Tennessee's 4th congressional district

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Tennessee's 4th congressional district
Tennessee's 4th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative
  Scott DesJarlais
RSherwood
Distribution
  • 43.84% rural
Population (2019)812,697[1]
Median household
income
$59,461[1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVIR+20[2]

The 4th congressional district of Tennessee is a congressional district in the state of Tennessee. The district is represented by Republican Scott DesJarlais since 2011. The district is in southern Tennessee and has the counties of, Bedford, Bledsoe, Franklin, Grundy, Lincoln, Marion, Marshall, Meigs, Moore, Rhea, Rutherford, Sequatchie, and Warren. It also contains significant portions of Bradley, Maury, and Van Buren.

Election history[change | change source]

Year Office Result
2000 President George W. Bush (R) 50% – Al Gore 49% (D)
2004 President George W. Bush (R) 58% – John Kerry 41% (D)
2008 President John McCain (R) 62.6% – Barack Obama 35.8% (D)
2012 President Mitt Romney (R) 65.3% – Barack Obama 33% (D)
2016 President Donald Trump (R) 68.6% – Hillary Clinton 27.4% (D)
2020 President Donald Trump (R) 67.5% - Joe Biden 30.7% (D)
General Election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Scott DesJarlais (Incumbent) 128,568 55.8
Democratic Eric Stewart 102,022 44.2
Total votes 230,590 100
Republican hold
Tennessee's 4th congressional district, 2014[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Scott DesJarlais (incumbent) 84,815 58.3
Democratic Lenda Sherrell 51,357 35.3
Independent Robert Rankin Doggart 9,246 6.4
Total votes 145,418 100.0
Republican hold
Tennessee's 4th congressional district, 2016[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Scott DesJarlais (incumbent) 165,796 65.0
Democratic Steven Reynolds 89,141 35.0
Total votes 254,937 100.0
Republican hold
Tennessee's 4th congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Scott DesJarlais (incumbent) 147,323 63.4
Democratic Mariah Phillips 78,065 33.6
Independent Michael Shupe 7,056 3.0
Independent Russell Wayne Steele (write-in) 7 0.0
Total votes 232,451 100.0
Republican hold
Tennessee's 4th congressional district, 2020[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Scott DesJarlais (incumbent) 223,802 66.7
Democratic Christopher Hale 111,908 33.3
Total votes 335,710 100.0
Republican hold

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "My Congressional District".
  2. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  3. https://sos-tn-gov-files.s3.amazonaws.com/20141104_CountyTotals_01.pdf
  4. https://sos-tn-gov-files.s3.amazonaws.com/USHousebyCountyNov2016.pdf
  5. State of Tennessee General Election Results, November 3, 2020, Results By Office (PDF) (Report). Secretary of State of Tennessee. December 2, 2020. Retrieved December 2, 2020.