Tennessee's 8th district is largely urban (60.83%) and 39.17% rural. 72.69% of the population is white (non-hispanic), and 27.6% have received a bachelor or higher. The median household is $54,145. In more recent years, this district has been voting Republican. In 2016, David Kustoff (R) won with 68.8% of the vote. In 2014, Stephen Lee Fincher (R) won with 70.8% of the vote. In 2012, Fincher won with 68.3% of the vote. In 2010, Fincher won with 60.3% of the vote. In 2008, John Tanner (D) won unanimously. The current candidates are educational advocate Erica Stotts Pearson (D) and incumbent David Kustoff (R), who graduated with a bachelors in business administration and masters in law. The BPI for this district is -21.37, and the fundamentals-only model predicts Kustoff will win with 69.47% of the vote.