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Tennessee's congressional districts
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| state | Tennessee |
| district number | 2 |
| image name | |
| representative | Chuck Fleischmann |
| image caption | Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023 |
There are currently nine United States congressional districts in Tennessee based on results from the 2020 United States census. There have been as few as eight and as many as thirteen congressional districts in Tennessee. The and the were lost after the 1840 census. The was lost after the 1850 census and the was last lost after the 1950 census. The was briefly lost after the 1970 census but was regained after the 1980 census.
Current districts and representatives
This is a list of United States representatives from Tennessee, their terms, their district boundaries, and the district political ratings according to the CPVI. The delegation has a total of nine members, with eight Republicans and one Democrat.
The Tennessee congressional maps are an example of partisan gerrymandering, in this case by the Republican-controlled state legislature, which in 2022 drew maps to ‘crack’ the Democratic stronghold of Nashville across three otherwise Republican districts, ensuring three Republican representatives, despite Nashville’s strong Democratic lean and population sufficient for a single district. Critics claimed that this Republican gerrymander ‘diminished the influence of Black voters and other voters of color concentrated in Nashville’, by splitting them up and adding portions of the Nashville community into districts that are overwhelmingly white and Republican, thus diluting the voting power of Black voters in the state.’ However, in 2024 a federal court ruled that while the gerrymander is a clear ‘political gerrymander’ it didn’t fit the criteria for a ‘racial gerrymander.’
| Current U.S. representatives from Tennessee | District | Member | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Residence) | Party | Incumbent since | CPVI | ||||||||||||
| (2025) | District map | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | |||||
| [[File:Diana Harshbarger 116th Congress.jpeg | 100px]] | ||||||||||||||
| Diana Harshbarger | |||||||||||||||
| (Kingsport) | Republican | since | |||||||||||||
| January 3, 2021 | R+29 | [[File:Tennessee's 1st congressional district (since 2023).svg | 300px]] | ||||||||||||
| [[File:Rep Tim Burchett, 119th Congress.jpg | 125x125px]] | ||||||||||||||
| Tim Burchett | |||||||||||||||
| (Knoxville) | Republican | since | |||||||||||||
| January 3, 2019 | R+17 | [[File:Tennessee's 2nd congressional district (since 2023).svg | 300px]] | ||||||||||||
| [[File:Chuck Fleischmann 118th Congress.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||||||||
| Chuck Fleischmann | |||||||||||||||
| (Ooltewah) | Republican | since | |||||||||||||
| January 3, 2011 | R+18 | [[File:Tennessee's 3rd congressional district (since 2023).svg | 300px]] | ||||||||||||
| [[File:Scott DesJarlais, Official Portrait, 112th Congress.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||||||||
| Scott DesJarlais | |||||||||||||||
| (Sherwood) | Republican | since | |||||||||||||
| January 3, 2011 | R+21 | [[File:Tennessee's 4th congressional district (since 2023).svg | 300px]] | ||||||||||||
| [[File:Congressman Andy Ogles 2022.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||||||||
| Andy Ogles | |||||||||||||||
| (Culleoka) | Republican | since | |||||||||||||
| January 3, 2023 | R+8 | [[File:Tennessee's 5th congressional district in Nashville (since 2023).svg | 300px]] | ||||||||||||
| [[File:John Rose 118th Congress.jpeg | 100px]] | ||||||||||||||
| John Rose | |||||||||||||||
| (Cookeville) | Republican | since | |||||||||||||
| January 3, 2019 | R+17 | [[File:Tennessee's 6th congressional district in Nashville (since 2023).svg | 300px]] | ||||||||||||
| [[File:Rep. Matt Van Epps, official portrait, 2025.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||||||||
| Matt Van Epps | |||||||||||||||
| (Nashville) | Republican | since | |||||||||||||
| December 4, 2025 | R+10 | [[File:Tennessee's 7th congressional district in Nashville (since 2023).svg | 300px]] | ||||||||||||
| [[File:Rep. David Kustoff, official portrait, 2023.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||||||||
| David Kustoff | |||||||||||||||
| (Germantown) | Republican | since | |||||||||||||
| January 3, 2017 | R+21 | [[File:Tennessee's 8th congressional district in Memphis (since 2023).svg | 300px]] | ||||||||||||
| [[File:Steve Cohen official blue.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Cohen | |||||||||||||||
| (Memphis) | Democratic | since | |||||||||||||
| January 3, 2007 | D+23 | [[File:Tennessee's 9th congressional district in Memphis (since 2023).svg | 300px]] |
Historical results
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Historical and present district boundaries
Table of United States congressional district boundary maps in the State of Tennessee, presented chronologically. All redistricting events that took place in Tennessee between 1973 and 2013 are shown.
| Year | Statewide map | 1973–1982 | 1983–1992 | 1993–2002 | 2003–2013 | 2013–2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:United States Congressional Districts in Tennessee, 1973 – 1982.tif | 500px]] | ||||||
| [[File:United States Congressional Districts in Tennessee, 1983 – 1992.tif | 500px]] | ||||||
| [[File:United States Congressional Districts in Tennessee, 1993 – 2002.tif | 500px]] | ||||||
| [[File:United States Congressional Districts in Tennessee, 2003 – 2013.tif | 500px]] | ||||||
| [[File:United States Congressional Districts in Tennessee, since 2013.tif | 500px]] |
Due to three county island parcels near Sweetwater, Tennessee, Tennessee's 2nd congressional district is not geographically contiguous — rather it is politically contiguous, with county exclaves "connected" despite being entirely-surrounded by Tennessee's 3rd congressional district.
Obsolete districts
- , obsolete since statehood
- (1796–1805; 1873–1875)
- , obsolete since the 1950 census
- , obsolete since the 1850 census
- , obsolete since the 1840 census
- , obsolete since the 1840 census
References
References
- Witherspoon, Andrew. "A masterclass in election-rigging: how Republicans ‘dismembered’ a Democratic stronghold".
- https://tennesseelookout.com/briefs/federal-appeals-court-upholds-tennessees-u-s-house-map-rules-its-gerrymandered-but-not-racially/
- "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".
- (2025-04-04). "2025 Cook PVI: District Map and List". The Cook Political Report.
- "Digital Boundary Definitions of United States Congressional Districts, 1789–2012.".
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