Tennessee Congressional District 8 Democratic Primary

Heidi Kuhn won with 52.0% of the vote, a margin of 31.0 points.

The result

Heidi KuhnWinner52.0% 23,783
Dewey Gordon Bryan21.0% 9,609
Leonard Perkins16.9% 7,716
Jordan D. Hinders10.2% 4,670

45,778 votes counted across 12 of 12 counties.

County by county

12 counties reported in this race. Sorted by total votes cast.

County	Precincts	Heidi Kuhn	Dewey Gordon Bryan	Leonard Perkins	Jordan D. Hinders
Shelby	142 / 142	19,734	6,422	3,976	2,994
Madison	29 / 29	1,604	1,377	1,540	676
Haywood	11 / 11	361	327	907	204
Tipton	9 / 9	660	270	232	214
Gibson	22 / 22	423	392	268	218
Fayette	18 / 18	213	172	463	109
Carroll	15 / 15	217	215	82	64
Henderson	12 / 12	152	83	60	44
Crockett	12 / 12	114	88	59	43
Decatur	9 / 9	82	119	53	41
Chester	7 / 7	109	92	51	39
Perry	10 / 10	114	52	25	24

Results are from the Tennessee Secretary of State and are complete. They remain unofficial until county election commissions certify them, which Tennessee law requires by the third Monday after the election.

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