- Lead
- 9,632
- Total
- 39,253
- vs nation
- R+23.1
Tennessee 26th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 9,495
- Total
- 38,967
- vs nation
- R+28.8
- Lead
- 9,800
- Total
- 31,616
- vs nation
- R+33.1
- Lead
- 9,465
- Total
- 31,338
- vs nation
- R+34.1
- Lead
- 8,956
- Total
- 32,607
- vs nation
- R+34.7
- Lead
- 9,375
- Total
- 30,273
- vs nation
- R+28.5
- Lead
- 7,399
- Total
- 26,467
- vs nation
- R+28.5
- Lead
- 5,237
- Total
- 24,212
- vs nation
- R+30.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+24.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 73,2132024 5-year
- Population density
- 608 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 121 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $91,7792024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 84.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 5.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+24.7 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+56.8 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 27, TN · twin score 96.0
presidential history
Party record book
Tennessee 26th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1936
62.0%
2,979 votes · D+24.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · 55.0%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
76.1%
14,615 votes · R+56.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · 71.5%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
14,496votes
36.9% of the vote · R+24.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 14,333 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
24,128votes
61.5% of the vote · R+24.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 23,828 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
James M. Cox1920
+5.2pts D vs U.S.
Place R+21.0 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +4.7 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+41.2pts R vs U.S.
Place R+18.6 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · +34.7 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 41.0%13,179 | 59.0%18,997 | 32,176 |
Tennessee 26th State House District sits in the Border South and Appalachia. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 24.7 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 56.8 points in 1972. The 2024 margin was 24.5 points.
A population of 73,213, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $91,779 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 27 and State House District 29.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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