Incumbent Republican Tim Burchett secured his party's nomination unopposed in the August 2026 primary and faces Democrat Michaela Barnett plus independents in the November 3 general election for Tennessee's 2nd congressional district. The seat's R+17 Partisan Voter Index, anchored in East Tennessee around Knoxville, has produced consistent double-digit Republican margins, including Burchett's 69 percent in 2024. All major forecasters rate the contest Solid or Safe Republican, aligning with trader pricing that assigns the Republican nominee a 95.5 percent implied probability. Late developments such as redistricting earlier in 2026 left the district's partisan composition largely unchanged. Scenarios that could narrow the gap include an unforeseen national Democratic surge, a significant personal or ethical issue affecting Burchett, or unusually high independent turnout, though none of these factors currently register as competitive in available data.
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$33,323 Vol.
$33,323 Vol.
Republican Party
96%
Democratic Party
6%
$33,323 Vol.
$33,323 Vol.
Republican Party
96%
Democratic Party
6%
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0x2F5e3684c...A candidate's party will be determined by their ballot-listed or otherwise identifiable affiliation with that party at the time all of the 2026 House elections are conclusively called by this market's resolution sources. A candidate without a ballot-listed affiliation to either the Democrat or Republican parties will be considered a member of one of these parties based on the party with which they most recently expressed their intent to caucus at the time all of the House elections are conclusively called by this market's resolution sources.
This market will resolve based on the result of the election as indicated by a consensus of credible reporting. If there is ambiguity, this market will resolve based solely on the official results as reported by the United States government, specifically the Federal Election Commission (https://www.fec.gov/).
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0x2F5e3684c...Incumbent Republican Tim Burchett secured his party's nomination unopposed in the August 2026 primary and faces Democrat Michaela Barnett plus independents in the November 3 general election for Tennessee's 2nd congressional district. The seat's R+17 Partisan Voter Index, anchored in East Tennessee around Knoxville, has produced consistent double-digit Republican margins, including Burchett's 69 percent in 2024. All major forecasters rate the contest Solid or Safe Republican, aligning with trader pricing that assigns the Republican nominee a 95.5 percent implied probability. Late developments such as redistricting earlier in 2026 left the district's partisan composition largely unchanged. Scenarios that could narrow the gap include an unforeseen national Democratic surge, a significant personal or ethical issue affecting Burchett, or unusually high independent turnout, though none of these factors currently register as competitive in available data.
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