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2026 candidates we're tracking in TN-3
Chuck Fleischmann
Chuck Fleischmann, of Ooltewah, is an attorney and the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, serving since 2011 on the Appropriations Committee, per his official House biography. He was unopposed in the August 6 Republican contest and is the Republican nominee for November 3. chuckforcongress.com is the campaign site on file with the FEC; its most recent dated item is from November 2021.
Anna Golladay
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- An economy for workers, including union rights
- Rural hospitals and Medicaid expansion
- Democracy reforms, including refusing corporate PAC money
About Anna Golladay
Golladay is a small business owner and faith leader running for Congress in Tennessee's 3rd District, per the campaign site. The campaign site says Golladay brings community leadership experience to the race, per the campaign site.
Dean Arnold
Arnold is an author and filmmaker who has also worked in news publishing, screenwriting and non-profit building, per the campaign site. Per the campaign site, he is running as an independent in Tennessee's 3rd District.
Jean Howard-Hill
Jean Howard-Hill is an independent candidate from Chattanooga for Tennessee's 3rd Congressional District, per the certified Tennessee candidate list. No campaign website is listed in Jean Howard-Hill's FEC committee filing, and none was found as of October 15, 2026; the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate list is the only verifiable source for Jean Howard-Hill.
Rodney Joe King
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Right to life
- Support the Second Amendment
- Save Social Security
About Rodney Joe King
King is a retired U.S. Navy captain who served as a submarine and nuclear weapons officer, per the campaign site. Per the campaign site, he taught public school for 20 years, mostly in Oak Ridge, and is running as an independent in Tennessee's 3rd District.
Donnie Lynn Ownby
Donnie Lynn Ownby is an independent candidate from Philadelphia, Tennessee for Tennessee's 3rd Congressional District, per the certified Tennessee candidate list. No campaign website is listed in Donnie Lynn Ownby's FEC committee filing, and none was found as of October 15, 2026; the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate list is the only verifiable source for Donnie Lynn Ownby.
Edward John Roland
Edward John Roland is an independent candidate from Chattanooga for Tennessee's 3rd Congressional District, per the certified Tennessee candidate list. No campaign website is listed in Edward John Roland's FEC committee filing, and none was found as of October 15, 2026; the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate list is the only verifiable source for Edward John Roland.
About this race
Tennessee's 3rd Congressional District elects one member of the U.S. House of Representatives to a two-year term. Every House seat in the country is on the ballot in 2026. The Tennessee primary is Thursday, August 6, 2026, and the general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.