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Tennessee’s 4th District

U.S. House · TN-4

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Republicans a 96% chance of winning, with an average lead of 15.1 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 10%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 57.4%

    Scott DesJarlais, incumbent

  • Democrat 42.6%

    Victoria Broderick

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Republican Democrat
TN-4 57.4%42.6%
National averageUnited States 44.2%+13.1 54.5%−11.9

Simple average of the 435 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Current member

Scott DesJarlais · Republican

Primary results

Held August 6, 2026 · Certified official result · Official source

Democratic primary Victoria Broderick 37.9% 12,432 votes
Republican primary Scott DesJarlais 65.9% 39,503 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Scott DesJarlais

    source
  • Democrat Challenger

    Victoria Broderick

    source
  • Other Challenger

    Anders, Jacob Kristopher

    General-election qualification remains to be verified.

Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 41.6 points.

Our current projection: the Republicans ahead by 15.1 points.

Where these voters came from

This district was redrawn in the 2025-2026 redistricting. Share of its voters from each former district:

  • Former district 4 84%
  • Former district 6 14%

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • TN-6 Republican, safe seat
  • TN-3 Republican, safe seat
  • TN-9 Republican, competitive
  • TN-5 Republican, competitive
  • TN-7 Republican, competitive
  • TN-2 Republican, safe seat

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. AZ-2Republican52%5.7-point gap
  2. KY-6Republican53%5.8-point gap
  3. VA-1Republican58%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated