Elections · U.S. House, District 2 · Tennessee
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Raised for this seat
$398K
Through July 17, 2026
Cash on hand
$56K
Through July 17, 2026
On the November ballot
Barnett faces Tim Burchett, Bruce Fine and Adam Heimerman for this seat on November 3, 2026.
The general-election ballot as recorded September 21, 2026, not a prediction. Official candidate list: Tennessee Division of Elections; The Division of Elections page that links both lists. Minor-party and write-in filers are on the race page.
Where the money comes from
- Small donors
- 39%$154K
- Large donors
- 58%$232K
- PACs
- <1%$250
- Party
- --
- Self-funding
- 2%$6.4K
- Other
- 1%$5.4K
Separately, $10 in independent expenditures was reported supporting this candidate by outside committees. That money is not the candidate's receipts and is not part of the mix above.
Receipts reported through July 17, 2026. Source: FEC.
How to vote in Tennessee
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
Register 30 days before the election.
The district they want to represent
- People
- 793K
- Median household income
- $73K
- Unemployment
- 3.6%
- Living below the poverty line
- 12.2%
- Without health insurance
- 8.6%
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate. These figures describe the district as drawn before its lines changed for 2026; estimates for the new lines are not yet published.
Against the field for this seat
Each campaign's reported receipts on one shared scale, incumbent first and then by name, never in money order.
- Tim Burchett$2.4M
- Michaela Barnettthis page$398K
- Adam Heimerman-
A hollow row is a candidate with no finance report on file yet, not one who raised nothing. Also on the ballot with no FEC filing, so no row: Bruce Fine.
Spending to support them
$10- Sierra Club Independent Action$10
Spending to oppose them
No committee has filed independent spending in this direction.
How these directions are decided
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC. The supporting or opposing direction is each committee's own declared filing, not an interpretation, and a group spending against a candidate is not necessarily spending for their opponent. Outside money is not the campaign's money and is never added to what they raised.
In their own words
What Barnett's campaign says it would work on.
The priorities Barnett's own campaign site lists, quoted as written there. They are what the campaign says. Nobody has voted on them.
- “Fighting for Our Community”
- “An Economy that Works for All”
- “Healthcare Focused on People, Not Profits”
- “A Government that Actually Represents Us”
- “Building Better Infrastructure”
- “Invest in Our Education”
- “A Commonsense, Dignified Immigration System”
- “Support East Tennessee Farmers”
- “Protect Our Environment”
- “Affordable Housing for East Tennesseans”
- “Reproductive Freedom”
- “Responsible Gun Ownership”
Quoted from michaelafortennessee.com, read August 14, 2026. A campaign site changes; this is what it said on that date. Curia quotes these and does not check, rate or rank them.
Record in office
Barnett does not hold a seat in Congress now, so there is no current voting record, cosponsorships or committee service to show here.
That absence is not a position for or against anything.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Portrait: Campaign photo, campaign website (reference use, candidate's own published headshot). Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.
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