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Tennessee Voter Guide 2026: Candidates on Your Ballot

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Tennessee's 2026 ballot includes governor (Marsha Blackburn (R), Jerri Green (D), David Hatley (I), and 12 more); U.S. Senate (Bill Hagerty (R), Marquita Bradshaw (D), Tharon Chandler (I), and 7 more); 9 U.S. House districts. Browse tracked Tennessee jurisdictions, compare candidate profiles, and enter your ZIP code to see the exact races on your ballot.

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Primary ElectionAug. 6, 2026
General ElectionNov. 3, 2026
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Tennessee's congressional district boundaries were redrawn in a May 2026 special session, and the new map faces a pending court challenge. Confirm your current district with the state's official address lookup at tncot.cc/tndistrict; district lists here update as the courts rule.

2026 Statewide & Congressional Races

Candidates The Ballot Brief is tracking for Tennessee's statewide contests. Tap a name for their bio and campaign link, or enter your address for the full ballot with finance data.

Governor

15 candidates
  • Marsha Blackburn (R)
    Marsha Blackburn is Tennessee's senior U.S. senator, elected in 2018 as the first woman the state has sent to the Senate, per her campaign site. She entered public service in 1995 as executive director of the Tennessee Film, Entertainment and Music Commission, won a Tennessee State Senate seat in 1998 where she led a grassroots campaign against a proposed state income tax, and later represented Middle and West Tennessee in the U.S. House. She is the Republican nominee for governor, having won the August 6 Republican contest with 43.55% (311,328 votes) in a three-way field, per the Tennessee Division of Elections.
    Priorities: Keep taxes and prices low and cut spending and regulation so more companies relocate to and expand in Tennessee · Keep biological males out of girls' and women's sports and locker rooms at Tennessee schools and universities · Work with the federal government on deportations and keep sanctuary cities from taking hold in Tennessee
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  • Jerri Green (D)
    Jerri Green
    Jerri Green is an attorney who represents District 2 on the Memphis City Council, elected in November 2023, and who the city's official council roster also lists as Shelby County's Chief Public Defender. She previously ran the Community Legal Center, which provides legal services to Memphians who cannot afford them, and served Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris as senior policy advisor and deputy chief of staff, where her work included a free gun-lock-by-mail program and a living wage for county employees, per the council roster and her campaign site. She is the Democratic nominee for governor, having won the August 6 Democratic contest with 69.05% (244,194 votes) in a five-way field, per the Tennessee Division of Elections.
    Priorities: Establish paid family leave, affordable child care, and a living wage for working families · Fully fund K-12 classrooms and raise teacher pay instead of diverting dollars into private-school vouchers · Expand Medicaid, especially in rural Tennessee, to keep rural hospitals open
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  • David Hatley (I)
    David Hatley
    Hatley grew up in Elizabethton, Tennessee, and started his first business at age twelve, opening his first retail store at eighteen, per the campaign site. He has built nine companies over 30 years, creating about 750 Tennessee jobs across manufacturing, industrial, retail and hospitality sectors, and holds 11 patents, per the campaign site. His company is described on the site as the top hot tub manufacturer in America, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Offer independent executive leadership · Support entrepreneurship and affordability · Strengthen public safety and local communities
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  • Lauren Pinkston (I)
    Lauren Pinkston
    Lauren Pinkston is an independent candidate for Tennessee governor and former Lipscomb University professor. Her campaign presents a nonpartisan alternative focused on education, democracy, health care, public trust, and building a broader coalition outside the major-party primary system.
    Priorities: Offer a nonpartisan alternative for Tennessee voters · Improve education, health care, and public trust · Build cross-partisan civic participation
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  • Robert C. Vick (I)
    Robert C. Vick, whose certified name prints with the middle initial, is an independent candidate for Tennessee governor and educator. His campaign presents a faith-centered, independent message focused on education, families, public safety, and leadership outside the Republican and Democratic primary contests.
    Priorities: Offer faith-centered independent leadership · Support education and families · Strengthen public safety and state services
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  • Misam Abidi (I)
    Misam Abidi, a Pakistani-American businessman with a background in retail, banking and emerging technology, is running as an independent for Tennessee governor, per his campaign site. His campaign describes itself as being about restoring balance between institutions and the citizens they serve, not left versus right.
    Priorities: A proposed Tennessee Dividend Fund · Workforce skills requirements in K-12 education · Reducing regulatory burden
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  • Dean Brewer (I)
    Dean Brewer, of Knoxville, runs a program offering homeless veterans counseling, housing and skilled-trade training, per The Independent Voter Guide. He is running as an independent for Tennessee governor and says he wants Tennesseans to work together as Americans. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate list is the only verifiable source for Dean Brewer.
  • Ray Brown (I)
    Ray Brown, an electrician from Oliver Springs, is running as an independent for Tennessee governor, per The Independent Voter Guide. He says he opposes what he describes as corruption in the state's legislative and judicial systems. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate list is the only verifiable source for Ray Brown.

