United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee, 2024
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2024 U.S. House Elections |
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The U.S. House of Representatives elections in Tennessee were on November 5, 2024. Voters elected nine candidates to serve in the U.S. House from each of the state's nine U.S. House districts. The primary was August 1, 2024. The filing deadline was April 4, 2024.
Partisan breakdown
| Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Tennessee | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
| Democratic | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Republican | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vacancies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 9 | 11 |
Candidates
District 1
General election candidates
- Diana Harshbarger (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Kevin Jenkins (Democratic Party)
- Richard Baker (Independent)
- Levi Brake (Independent)
- Wisdom Zerit Teklay (Wisdom People Party) (Write-in)
Did not make the ballot:
- Joshua Ray Ashburn (Independent)
- Marissa King (Independent)
Democratic primary candidates
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Republican primary candidates
- Diana Harshbarger (Incumbent) ✔
District 2
General election candidates
- Tim Burchett (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Jane George (Democratic Party)
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- Tim Burchett (Incumbent) ✔
District 3
General election candidates
- Charles J. Fleischmann (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Jack Allen (Democratic Party)
- Jean Howard-Hill (Independent)
- Stephen King (Independent)
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- Charles J. Fleischmann (Incumbent) ✔
District 4
General election candidates
- Scott DesJarlais (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Victoria Broderick (Democratic Party)
- Earnest Ensley (Independent)
- Keith Nolan (Independent)
Did not make the ballot:
- Kathleen Cosgrove (Independent)
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- Scott DesJarlais (Incumbent) ✔
- Thomas Davis
- Joshua James
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District 5
General election candidates
- Andy Ogles (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Maryam Abolfazli (Democratic Party)
- Yomi Faparusi (Independent)
- Jim Larkin (Independent)
- Bob Titley (Independent)
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- Andy Ogles (Incumbent) ✔
- Courtney Johnston
Did not make the ballot:
District 6
General election candidates
- John Rose (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Lore Bergman (Democratic Party)
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- John Rose (Incumbent) ✔
Did not make the ballot:
District 7
General election candidates
- Mark Green (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Megan Barry (Democratic Party)
- Shaun Greene (Independent)
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- Mark Green (Incumbent) ✔
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District 8
General election candidates
- David Kustoff (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Sarah Freeman (Democratic Party)
- James Hart (Independent)
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- David Kustoff (Incumbent) ✔
Did not make the ballot:
District 9
General election candidates
- Steve Cohen (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Charlotte Bergmann (Republican Party)
- Dennis Clark (Independent)
- Wendell Wells (Independent)
Did not make the ballot:
- Henry Reaves (Independent)
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- Steve Cohen (Incumbent) ✔
- Kasandra Smith
- Corey Strong
- M. LaTroy Williams
Republican primary candidates
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Voting information
- See also: Voting in Tennessee
General election race ratings
- See also: Race rating definitions and methods
Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:
- Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
- Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
- Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.[1]
- Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.
Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.[2][3][4]
Click the following links to see the race ratings in each of the state's U.S. House districts:
- Tennessee's 1st Congressional District
- Tennessee's 2nd Congressional District
- Tennessee's 3rd Congressional District
- Tennessee's 4th Congressional District
- Tennessee's 5th Congressional District
- Tennessee's 6th Congressional District
- Tennessee's 7th Congressional District
- Tennessee's 8th Congressional District
- Tennessee's 9th Congressional District
Ballot access
The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Tennessee in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Tennessee, click here.
| Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2024 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Office | Party | Signatures required | Filing fee | Filing deadline | Source |
| Tennessee | U.S. House | All candidates | 25 | N/A | 4/4/2024 | Source |
Election analysis
Click the tabs below to view information about competitiveness, presidential election history, and party control in the state.
- Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2024 U.S. House elections in the state.
- Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the state's U.S. House districts.
