Tim Burchett
Republican. Tennessee’s 2nd District. Re-elected on November 3, 2026.
Overview
- November 3, 2026 election
- Re-elected
- Over Michaela Barnett (D). Called by NBC News on November 4, 2026. Takes the seat in the 120th Congress on January 3, 2027.1
- 2026 primary
- Unopposed in the 2026 primary, Aug. 6, 2026.
- In 2028
- Running for the U.S. Senate: the seat is openMarsha Blackburn was elected governor of Tennessee on November 3, 2026. Burchett has said he is seeking appointment to her Senate seat, and that if someone else is appointed he will run against them in 2028, when Tennessee elects a senator for the rest of the term. Punchbowl News, “Tim Burchett plans to run for Senate,” by Em Luetkemeyer, October 29, 2026.3
- The state in 2024
- Trump won Tennessee in 2024.
- 2032 redistricting
- Not flagged for 2032 redistricting risk.
Lean is the Cook Partisan Voting Index (PVI) on the district’s 2026 election lines: R+10 and up is solidly Republican, R+5 to R+9 lean Republican, D+4 to R+4 swing, D+5 to D+9 lean Democratic and D+10 and up solidly Democratic. A 2032 redistricting flag marks one of seven states American Ascent watches for the maps drawn after the 2030 census, with who draws the map there.
Sources (3)
- 1NBC News: the November 3, 2026 result. Checked November 4, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab) https:/
/ www.nbcnews.com/ politics/ 2026-elections/ tennessee-house-results - 2The congress-legislators dataset of every member of Congress: birthday. Open the source (opens in a new tab) https:/
/ unitedstates.github.io/ congress-legislators/ legislators-current.json - 3Punchbowl News, “Tim Burchett plans to run for Senate,” by Em Luetkemeyer: Tim Burchett on running for the U.S. Senate. Published October 29, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab) https:/
/ punchbowl.news/ article/ campaigns/ tim-burchett-eyeing-senate-run/
In the House
- Leadership posts, 119th Congress
- Chair of the Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency
- Committees, 119th Congress
- Foreign Affairs
- Oversight and Government Reform
- Transportation and Infrastructure
Leadership posts and committees in the 119th Congress, as the Clerk of the House listed them on October 1, 2026; the 120th Congress names its own when it convenes on January 3, 2027. Chairman and Chairwoman are written as Chair. A gold mark names a leadership post. Years in the House come from the public congress-legislators record of every member’s terms.
Sources (2)
- 4Tim Burchett’s official site Open the source (opens in a new tab) https:/
/ burchett.house.gov - 5Official congressional biography Open the source (opens in a new tab) https:/
/ bioguide.congress.gov/ search/ bio/ B001309
Election history
The 2026 primary, who was on the November 3, 2026 ballot, and what recent races in the seat cost.
2026 primary
- Primary date
- August 6, 2026
- Kind
- Republican primary
- Result
- UnopposedThe only name on the ballot, Aug. 6.
- Votes cast
- 86,194
On the November 3, 2026 ballot
- Michaela Barnett (Democrat)
- Bruce Fine (independent)
- Adam Heimerman (independent)
The only name on the Republican ballot. The November ballot is from Knox County’s official sample ballot (Knox County lies wholly in the district).
Results (opens in a new tab)6. Every name printed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for the seat, from the state’s official candidate list; write-in candidates are left out.
What a race here costs
Facts from free public data: the TV markets the district sits in, what every campaign and outside group spent in recent races, and the votes cast. Spending is campaign spending, less contributions to party committees and other candidates, plus independent expenditures. A vote is any vote cast in that contest.16
TV markets
| Market | TV homes | Of the district | District is, of market |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knoxville, TN (rank 60) | 584,100 | 100% | 54.4% |
Markets are Nielsen’s Designated Market Areas, matched to the district county by county on the 2026 lines (8 counties or parts). Shares are of people, from the 2020 Census. TV homes are Nielsen’s 2024-25 estimates. A small share of a large market means most of what a TV buy reaches lives outside the district.11
2026 primary, Aug. 6, 2026
$1,948,173 spent · $22.60 a vote
| Candidate | Votes | Spent |
|---|---|---|
| Tim Burchett (R) | 86,194 | $1,948,173 through July 17, 2026 |
| Outside money | $0 |
86,194 votes cast, on the 2022 lines. Results (opens in a new tab)6.
