This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Tennessee was April 4, 2024.

Thirty-one candidates are running for Tennessee’s nine U.S. House districts, including 19 Democrats and 12 Republicans. That’s 3.4 candidates per district, less than in the previous three election cycles. There were 4.0 candidates per district in 2022, 5.0 candidates per district in 2020, and 5.4 in 2018.

Here are some other highlights from this year’s filings:

• The number of candidates running for the U.S. House in Tennessee this year is also lower than any other year this decade.
• No seats are open this year, meaning all incumbents are running for re-election. The last time all incumbents ran for re-election in Tennessee was in 2014.
• Six candidates—five Democrats and one Republican—are running for the 8th Congressional District, the most candidates running for a seat in Tennessee this year.
• Six primaries—four Democratic and two Republican—are contested this year, the fewest this decade. There were eight contested primaries in 2022, eight in 2020, 13 in 2018, 10 in 2016, and 11 in 2014.

• Three incumbents—one Democrat and two Republicans—are in contested primaries this year. That’s the same as the previous two election cycles.
• Candidates filed to run in the Republican and Democratic primaries in all eight districts, meaning no seats are guaranteed to either party.

Tennessee is holding primary elections on August 1.

In Tennessee, the winner of the primary election is the candidate who receives the highest number of votes, even if they do not win more than 50% of the vote.