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Tennessee's 1st Congressional District election, 2024

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2022
Tennessee's 1st Congressional District
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Democratic primary
Republican primary
General election
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
Cook Political Report: Solid Republican
DDHQ and The Hill: Safe Republican
Inside Elections: Solid Republican
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican
Ballotpedia analysis
U.S. Senate battlegrounds
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Federal and state primary competitiveness
Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2024
See also
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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:

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
Image of Diana Harshbarger
Diana Harshbarger (R)
 
78.1
 
257,825
Image of Kevin Jenkins
Kevin Jenkins (D)
 
19.4
 
64,021
Richard Baker (Independent)
 
1.7
 
5,714
Image of Levi Brake
Levi Brake (Independent)
 
0.8
 
2,639

Total votes: 330,199
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

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
Image of Kevin Jenkins
Kevin Jenkins
 
67.8
 
5,179
Image of Bennett Lapides
Bennett Lapides Candidate Connection
 
32.2
 
2,460

Total votes: 7,639
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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 1, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Diana Harshbarger
Diana Harshbarger
 
100.0
 
52,190

Total votes: 52,190
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Campaign finance

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
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."
** 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.[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
Race trackerRace ratings
November 5, 2024October 29, 2024October 22, 2024October 15, 2024
The Cook Political Report with Amy WalterSolid RepublicanSolid RepublicanSolid RepublicanSolid Republican
Decision Desk HQ and The HillSafe RepublicanSafe RepublicanSafe RepublicanSafe Republican
Inside Elections with Nathan L. GonzalesSolid RepublicanSolid RepublicanSolid RepublicanSolid Republican
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RepublicanSafe RepublicanSafe RepublicanSafe 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
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.

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See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2024

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.

Partisan Voter Index

See also: The Cook Political Report's 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
Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
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
Democratic Baseline Democratic Party Republican Baseline Republican Party 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
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
See also: Party control of Tennessee state government

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 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
Office Officeholder
Governor Republican Party Bill Lee
Secretary of State Republican Party Tre Hargett
Attorney General Republican Party Jonathan Skrmetti

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
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

See also: Tennessee's 1st Congressional District election, 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
Image of Diana Harshbarger
Diana Harshbarger (R)
 
78.3
 
147,241
Image of Cameron Parsons
Cameron Parsons (D) Candidate Connection
 
19.7
 
37,049
Richard Baker (Independent)
 
1.3
 
2,466
Image of Matt Makrom
Matt Makrom (Independent) Candidate Connection
 
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
Image of Cameron Parsons
Cameron Parsons Candidate Connection
 
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
Image of Diana Harshbarger
Diana Harshbarger
 
100.0
 
43,761

Total votes: 43,761
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2020

See also: Tennessee's 1st Congressional District election, 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
Image of Diana Harshbarger
Diana Harshbarger (R)
 
74.7
 
228,181
Image of Blair Walsingham
Blair Walsingham (D) Candidate Connection
 
22.5
 
68,617
Image of Steve Holder
Steve Holder (Independent) Candidate Connection
 
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
Image of Blair Walsingham
Blair Walsingham Candidate Connection
 
52.7
 
6,076
Image of Chris Rowe
Chris Rowe (Unofficially withdrew) Candidate Connection
 
33.6
 
3,869
Larry Smith (Unofficially withdrew) Candidate Connection
 
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
Image of Diana Harshbarger
Diana Harshbarger
 
19.2
 
18,074
Image of Timothy Hill
Timothy Hill
 
16.7
 
15,731
Image of Rusty Crowe
Rusty Crowe
 
16.1
 
15,179
Image of Josh Gapp
Josh Gapp Candidate Connection
 
14.2
 
13,379
Steve Darden
 
12.4
 
11,647
Image of John Clark
John Clark Candidate Connection
 
9.4
 
8,826
Image of David Hawk
David Hawk
 
5.0
 
4,717
Image of Nichole Williams
Nichole Williams Candidate Connection
 
3.0
 
2,803
Image of Jay Adkins
Jay Adkins Candidate Connection
 
1.7
 
1,635
Carter Quillen Candidate Connection
 
0.9
 
853
Richard Baker
 
0.3
 
298
Image of Chad Fleenor
Chad Fleenor (Unofficially withdrew)
 
0.3
 
282
Image of Phil Arlinghaus
Phil Arlinghaus Candidate Connection
 
0.3
 
274
Robert Franklin
 
0.2
 
229
Chuck Miller
 
0.2
 
189
Image of Chance Cansler
Chance Cansler
 
0.2
 
147

Total votes: 94,263
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2018

See also: Tennessee's 1st Congressional District election, 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
Image of Phil Roe
Phil Roe (R)
 
77.1
 
172,835
Image of Marty Olsen
Marty Olsen (D)
 
21.0
 
47,138
Image of Michael Salyer
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
Image of Marty Olsen
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
Image of Phil Roe
Phil Roe
 
73.7
 
71,556
Image of Todd McKinley
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

  1. A majority in the U.S. House when there are no vacancies is 218 seats.
  2. These figures include the seat of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who resigned on Nov. 13, 2024, after winning re-election.
  3. Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
  4. Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
  5. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
  6. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
  7. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
  8. Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
  9. Inside Elections, "Methodology: Inside Elections’ Baseline by Congressional District," December 8, 2023


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