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*Teague, Slater (August 6, 2020). [https://www.wjhl.com/news/your-local-election-hq/harshbarger-wins-us-house-gop-primary/ Harshbarger wins US House GOP primary]. ''News Channel 11''. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
*Teague, Slater (August 6, 2020). [https://www.wjhl.com/news/your-local-election-hq/harshbarger-wins-us-house-gop-primary/ Harshbarger wins US House GOP primary]. ''News Channel 11''. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
*Mihaly, Abigail (August 6, 2020). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/509892-diana-harshbarger-wins-gop-primary-to-replace-retiring-rep-phil-roe Diana Harshbarger wins GOP primary to replace Rep. Phil Roe]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 9, 2021.</ref> Harshbarger faced Democrat nominee Blair Walsingham, who ran on the insistence of being a "moderate Democrat".<ref>Smith, Josh (September 22, 2020). [https://www.wjhl.com/news/your-local-election-hq/im-american-above-all-else-democrat-blair-walsingham-running-for-congress-in-northeast-tenn/ ‘I’m American above all else’: Democrat Blair Walsingham running for Congress in Northeast Tenn.]. ''News Channel 11''. Retrieved January 9, 2021.</ref> Harshbarger easily won the open seat in the district has consistently been strongly [[Republican]] since the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].<ref>[https://apnews.com/article/tennessee-elections-house-elections-3a2237c2469e421d9386d23e107e8d24 Republican Diana Harshbarger wins election to U.S. House in Tennessee’s 1st Congressional District]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved January 9, 2021.</ref>
*Mihaly, Abigail (August 6, 2020). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/509892-diana-harshbarger-wins-gop-primary-to-replace-retiring-rep-phil-roe Diana Harshbarger wins GOP primary to replace Rep. Phil Roe]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 9, 2021.</ref> Harshbarger faced Democrat nominee Blair Walsingham, who ran on the insistence of being a "moderate Democrat".<ref>Smith, Josh (September 22, 2020). [https://www.wjhl.com/news/your-local-election-hq/im-american-above-all-else-democrat-blair-walsingham-running-for-congress-in-northeast-tenn/ ‘I’m American above all else’: Democrat Blair Walsingham running for Congress in Northeast Tenn.]. ''News Channel 11''. Retrieved January 9, 2021.</ref> Harshbarger easily won the open seat in the district has consistently been strongly [[Republican]] since the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].<ref>[https://apnews.com/article/tennessee-elections-house-elections-3a2237c2469e421d9386d23e107e8d24 Republican Diana Harshbarger wins election to U.S. House in Tennessee’s 1st Congressional District]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved January 9, 2021.</ref>
===Tenure===
Unlike the state's two Republican senators,<ref>Two references:
*Hammonds, Rebekah (January 7, 2021). [https://www.newschannel5.com/news/sen-hagerty-sen-blackburn-vote-certify-arizona-election-results Sen. Hagerty, Sen. Blackburn vote to certify 2020 election results]. ''News Channel 5''. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
*Souchek, Jalyn (January 7, 2021). [https://www.localmemphis.com/article/news/local/seven-republican-senators-vote-against-election-results/522-c7e9a825-1fe7-414c-a00c-4161f80066d9 Senators Blackburn and Hagerty reverse course while Sen. Hyde-Smith votes against election certification]. ''Local 24''. Retrieved January 9, 2021.</ref> Harshbarger voted in favor of [[Objectors to Biden Electors|objecting]] to the Biden electors for the [[2020 U.S. presidential election]] for the states of [[Arizona]] and [[Pennsylvania]].<ref>[https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll010.xml Final Vote Results for Roll Call 10]. ''clerk.house.gov''. Retrieved January 9, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll011.xml Final Vote Results for Roll Call 11]. ''clerk.house.gov''. Retrieved January 9, 2021.</ref> This was following a mob during a peaceful Trump rally at [[Washington, D.C.]] that violently broke into the [[United States Capitol Building]], after which many Republicans who had planned to object backtracked. Harshbarger strongly denounced and condemned the breaking and entering.<ref>Marais, Bianca (January 6, 2021). [https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/they-ought-to-be-charged-to-the-fullest-extent-of-the-law-northeast-tennessee-freshman-congresswoman-accounts-u-s-capitol-breach/ ‘They ought to be charged to the fullest extent of the law’: Northeast Tennessee freshman congresswoman accounts U.S. Capitol breach]. ''News Channel 11''. Retrieved January 9, 2021.</ref>
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