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Tennessee's 8th Congressional District is a predominantly Republican, heavily gerrymandered district encompassing the bulk of West Tennessee, including a portion of Shelby County.
2024 Tennessee's 8th congressional district election results [13] Party Candidate Votes % Republican: David Kustoff (incumbent) 240,411: 72.34%: Democratic: Sarah Freeman 85,043 25.59% Independent: James Hart 6,861 2.06% Total votes 332,315 : 100.00% : Republican hold
In Tennessee's 2024 State House elections, held alongside the presidential race, Democrats successfully held District 67 in Clarksville, a seat where Donald Trump won by 1.8%. Meanwhile, Republicans successfully held District 97 in Memphis , where Kamala Harris won with a 4.9% margin.
All nine U.S. House seats are up for election this year in Tennessee and all 99 seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives. Only the even-numbered state Senate seats are up for grabs in 2024.
The 8th congressional district of Tennessee is a congressional district in West Tennessee.It has been represented by Republican David Kustoff since January 2017. The district appears rural on a map, but the bulk of its vote is cast in the suburban and exurban areas around Memphis, such as Germantown, Bartlett, and Collierville, as well as Fayette and Tipton counties.
2022 Tennessee's 8th congressional district election [23] Party Candidate Votes % Republican: David Kustoff (incumbent) 155,602 : 73.99% : Democratic: Lynnette Williams 51,102 24.30% Independent: James Hart 2,541 1.21% Independent: Ronnie Henley 1,070 0.51% Total votes 210,315 : 100.00% : Republican hold
He has continued to seek the 8th District seat; in 2022, running as an independent on behalf of "the blue-collar white working man," he received 2,541 votes, 1.2% of all votes cast. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ] He has also been an independent candidate in elections for the Tennessee House of Representatives at least six times.
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