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2026 candidates we're tracking in TN-8
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David Kustoff
Republican
Incumbent
David Kustoff is an attorney and the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, a former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee serving in Congress since 2017, per his official House biography. He was unopposed on August 6 and is the Republican nominee for November 3. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
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Heidi Kuhn
Democratic
Heidi Kuhn, of Cordova, is the outgoing Shelby County Criminal Court Clerk with more than 26 years in government; her office processed nearly 10,000 expungements and she was named 2025 Tennessee Clerk of the Year, per her campaign site and the Daily Memphian.
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Adam D. Austill
Independent
Adam D. Austill is an independent candidate from Covington for Tennessee's 8th Congressional District, per the certified Tennessee candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026; the certified list is the only verifiable source for Austill. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026; the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate list is the only verifiable source for Adam D. Austill.
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Wendell (Wells) Blankenship
Independent
Wendell "Wells" Blankenship is an independent candidate from Memphis for Tennessee's 8th Congressional District, per the certified Tennessee candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026; the certified list is the only verifiable source for Blankenship. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026; the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate list is the only verifiable source for Wendell (Wells) Blankenship.
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Antonio Futch
Independent
Antonio Futch is an independent candidate from Memphis for Tennessee's 8th Congressional District, per the certified Tennessee candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026; the certified list is the only verifiable source for Futch. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026; the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate list is the only verifiable source for Antonio Futch.
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Pamela Jeanine (P.) Moses
Independent
Pamela Jeanine (P.) Moses is an independent candidate for this seat on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026; the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate list is the only verifiable source for Pamela Jeanine (P.) Moses.
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Horace Taylor
Independent
Horace Taylor is an independent candidate from Germantown for Tennessee's 8th Congressional District, per the certified Tennessee candidate list.
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Henry J. Ward, III
Independent
Henry J. Ward III is an independent candidate from Millington for Tennessee's 8th Congressional District, per the certified Tennessee candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026; the certified list is the only verifiable source for Ward. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026; the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate list is the only verifiable source for Henry J. Ward, III.
About this race
Tennessee's 8th Congressional District elects one member of the U.S. House of Representatives to a two-year term. Every House seat in the country is on the ballot in 2026. The Tennessee primary is Thursday, August 6, 2026, and the general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.