Tennessee's 6th Congressional District election, 2022

Elections in Tennessee, 2022

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Tennessee's 6th Congressional District
Democratic primary Republican primary General election
Election details
Filing deadline: April 7, 2022
Primary: August 4, 2022 General: November 8, 2022
How to vote
Poll times: Varies by county Voting in Tennessee
Race ratings
Cook Partisan Voter Index (2022): R+17 Cook Political Report: Solid Republican Inside Elections: Solid Republican Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican
Ballotpedia analysis
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All U.S. House districts, including the 6th Congressional District of Tennessee, held elections in 2022. The general election was on November 8, 2022. The primary was scheduled for August 4, 2022. The filing deadline was April 7, 2022.

For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:

• Tennessee's 6th Congressional District election, 2022 (August 4 Democratic primary)
• Tennessee's 6th Congressional District election, 2022 (August 4 Republican primary)

Candidates and election results

General election

General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 6

Incumbent John Rose defeated Randal Cooper in the general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 6 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Rose (R)	66.3	129,388
		Randal Cooper (D)	33.7	65,675

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 195,063
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 6

Randal Cooper defeated Clay Faircloth in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 6 on August 4, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Randal Cooper	74.7	17,332
		Clay Faircloth	25.3	5,870

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 23,202
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Lloyd Dunn (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 6

Incumbent John Rose advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 6 on August 4, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Rose	100.0	57,162

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Voting information

See also: Voting in Tennessee

Election information in Tennessee: Nov. 8, 2022, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

• In-person: Oct. 11, 2022
• By mail: Postmarked by Oct. 11, 2022
• Online: Oct. 11, 2022

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

No

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

• In-person: Nov. 1, 2022
• By mail: Received by Nov. 1, 2022
• Online: N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

• In-person: N/A
• By mail: Received by Nov. 8, 2022

Was early voting available to all voters?

Yes

What were the early voting start and end dates?

Oct. 19, 2022 to Nov. 3, 2022

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

N/A

Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses

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Survey responses from candidates in this race

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Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Randal Cooper (D)

I will fight to protect democracy in this county. Republicans and the Supreme Court have signaled their clean intention to override the will of voters in upcoming elections and simply do what they want.

I will fight to protect women's right to choose. We are just starting to see the negative consequences of overturning Roe v. Wade, and we need candidates who will protect these long-established rights.

I will fight to limit the power of big business in this country. We are seeing record high inflation, caused by decades of giving businesses free money and not having them pay nearly their share of taxes on profits. If we want to fight inflation, we know the steps that work, but big business will fight to make sure those are never implemented.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Randal Cooper (D)

Infrastructure / transportation, science & technology, healthcare, education. As an engineer raised by schoolteachers, I know the demands of a global economy and the needs for an educated workforce reaching through the rest of this century.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Randal Cooper (D)

The single most important characteristic needed to be a good elected official is integrity. If your representative lies to you (about the results of an election, for instance), you cannot trust them to work in your best interests--they're working in the interests of whatever would motivate them to tell that lie in the first place.

What legacy would you like to leave?

Randal Cooper (D)

I want to make sure that my son, and all of our children, have more opportunities than I did. That they live with more freedom, better education, safer streets, more self-determination, and better economic opportunity than we did growing up.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

Randal Cooper (D)

If you don't count mowing neighborhood lawns as a child, my first job was as a bagger in a grocery store that I had the summer after I turned 16. That sort of job is still around, but the "bagging" part of it has vanished, of course. Even as first job as a high school student, I was paid more than minimum wage, because we were represented by a union.

What do you perceive to be the United States’ greatest challenges as a nation over the next decade?

Randal Cooper (D)

If we don't fully commit to the process of democracy (as inefficient and burdensome as it sometimes is), we won't be a nation capable of setting an example to the rest of the world when it comes to free and fair elections. We need to work to limit the consolidation and power of big business, including tech monopolies, because they are working to undercut the free market process that keeps prices low and goods flowing. We have got to continue to fix healthcare, including women's rights to abortion, if we're going to be able to compete as a nation on a global scale.

What are your thoughts on term limits?