† Spending through July 17, 2026. Some spending stops at the last report filed before the primary, about 20 days before it.
2024 primary, Aug. 1, 2024
$657,553 spent · $12.04 a vote
| Candidate | Votes | Spent |
|---|---|---|
| Tim Burchett (R) | 54,617 | $657,553 |
| Outside money | $0 |
54,617 votes cast, on the 2022 lines. Results (opens in a new tab)8.
2024 general, Nov. 5, 2024
$548,468 spent · $1.51 a vote
| Candidate | Votes | Spent |
|---|---|---|
| Tim Burchett (R) | 250,782 | $415,987 |
| Jane George (D) | 111,316 | $132,481 |
| Outside money | $0 |
362,098 votes cast, on the 2022 lines. Results (opens in a new tab)9.
2022 general, Nov. 8, 2022
$401,932 spent · $1.93 a vote
| Candidate | Votes | Spent |
|---|---|---|
| Tim Burchett (R) | 141,089 | $308,643 |
| Mark Harmon (D) | 66,673 | $27,269 |
| Outside money: Indivisible Project Inc. | $66,020 |
207,762 votes cast, on the 2022 lines. Outside money: $0 for the member, $66,020 against, $0 for or against others. Results (opens in a new tab)10.
Google election ads
$685,900 on the lines Google labels 2026; $1,134,800 on the lines Google labels 2022; $803,400 on the lines Google labels 2012
Election ads for every race, the presidency included, served in the district on Google, YouTube and Google’s partner sites since 2018, rounded by Google to the nearest hundred dollars. Report updated Oct. 31, 2026.15
Sources (10)
- 62026 primary and the November ballot, results Open the source (opens in a new tab) https:/
/ www.knoxcounty.org/ election/ archive/ 2026-08-06/ cumulative.pdf - 72026 primary, results Open the source (opens in a new tab) https:/
/ www.knoxcounty.org/ election/ archive/ 2026-08-06/ cumulative.pdf - 82024 primary, results Open the source (opens in a new tab) https:/
/ github.com/ openelections/ openelections-data-tn/ blob/ master/ 2024/ 20240801__tn__primary__county.csv - 92024 general, results Open the source (opens in a new tab) https:/
/ history.house.gov/ Institution/ Election-Statistics/ 2024election/ - 102022 general, results Open the source (opens in a new tab) https:/
/ www.fec.gov/ documents/ 5676/ federalelections2022.xlsx - 11BritCrit/dma_county_zip: county FIPS to Nielsen DMA code and name (Nielsen edition not stated; published Dec. 22, 2021; uses pre-2015 county codes), checked against Nielsen’s 2016 county list Open the source (opens in a new tab) https:/
/ github.com/ BritCrit/ dma_county_zip - 12Nielsen, Local Television Market Universe Estimates (TV homes and rank, 210 DMAs), as reproduced in full by National Media Spots Open the source (opens in a new tab) https:/
/ nationalmediaspots.com/ DMA-Ranks.pdf - 13U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census: 119th Congressional District Summary File (county or part within district) and PL 94-171 block populations for 2026 plans; county totals are 2020 counts Open the source (opens in a new tab) https:/
/ www2.census.gov/ programs-surveys/ decennial/ 2020/ data/ 119th-congressional-district-summary-file - 14Tennessee 2026 congressional plan (H.B. 7003, signed May 7, 2026), Comptroller of the Treasury shapefile Open the source (opens in a new tab) https:/
/ comptroller.tn.gov/ content/ dam/ cot/ pa/ documents/ district-maps/ congress-districts/ NewCongressional26.zip - 15Google Political Ads transparency report Open the source (opens in a new tab) https:/
/ adstransparency.google.com/ political?region=US
Financial records
- Cash on hand
- $914,11116
Past cycles
| Cycle | Raised | From individuals | Cash at year end |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $1,347,006 | 80% | $593,678 |
| 2022 | $1,427,401 | 88% | $826,258 |
| 2024 | $1,238,070 | 87% | $728,190 |
Cash on hand from the member’s latest filing with the Federal Election Commission. Past cycles: money raised over each two-year cycle and cash on hand on December 31 of its election year, from the same filings, in dollars as reported. From individuals is the share of money raised that came from individual donors.
