Incumbent Republican David Kustoff holds a commanding position in the TN-08 House race due to the district's consistent Republican lean, evidenced by his 72% margin in 2024 and multiple nonpartisan forecasts rating it Safe or Solid Republican ahead of the November 3, 2026 general election. Kustoff advanced unopposed in the August Republican primary, while Democrat Heidi Kuhn, the Shelby County Criminal Court clerk, won her party's nomination but faces structural headwinds in a district spanning rural West Tennessee and eastern Memphis suburbs. Multiple independent candidates further fragment the opposition. Trader consensus at 94% for Kustoff reflects these baseline advantages and limited recent developments. Scenarios that could narrow the gap include a major scandal affecting the incumbent, an unexpected national political shift, or unusually strong Democratic turnout in Shelby County areas.
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$35,692 Vol.
$35,692 Vol.
David Kustoff (R)
94%
Heidi Kuhn (D)
6%
$35,692 Vol.
$35,692 Vol.
David Kustoff (R)
94%
Heidi Kuhn (D)
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 David Kustoff holds a commanding position in the TN-08 House race due to the district's consistent Republican lean, evidenced by his 72% margin in 2024 and multiple nonpartisan forecasts rating it Safe or Solid Republican ahead of the November 3, 2026 general election. Kustoff advanced unopposed in the August Republican primary, while Democrat Heidi Kuhn, the Shelby County Criminal Court clerk, won her party's nomination but faces structural headwinds in a district spanning rural West Tennessee and eastern Memphis suburbs. Multiple independent candidates further fragment the opposition. Trader consensus at 94% for Kustoff reflects these baseline advantages and limited recent developments. Scenarios that could narrow the gap include a major scandal affecting the incumbent, an unexpected national political shift, or unusually strong Democratic turnout in Shelby County areas.
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