If you are interested in creating a more trusted source of political information and more civil political discussions, donate to Democracy onAir, a nonpartisan 501c3 non profit.

Current Position: US House of Representatives District #1 from 2021
Affiliation: Republican
Former Position: Pharmacist from 1997 – 2020
District:  Tri-Cities area in northeastern Tennessee.
Upcoming Election:

Harshbarger has been a licensed pharmacist since 1987.[5] She and her husband, Bob, operate Premier Pharmacy, a compounding pharmacy.

Featured Quote: 
I am honored to have the support of our President @realDonaldTrump!!! Now more than ever we need folks in Congress who will work with our President and continue to add to his record of accomplishment, not partisan liberals who will be a rubber stamp for @SpeakerPelosi

Interview with congressional candidate Diana Harshbarger

Current Position: US Representative of TN District 2 since 2019
Affiliation: Republican
Former Positions: Mayor of Knox County from 2010 – 2018; State Senator from 1999 – 2010; State Delegate from 1995 – 1999
District:    based in Knoxville
Upcoming Election:

On February 10, 2012, Burchett appeared on WBIR-TV and officially announced that the county’s first “cash mob” would be held at the Emery’s 5 & 10 store in South Knoxville. The cash mob gained national attention, and was mentioned in Time magazine.

Featured Quote: 
“China is responsible” in response to this article Is China going to fry the global climate?

Rep. Tim Burchett Says New UFO Videos Aren’t Russians, ‘Out of Our Galaxy’ | TMZ Live

Current Position: US Representative of TN District 3 since 2011
Affiliation: Republican
Former Position: Lawyer from 1987 – 2011
District:   based in Chattanooga and includes a large part of East Tennessee, including Oak Ridge.
Upcoming Election:

Fleischmann is of Italian, English, and Austro-Hungarian descent, and is a distant relative of Harry Houdini.

After graduating from law school, Fleischmann moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee, and founded an independent law firm, Fleischmann and Fleischmann, in 1987. He is a former president of the Chattanooga Bar Association and former chair of the Chattanooga Lawyers Pro Bono Committee.

Featured Quote: 
Say it with me: Nuclear Energy is the most RELIABLE and EFFECTIVE source of carbon-free energy

Congressman Chuck Fleischmann Shares the Importance of His Catholic Faith | EWTN News Nightly

Current Position: US Representative of TN District 4 since 2011
Affiliation: Republican
District:   Most of the district is rural, but many residents live in the suburbs of Chattanooga and Nashville
Upcoming Election:

Over ten years he, his parents and his brother and sister built their own house in Sturgis; his parents still live there.

DesJarlais earned his undergraduate degree in Chemistry and Psychology from the University of South Dakota in 1987 and his Doctor of Medicine from the University of South Dakota School of Medicine in 1991. He moved to East Tennessee in 1993 to practice medicine as a generalist.

Current Position: US Representative of TN District 5 since 2023
Affiliation: Republican
Former Position: Businessman and Mayor Maury County from 2018 to 2022
District: Since the 2022 election cycle, there is no longer a congressional district centered on the city of Nashville itself. Tennessee’s 5th is a gerrymandered district designed to favor Republican candidates. The 5th District comprises a southern portion of Davidson County; portions of Wilson and Williamson Counties; and the entirety of Maury, Lewis, and Marshall Counties.   
Upcoming Election:

Ogles has worked as a conservative activist, serving as the executive director of the Laffer Center, a think tank supportive of fiscal conservatism and the free market, and the Tennessee chapter of Americans for Prosperity.

Ogles has worked as a restaurant operator and a real estate investor. His involvement in politics began when he became the first director of the Tennessee chapter of Americans for Prosperity. He has also been a Club for Growth Foundation fellow.

Current Position: US Representative of TN District 7 since 2019
Affiliation: Republican
Former Position: State Senator from 2013 – 2018
District: parts of Middle and West Tennessee. most of the area is rural, more than half of the district’s vote is cast in either Montgomery County (Clarksville) or Williamson County (Franklin, Brentwood).    
Upcoming Election:

Green has chaired the Committee on Homeland Security since 2023. After graduating from West Point, Green was an infantry officer. He then graduated from Boonshoft School of Medicine at Wright State University and became a flight surgeon, serving tours of duty in the War in Afghanistan and Iraq War.

Green became the CEO of a hospital emergency department staffing company.

Featured Quote: 
We cannot allow the American dream to be destroyed by socialism. RT if you agree!

Fighting Tyranny with Rep. Mark Green

Current Position: US Representative of TN District 8 since 2017
Affiliation: Republican
Former Position: United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee from 2006 – 2008
District:   The district appears rural on a map, but the bulk of its vote is cast in the suburban and exurban areas around Memphis.
Upcoming Election:

n 1998, Kustoff opened a law firm with Jim Strickland, whom he met at the University of Memphis. Both became active in Tennessee politics; Strickland was elected mayor of Memphis in 2015.

He served as George W. Bush’s campaign chair in Tennessee during the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections. In 2006, President Bush nominated Kustoff as U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee. The U.S. Senate confirmed him.

Featured Quote: 
Through @JoeBiden’s open border policies, we’re seeing a health crisis at our border. Unfortunately, House Dems just blocked the PAUSE Act, a bill that would keep an important border health protection in place & help prevent immigrants carrying COVID from entering our country.

Catch Up With Kustoff July 24

Current Position: US Representative of TN District 9 since 2007
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Senator from 1983 – 2006
Other Positions:  Ranking Member, Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Aviation
District: The district includes the western three-fourths of Memphis    
Upcoming Election:

Cohen contracted polio when he was five, and the disease caused him to shift his attention from sports to politics at an early age. Cohen describes Kennedy as his political hero. His father had established his private psychiatry practice in Memphis.

From 1978 to 2006, Cohen was the sole practitioner of his own law firm, practicing civil and criminal law. Cohen rose to political prominence when he was elected vice president of the Tennessee Constitutional Convention of 1977 at age 27.

Featured Quote: 
America has lost a hero. I have lost a hero, a dear friend, a #GoodTrouble cohort & colleague. It has been an honor to know & serve with @RepJohnLewis. He was the embodiment of Dr. King, Mahatma Gandhi, & heaven on earth. #RIPJohnLewis

Rep. Steve Cohen’s full questioning of legal experts | Trump’s first impeachment

All topical posts in onAIR networks Hub websites is under the Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial -NoDerivatives 4.0 International with the additional condition that nonprofit websites, apps, and social media pages do not have advertisers.

This CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license permits content sharing and adaptation as long as proper attribution is given to its author(s) and is used for non-commercial purposes.

All content in profile posts on people, organizations, and projects  is copyrighted by default by a post’s lead author.