U.S. Senate

10 candidates
  • Bill Hagerty (R)Incumbent
    Bill Hagerty is Tennessee's incumbent U.S. senator and the Republican nominee for re-election, unopposed on August 6 with all 629,068 votes cast, per the Tennessee Division of Elections. A former U.S. ambassador to Japan and private-sector executive, he has emphasized border security, taxes, regulation, national security, energy, judicial nominations, and support for conservative economic policy.
    Priorities: Strengthen border security and national security · Lower taxes and reduce regulation · Advance conservative economic, energy, and judicial policy
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  • Marquita Bradshaw (D)
    Marquita Bradshaw
    Marquita Bradshaw is a Memphis environmental-justice organizer who serves as executive director of Sowing Justice and as environmental justice chair of the Sierra Club's Tennessee chapter, per her campaign site. A South Memphis native and University of Memphis alumna who raised her son as a single mother on a working-class salary, she has organized with the Defense Depot Memphis Concerned Citizens Committee, the Mid-South Peace & Justice Center, and as the Memphis NAACP's climate and justice chair. She is the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, having won the August 6 Democratic contest with 54.79% (186,154 votes) in a five-way field, per the Tennessee Division of Elections.
    Priorities: Ensure Tennesseans no longer go bankrupt seeking needed medical care · Rebuild Tennessee's justice system around community policing and restorative justice · Require universal background checks on gun purchases
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  • Tharon Chandler (I)
    Tharon Chandler is an independent candidate from Lawrenceburg for U.S. Senate, per the certified Tennessee candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate list is the only verifiable source for Tharon Chandler.
  • Andrew Gerena (I)
    Andrew Gerena is an independent candidate from Knoxville for U.S. Senate, per the certified Tennessee candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate list is the only verifiable source for Andrew Gerena.
  • Jeremy Dean Hearn (I)
    Jeremy Dean Hearn is an independent candidate from Collierville for U.S. Senate, per the certified Tennessee candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate list is the only verifiable source for Jeremy Dean Hearn.
  • Robert Jones (I)
    Robert Jones, a small business owner and nonprofit executive director from Jonesborough, is running as an independent for U.S. Senate, per his Local Candidates campaign profile. His campaign site says he will not accept campaign donations and that money will not buy his support.
    Priorities: An Accountability Act to give the public clearer access to officials' actions · A Public Service Pledge on transparency for elected officials · Visiting all 95 Tennessee counties (his "ALL95" initiative)
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  • James William Macon III (I)
    James William Macon III is an independent candidate from Memphis for U.S. Senate, per the certified Tennessee candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate list is the only verifiable source for James William Macon III.
  • Yoshi D. Matthews (I)
    Yoshi D. Matthews is an independent candidate for U.S. Senate, per the certified Tennessee candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate list is the only verifiable source for Yoshi D. Matthews.

U.S. House - TN-1

7 candidates
  • Diana Harshbarger (Republican)Incumbent
    Diana Harshbarger, of Kingsport, is a pharmacist and the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, serving since 2021, per her official House biography. She was unopposed in the August 6 Republican contest and is the Republican nominee for November 3. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 8, 2026.
  • Kristi Burke (Democratic)
    Burke is a muralist and artist who built and ran a mural business installing large-scale works across Florida, North Carolina and Tennessee, including projects for government buildings, per the campaign site. She has also worked in the beauty industry and built a platform on YouTube focused on critical thinking, per the campaign site. She describes herself as a community organizer rather than a career politician, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Healthcare as a right, per the campaign site · Empowering workers, per the campaign site · Personal freedom, per the campaign site
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  • Joshua Ray Ashburn (Independent)
    Joshua Ray Ashburn is an independent candidate from Bristol for Tennessee's 1st Congressional District, per the certified Tennessee candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the certified list is the only verifiable source for Ashburn. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate list is the only verifiable source for Joshua Ray Ashburn.
  • Richard G. Baker (Independent)
    Richard G. Baker is an independent candidate from Johnson City for Tennessee's 1st Congressional District, per the certified Tennessee candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the certified list is the only verifiable source for Baker. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate list is the only verifiable source for Richard G. Baker.
  • Chris Campbell (Independent)
    Chris Campbell is an independent candidate from Bristol for Tennessee's 1st Congressional District, per the certified Tennessee candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the certified list is the only verifiable source for Campbell. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate list is the only verifiable source for Chris Campbell.
  • Billy Cody (Independent)
    Billy Cody is an independent candidate from Kingsport for Tennessee's 1st Congressional District, per the certified Tennessee candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the certified list is the only verifiable source for Cody. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate list is the only verifiable source for Billy Cody.
  • Tyler Brice Mitchell McClain (Independent)
    Tyler Brice Mitchell McClain is an independent candidate from Kingsport for Tennessee's 1st Congressional District, per the certified Tennessee candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the certified list is the only verifiable source for McClain. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate list is the only verifiable source for Tyler Brice Mitchell McClain.

