DesJarlais, Kustoff reelected to House from Tennessee

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) —

4th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

Incumbent Scott DesJarlais has been reelected to represent a middle Tennessee district in the U.S. House, securing a sixth term in Congress.

DesJarlais secured his bid to represent the district after defeating Democratic nominee Christopher Hale. The Jasper physician has survived cancer and a series of revelations that included affairs with patients.

DesJarlais also urged a mistress to seek an abortion and once held a gun in his mouth for hours outside his ex-wife’s room. He has since said he opposes abortion rights.

8th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

Republican David Kustoff is returning to the U.S. House for a third term. Kustoff defeated Democrat Erika Stotts Pearson and two independents in the race for the Tennessee House seat representing suburban Memphis.

Kustoff was first elected in 2016, when he replaced Republican Stephen Fincher, who retired. The district includes suburban Memphis and parts of more than a dozen mostly rural counties.

Kustoff is a former U.S. attorney who has aligned himself with President Donald Trump.

Stotts Pearson has worked in sports administration and founded a charter school in Memphis. She owns a home health solutions company and a logistics firm.

1st CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

Republican Diane Harshbarger has won an open U.S. House seat in northeastern Tennessee. The first-time political candidate defeated Democratic candidate Blair Walsingham in a congressional district that has been represented by Republicans since the Civil War. Harshbarger, a pharmacist, will replace outgoing U.S. House Rep. Phil Roe, who announced earlier this year that he wouldn’t pursue a sixth term.

2nd CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

Tim Burchett has been reelected to represent an east Tennessee district for a second term in the U.S. House. Burchett defeated Democratic candidate Renee Hoyos.

6th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

Republican incumbent John Rose has won the race for the U.S. House seat representing north-central Tennessee. Rose defeated Democrat Christopher Finley and independent Christopher Monday.

Rose is returning to Washington for his second term in the House. He is a supporter of President Donald Trump and is a member of the House Financial Services Committee.

The conservative farm owner and businessman from Cookeville won in 2016 in the race to replace Diane Black. The mostly rural, solidly Republican district includes all of 17 counties and part of two others.

Finley, of Sparta, was raised on a family farm, which he owns, according to a biography posted on his Facebook page.

7th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

Republican Mark Green is returning to the U.S. House for a second term.

Green won the race for the Tennessee House seat that includes Clarksville and the suburbs of Nashville. Green, of Ashland City, defeated Democrat Kiran Sreepada and two independents.

The district runs from the Kentucky border to the borders of Mississippi and Alabama. It includes all or parts of 19 counties, including the city of Clarksville, the Nashville suburbs in Williamson County, and other small towns and rural areas.

Green is a former Army flight surgeon who won the 2018 race to fill the House seat left open when Republican Marsha Blackburn decided to run for U.S. Senate. He previously served in the Tennessee state Senate for six years.