Sources (5)
- 16FEC bulk data: candidates, committee linkages, Form 3 report summaries, operating expenditures, independent expenditures Open the source (opens in a new tab) https:/
/ www.fec.gov/ data/ browse-data/ ?tab=bulk-data - 17FEC, Federal Elections 2022 (2022 general results and primary dates) Open the source (opens in a new tab) https:/
/ www.fec.gov/ documents/ 5676/ federalelections2022.xlsx - 18FEC, 2024 congressional general-election candidates Open the source (opens in a new tab) https:/
/ www.fec.gov/ documents/ 5548/ 2024congressgecands.xlsx - 19FEC, 2024 congressional primary dates Open the source (opens in a new tab) https:/
/ www.fec.gov/ resources/ cms-content/ documents/ 2024pdates.pdf - 20Clerk of the House, Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 2024 Open the source (opens in a new tab) https:/
/ history.house.gov/ Institution/ Election-Statistics/ 2024election/
Scorecards
Conservative scorecards, out of 100
- Heritage Action (opens in a new tab) lifetime
- 93
- Club for Growth (opens in a new tab) lifetime
- 97
- Turning Point Action (opens in a new tab) lifetime
- 93
- GOP Platform (opens in a new tab) 2025
- 97
- The link opens the scorecard’s list for the state, which shows this score: the member’s own page is not available.
Conservative average
95
Heritage Action and Turning Point Action are the member’s lifetime scores, read from those pages. Club for Growth is the member’s lifetime rating, and GOP Platform measures agreement with the national Republican Party platform in 2025, published by the Institute for Legislative Analysis.
The scorecard average covers all four. No score means none was published, not zero, and is left out of the average: the record says “No score published”.
How to read this
Each group’s name links to the member’s own page on its scorecard, or to the scorecard’s list for the state where the line under it says so, opened on the date shown.
Progressive scorecards, out of 100
- Progressive Punch (opens in a new tab) lifetime, all votes
- 5
- The link opens the scorecard’s list for the state, which shows this score: the member’s own page is not available.
- Stop Corruption Now (Democracy Defenders Action) (opens in a new tab) 119th Congress, 10 measures
- 30
Progressive average
12.9
Mirrored for every member, of either party: the League of Conservation Voters’ lifetime score, read from the member’s page; Progressive Punch’s lifetime score on all votes, read from its House table; and Democracy Defenders Action’s Stop Corruption Now score for the 119th Congress (September 16, 2026), its total on 10 anti-corruption and pro-democracy votes and cosponsorships, shown out of 100. The progressive average covers the three; no score means none was published (Stop Corruption Now did not grade members in office for less than a year, or certain current and former House leaders).
Immigration accountability
- IAP Action score
- 129
- Rank in the House on this score
- 58 of 431
The Immigration Accountability Project’s IAP Action score counts sponsorship, cosponsorship, and votes on immigration. A running total, not a percentage. Higher means more restrictive on immigration.
Second Amendment grade
- Gun Owners of America, 2024
- A+
Gun Owners of America’s 2024 grades, its latest complete set, from its 2024 Voter Guide, A+ to F-.
