The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Also in this race: Joshua Ray Ashburn (Independent), Richard G. Baker (Independent), Chris Campbell (Independent), Billy Cody (Independent) and Tyler Brice Mitchell McClain (Independent).
Official candidate list: Tennessee Division of Elections; The Division of Elections page that links both lists. Faces and bars are the campaigns that hold the seat or have $25,000 raised or outside spending on file; being outside that group is a filing fact, not a mark. Not a prediction.
The seat
Diana Harshbarger
Republican · Holds the seat now
First took office 2021 · Age 66
From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.
How to vote in Tennessee
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
Register 30 days before the election.
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How they won the primary
The primary · 16,176 votes
- Kristi Burke Won: 76.6% 12,395
- David Kerr: 11.9% 1,925
- Herman Garcia: 11.5% 1,856
The primary · 75,036 votes
- Diana Harshbarger Won: Unopposed 75,036
Primary results as recorded October 11, 2026, ordered by votes. Source: Tennessee Secretary of State statewide precinct results workbook. A primary result is a recorded 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
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. No outside money is on file for or against the other 5 names on this ballot.
Where each candidate's money comes from
Small donors give $200 or less; 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 largest 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
1 filedNone 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 Harshbarger Won: 78.1%
- Kevin Jenkins: 19.4%
330,199 votes for candidates. Other candidates and write-ins took the remaining 2.5%. The district's lines have changed since this result. 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. These figures describe the district as drawn before its lines changed for 2026; estimates for the new lines are not yet published.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are reported to the FEC through July 17, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.