Federal race · 2024

Tennessee U.S. House, District 8, 2024

Primary: August 1, 2024 · General election: November 5, 2024

Money raised

  1. David Kustoff (R)$2.5M raised · $2.1M on hand
  2. Sarah Freeman (D)$37K raised · $1K on hand
  3. Leonard Perkins Sr. (D)$14K raised · $288 on hand
  4. James Hart (I)$595 raised · $0 on hand

Raised Cash on hand · bars are blue for Democrats, red for Republicans, gray for others

Candidates

CandidateStatusRaisedSpentCash on handThrough
David Kustoff (R)Won the general election (72.34%)$2,498,788.64$1,599,321.82$2,059,460.812024-12-31
Sarah Freeman (D)Lost the general election (25.59%)$37,090.24$35,672.33$1,417.912024-12-31
Leonard Perkins Sr. (D)Lost primary$14,064.94$13,777.39$287.552024-10-03
James Hart (I)Lost the general election (2.06%)$594.97$2,814.39$0.002024-12-31

Totals from the FEC candidate summary file, retrieved October 23, 2026. A dated snapshot, not live reporting; each candidate’s FEC page is the official source.

Total spent on this race

$1,500,441.50 = candidates’ own spending $1,500,441.50 + outside spending $0.00

No outside spending has been reported in this race.

Candidates’ own spending is their committees’ disbursements less transfers to other committees, contributions to others, loan repayments and refunds (FEC committee summary). Outside spending is independent expenditures, electioneering communications and company or union member communications for or against these candidates (FEC totals by candidate from regular reports, retrieved October 24, 2026; the latest 24- and 48-hour notices are not included yet). Party coordinated spending is not split by race and is not included. All the money

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSolid RFebruary 2, 2023
  • Inside ElectionsSolid RMarch 10, 2023
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RFebruary 23, 2023
  • Elections DailySafe RSeptember 7, 2023
  • CNalysisSolid RNovember 16, 2023

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Results

CandidatePartyVotesShare
David KustoffRepublican Party240,41172.34%
Sarah FreemanDemocratic Party85,04325.59%
James HartIndependent6,8612.06%

As listed on Wikipedia; official results come from the state election office.

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