U.S. House - TN-2

4 candidates
  • Tim Burchett (Republican)Incumbent
    Tim Burchett, of Knoxville, is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, a former Knox County mayor and state legislator serving in Congress since 2019, per his official House biography. He was unopposed in the August 6 Republican contest and is the Republican nominee for November 3. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 8, 2026.
  • Michaela Barnett (Democratic)
    Michaela Barnett, of Knoxville, is a small business owner, engineer, and scientist who founded the refill shop KnoxFill, and is the Democratic nominee for November 3, per her campaign site and WBIR. She was unopposed in the August 6 Democratic contest, taking all 38,877 votes cast, per the Tennessee Division of Elections.
    Priorities: An economy that works for East Tennesseans, per the campaign site · Affordable, quality healthcare, per the campaign site · Infrastructure and workforce investment, per the campaign site
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  • Bruce Fine (Independent)
    Bruce Fine, a blue-collar worker and former Republican, is running as an independent for Tennessee's 2nd Congressional District, per his Local Candidates campaign profile. He filed his candidacy with the Tennessee Secretary of State on February 27, 2026, and says East Tennessee deserves a representative who answers to voters rather than party leaders. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate list is the only verifiable source for Bruce Fine.
    Priorities: Term limits and campaign finance reform · Expanding access to community college and vocational education · Transparent governance and fiscal responsibility
  • Adam Heimerman (Independent)
    Adam Heimerman is an independent candidate from Lenoir City for Tennessee's 2nd Congressional District, per the certified Tennessee candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the certified list is the only verifiable source for Heimerman. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate list is the only verifiable source for Adam Heimerman.

U.S. House - TN-3

7 candidates
  • Chuck Fleischmann (Republican)Incumbent
    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. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 8, 2026.
  • Anna Golladay (Democratic)
    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.
    Priorities: An economy for workers, including union rights, per the campaign site · Rural hospitals and Medicaid expansion, per the campaign site · Democracy reforms, including refusing corporate PAC money, per the campaign site
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  • Dean Arnold (Independent)
    Dean Arnold is an independent candidate from Chattanooga for Tennessee's 3rd Congressional District, per the certified Tennessee candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the certified list is the only verifiable source for Arnold. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate list is the only verifiable source for Dean Arnold.
  • Jean Howard-Hill (Independent)
    Jean Howard-Hill is an independent candidate from Chattanooga for Tennessee's 3rd Congressional District, per the certified Tennessee candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the certified list is the only verifiable source for Howard-Hill. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate list is the only verifiable source for Jean Howard-Hill.
  • Rodney Joe King (Independent)
    Rodney Joe King is an independent candidate from Powell for Tennessee's 3rd Congressional District, per the certified Tennessee candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the certified list is the only verifiable source for King. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate list is the only verifiable source for Rodney Joe King.
  • Donnie Lynn Ownby (Independent)
    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 or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the certified list is the only verifiable source for Ownby. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate list is the only verifiable source for Donnie Lynn Ownby.
  • Edward John Roland (Independent)
    Edward John Roland is an independent candidate from Chattanooga for Tennessee's 3rd Congressional District, per the certified Tennessee candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the certified list is the only verifiable source for Roland. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate list is the only verifiable source for Edward John Roland.

