Full profile
Leonard Perkins is running as a Democrat for the U.S. House in Tennessee’s 8th Congressional District. The general election is scheduled for Nov. 3, 2026, and Perkins is part of a nine-candidate field that includes incumbent Republican David Kustoff.
Perkins has no biography on file. There also are no documented policy positions, fundraising totals, spending totals or cash-on-hand figures on file for the candidate.
The TN-8 field
The contested race includes five candidates with the Democrat label, two candidates with the Independent label, one candidate with the Republican label and one candidate with the NNE label. Kustoff is the only candidate identified as the incumbent.
A party or other ballot label tells voters how a candidate is listed in the race. It does not establish what that candidate believes about taxes, health care, immigration, federal spending or other issues. No documented policy positions are on file for any of the nine candidates.
Candidates in the race
- Jordan Daniel Hinders is listed with the Democrat label. Hinders is one of nine candidates in the Nov. 3 general election. No biography, documented policy positions, fundraising total, spending total or cash-on-hand amount is on file for Hinders.
- Leonard Perkins is listed with the Democrat label. Perkins is one of nine candidates in the Nov. 3 general election. No biography, documented policy positions, fundraising total, spending total or cash-on-hand amount is on file for Perkins.
- Horace Taylor is listed with the Independent label. Taylor is one of nine candidates in the Nov. 3 general election. No biography, documented policy positions, fundraising total, spending total or cash-on-hand amount is on file for Taylor.
- William Davis Wicker is listed with the Democrat label. Wicker is one of nine candidates in the Nov. 3 general election. No biography, documented policy positions, fundraising total, spending total or cash-on-hand amount is on file for Wicker.
- Adam D Austill is listed with the NNE label. Austill is one of nine candidates in the Nov. 3 general election. No biography, documented policy positions, fundraising total, spending total or cash-on-hand amount is on file for Austill.
- Dewey Gordon Bryan is listed with the Democrat label. Bryan is one of nine candidates in the Nov. 3 general election. No biography, documented policy positions, fundraising total, spending total or cash-on-hand amount is on file for Bryan.
- Antonio MR Futch is listed with the Independent label. Futch is one of nine candidates in the Nov. 3 general election. No biography, documented policy positions, fundraising total, spending total or cash-on-hand amount is on file for Futch.
- Heidi Kuhn is listed with the Democrat label. Kuhn is one of nine candidates in the Nov. 3 general election. No biography, documented policy positions, fundraising total, spending total or cash-on-hand amount is on file for Kuhn.
- David Kustoff is listed with the Republican label and is the incumbent. Kustoff is one of nine candidates in the Nov. 3 general election. No biography, documented policy positions, fundraising total, spending total or cash-on-hand amount is on file for Kustoff.
Policy and campaign finance records
The candidate records do not establish where Perkins or any other candidate stands on specific public policy questions. They also do not show how much any candidate has raised, spent or retained as cash on hand.
Those categories are distinct. Fundraising measures money received by a campaign, spending reflects campaign expenses, and cash on hand is money the campaign retains. None of those totals is on file for any candidate in this race.
Election date and next steps
The listed election is the Tennessee general election on Nov. 3, 2026. Voters considering Perkins will see eight other names in the TN-8 contest, including candidates carrying Democrat, Republican, Independent and NNE labels.
The next process points to monitor are the official candidate list, campaign finance entries, recorded policy positions and voter information for the general election. Those records will shape what voters can directly compare before casting a ballot.
