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 S. Tanner Democrat Jan 3, 1989 – Jan 3, 2011
  2. Stephen Fincher Republican Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2017
  3. David Kustoff Republican Jan 3, 2017 – 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 8 candidates, 2026
Candidate Party Itemized contributions Donors
David Kustoff incumbent Rep. $2,077,129.76 749
Heidi Kuhn Dem. $33,900.00 43
Dewey Gordon Bryan Dem. $10,000.00 16
Horace Taylor Ind. $500.00 1
Adam D. Austill Ind. $0.00 0
Antonio Futch Ind. $0.00 0
Henry J. Ward III Ind. $0.00 0
Jordan Daniel Hinders Dem. $0.00 0
Leonard Perkins Dem. $0.00 0
Pamela Jeanine "P." Moses Ind. $0.00 0
Wendell "Wells" Blankenship Ind. $0.00 0
William Davis Wicker Dem. $0.00 0

2024

U.S. Representative, District 8 candidates, 2024
Candidate Party Itemized contributions Donors
David Kustoff incumbent Rep. $2,166,485.00 969
Sarah Freeman Dem. $0.00 $9,159.18 held for review (6 filings) 0
Leonard Perkins Dem. $2,500.00 2
James Hart Ind. $0.00 0

2022

U.S. Representative, District 8 candidates, 2022
Candidate Party Itemized contributions Donors
David Kustoff incumbent Rep. $1,864,826.18 919
Robert Louis Hendry Rep. $16,141.22 21
Gary Dean Clouse Rep. $1,801.78 6
James Hart Ind. $13.00 1
Lynnette Williams Dem. $0.00 0

2020

U.S. Representative, District 8 candidates, 2020
Candidate Party Itemized contributions Donors
David Kustoff incumbent Rep. $1,682,926.52 809
Erika Stotts-Pearson Dem. $500.00 2
James Hart Ind. $0.00 0

2018

U.S. Representative, District 8 candidates, 2018
Candidate Party Itemized contributions Donors
David Kustoff incumbent Rep. $1,750,466.78 983
John Burke Boatner Jr Dem. $0.00 $27,093.41 held for review (5 filings) 0
Erika Stotts-Pearson Dem. $0.00 $7,826.50 held for review (2 filings) 0
Colleen Owens Rep. $3,200.00 9
James Hart Ind. $0.00 0

2016

U.S. Representative, District 8 candidates, 2016
Candidate Party Itemized contributions Donors
David Kustoff incumbent Rep. $1,135,956.00 827
Brian Kelsey Rep. $807,029.00 589
Mark H Luttrell Jr Rep. $328,502.50 304
John Bradley Greer Rep. $133,860.00 153
Thomas F Leatherwood III Rep. $45,122.00 49
Terry Hunter Baker Jr. Rep. $6,000.00 9
John John Mills Rep. $250.00 1
David Joseph Maldonado Rep. $0.00 0
James Hart Ind. $0.00 0

2014

U.S. Representative, District 8 candidates, 2014
Candidate Party Itemized contributions Donors
Stephen Fincher incumbent Rep. $1,668,240.45 745
Dana Matheny Rep. $20,853.52 13
John John Mills Rep. $300.00 1
Wes Bradley Dem. $100.00 1
James Hart Ind. $0.00 0
Lawrence Allen Pivnick Dem. $0.00 0

2012

U.S. Representative, District 8 candidates, 2012
Candidate Party Itemized contributions Donors
Stephen Fincher incumbent Rep. $2,167,006.62 1,217
Timothy D Dixon Dem. $16,661.00 28
Wes Bradley Dem. $465.00 5
James Hart Ind. $0.00 0
Mark J. Rawles Ind. $0.00 0
Mary Taylor-Shelby Ind. $0.00 0

2010

U.S. Representative, District 8 candidates, 2010
Candidate Party Itemized contributions Donors
Stephen Fincher incumbent Rep. $2,470,701.00 1,412
Roy Brasfield Herron Dem. $1,946,156.64 1,581
Ronald Kirkland Rep. $781,616.00 563
Mary Taylor-Shelby Ind. $13,470.00 6
Donn Janes Rep. $10,948.65 10
Luther T Mercer II Dem. $5,900.00 9
Mark J. Rawles Ind. $1,400.00 3
Randy Lee Smith Rep. $950.00 4
David Allen Rice Rep. $0.00 0
James Hart Ind. $0.00 0

2008

U.S. Representative, District 8 candidates, 2008
Candidate Party Itemized contributions Donors
John S. Tanner Dem. $1,393,273.91 617
Thomas F Leatherwood III Rep. $113,320.00 142
Mary Taylor-Shelby Ind. $0.00 $18,090.00 held for review (7 filings) 0
James Hart Ind. $42.00 1

2006

U.S. Representative, District 8 candidates, 2006
Candidate Party Itemized contributions Donors
John S. Tanner Dem. $967,421.99 432
James Hart Ind. $0.00 0

2004

U.S. Representative, District 8 candidates, 2004
Candidate Party Itemized contributions Donors
John S. Tanner Dem. $731,048.86 470
Dennis K Bertrand Rep. $0.00 0
James Hart Ind. $0.00 0

2002

U.S. Representative, District 8 candidates, 2002
Candidate Party Itemized contributions Donors
David Kustoff incumbent Rep. $288,431.00 328
John S. Tanner Dem. $0.00 $31,300.00 held for review (9 filings) 0
James Hart Ind. $0.00 0

2000

U.S. Representative, District 8 candidates, 2000
Candidate Party Itemized contributions Donors
John S. Tanner Dem. $0.00 $127,588.00 held for review (10 filings) 0
Marvin Williams Dem. $3,890.00 7
Billy Yancy Rep. $400.00 1

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