Tennessee's 7th Congressional District

Tennessee's 7th Congressional District

Incumbent

Vacant

U.S. House Tennessee District 7 is vacant. It was last represented by Mark Green (R).

As of the 2020 Census, Tennessee representatives represented an average of 768,544 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 708,381 residents.

To learn more about the 2025 special election for Tennessee's 7th Congressional District, click here.

Elections

2025

See also: Tennessee's 7th Congressional District special election, 2025

Tennessee's 7th Congressional District special election, 2025 (October 7 Democratic primary)

Tennessee's 7th Congressional District special election, 2025 (October 7 Republican primary)

A special election to fill the seat representing Tennessee's 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House will be held in 2025. Primaries are scheduled for October 7, 2025. The general election will be held December 2, 2025. The filing deadline was August 12, 2025.

The special election will fill the vacancy left by Mark Green (R), who resigned on July 20, 2025.

General election

The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

The primary will occur on October 7, 2025. The general election will occur on December 2, 2025. Additional general election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Special general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 7

Teresa Christie, Bobby Dodge, Robert James Sutherby, and Jonathan Thorp are running in the special general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 7 on December 2, 2025.

		Candidate
	Submit photo	Teresa Christie (Independent)
	Submit photo	Bobby Dodge (Independent)
	Submit photo	Robert James Sutherby (Independent)
		Jonathan Thorp (Independent)

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Steven Hooper (Independent)
• Scerick Richard Longcope (Independent)
• David Richard Holbert (Independent)
• Caleb Stack (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Special Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 7

Aftyn Behn, Darden Copeland, Vincent Dixie, and Bo Mitchell are running in the special Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 7 on October 7, 2025.

		Candidate
		Aftyn Behn
		Darden Copeland
		Vincent Dixie
		Bo Mitchell

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Joy Davis (D)

Republican primary election

Special Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 7

The following candidates are running in the special Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 7 on October 7, 2025.

		Candidate
		Jody Barrett
		Gino Bulso
		Stuart Cooper
	Submit photo	Adolph Agbéko Dagan
	Submit photo	Mason Foley
		Jason Knight
		Joe Leurs
		Stewart Parks
		Lee Reeves
		Matt Van Epps
		Tres Wittum

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Robby Moore (R)
• Robert James Sutherby (R)
• Brandon Ogles (R)
• Eddie Lee Murphy (R)
• John Wilt (R)
• John Wesley Smith IV (R)
• Michael Vogel (R)
• Noah Cline (R)

2024

See also: Tennessee's 7th Congressional District election, 2024

Tennessee's 7th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 1 Republican primary)

Tennessee's 7th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 1 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 7

Incumbent Mark Green defeated Megan Barry and Shaun Greene in the general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 7 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Green (R)	59.5	191,992
		Megan Barry (D)	38.0	122,764
	Submit photo	Shaun Greene (Independent)	2.4	7,900

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 322,656
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 7

Megan Barry advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 7 on August 1, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Megan Barry	100.0	22,512

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 22,512
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 7

Incumbent Mark Green advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 7 on August 1, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Green	100.0	31,871

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 31,871
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Caleb Stack (R)
• Stan Marlar (R)
• Brandon Ogles (R)

2022

See also: Tennessee's 7th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 7

Incumbent Mark Green defeated Odessa Kelly and Steven Hooper in the general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 7 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Green (R)	60.0	108,421
		Odessa Kelly (D)	38.1	68,973
	Submit photo	Steven Hooper (Independent)	1.9	3,428

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 180,822
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 7

Odessa Kelly advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 7 on August 4, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Odessa Kelly	100.0	24,854

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 24,854
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 7

Incumbent Mark Green advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 7 on August 4, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Green	100.0	48,968

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 48,968
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2020

See also: Tennessee's 7th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 7

Incumbent Mark Green defeated Kiran Sreepada, Ronald Brown, and Scott Vieira in the general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 7 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Green (R)	69.9	245,188
		Kiran Sreepada (D)	27.3	95,839
		Ronald Brown (Independent)	2.2	7,603
		Scott Vieira (Independent)	0.6	2,005

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 350,635
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Benjamin Estes (Reform Party)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 7

Kiran Sreepada advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 7 on August 6, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kiran Sreepada	100.0	23,390

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 23,390
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 7

Incumbent Mark Green advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 7 on August 6, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Green	100.0	73,540

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 73,540
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2018

See also: Tennessee's 7th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 7

Mark Green defeated Justin Kanew, Lenny Ladner, and Brent Legendre in the general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 7 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Green (R)	66.9	170,071
		Justin Kanew (D)	32.1	81,661
	Submit photo	Lenny Ladner (Independent)	0.6	1,582
		Brent Legendre (Independent)	0.4	1,070

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 254,384
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 7

Justin Kanew defeated Matt Reel in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 7 on August 2, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Justin Kanew	62.1	21,315
	Submit photo	Matt Reel	37.9	13,006

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 34,321
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 7

Mark Green advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 7 on August 2, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Green	100.0	83,314

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 83,314
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2016

See also: Tennessee's 7th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Marsha Blackburn (R) defeated Tharon Chandler (D) and Leonard Ladner (Independent) in the general election on November 8, 2016. No candidate in the race faced a primary opponent in August.

U.S. House, Tennessee District 7 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Marsha Blackburn Incumbent	72.2%	200,407
	Democratic	Tharon Chandler	23.5%	65,226
	Independent	Leonard Ladner	4.3%	11,880
Total Votes				277,513
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State

2014

See also: Tennessee's 7th Congressional District elections, 2014

The 7th Congressional District of Tennessee held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Marsha Blackburn (R) defeated Dan Cramer (D) and Lenny Ladner (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Tennessee District 7 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Marsha Blackburn Incumbent	70%	110,498
	Democratic	Dan Cramer	26.8%	42,260
	Independent	Lenny Ladner	3.2%	5,092
Total Votes				157,850
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State Vote totals above are unofficial and will be updated once official totals are made available.

