Harshbarger: Jefferson County ‘a good fit’ with First District

For the first time in over two decades, Jefferson County is almost entirely in the First Congressional District – and incumbent Rep. Diana Harshbarger (R-Kingsport) is more than happy.

“You all are a good fit with me,” she said Tuesday, during a visit to Jefferson City that included a stop at The Standard Banner. “I would have took it all, but they wouldn’t give it to me,” she added, referring to redistricting that earlier this year moved most of the county out of the Second Congressional District into the First.

All but 1,646 people in Strawberry Plains – near the Knox County line – will vote to either re-elect Harshbarger or her Democratic opponent, Cameron Parsons, in the November 8 election.