Tennessee's 6th Congressional District

Tennessee's 6th Congressional District

Incumbent

John Rose

Assumed office: January 3, 2019

Tennessee's 6th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by John Rose (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.

Elections

• 2030
• 2028
• 2026
• 2024
• 2022
• 2020
• 2018

See also: Tennessee's 6th Congressional District election, 2030

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

See also: Tennessee's 6th Congressional District election, 2028

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

See also: Tennessee's 6th Congressional District election, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on August 6, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 6

Christopher Monday (Independent) is running in the general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 6 on November 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		Christopher Monday (Independent)

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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 6

Craig Ballin (D), Lore Bergman (D), and Mike Croley (D) are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 6 on August 6, 2026.

		Candidate
		Craig Ballin
		Lore Bergman
		Mike Croley

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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 6

The following candidates are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 6 on August 6, 2026.

		Candidate
		Dale Braden
	Submit photo	Brad Gaines
	Submit photo	Johnny Garrett
		Jon Henry
		William Hilleary
		Joe Reid

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See also: Tennessee's 6th Congressional District election, 2024

General election

General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 6

Incumbent John Rose (R) defeated Lore Bergman (D) in the general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 6 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Rose (R)	68.0	225,543
		Lore Bergman (D)	32.0	106,144

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 331,687
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 6

Lore Bergman (D) defeated Clay Faircloth (D) and Cyril Focht (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 6 on August 1, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lore Bergman	42.2	8,684
		Clay Faircloth	36.3	7,474
		Cyril Focht	21.5	4,422

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 20,580
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• John Kennedy (D)

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 6

Incumbent John Rose (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 6 on August 1, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Rose	100.0	38,607

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 38,607
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Joe Reid (R)

See also: Tennessee's 6th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 6

Incumbent John Rose (R) defeated Randal Cooper (D) 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

Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 6

Randal Cooper (D) defeated Clay Faircloth (D) 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

Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 6

Incumbent John Rose (R) 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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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 57,162
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See also: Tennessee's 6th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 6

Incumbent John Rose (R) defeated Christopher Finley (D) and Christopher Monday (Independent) 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

Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 6

Christopher Finley (D) 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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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Steven Hubbard (D)

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 6

Incumbent John Rose (R) 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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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 78,340
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See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 6

John Rose (R) defeated Dawn Barlow (D), David Ross (Independent), and Lloyd Dunn (Independent) 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

Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 6

Dawn Barlow (D) defeated Merrilee Wineinger (D), Christopher Finley (D), and Peter Heffernan (D) 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

Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 6

John Rose (R) defeated Robert Ewing Corlew (R), Judd Matheny (R), LaVern Vivio (R), and Christopher Monday (R) 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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Previous election results

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 (independent) 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

The 6th Congressional District of Tennessee held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Diane Black (R) defeated Amos Powers (D) and Mike Winton (I) 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

2012

See also: Tennessee's 6th Congressional District elections, 2012

The 6th Congressional District of Tennessee held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Diane Black won re-election in the district.

U.S. House, Tennessee District 6 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Diane Black Incumbent	76.4%	184,383
	Green	Pat Riley	9%	21,633
	Independent	Scott Beasley	14.4%	34,766
	Write-In	N/A	0.2%	459
Total Votes				241,241
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Diane Black won election to the United States House. She defeated Brett Carter (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, Tennessee District 6 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Diane Black	69.6%	128,517
	Democratic	Brett Carter	30.4%	56,145
Total Votes				184,662

2008
On November 4, 2008, Bart Gordon won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Chris Baker (I) in the general election.

U.S. House, Tennessee District 6 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Bart Gordon incumbent	74.4%	194,264
	Independent	Chris Baker	25.6%	66,764
Total Votes				261,028

2006
On November 7, 2006, Bart Gordon won re-election to the United States House. He defeated David R. Davis (R), Robert L. Garrison (I) and Norman R. Saliba (I) in the general election.

U.S. House, Tennessee District 6 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Bart Gordon incumbent	67.1%	129,069
	Republican	David R. Davis	31.4%	60,392
	Independent	Robert L. Garrison	1.1%	2,035
	Independent	Norman R. Saliba	0.5%	884
Total Votes				192,380

2004
On November 2, 2004, Bart Gordon won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Nick Demas (R), J. Patrick Lyons (I) and Norman R. Saliba (I) in the general election.

U.S. House, Tennessee District 6 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Bart Gordon incumbent	64.2%	167,448
	Republican	Nick Demas	33.6%	87,523
	Independent	J. Patrick Lyons	1.5%	3,869
	Independent	Norman R. Saliba	0.7%	1,802
Total Votes				260,642

2002
On November 5, 2002, Bart Gordon won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Robert L. Garrison (R) and J. Patrick Lyons (I) in the general election.

U.S. House, Tennessee District 6 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Bart Gordon incumbent	65.9%	117,119
	Republican	Robert L. Garrison	32.3%	57,397
	Independent	J. Patrick Lyons	1.7%	3,065
	N/A	Write-in	0%	47
Total Votes				177,628

2000
On November 7, 2000, Bart Gordon won re-election to the United States House. He defeated David Charles (R) and Jim Coffer (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Tennessee District 6 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Bart Gordon incumbent	62.1%	168,861
	Republican	David Charles	35.7%	97,169
	Libertarian	Jim Coffer	1.7%	4,685
	N/A	Write-in	0.4%	1,184
Total Votes				271,899

District map

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.

2020

2024

2010-2011

This is the 6th 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+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 52nd 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+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 63rd 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) 63.6%-34.5%.

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+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.

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 34.5% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 63.6%.

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+24. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 24 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Tennessee's 6th Congressional District the 20th 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 0.98. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 0.98 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in Tennessee
• Tennessee's 6th Congressional District election, 2024
• Tennessee's 6th Congressional District election, 2022
• Tennessee's 6th Congressional District election, 2020
• Tennessee's 6th Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 6

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

Matt Van Epps (R)

District 8

David Kustoff (R)

District 9

Steve Cohen (D)

Republican Party (10)

Democratic Party (1)