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Tennessee's 4th congressional district

Tennessee's 4th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.

Representative

Scott DesJarlais
R–Sherwood

Distribution

56.16% urban
43.84% rural

Population (2019)

812,697

Median income

$59,461

Ethnicity

84.95% White
9.23% Black
1.59% Asian
6.21% Hispanic
0.23% Native American

Cook PVI

R+20

The 4th congressional district of Tennessee is a congressional district in the state of Tennessee. The district is represented by Republican Scott DesJarlais since 2011. The district is in southern Tennessee and has the counties of, Bedford, Bledsoe, Franklin, Grundy, Lincoln, Marion, Marshall, Meigs, Moore, Rhea, Rutherford, Sequatchie, and Warren. It also contains significant portions of Bradley, Maury, and Van Buren.

Election history

Year	Office	Result
2000	President	George W. Bush (R) 50% – Al Gore 49% (D)
2004	President	George W. Bush (R) 58% – John Kerry 41% (D)
2008	President	John McCain (R) 62.6% – Barack Obama 35.8% (D)
2012	President	Mitt Romney (R) 65.3% – Barack Obama 33% (D)
2016	President	Donald Trump (R) 68.6% – Hillary Clinton 27.4% (D)
2020	President	Donald Trump (R) 67.5% - Joe Biden 30.7% (D)

General Election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott DesJarlais (Incumbent)	128,568	55.8
	Democrat	Eric Stewart	102,022	44.2
Total votes			230,590	100
	Republican hold

Tennessee's 4th congressional district, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott DesJarlais (incumbent)	84,815	58.3
	Democrat	Lenda Sherrell	51,357	35.3
	Independent	Robert Rankin Doggart	9,246	6.4
Total votes			145,418	100.0
	Republican hold

Tennessee's 4th congressional district, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott DesJarlais (incumbent)	165,796	65.0
	Democrat	Steven Reynolds	89,141	35.0
Total votes			254,937	100.0
	Republican hold

Tennessee's 4th congressional district, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott DesJarlais (incumbent)	147,323	63.4
	Democrat	Mariah Phillips	78,065	33.6
	Independent	Michael Shupe	7,056	3.0
	Independent	Russell Wayne Steele (write-in)	7	0.0
Total votes			232,451	100.0
	Republican hold

Tennessee's 4th congressional district, 2020
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott DesJarlais (incumbent)	223,802	66.7
	Democrat	Christopher Hale	111,908	33.3
Total votes			335,710	100.0
	Republican hold

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Election history