Tennessee's 1st Congressional District election, 2024
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Election details |
Filing deadline: April 4, 2024 |
Primary: August 1, 2024 General: November 5, 2024 |
How to vote |
Poll times: Varies by county Voting in Tennessee |
Race ratings |
DDHQ and The Hill: Safe Republican Inside Elections: Solid Republican Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican |
Ballotpedia analysis |
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All U.S. House districts, including the 1st Congressional District of Tennessee, held elections in 2024. The general election was November 5, 2024. The primary was August 1, 2024. The filing deadline was April 4, 2024. The outcome of this race affected the partisan balance of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 119th Congress. All 435 House districts were up for election.
At the time of the election, Republicans held a 220-212 majority with three vacancies.[1] As a result of the election, Republicans retained control of the U.S. House, winning 220 seats to Democrats' 215.[2] To read more about the 2024 U.S. House elections, click here.
In the 2022 election in this district, the Republican candidate won 78.3%-19.7%. 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) 76.3%-22.0%.[3]
For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:
- Tennessee's 1st Congressional District election, 2024 (August 1 Democratic primary)
- Tennessee's 1st Congressional District election, 2024 (August 1 Republican primary)
Candidates and election results
General election
General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 1
Incumbent Diana Harshbarger defeated Kevin Jenkins, Richard Baker, and Levi Brake in the general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 1 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Diana Harshbarger (R) | 78.1 | 257,825 | |
![]() | Kevin Jenkins (D) | 19.4 | 64,021 | |
Richard Baker (Independent) | 1.7 | 5,714 | ||
![]() | Levi Brake (Independent) | 0.8 | 2,639 |
Total votes: 330,199 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Wisdom Zerit Teklay (Wisdom People Party)
- 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 |
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 |
Total votes: 52,190 | ||||
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Campaign finance
Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
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Diana Harshbarger | Republican Party | $1,930,833 | $1,415,175 | $1,450,769 | As of December 31, 2024 |
Kevin Jenkins | Democratic Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
Bennett Lapides | Democratic Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
Richard Baker | Independent | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
Levi Brake | Independent | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. 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." |
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.[4]
- 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.[5][6][7]
Race ratings: Tennessee's 1st Congressional District election, 2024 | |||||||||
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Race tracker | Race ratings | ||||||||
November 5, 2024 | October 29, 2024 | October 22, 2024 | October 15, 2024 | ||||||
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter | Solid Republican | Solid Republican | Solid Republican | Solid Republican | |||||
Decision Desk HQ and The Hill | Safe Republican | Safe Republican | Safe Republican | Safe 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
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 | ||||||
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State | Office | Party | Signatures required | Filing fee | Filing deadline | Source |
Tennessee | U.S. House | All candidates | 25 | N/A | 4/4/2024 | 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 in place for the election.
- Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2024 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.
Below was the map in use at the time of the election. Click the map below to enlarge it.

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Tennessee.
Tennessee U.S. House competitiveness, 2014-2024 | ||||||||||||||
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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.Partisan Voter Index
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+30. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 30 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Tennessee's 1st the 3rd most Republican district nationally.[8]
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 1st based on 2024 district lines | ||||
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Joe Biden ![]() |
Donald Trump ![]() | |||
22.0% | 76.3% |
Inside Elections Baselines
- See also: Inside Elections
Inside Elections' Baseline is a figure that analyzes all federal and statewide election results from the district over the past four election cycles. The results are combined in an index estimating the strength of a typical Democratic or Republican candidate in the congressional district.[9] The table below displays the Baseline data for this district.
Inside Elections Baseline for 2024 | ||||
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Democratic Baseline ![]() |
Republican Baseline ![]() |
Difference | ||
21.0 | 76.9 | R+55.9 |
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 |
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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 |
Congressional delegation
The table below displays the partisan composition of Tennessee's congressional delegation as of May 2024.
Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Tennessee | |||
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Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
Democratic | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Republican | 2 | 7 | 9 |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vacancies | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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 | |
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State legislature
Tennessee State Senate
Party | As of February 2024 | |
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Democratic Party | 6 | |
Republican Party | 27 | |
Other | 0 | |
Vacancies | 0 | |
Total | 33 |
Tennessee House of Representatives
Party | As of February 2024 | |
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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 |
District history
The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2018.
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 |
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 |
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 |
Total votes: 43,761 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Chuck Miller (R)
- Austin Wyatt (R)
2020
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 |
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 |
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 |
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)
2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 1
Incumbent Phil Roe defeated Marty Olsen and Michael Salyer in the general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 1 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Phil Roe (R) | 77.1 | 172,835 |
![]() | Marty Olsen (D) | 21.0 | 47,138 | |
![]() | Michael Salyer (Independent) | 1.9 | 4,309 |
Total votes: 224,282 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 1
Marty Olsen advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 1 on August 2, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Marty Olsen | 100.0 | 13,313 |
Total votes: 13,313 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 1
Incumbent Phil Roe defeated Todd McKinley, James Brooks, and Mickie Lou Banyas in the Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 1 on August 2, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Phil Roe | 73.7 | 71,556 |
![]() | Todd McKinley | 16.7 | 16,175 | |
James Brooks | 5.2 | 5,058 | ||
Mickie Lou Banyas | 4.4 | 4,253 |
Total votes: 97,042 | ||||
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Footnotes
- ↑ A majority in the U.S. House when there are no vacancies is 218 seats.
- ↑ These figures include the seat of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who resigned on Nov. 13, 2024, after winning re-election.
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
- ↑ Inside Elections, "Methodology: Inside Elections’ Baseline by Congressional District," December 8, 2023