District boundaries are redrawn between cycles. The seat keeps its number through all of them, and this page follows the seat.

Who has held this seat

  1. John J Rep. Duncan Jr. Republican Nov 8, 1988 – Jan 3, 2019
  2. Tim Burchett Republican Jan 3, 2019 – present

Officeholders come from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress and the Clerk of the House.

Everyone who ran

Donations a campaign listed one by one in its filings. It leaves out the candidate's own money, donated goods, and the small gifts a filer reports only as a lump sum, so it is less than everything the campaign took in. Every year on this page uses the same definition.  are shown for each election. Rows are ordered by what the filings reported, including money held for review.

2026 current

U.S. Representative, District 2 candidates, 2026
Candidate Party Itemized contributions Donors
Tim Burchett incumbent Rep. $1,013,435.44 1,800
Michaela Barnett Dem. $231,842.93 381
Adam Heimerman Ind. $0.00 0
Adam Jay Velk Dem. $0.00 0
Bruce Fine Ind. $0.00 0
Oliver Freeman Pogue Nonpartisan $0.00 0

2024

U.S. Representative, District 2 candidates, 2024
Candidate Party Itemized contributions Donors
Tim Burchett incumbent Rep. $924,904.50 928
Jane Anne George Dem. $151,179.73 276

2022

U.S. Representative, District 2 candidates, 2022
Candidate Party Itemized contributions Donors
Tim Burchett incumbent Rep. $1,100,142.57 986
Mark Desmond Harmon Dem. $34,620.72 63

2020

U.S. Representative, District 2 candidates, 2020
Candidate Party Itemized contributions Donors
Tim Burchett incumbent Rep. $1,000,227.00 716
Renee Hoyos Dem. $814,086.01 4,227
Chance Brown Dem. $0.00 0

2018

U.S. Representative, District 2 candidates, 2018
Candidate Party Itemized contributions Donors
Tim Burchett incumbent Rep. $1,051,151.43 1,150
James Lloyd Matlock Rep. $516,493.28 426
Renee Hoyos Dem. $337,918.25 2,802
Sarah Ashley Nickloes Rep. $227,577.50 115
Jason Emert Rep. $91,000.00 98
Joshua Williams Dem. $71,286.00 104
Hank Hamblin Rep. $2,669.35 2
Vito Anthony Sagliano Rep. $1,326.00 2
Marc Whitmire Ind. $848.00 3
Kenneth Wayne Gross Rep. $750.00 2
William Samples Ind. $100.00 1

2016

U.S. Representative, District 2 candidates, 2016
Candidate Party Itemized contributions Donors
John J Rep. Duncan Jr. incumbent Rep. $352,400.00 202

2014

U.S. Representative, District 2 candidates, 2014
Candidate Party Itemized contributions Donors
John J Rep. Duncan Jr. incumbent Rep. $473,056.00 269
Jason Zachary Rep. $116,255.00 182

2012

U.S. Representative, District 2 candidates, 2012
Candidate Party Itemized contributions Donors
John J Rep. Duncan Jr. incumbent Rep. $609,462.00 359
Troy Christopher Goodale Dem. $3,499.00 7

2010

U.S. Representative, District 2 candidates, 2010
Candidate Party Itemized contributions Donors
John J Rep. Duncan Jr. incumbent Rep. $514,000.00 330
William Samples Ind. $0.00 0

2008

U.S. Representative, District 2 candidates, 2008
Candidate Party Itemized contributions Donors
John J Rep. Duncan Jr. incumbent Rep. $559,340.25 336

2006

U.S. Representative, District 2 candidates, 2006
Candidate Party Itemized contributions Donors
John J Rep. Duncan Jr. incumbent Rep. $667,537.32 522
Ralph N McGill Rep. $2,422.00 4

2004

U.S. Representative, District 2 candidates, 2004
Candidate Party Itemized contributions Donors
John J Rep. Duncan Jr. incumbent Rep. $519,523.52 376

2002

U.S. Representative, District 2 candidates, 2002
Candidate Party Itemized contributions Donors
John J Rep. Duncan Jr. incumbent Rep. $175,641.00 275

2000

U.S. Representative, District 2 candidates, 2000
Candidate Party Itemized contributions Donors
John J Rep. Duncan Jr. incumbent Rep. $0.00 $182,240.00 held for review (9 filings) 0
James Andrews Dem. $10,050.00 16

Candidates in the current election have a page of their own. Earlier candidates are listed here by name.