2012

See also: Tennessee's 7th Congressional District elections, 2012

The 7th Congressional District of Tennessee held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. incumbent Marsha Blackburn won re-election in the district.

U.S. House, Tennessee District 7 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Credo Amouzouvik	24%	61,679
	Republican	Marsha Blackburn Incumbent	71%	182,730
	Green	Howard Switzer	1.8%	4,640
	Independent	William Akin	1.1%	2,740
	Independent	Jack Arnold	1.7%	4,256
	Independent	Lenny Ladner	0.5%	1,261
Total Votes				257,306
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Marsha Blackburn won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Greg Rabidoux (D) and J.W. "Bill" Stone (I) in the general election.

U.S. House, Tennessee District 7 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Marsha Blackburn incumbent	72.4%	158,916
	Democratic	Greg Rabidoux	24.8%	54,347
	Independent	J.W. "Bill" Stone	2.9%	6,320
Total Votes				219,583

2008
On November 4, 2008, Marsha Blackburn won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Randy G. Morris (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Tennessee District 7 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Marsha Blackburn incumbent	68.6%	217,332
	Democratic	Randy G. Morris	31.4%	99,549
Total Votes				316,881

2006
On November 7, 2006, Marsha Blackburn won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Bill Morrison (D), Kathleen A. Culver (I), James B. "Mickey" White (I), William J. Smith (I), John L. Rimer (I) and Gayl G. Pratt (I) in the general election.

U.S. House, Tennessee District 7 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Marsha Blackburn incumbent	66%	152,288
	Democratic	Bill Morrison	31.8%	73,369
	Independent	Kathleen A. Culver	0.8%	1,806
	Independent	James B. "Mickey" White	0.4%	898
	Independent	William J. Smith	0.4%	848
	Independent	John L. Rimer	0.3%	710
	Independent	Gayl G. Pratt	0.3%	663
Total Votes				230,582

2004
On November 2, 2004, Marsha Blackburn won re-election to the United States House. She ran unopposed in the general election.

U.S. House, Tennessee District 7 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Marsha Blackburn incumbent	100%	232,404
Total Votes				232,404

2002
On November 5, 2002, Marsha Blackburn won election to the United States House. She defeated Tim Barron (D) and Rick Patterson (I) in the general election.

U.S. House, Tennessee District 7 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Marsha Blackburn	70.7%	138,314
	Democratic	Tim Barron	26.5%	51,790
	Independent	Rick Patterson	2.8%	5,423
	N/A	Write-in	0%	31
Total Votes				195,558

2000
On November 7, 2000, Ed Bryant won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Richard P. Sims (D) and Denis Solee (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Tennessee District 7 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Ed Bryant	69.6%	171,056
	Democratic	Richard P. Sims	29.1%	71,587
	Libertarian	Denis Solee	1.2%	2,941
	Write-in		0%	65
Total Votes				245,649

Redistricting

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in Tennessee after the 2020 census

On February 6, 2022, Gov. Bill Lee (R) signed new congressional districts into law, approving a proposal passed by both chambers of the Tennessee legislature. On January 18, 2022, the Senate Judiciary Committee recommended a congressional district proposal for consideration by the full Senate in a 7-2 vote along party lines, with all Republicans supporting the proposal and all Democrats opposing it. The Senate approved proposals for congressional and Senate maps in a 26-5 party-line vote on January 20. The House approved the congressional plan in a 70-26 party-line vote on January 24. This map took effect for Tennessee's 2022 congressional elections.

On November 15, 2021, Tennessee Democrats released a congressional district map keeping major cities like Nashville whole and putting Williamson, Rutherford, and Wilson counties in the state's fourth congressional district. The House Select Committee on Redistricting released a proposal on January 12, 2022.

How does redistricting in Tennessee work? In Tennessee, both congressional and state legislative district boundaries are drawn by the state legislature. These lines are subject to veto by the governor.

The Tennessee Constitution requires that state Senate districts "preserve counties whole where possible." State statutes mandate that no more than 30 counties may be split across districts. Furthermore, state law requires that state legislative districts be contiguous. There are no such requirements in place for congressional districts.

Tennessee District 7
until January 2, 2023

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Tennessee District 7
starting January 3, 2023

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2010-2011

This is the 7th Congressional District prior to the 2010 redistricting.

See also: Redistricting in Tennessee after the 2010 census

In 2011, the Tennessee State Legislature re-drew the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census.

District analysis

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

See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

2026

Heading into the 2026 elections, based on results from the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is R+10. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 10 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Tennessee's 7th the 123rd most Republican district nationally.

2024

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+10. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 10 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Tennessee's 7th the 144th most Republican district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Donald Trump (R) would have defeated Joe Biden (D) 56.4%-41.3%.

2022

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+10. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 10 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Tennessee's 7th the 145th most Republican district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 41.3% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 56.4%.

2018

Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+20. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 20 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Tennessee's 7th Congressional District the 35th most Republican nationally.

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 1.06. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.06 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in Tennessee
• Tennessee's 7th Congressional District election, 2024
• Tennessee's 7th Congressional District election, 2022
• Tennessee's 7th Congressional District election, 2020
• Tennessee's 7th Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 7

Footnotes

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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

Vacant

District 8

David Kustoff (R)

District 9

Steve Cohen (D)

Republican Party (9)

Democratic Party (1)

Vacancies (1)