- State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Tennessee.
| Tennessee U.S. House competitiveness, 2014-2024 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office | Districts/ offices |
Seats | Open seats | Candidates | Possible primaries | Contested Democratic primaries | Contested Republican primaries | % of contested primaries | Incumbents in contested primaries | % of incumbents in contested primaries | ||||
| 2024 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 31 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 33.3% | 3 | 33.3% | ||||
| 2022 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 36 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 44.4% | 3 | 37.5% | ||||
| 2020 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 45 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 44.4% | 3 | 42.9% | ||||
| 2018 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 49 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 72.2% | 5 | 71.4% | ||||
| 2016 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 48 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 55.6% | 5 | 71.4% | ||||
| 2014 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 39 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 61.1% | 8 | 88.9% | ||||
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Tennessee in 2024. Information below was calculated on May 2, 2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
Thirty-one candidates ran for Tennessee’s nine U.S. House districts, including 19 Democrats and 12 Republicans. That’s 3.4 candidates per district, less than in the previous three election cycles. There were 4.0 candidates per district in 2022, 5.0 candidates per district in 2020, and 5.4 in 2018.
The number of candidates who ran for the U.S. House in Tennessee in 2024 is also lower than any other year this decade.
No seats were open in 2024, meaning all incumbents ran for re-election. The last time all incumbents ran for re-election in Tennessee was in 2014.
Six candidates—five Democrats and one Republican—ran for the 8th Congressional District, the most candidates who ran for a seat in Tennessee in 2024.
Six primaries—four Democratic and two Republican—were contested in 2024, the fewest this decade. There were eight contested primaries in 2022, eight in 2020, 13 in 2018, 10 in 2016, and 11 in 2014.
Three incumbents—one Democrat and two Republicans—were in contested primaries in 2024. That’s the same as the previous two election cycles.
Candidates filed to run in the Republican and Democratic primaries in all eight districts, meaning no seats were guaranteed to either party.| Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index for Tennessee, 2024 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| District | Incumbent | Party | PVI |
| Tennessee's 1st | Diana Harshbarger |  Republican |
R+30 |
| Tennessee's 2nd | Tim Burchett | Republican |
R+18 |
| Tennessee's 3rd | Charles Fleischmann | Republican |
R+19 |
| Tennessee's 4th | Scott DesJarlais | Republican |
R+22 |
| Tennessee's 5th | Andy Ogles | Republican |
R+9 |
| Tennessee's 6th | John Rose | Republican |
R+17 |
| Tennessee's 7th | Mark Green | Republican |
R+10 |
| Tennessee's 8th | David Kustoff | Republican |
R+21 |
| Tennessee's 9th | Steve Cohen |  Democratic |
D+22 |
| 2020 presidential results in congressional districts based on 2024 district lines, Tennessee[5] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| District | Joe Biden
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Donald Trump
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| Tennessee's 1st | 22.0% | 76.3% | ||
| Tennessee's 2nd | 34.4% | 63.7% | ||
| Tennessee's 3rd | 33.1% | 65.0% | ||
| Tennessee's 4th | 30.2% | 67.9% | ||
| Tennessee's 5th | 43.2% | 54.5% | ||
| Tennessee's 6th | 34.5% | 63.6% | ||
| Tennessee's 7th | 41.3% | 56.4% | ||
| Tennessee's 8th | 30.6% | 67.9% | ||
| Tennessee's 9th | 73.3% | 25.1% | ||
Congressional delegation
The table below displays the partisan composition of Tennessee's congressional delegation as of May 2024.
| Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Tennessee | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
| Democratic | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Republican | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vacancies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 9 | 11 |
State executive
The table below displays the officeholders in Tennessee's top three state executive offices as of May 2024.
| State executive officials in Tennessee, May 2024 | |
|---|---|
| Office | Officeholder |
| Governor | Bill Lee
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| Secretary of State | Tre Hargett
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| Attorney General | Jonathan Skrmetti
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State legislature
Tennessee State Senate
| Party | As of February 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 6 | |
| Republican Party | 27 | |
| Other | 0 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 33 | |
Tennessee House of Representatives
| Party | As of February 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 24 | |
| Republican Party | 75 | |
| Independent | 0 | |
| Other | 0 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 99 | |
Trifecta control
The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until the 2024 election.
Tennessee Party Control: 1992-2024
Five years of Democratic trifectas • Fourteen years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.
| Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Governor | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| Senate | D | D | D | D | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | S | S | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| House | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for 2020, 2016, and 2012," accessed December 15, 2023
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