United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee, 2022
The U.S. House of Representatives elections in Tennessee were on November 8, 2022. Voters elected nine candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's nine U.S. House districts. The primary was scheduled for August 4, 2022. The filing deadline was April 7, 2022.
Partisan breakdown
| Members of the U.S. House from Tennessee -- Partisan Breakdown | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | As of November 2022 | After the 2022 Election | |
| Democratic Party | 2 | 1 | |
| Republican Party | 7 | 8 | |
| Total | 9 | 9 |
Candidates
District 1
General election candidates
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Democratic primary candidates
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Republican primary candidates
- Diana Harshbarger (Incumbent) ✔
Did not make the ballot:
District 2
General election candidates
- Tim Burchett (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Mark Harmon (Democratic Party)
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- Tim Burchett (Incumbent) ✔
District 3
General election candidates
- Charles J. Fleischmann (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Meg Gorman (Democratic Party)
- Thomas Rumba (Independent)
- Rick Tyler (Independent)
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
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- Charles J. Fleischmann (Incumbent) ✔
- Sandy Casey
Did not make the ballot:
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District 4
General election candidates
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- Scott DesJarlais (Incumbent) ✔
Did not make the ballot:
District 5
General election candidates
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Did not make the ballot:
- Jim Cooper (Incumbent)
- Justicia Rizzo
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District 6
General election candidates
- John Rose (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Randal Cooper (Democratic Party)
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- John Rose (Incumbent) ✔
District 7
General election candidates
- Mark Green (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Odessa Kelly (Democratic Party)
- Steven Hooper (Independent)
Democratic primary candidates
Republican primary candidates
- Mark Green (Incumbent) ✔
District 8
General election candidates
- David Kustoff (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Lynnette Williams (Democratic Party)
- James Hart (Independent)
- Ronnie Henley (Independent)
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District 9
General election candidates
- Steve Cohen (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Charlotte Bergmann (Republican Party)
- Dennis Clark (Independent)
- Paul Cook (Independent)
- George Flinn Jr. (Independent)
Did not make the ballot:
- Samuel Furrh (Independence Party)
- Mark Crain (Independent)
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- Steve Cohen (Incumbent) ✔
- M. LaTroy Williams
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Republican primary candidates
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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
For information on candidate ballot access requirements in Tennessee, click here.
Election analysis
Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.
- District maps - A map of the state's districts before and after redistricting.
- Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2022 U.S. House elections in the state.
- Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
- State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
District map
Below were the district maps in use at the time of the election, enacted as part of the 2020 redistricting cycle, compared to the maps in place before the election.
Tennessee Congressional Districts
until January 2, 2023
Click a district to compare boundaries.
Tennessee Congressional Districts
starting January 3, 2023
Click a district to compare boundaries.
Competitiveness
This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Tennessee.
| Tennessee U.S. House competitiveness, 2014-2022 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 2022. Information below was calculated on July 11, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
Thirty-six candidates filed to run for Tennessee's nine U.S. House districts, including 13 Democrats and 23 Republicans. That's four candidates per district, less than the five candidates per district in 2020 and the 5.4 in 2018.
This was the first election to take place under new district lines following the 2020 census. Tennessee was apportioned nine districts, the same number it was apportioned after the 2010 census. The 36 candidates who ran this year were the fewest candidates who filed to run for Tennessee's U.S. House seats since 2012, when 36 candidates ran as well. Forty-five candidates ran in 2020, 49 in 2018, 48 in 2016, and 39 in 2014.
One district — the 5th — was open. That was down from two open seats in 2020, 2018 and 2016. There were no open seats in 2014 or 2012. Rep. Jim Cooper (D), who represented the 5th district, didn't file for re-election. Ten candidates — one Democrat and nine Republicans — ran to replace Cooper, the most candidates who ran for a seat this year.
There were eight contested primaries this year — four Democratic and four Republican. That was the same number as in 2020 and five fewer than in 2018, when there were 13 contested primaries. There were ten contested primaries in 2016, 11 in 2014, and ten in 2012.
Five incumbents — all Republicans — didn't face primary challengers. Republican and Democratic candidates filed to run in all nine districts, so no seats were guaranteed to either party this year.
Presidential elections
As a result of redistricting following the 2020 census, many district boundaries changed. As a result, analysis of the presidential vote in each of these new districts is not yet available. Once that analysis is available, it will be published here.
Tennessee presidential election results (1900-2020)
- 15 Democratic wins
- 16 Republican wins
| Year | 1900 | 1904 | 1908 | 1912 | 1916 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1940 | 1944 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winning Party | D | D | D | D | D | R | D | R | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | D | R | R | D | R | R | R | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R |
State party control
Congressional delegation
The table below displays the partisan composition of Tennessee's congressional delegation as of November 2022.
| Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Tennessee, November 2022 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
| Democratic | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Republican | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 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 November 2022.
| State executive officials in Tennessee, November 2022 | |
|---|---|
| Office | Officeholder |
| Governor | Bill Lee
|
| Secretary of State | Tre Hargett
|
| Attorney General | Jonathan Skrmetti
|
State legislature
The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the Tennessee General Assembly as of November 2022.
Tennessee State Senate
| Party | As of November 2022 | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 6 | |
| Republican Party | 27 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 33 |
Tennessee House of Representatives
| Party | As of November 2022 | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 23 | |
| Republican Party | 75 | |
| Independent | 0 | |
| Vacancies | 1 | |
| Total | 99 |
Trifecta control
As of November 2022, Tennessee was a Republican trifecta, with majorities in both chambers of the state legislature and control of the governorship. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.
Tennessee Party Control: 1992-2022
Five years of Democratic trifectas • Twelve 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Redistricting following the 2020 census
On November 22, 2023, the Davidson County Chancery Court struck down the state senate map, declaring it unconstitutional. The court ordered the state to create a new state senate map by January 31, 2024.[5] On April 13, 2022, the Tennessee Supreme Court reversed a ruling by the Davidson County Chancery Court on April 6 blocking the same state senate map. Gov. Lee signed the state's legislative districts into law on February 6, 2022.[6]
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
- ↑ The Tennessean, "Judges rule Tennessee Senate map unconstitutional, order legislature to redraw by Jan. 31," November 22, 2023
- ↑ The Tennessean, "Gov. Bill Lee signs redistricting bills dividing Davidson County into three congressional districts," February 7, 2022
Senators
Representatives
Republican Party (10)
Democratic Party (1)
