David Kustoff

David Kustoff grew up in Shelby County and attended White Station High School, before building his legal and political career in the Memphis area.¹ He and his wife, Roberta, live in Germantown and have two children.¹

Kustoff earned his undergraduate and law degrees at the University of Memphis, finishing law school in 1992 and opening a Memphis law firm that year.¹ President George W. Bush appointed him U.S. attorney for the Western District of Tennessee in 2006, with Senate confirmation.¹ He joined BankTennessee's board in 2010, a role in the community bank serving West Tennessee.¹ He later joined the Tennessee Higher Education Commission in 2015.¹

First elected to Congress in 2016, Kustoff serves on Ways and Means and its tax and health subcommittees.¹ He introduced the Improving Social Security's Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act, which became law on October 7, 2026.²³ It requires trained SSA teams to coordinate cases involving Social Security identity theft, taking effect 180 days after enactment.³

His current tax agenda includes the Small Business Tax Cut Act, a proposal he introduced in April 2026 to increase the deduction available for qualifying business income.⁴⁵ The proposal would raise that deduction from 20 to 23 percent and adjust eligibility rules for service businesses.⁴ Kustoff faces Democrat Heidi Kuhn and six independents.⁶