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 for this seat on November 3, 2026.
The ballot as filed by the nominee source, recorded August 27, 2026, not a prediction. 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%$6K
- Other
- 1%$5K
Receipts reported through July 17, 2026. Source: FEC.
How to vote in Tennessee
- General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks
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.
Against the field for this seat
Each campaign's reported receipts on one shared scale, in ballot order, not money order.
- Tim Burchett$2.4M
- Michaela Barnettthis page$398K
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 has not held this office, so there is no federal voting record, no cosponsorships and no committee service to report.
That absence is not a position for or against anything; it is what a first federal campaign looks like in the public record.
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.