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Tennessee House race, District 1

Diana Harshbarger holds this seat and is running to keep it against Kristi Burke.

The November ballot

Harshbarger
$1.3M
Burke
$102K

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

General-election ballot as recorded August 27, 2026. Not a prediction.

The seat

Diana Harshbarger

Republican · Holds the seat now

62
Trades disclosed
$4.2M
Estimated volume
Has not cosponsored a bill that would ban it

From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.

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How to vote in Tennessee

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

Register 30 days before the election.

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How they won the primary

The primary · 16,179 votes

  • Kristi BurkeWon76.6%12,399
  • David Kerr11.9%1,925
  • Herman Garcia11.5%1,855

Primary results as recorded August 27, 2026, in the canvass's own published order. Via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), which cites each state's canvass. A primary result is a filed fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$1.4M
Outside money
$14K

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Harshbarger$14K
Opposing Harshbarger-
Supporting Burke-
Opposing Burke-

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.

Where each candidate's money comes from

7%$93KSmall donors$71K70%
30%$384KLarge donors$30K30%
54%$683KPACs$250<1%
9%$114KOther$108<1%

Small donors give under $200; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.

Who is spending on this race

The 1 group spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.

Not on the November ballot

2 filed

None of these has campaign money on file with the FEC.

Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.

How this seat voted last time

R+59 in 2024

  • Diana HarshbargerWon78.1%
  • Kevin Jenkins19.4%

330,199 votes for candidates. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.

Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.

The district

Census context
People
782K
Median household income
$58K
Unemployment
5.0%
Living below the poverty line
15.8%
Without health insurance
10.6%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain; money figures carry their own coverage dates. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.