Tennessee’s sixth congressional district is located in the north-central portion of the state. According to the census, the district is 48.23% urban and 51.77% rural. It is a primarily White district. This district has strongly voted Republican in the past three elections. In the 2012 presidential election, the Republicans of this district won approximately 70% of the two-party vote. In the 2014 house election, the Republicans won 75% of the two-party vote. In the 2016 presidential election, the Republicans won 75% of the two-party vote. In the house election, they won 76% of the two-party vote. Currently, Democratic representative, Dawn Barlow, and Republican representative, John Rose, are running for this open seat. Barlow is the director of hospital medicine at Livingston Regional Hospital. Rose has served as the Commissioner of Agriculture of Tennessee and is president of Boson Software, LLC.