Sources (4)
- 21Heritage Action scorecard, Tim Burchett’s page Retrieved October 29, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab) https:/
/ heritageaction.com/ scorecard/ members/ B001309 - 22Club for Growth scorecard, Tim Burchett’s page Retrieved October 29, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab) https:/
/ www.clubforgrowth.org/ scorecards/ legislator/ B001309/ Tim-Burchett/ - 23Turning Point Action scorecard, Tim Burchett’s page Retrieved October 29, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab) https:/
/ www.tpaction.com/ scorecard/ legislators/ timburchett - 24GOP Platform scorecard, list for Tennessee (Tim Burchett’s own page is not available) Retrieved October 29, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab) https:/
/ gopscorecard.limitedgov.org/ lawmakers?state=TN&year=2025
Endorsements
For the 2026 race.
Endorsed: Donald Trump, Turning Point Action.
None on record: Club for Growth, MAHA PAC.
Endorsed: the group endorsed the member for 2026. None on record: no 2026 endorsement in the endorsement records. MAHA PAC is the committee at themahapac.com (Federal Election Commission ID C00821439).
Sources
Each section lists its own sources, numbered through the page. Here they are together.
All sources for this record (24)
Overview
- 1NBC News: the November 3, 2026 result. (opens in a new tab) Checked November 4, 2026.
- 2The congress-legislators dataset of every member of Congress: birthday. (opens in a new tab)
- 3Punchbowl News, “Tim Burchett plans to run for Senate,” by Em Luetkemeyer: Tim Burchett on running for the U.S. Senate. (opens in a new tab) Published October 29, 2026.
In the House
Election history
- 62026 primary and the November ballot, results (opens in a new tab)
- 72026 primary, results (opens in a new tab)
- 82024 primary, results (opens in a new tab)
- 92024 general, results (opens in a new tab)
- 102022 general, results (opens in a new tab)
- 11BritCrit/dma_county_zip: county FIPS to Nielsen DMA code and name (Nielsen edition not stated; published Dec. 22, 2021; uses pre-2015 county codes), checked against Nielsen’s 2016 county list (opens in a new tab)
- 12Nielsen, Local Television Market Universe Estimates (TV homes and rank, 210 DMAs), as reproduced in full by National Media Spots (opens in a new tab)
- 13U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census: 119th Congressional District Summary File (county or part within district) and PL 94-171 block populations for 2026 plans; county totals are 2020 counts (opens in a new tab)
- 14Tennessee 2026 congressional plan (H.B. 7003, signed May 7, 2026), Comptroller of the Treasury shapefile (opens in a new tab)
- 15Google Political Ads transparency report (opens in a new tab)
Financial records
- 16FEC bulk data: candidates, committee linkages, Form 3 report summaries, operating expenditures, independent expenditures (opens in a new tab)
- 17FEC, Federal Elections 2022 (2022 general results and primary dates) (opens in a new tab)
- 18FEC, 2024 congressional general-election candidates (opens in a new tab)
- 19FEC, 2024 congressional primary dates (opens in a new tab)
- 20Clerk of the House, Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 2024 (opens in a new tab)
Scorecards
- 21Heritage Action scorecard, Tim Burchett’s page (opens in a new tab) Retrieved October 29, 2026.
- 22Club for Growth scorecard, Tim Burchett’s page (opens in a new tab) Retrieved October 29, 2026.
- 23Turning Point Action scorecard, Tim Burchett’s page (opens in a new tab) Retrieved October 29, 2026.
- 24GOP Platform scorecard, list for Tennessee (Tim Burchett’s own page is not available) (opens in a new tab) Retrieved October 29, 2026.
Also used, named without a link
- District lean: the Cook Political Report’s Partisan Voting Index, 2026 and 2025 editions.
- Committees and leadership posts in the 119th Congress: the Clerk of the House, as listed on October 1, 2026. Years in the House: the public congress-legislators record of every member’s terms.
- Cash on hand and past cycles: the campaign’s Federal Election Commission filings.
- Immigration: the Immigration Accountability Project. Second Amendment: Gun Owners of America, 2024 Voter Guide.
- Endorsements: 2026 endorsement records.
- Running for the U.S. Senate: Punchbowl News, “Tim Burchett plans to run for Senate,” by Em Luetkemeyer.
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