I promise to represent all 15 counties.
Will represent all 15 counties in Tennessee's 8th District.
Occurrences
"I’m looking forward to visiting all 15 counties in the 8th Congressional District this week," Kustoff said.
Evidence
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The Tennessee congressional map adopted May 7, 2026 labels District 8 as David Kustoff and places these counties in that district: Van Buren, Blount, Maury, Warren, Henderson, Perry, Madison, Haywood, Rhea, Bledsoe, Decatur, Tipton, Lewis, Coffee, and Bedford.
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Kustoff’s official House page is for TN08 and says he is serving Tennessee’s Eighth Congressional District.
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Tennessee U.S. Congress Districts as adopted by Public Chapter 597.
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House Tennessee, District 8 115th-119th (2017-Present).
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During the month of August, Congressman David Kustoff (R-TN-08) spent the district work period back home in Tennessee’s 8th Congressional District
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Kustoff, David KUSTOFF,DAVID | Republican | Tennessee (TN) | 8th
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elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fifteenth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2017-present).
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8 David Kustoff ... TENNESSEE U.S. Congress Districts as adopted by Public Chapter 597
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I promise to represent all 15 counties.
Assessments
The verified commitment was Kustoff's promise to represent all 15 counties. Verified House History evidence shows he was elected to the 115th Congress beginning January 3, 2017 and continued serving, which materially establishes that he took office as the district's federal representative in the term following the 2016 campaign. Additional verified official-member evidence shows him carrying out district representation work in Tennessee's 8th District. Because the outcome is his own service as the district's representative, attribution is material and timing is same_term.
Official Tennessee district maps adopted in 2026 show Tennessee's 8th District contains 15 counties, and Kustoff's congressional profile and House district page confirm he serves TN-08. That matches the claim that he will represent all 15 counties in the district.
The official 2026 Tennessee congressional map shows TN-08 contains 15 counties, and Kustoff’s House district page identifies him as serving Tennessee’s Eighth Congressional District. That matches the promise to represent all 15 counties in the district.
Kustoff is the sitting U.S. Representative for Tennessee's 8th District, and the cited official district information/map identifies TN-08 as containing 15 counties. Because the promise was to represent all counties in the district rather than to enact a separate policy outcome, holding and serving the TN-08 seat satisfies the promise in the same federal term.