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Tennessee's 8th District

Heidi Kuhn (D)vsDavid Kustoff (R)

incumbent running · Lean: R+10 · Incumbent: David Kustoff (R)

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David Kustoff favored95%

Very likely for David Kustoff: a 95 percent chance of winning. No public polls yet.

  • Seat:Incumbent running
  • Lean:R+10
  • Incumbent:David Kustoff (R)
  • District:8 of 9 in Tennessee
  • Odds:Kustoff 95%
  • Margin:Kustoff +12.2, give or take 6.2
  • Polls:none yet, running on the fundamentals
  • Generic ballot:D+8.2
  • T-minus:16 days

▸ Margin // Uncertainty

Kustoff +12.2

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
Kustoff +12.2
Uncertainty
6.2 points, one standard deviation
Likely range
Kustoff +20.1 to Kustoff +4.3 (80 percent)
Poll average
No polls
Starting point
Kustoff +12.2 before any polls

Margins read Democrat minus Republican: Kuhn ahead is positive, Kustoff ahead is negative.

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▸ Polls // None yet

No public polls here. The number comes from the district lean (R+10, worth 17.4 points to the Republican), the incumbent (David Kustoff, 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 Kustoff +12.2 with an uncertainty of 6.2 points.

▸ Race file // The facts

The seat
David Kustoff (R), running for another term.
On the ballot
Heidi Kuhn (D) vs David Kustoff (R, incumbent)
Last time
2024: Democrat 25.6, Republican 72.3. Kustoff by 46.7.
President
2024, statewide: Trump 64.2, Harris 34.5. Trump by 29.7.
Lean
R+10 by the Cook partisan index

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

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