Randal Cooper (D)

There is too much entrenched power in Washington--the power of incumbents with multimillion-dollar war chests, funded by special interests, means that too many politicians are no longer answerable to their constituents, but only to the folks who pay for their campaigns. We need to end this, and if term limits is the way to go about it, then so be it. But I also think the unlimited political money era that was ushered in by the Citizens United decision needs to end, because without changing that we will only be replacing one set of corrupt politicians with a new set even more beholden to special interests.

Do you believe that compromise is necessary or desirable for policymaking?

Randal Cooper (D)

There are areas where it's absolutely necessary to compromise. Economic and tax policy, were we're working on setting percentage rates or income thresholds, it's possible to reach a middle ground where everyone gets some of what they want but nobody gets the whole thing. In other areas, where one side is asking for human rights to be violated, for instance, compromise means allowing "some" human rights to be violated--there's no middle ground there, and no reason to compromise.

Campaign finance

This section contains campaign finance figures from the Federal Election Commission covering all candidate fundraising and spending in this election. It does not include information on fundraising before the current campaign cycle or on spending by satellite groups. The numbers in this section are updated as candidates file new campaign finance reports. Candidates for Congress are required to file financial reports on a quarterly basis, as well as two weeks before any primary, runoff, or general election in which they will be on the ballot and upon the termination of any campaign committees. Click here to view the reporting schedule for candidates for U.S. Congress in 2022.

U.S. Congress campaign reporting schedule, 2022
Report	Close of books	Filing deadline
Year-end 2021	12/31/2021	1/31/2022
April quarterly	3/31/2022	4/15/2022
July quarterly	6/30/2022	7/15/2022
October quarterly	9/30/2022	10/15/2022
Pre-general	10/19/2022	10/27/2022
Post-general	11/28/2022	12/08/2022
Year-end 2022	12/31/2022	1/31/2023

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
John Rose	Republican Party	$2,055,441	$1,677,493	$832,323	As of December 31, 2022
Randal Cooper	Democratic Party	$2,952	$4,392	$3,303	As of December 31, 2022
Clay Faircloth	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2022. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). * According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." ** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election. *** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

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.
• 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.

Race ratings: Tennessee's 6th Congressional District election, 2022
Race tracker	Race ratings
	November 8, 2022	November 1, 2022	October 25, 2022	October 18, 2022
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Safe Republican	Safe Republican	Safe Republican	Safe Republican
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Ballot access requirements

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Tennessee in the 2022 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Tennessee, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2022
State	Office	Party	Signatures required	Filing fee	Filing deadline	Source
Tennessee	U.S. House	All candidates	25	N/A	4/7/2022	Source

District analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.

• District map - A map of the district before and after redistricting.
• Effect of redistricting - How districts in the state changed as a result of redistricting following the 2020 census.
• 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.
• Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.
• State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.

District map

Below was the map in use at the time of the election, enacted as part of the 2020 redistricting cycle, compared to the map in place before the election.

Tennessee District 6
until January 2, 2023

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Tennessee District 6
starting January 3, 2023

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Effect of redistricting

See also: Redistricting in Tennessee after the 2020 census

The table below details the results of the 2020 presidential election in each district at the time of the 2022 election and its political predecessor district. This data was compiled by Daily Kos Elections.

2020 presidential results by Congressional district, Tennessee
District	2022 district		Political predecessor district
	Joe Biden	Donald Trump	Joe Biden	Donald Trump
Tennessee's 1st	22.0%	76.3%	22.1%	76.2%
Tennessee's 2nd	34.4%	63.7%	34.5%	63.6%
Tennessee's 3rd	33.1%	65.0%	32.9%	65.3%
Tennessee's 4th	30.2%	67.9%	30.7%	67.5%
Tennessee's 5th	43.2%	54.5%	60.3%	36.7%
Tennessee's 6th	34.5%	63.6%	25.6%	72.7%
Tennessee's 7th	41.3%	56.4%	31.3%	66.9%
Tennessee's 8th	30.6%	67.9%	33.2%	65.4%
Tennessee's 9th	73.3%	25.1%	78.5%	19.8%

Competitiveness

See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2022

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Tennessee.

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

Partisan Voter Index

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+17. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 17 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Tennessee's 6th the 64th most Republican district nationally.

2020 presidential election results

The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.

2020 presidential results in Tennessee's 6th based on 2022 district lines
Joe Biden	Donald Trump
34.5%	63.6%

Presidential voting history

See also: Presidential election in Tennessee, 2020

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

Demographics

The table below details demographic data in Tennessee and compares it to the broader United States as of 2019.