U.S. House - TN-4

4 candidates
  • Scott DesJarlais (Republican)Incumbent
    Scott DesJarlais is a physician and the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, serving since 2011, per his official House biography. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 8, 2026.
  • Victoria Broderick (Democratic)
    Broderick is a working mother from Lincoln County, Tennessee, who has served as a county party chair, per the campaign site. She grew up in Atlanta and Dallas before settling in Tennessee, and has been involved in community advocacy work since high school, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Making the wealthy and big corporations pay their fair share, per the campaign site · Rural healthcare and infrastructure, per the campaign site · Affordability and funded public schools with pre-K, per the campaign site
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  • Jacob Kristopher Anders (Independent)
    Anders is a historian, author and digital ethics researcher who lives in Tullahoma, Tennessee, per the campaign site. He was elected as a Marion County delegate for Bernie Sanders and later served as a commissioner, and has worked on multiple political campaigns, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Universal health care and affordable housing · Expanding early childhood and K-12 education funding · Term limits, voting reforms and campaign finance changes
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  • Clay Faircloth (Independent)
    Clay Faircloth is an independent candidate from Nashville for Tennessee's 4th Congressional District, per the certified Tennessee candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the certified list is the only verifiable source for Faircloth. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate list is the only verifiable source for Clay Faircloth.

U.S. House - TN-5

4 candidates
  • Charlie Hatcher (Republican)
    Charlie Hatcher is a livestock veterinarian and fifth-generation dairy farmer who served as Tennessee's 38th Commissioner of Agriculture from January 2019 until retiring in the fall of 2025, after a decade as the state's State Veterinarian, per Gov. Bill Lee's office. He farms with Hatcher Family Dairy and says he has started eight businesses from scratch, per his campaign site and a Williamson Herald profile. Endorsed by Gov. Lee, he unseated two-term Rep. Andy Ogles on August 6 with 53.24% (36,544 votes) to 46.76%, a margin of 4,453 votes across the district's 17 counties.
    Priorities: Protect agriculture and farmland, arguing food security is national security, and make the H-2A farm worker program faster and cheaper · Address cost of living and bring federal infrastructure money back to the district · Balance the federal budget and shrink the federal government, including dismantling the U.S. Department of Education
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  • Chaz Molder (Democratic)
    Chaz Molder
    Chaz Molder has been mayor of Columbia since 2018, when he became the youngest mayor in Tennessee and the youngest in his city's 200-year history. A Columbia public schools graduate with degrees from the University of Tennessee and the University of Memphis law school, he says he has passed eight balanced budgets with no property tax increase while saving taxpayers $10.5 million, per his campaign site. Backed by the DCCC and reporting $2.6 million raised, he won the August 6 Democratic contest with 40.51% (17,729 votes) in a five-way field.
    Priorities: Ban stock trading by members of Congress so leaders prioritize constituents over personal gain · Lower costs for Tennessee families, farmers and seniors and stand up for the right to organize · Expand access to affordable health care and keep rural hospitals open
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  • James A. Johnson (Independent)
    James A. Johnson is a candidate from Memphis for Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, per the certified Tennessee candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the certified list is the only verifiable source for Johnson. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate list is the only verifiable source for James A. Johnson.
  • Micheál (Me-Haul) O'Leary (Independent)
    Micheal O'Leary, a former mayor of Culver City, California, and a restaurant and pub owner, is running as an independent for Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, per his campaign site. He says he answers to no party whip and takes no corporate money.
    Priorities: Banning stock trading by members of Congress · Lowering costs for Tennessee families · Expanding access to affordable health care
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U.S. House - TN-6

4 candidates
  • Johnny Garrett (Republican)
    Johnny Garrett, of Goodlettsville, is an attorney, Tennessee state representative for District 45, and the state House Republican whip, per his campaign site and the General Assembly roster. He won the August 6 Republican contest with 43.6 percent in a four-way field for this open seat, which came open when Rep. John Rose ran for governor, per the Tennessee Division of Elections.
    Priorities: The America First agenda, including border enforcement, per the campaign site · The economy, inflation, and lower taxes, per the campaign site · The Second Amendment, per the campaign site
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  • Mike Croley (Democratic)
    Mike Croley, of Crossville, is a Navy veteran and engineer: a former enlisted electronics technician who earned an NROTC scholarship to Vanderbilt and a commission in 2005, later a TVA energy-efficiency engineer, a Tennessee state park ranger, and a Presidential Management Fellow, per his campaign site.
    Priorities: Affordability: lower everyday costs and fair wages, per the campaign site · Accountability: a congressional stock-trading ban and transparency, per the campaign site · Accessibility: healthcare, voting, and veterans services, per the campaign site
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  • Christopher B. Monday (Independent)
    Christopher B. Monday is an independent candidate from Cookeville for Tennessee's 6th Congressional District, per the certified Tennessee candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the certified list is the only verifiable source for Monday. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate list is the only verifiable source for Christopher B. Monday.
  • Angus Purdy (Independent)
    Angus Purdy, a Nashville businessman and community activist who ran for Metro Council in 2023, is running as an independent for Tennessee's 6th Congressional District, per NewsChannel5. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate list is the only verifiable source for Angus Purdy.

