Tennessee District 8, U.S. House
District lines changed for 2026. Tennessee Secretary of State: 2026 congressional redistricting
Candidates on the certified ballot
| Candidate | Grade | Party | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adam D. Austill | Independent | Challenger | |
| Wendell "Wells" Blankenship | Independent | Challenger | |
| Antonio Futch | Independent | Challenger | |
| Heidi Kuhn | Democratic | Challenger | |
| David Kustoff | F | Republican | Incumbent |
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| Pamela Jeanine "P." Moses | Independent | Challenger | |
| Horace Taylor | Independent | Challenger | |
| Henry J. Ward, III | Independent | Challenger | |
Alphabetical by surname.
Money
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | From individuals | Organizations & tribes | From PACs | Outside spending (for / against) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam D. Austill | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wendell "Wells" Blankenship | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Antonio Futch | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Heidi Kuhn | $40K | $13Kas of July 17, 2026 | $35K | $3K | $2K | $0 / $0 |
| David Kustoff | $2.2M | $3Mas of July 17, 2026 | $1.1M | $14K | $1.1M | $0 / $0 |
| Pamela Jeanine "P." Moses | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Horace Taylor | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Henry J. Ward, III | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2026 cycle, per FEC filings. The thin bars compare candidates within this race. Raised covers the 2026 cycle. Cash on hand can include money carried over from earlier campaigns. “—”: no FEC financial report on file for this candidate.
Sources
- FEC bulk data, 2026 cycle: candidate summaries (weball), candidate-committee linkages (ccl), committees (cm), candidates (cn), individual contributions (indiv), committee contributions (pas2), independent expenditures (schedule_e). Files dated October 4, 2026 to October 14, 2026. Money is computed with the same functions as member pages. FEC bulk data
- Grades and member records: Congress.gov roll-call votes, YourRepRecord grades computed October 16, 2026. Congress.gov
- Candidate list: Tennessee Secretary of State, Division of Elections, fetched October 6, 2026. official list
- District lines: Tennessee Secretary of State: 2026 congressional redistricting.
- State election office websites: the USA.gov state election office directory, fetched October 9, 2026. USA.gov