A rundown of the nine races for U.S. House of Representatives in Tennessee.
DISTRICT 1
One of six seats where incumbents are favored to win and return to Congress. Republican Phil Roe faces Democrat Marty Olsen, a physician from Jonesborough, in this east Tennessee district. Roe is seeking a sixth term in the House.
DISTRICT 2
This is one of three open seats that have been held by Republicans for multiple terms. The slot became available when Republican Rep. John Duncan Jr. retired. Duncan was first elected in 1988 to the seat held by his father for more than two decades. Republican Tim Burchett, who has served as the mayor of Knox County, faces Democrat Renee Hoyos, who has served as the executive director of the Tennessee Clean Water Network. The east Tennessee district includes the city of Knoxville.
DISTRICT 3
It would be a big upset if incumbent Republican Chuck Fleischmann were to lose against Democrat Danielle Mitchell, a doctor from Hixson. Fleischmann, of Ooltewah, is seeking a fifth term representing the district that winds from the Kentucky state line in northeast Tennessee to Chattanooga in the south.
DISTRICT 4
Republican Scott DesJarlais faces Democrat Mariah Phillips. The South Pittsburg physician is seeking a fifth term representing District 4, which includes the Nashville suburb of Smyrna, the city of Murfreesboro and several southeast Tennessee counties. Phillips, of Murfreesboro, has worked at Starbucks and as a teacher at an alternative school in Rutherford County.
DISTRICT 5
Nashville Democrat Jim Cooper faces Republican challenger Jody Ball for a return to the House for a ninth term.
DISTRICT 6
Republican farmer John Rose takes on Democratic doctor Dawn Barlow for one of three open House seats. It was vacated when Republican Diane Black decided to run for Tennessee governor. District 6 encompasses the mostly rural northern part of the state.
DISTRICT 7
State Sen. Mark Green, a doctor and former Army surgeon, faces film producer and former “Amazing Race” contestant Justin Kanew for seat held for 16 years by Republican Marsha Blackburn. She vacated the position when she decided to run for U.S. Senate. The district includes the Nashville suburb of Williamson County, the city of Clarksville and a slew of mostly rural counties in middle and west Tennessee.
DISTRICT 8
Republican incumbent David Kustoff is being challenged by Democrat Erika Stotts Pearson. The district includes suburban Shelby County and 14 other rural west Tennessee counties. A former U.S. attorney, Kustoff is seeking his second term.
DISTRICT 9
Democrat incumbent Steve Cohen is running against Republican Charlotte Bergmann, who had no opponent in the GOP primary in the district representing the city of Memphis. Cohen has soundly defeated Bergmann twice before.
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