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2026 Tennessee House race, District 2

Tim Burchett (Republican), Michaela Barnett (Democrat), Bruce Fine (Independent) and Adam Heimerman (Independent) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House in Tennessee District 2, as recorded September 21, 2026 from the Tennessee Division of Elections.

The November ballot

Burchett
$2.4M
Barnett
$398K

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

Also in this race: Bruce Fine (Independent) and Adam Heimerman (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

Tim Burchett

Republican · Holds the seat now

First took office 2019 · Age 62

Discloses no individual stock trades.

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, 2026 

Register 30 days before the election.

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How they won the primary

The primary · 38,892 votes

  • Michaela Barnett Won: Unopposed 38,892

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
$2.8M
Outside money
$10

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Burchett-
Opposing Burchett-
Supporting Barnett$10
Opposing Barnett-

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. No outside money is on file for or against the other 2 names on this ballot.

Where each candidate's money comes from

57%$1.4MSmall donors$154K39%
36%$872KLarge donors$232K58%
6%$142KPACs$250<1%
--Self-funding$6.4K2%
1%$38KOther$5.4K1%

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

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+39 in 2024

  • Tim Burchett Won: 69.3%
  • Jane George: 30.7%

362,098 votes for candidates. 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
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.

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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.