
		Cameron Parsons (D)	19.7	37,049
		Richard Baker (Independent)	1.3	2,466
		Matt Makrom (Independent)	0.7	1,247

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 188,003
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 1

Cameron Parsons advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 1 on August 4, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cameron Parsons	100.0	6,099

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,099
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 1

Incumbent Diana Harshbarger advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 1 on August 4, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Diana Harshbarger	100.0	43,761

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 43,761
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Chuck Miller (R)
• Austin Wyatt (R)

2020

See also: Tennessee's 1st Congressional District election, 2020

Tennessee's 1st Congressional District election, 2020 (August 6 Republican primary)

Tennessee's 1st Congressional District election, 2020 (August 6 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 1

Diana Harshbarger defeated Blair Walsingham, Steve Holder, and Josh Berger in the general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 1 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Diana Harshbarger (R)	74.7	228,181
		Blair Walsingham (D)	22.5	68,617
		Steve Holder (Independent)	2.8	8,621
		Josh Berger (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	4

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 305,423
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 1

Blair Walsingham defeated Chris Rowe (Unofficially withdrew) and Larry Smith (Unofficially withdrew) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 1 on August 6, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Blair Walsingham	52.7	6,076
		Chris Rowe (Unofficially withdrew)	33.6	3,869
		Larry Smith (Unofficially withdrew)	13.6	1,572
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	3

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,520
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 1

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 1 on August 6, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Diana Harshbarger	19.2	18,074
		Timothy Hill	16.7	15,731
		Rusty Crowe	16.1	15,179
		Josh Gapp	14.2	13,379
		Steve Darden	12.4	11,647
		John Clark	9.4	8,826
		David Hawk	5.0	4,717
		Nichole Williams	3.0	2,803
		Jay Adkins	1.7	1,635
		Carter Quillen	0.9	853
		Richard Baker	0.3	298
		Chad Fleenor (Unofficially withdrew)	0.3	282
		Phil Arlinghaus	0.3	274
		Robert Franklin	0.2	229
		Chuck Miller	0.2	189
		Chance Cansler	0.2	147

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 94,263
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Cody Williams (R)
• Dan Street (R)
• J. S. Moore (R)
• Todd McKinley (R)
• Dustin Decal (R)

Campaign themes

2024

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2022

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2020

Richard Baker did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Richard Baker campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	U.S. House Tennessee District 1	Lost general	$0	N/A**
2022	U.S. House Tennessee District 1	Lost general	$0	N/A**
2020	U.S. House Tennessee District 1	Lost primary	$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 from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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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)