Riding profile

TN-4

US House district — TN · Mixed · us tn

The question

TN-4: a safe seat for the Republicans?

Current forecast

Republican

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
13.0
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 56.5%

    Scott Hon. Desjarlais incumbent

  • Democrat 43.5%

    Victoria Broderick

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. FL-22Democrat68 %1.1 pt margin
  2. AZ-2Republican57 %1.1 pt margin
  3. OH-10Democrat60 %1.1 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Republican Democrat
HereTN-4 56.5%43.5%
National averageUnited States 44.9% +11.6 54.3% −10.8

Nationwide averages computed across the 435 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

TN-4, a mixed riding in TN, elected a member with the Republicans in the previous cycle, with a 42-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Republicans ahead at 57% vote share, against 44% for the Democrats, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

DESJARLAIS, SCOTT HON.

Sits with Republican

Primary race

Primary results

Held Aug 6, 2026 · Certified official result

Democratic primary

Winner

Victoria Broderick 37.9%

12,432 votes

Republican primary

Winner

Scott DesJarlais 65.9%

39,503 votes

Official source →

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Desjarlais, Scott Hon.

  • Democrat Challenger

    Broderick, Victoria

  • Other Challenger

    Anders, Jacob Kristopher

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Republican
Margin
41.6 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-28.6 pts

Redistricting impact

Where these voters came from

This district was redrawn under the 2025-2026 mid-decade redistricting. Composition by inherited old-district share:

  • Congressional District 4 (47004) 84%
  • Congressional District 6 (47006) 14%
Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026