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Tennessee's 2nd District

Michaela Barnett (D)vsTim Burchett (R)

incumbent running · Lean: R+17 · Incumbent: Tim Burchett (R)

99 in 100

Tim Burchett favored>99%

All but certain for Tim Burchett: a 100 percent chance of winning. No public polls yet.

  • Seat:Incumbent running
  • Lean:R+17
  • Incumbent:Tim Burchett (R)
  • District:2 of 9 in Tennessee
  • Odds:Burchett >99%
  • Margin:Burchett +24.4, give or take 6.2
  • Polls:none yet, running on the fundamentals
  • Generic ballot:D+8.2
  • T-minus:16 days

▸ Margin // Uncertainty

Burchett +24.4

The model's best guess at the final margin, give or take 6.2 points. Polls have missed by more than that before.

Projected margin
Burchett +24.4
Uncertainty
6.2 points, one standard deviation
Likely range
Burchett +32.3 to Burchett +16.5 (80 percent)
Poll average
No polls
Starting point
Burchett +24.4 before any polls

Margins read Democrat minus Republican: Barnett ahead is positive, Burchett ahead is negative.

▸ Movement // 0 daily snapshots

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▸ Polls // None yet

No public polls here. The number comes from the district lean (R+17, worth 29.6 points to the Republican), the incumbent (Tim Burchett, running again, worth 4.8 points), and the national environment (generic ballot D+8.2, which the model reads as a 9.9 point Democratic tilt after discounting it). Together they give a projected margin of Burchett +24.4 with an uncertainty of 6.2 points.

▸ Race file // The facts

The seat
Tim Burchett (R), running for another term.
On the ballot
Michaela Barnett (D) vs Tim Burchett (R, incumbent)
Last time
2024: Democrat 30.7, Republican 69.3. Burchett by 38.6.
President
2024, statewide: Trump 64.2, Harris 34.5. Trump by 29.7.
Lean
R+17 by the Cook partisan index

Facts from Ballotpedia and Wikipedia, in our words. The district on Ballotpedia ↗

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