Demographic Data for Tennessee
	Tennessee	United States
Population	6,346,105	308,745,538
Land area (sq mi)	41,237	3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White	77.6%	72.5%
Black/African American	16.8%	12.7%
Asian	1.8%	5.5%
Native American	0.3%	0.8%
Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Other (single race)	1.4%	4.9%
Multiple	2.2%	3.3%
Hispanic/Latino	5.4%	18%
Education
High school graduation rate	87.5%	88%
College graduation rate	27.3%	32.1%
Income
Median household income	$53,320	$62,843
Persons below poverty level	15.2%	13.4%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

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

District history

2020

See also: Tennessee's 6th Congressional District election, 2020

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

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

General election

General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 6

Incumbent John Rose defeated Christopher Finley and Christopher Monday in the general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 6 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Rose (R)	73.7	257,572
		Christopher Finley (D)	24.0	83,852
		Christopher Monday (Independent)	2.3	8,154

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 349,578
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 6

Christopher Finley advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 6 on August 6, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Christopher Finley	100.0	21,375

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 21,375
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Steven Hubbard (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 6

Incumbent John Rose advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 6 on August 6, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Rose	100.0	78,340

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2018

See also: Tennessee's 6th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 6

John Rose defeated Dawn Barlow, David Ross, and Lloyd Dunn in the general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 6 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Rose (R)	69.5	172,810
		Dawn Barlow (D)	28.3	70,370
		David Ross (Independent)	1.4	3,426
		Lloyd Dunn (Independent)	0.9	2,134

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 248,740
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 6

Dawn Barlow defeated Merrilee Wineinger, Christopher Finley, and Peter Heffernan in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 6 on August 2, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dawn Barlow	54.5	16,881
		Merrilee Wineinger	22.1	6,827
		Christopher Finley	15.0	4,654
	Submit photo	Peter Heffernan	8.4	2,584

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 30,946
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Stephen Brandon (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 6

John Rose defeated Robert Ewing Corlew, Judd Matheny, LaVern Vivio, and Christopher Monday in the Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 6 on August 2, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Rose	41.3	43,797
		Robert Ewing Corlew	31.2	33,091
		Judd Matheny	15.8	16,758
		LaVern Vivio	8.9	9,462
		Christopher Monday	2.9	3,026

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 106,134
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2016

See also: Tennessee's 6th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Diane Black (R) defeated David Kent (D) and David Ross (I) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Black defeated Joe Carr, Tommy Hay, and Donald Strong in the Republican primary, while Kent defeated Flo Matheson to win the Democratic nomination. The primary elections took place on August 4, 2016.

U.S. House, Tennessee District 6 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Diane Black Incumbent	71.1%	202,234
	Democratic	David Kent	21.8%	61,995
	Independent	David Ross	7.1%	20,261
Total Votes				284,490
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State

U.S. House, Tennessee District 6 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
David Kent	67%	7,551
Flo Matheson	33%	3,714
Total Votes		11,265
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State

U.S. House, Tennessee District 6 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Diane Black Incumbent	63.7%	33,215
Joe Carr	31.9%	16,665
Donald Strong	2.6%	1,354
Tommy Hay	1.8%	945
Total Votes		52,179
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State

2014

See also: Tennessee's 6th Congressional District elections, 2014

Incumbent Diane Black won re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. She defeated Amos Powers and Mike Winton in the general election.

U.S. House, Tennessee District 6 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Diane Black Incumbent	71.1%	115,190
	Democratic	Amos Powers	23%	37,215
	Independent	Mike Winton	5.9%	9,630
Total Votes				162,035
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State Vote totals above are unofficial and will be updated once official totals are made available.

U.S. House, Tennessee District 6 Republican Primary, 2014

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Diane Black Incumbent	76.7%	67,881
Jerry Lowery	23.3%	20,660
Total Votes		88,541
Source: Results via Associated Press

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Tennessee's current delegation to the United States Congress

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Marsha Blackburn (R)

Bill Hagerty (R)

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Diana Harshbarger (R)

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Tim Burchett (R)

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Charles Fleischmann (R)

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Scott DesJarlais (R)

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Andy Ogles (R)

District 6

John Rose (R)

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District 8

David Kustoff (R)

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Steve Cohen (D)

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