Tennessee 7th Congressional District (TN) — Elections 1876–2024

Tennessee 7th Congressional District, Tennessee: Old Confederacy district. In 2024, voted R+20%. Democratic peak: D+59 in 1936.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: R+20MIT Election Lab
Political archetype: Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
Population: 930,7832024 5-year
Median household income: $83,1892024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 70.6%2024 5-year
Black: 14.2%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 9.6%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+59 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+23 in 1972MIT Election Lab

GREEN, Mark E.Congress 119 · Republican

−1 liberal

+1 conservative

Predecessors: VAN EPPS, MATT (2025–2027), BLACKBURN, Marsha (2017–2019), BLACKBURN, Marsha (2015–2017), BLACKBURN, Marsha (2013–2015)

Source · Voteview / Lewis, Poole, Rosenthal et al. (CC-BY).

2024 results by constituent county

14 counties · 1 D · 13 R

R+60

D+60

One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−19.7%	156,163	234,586	397,965
2020	R	−13.3%	165,623	217,946	392,630
2016	R	−17.1%	120,033	173,170	310,170
2012	R	−13.1%	126,841	165,974	297,887
2008	R	−7.9%	141,927	166,731	312,761
2004	R	−9.1%	130,215	156,421	288,563
2000	D	+4.8%	122,470	111,120	237,380
1996	D	+10.0%	109,857	88,669	212,047
1992	D	+13.2%	106,527	78,841	209,009
1988	R	−7.7%	78,533	91,705	171,184
1984	R	−5.8%	81,597	91,636	174,344
1980	D	+19.1%	94,353	63,321	162,296
1976	D	+31.3%	95,310	49,489	146,359
1972	R	−22.6%	42,664	68,472	114,224
1968	O	+2.4%	36,581	33,773	119,189
1964	D	+36.8%	74,151	34,266	108,417
1960	D	+18.1%	56,315	38,910	96,202
1956	D	+30.9%	57,610	30,211	88,630
1952	D	+28.0%	54,295	30,488	84,953
1948	D	+42.3%	32,433	11,134	50,400
1944	D	+43.3%	32,548	12,838	45,519
1940	D	+50.5%	37,561	12,321	50,017
1936	D	+59.3%	30,984	7,850	39,020
1932	D	+56.1%	27,739	7,666	35,751
1928	D	+6.6%	18,006	15,772	33,835
1924	D	+38.1%	17,860	7,727	26,565
1920	D	+17.7%	25,361	17,710	43,325
1916	D	+29.9%	19,942	10,657	31,046
1912	D	+40.4%	18,763	6,895	29,395
1908	D	+24.1%	20,522	12,461	33,444
1904	D	+26.5%	18,218	10,399	29,456
1900	D	+24.5%	20,695	12,364	33,980
1896	D	+20.9%	23,679	15,324	39,988
1892	D	+28.2%	18,140	9,053	32,194
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Congressional elections · 17 Senate races

U.S. Senate

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year	Won	D %	R %	Total
2024	R	34.2%	63.8%	3,007,608
2020	R	35.2%	62.2%	2,959,761
2018	R	43.9%	54.7%	2,243,740
2014	R	31.9%	61.9%	1,374,065
2012	R	30.4%	64.9%	2,321,477
2008	R	31.6%	65.1%	2,424,585
2006	R	48.0%	50.7%	1,833,695
2002	R	44.3%	54.3%	1,642,432
2000	R	32.2%	65.1%	1,928,613
1996	R	36.8%	61.4%	1,778,664
1994	R	42.1%	56.4%	1,480,391
1990	D	67.7%	29.8%	783,922
1988	D	65.1%	34.5%	1,567,181
1984	D	60.7%	33.8%	1,648,036
1982	D	61.9%	38.1%	1,259,785
1978	R	40.3%	55.5%	1,157,094
1976	D	52.5%	47.0%	1,432,046

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

English

13.2%

German

10.6%

Irish

9.9%

American

9.5%

Italian

2.7%

Scottish

2.3%

French

1.4%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 36.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

0.7%

1.8%

75–84

2.3%

4.1%

65–74

4.6%

5.7%

55–64

6.1%

6.0%

45–54

6.1%

7.1%

35–44

7.1%

7.9%

25–34

7.9%

4.5%

18–24

4.4%

8.7%

5–17

8.2%

3.3%

3.1%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$83,189

Congressional District 7 ranks near the middle of US counties.

Congressional District 7$83,189

Tennessee$69,595

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

11.5%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1815.7%

Working age (18–64)10.3%

Seniors (65+)10.1%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

88.8%

speak English only

Spanish6.5%

Other Indo-European1.7%

Asian & Pacific Islander1.6%

Other languages1.4%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Baptist

17.8%

Other Christian

15.4%

Catholic & Orthodox

6.4%

Methodist

5.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.2%

Mainline Protestant

2.8%

Non-Christian

1.2%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 48.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Tennessee's 7th district recorded an R+41.1 presidential margin in 2024, reflecting a predominantly rural, small-town electorate that has swung decisively away from competitive territory over the past two decades.

The shift began with civil rights. 2004 marked the realignment in Tennessee 7th Congressional District, by a nine points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at twenty-three points in 1972. The 2024 margin was twenty points.

The political shift has tracked, in Tennessee 7th Congressional District, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 71% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $83,189, and a 12% poverty rate describe the demographic context.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 7, Tennessee vote in 2024?

In 2024, Congressional District 7, Tennessee voted Republican by 19.7 points (R+20), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 397,965 votes cast, 156,163 went Democratic and 234,586 went Republican.

What is Congressional District 7, Tennessee's political archetype?

Akashic classifies Congressional District 7, Tennessee as a "Old Confederacy" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 24 times, Republican 9 times, and other 1 times.

When did Congressional District 7, Tennessee last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 7, Tennessee voted Democratic was 2000.

How many people live in Congressional District 7, Tennessee?

Congressional District 7, Tennessee has a population of 930,783 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Congressional District 7, Tennessee?

Median household income in Congressional District 7, Tennessee is $83,189 — above the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.

What is the political history of Congressional District 7, Tennessee?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 7, Tennessee from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 24 went Democratic and 9 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.

Tennessee 7th Congressional District voted Democratic for a century; it now votes Republican by 20 points.

Key facts

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