U.S. House - TN-7

4 candidates
  • Matt Van Epps (Republican)Incumbent
    Van Epps is a West Point graduate and Army combat veteran who served ten years of active duty, including deployments as a helicopter pilot and air mission commander, per the campaign site. Van Epps is running as the Republican candidate for Tennessee's 7th Congressional District, per the campaign site.
    Priorities: Prioritizing border security and reducing crime tied to illegal immigration, per the campaign site · Cutting taxes and regulations to grow the economy and expand domestic energy production, per the campaign site · Supporting school choice initiatives, per the campaign site
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  • Darden Copeland (Democratic)
    Darden Copeland, of Nashville, is a businessman who founded and leads the public affairs firm Calvert Street Group after an earlier career as a campaign strategist, per his campaign site and the Tennessee Lookout.
    Priorities: Affordability: price gouging, housing, drug prices, and child care, per the campaign site · Ending corruption: a congressional stock-trading ban, no corporate PAC money, and term limits, per the campaign site · Protecting Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, and keeping rural hospitals open, per the campaign site
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  • Andrew J. Koontz (Independent)
    Andrew J. Koontz is an independent candidate from Portland, Tennessee for Tennessee's 7th Congressional District, per the certified Tennessee candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the certified list is the only verifiable source for Koontz. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate list is the only verifiable source for Andrew J. Koontz.
  • Lowell Reynolds (Independent)
    Lowell Reynolds, a Grammy-winning music engineer now studying law, is running as an independent for Tennessee's 7th Congressional District, per his campaign site. He holds a business degree and is a third-year law student at Syracuse University, and says he wants to restore constitutional accountability in Washington. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate list is the only verifiable source for Lowell Reynolds.
    Priorities: Restoring constitutional checks on executive power · Protecting individual liberty · Government accountability over party politics

U.S. House - TN-8

8 candidates
  • David Kustoff (Republican)Incumbent
    David Kustoff is an attorney and the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, a former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee serving in Congress since 2017, per his official House biography. He was unopposed on August 6 and is the Republican nominee for November 3. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 8, 2026.
  • Heidi Kuhn (Democratic)
    Heidi Kuhn, of Cordova, is the outgoing Shelby County Criminal Court Clerk with more than 26 years in government; her office processed nearly 10,000 expungements and she was named 2025 Tennessee Clerk of the Year, per her campaign site and the Daily Memphian.
    Priorities: Affordability: SNAP, the child tax credit, and housing, grocery, and energy costs, per the campaign site · Farmers: opposing tariffs, a better farm bill, and right-to-repair, per the campaign site · Protecting Medicare and Medicaid and rural hospitals, per the campaign site
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  • Adam D. Austill (Independent)
    Adam D. Austill is an independent candidate from Covington for Tennessee's 8th Congressional District, per the certified Tennessee candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the certified list is the only verifiable source for Austill. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate list is the only verifiable source for Adam D. Austill.
  • Wendell (Wells) Blankenship (Independent)
    Wendell "Wells" Blankenship is an independent candidate from Memphis for Tennessee's 8th Congressional District, per the certified Tennessee candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the certified list is the only verifiable source for Blankenship. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate list is the only verifiable source for Wendell (Wells) Blankenship.
  • Antonio Futch (Independent)
    Antonio Futch is an independent candidate from Memphis for Tennessee's 8th Congressional District, per the certified Tennessee candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the certified list is the only verifiable source for Futch. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate list is the only verifiable source for Antonio Futch.
  • Pamela Jeanine (P.) Moses (Independent)
    Pamela Jeanine (P.) Moses is an independent candidate for this seat on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate list is the only verifiable source for Pamela Jeanine (P.) Moses.
  • Horace Taylor (Independent)
    Horace Taylor is an independent candidate from Germantown for Tennessee's 8th Congressional District, per the certified Tennessee candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the certified list is the only verifiable source for Taylor. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate list is the only verifiable source for Horace Taylor.
  • Henry J. Ward, III (Independent)
    Henry J. Ward III is an independent candidate from Millington for Tennessee's 8th Congressional District, per the certified Tennessee candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the certified list is the only verifiable source for Ward. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate list is the only verifiable source for Henry J. Ward, III.

U.S. House - TN-9

4 candidates
  • Brent Taylor (Republican)
    Brent Taylor is a Memphis-area funeral home owner and state senator who has become the region's loudest voice on crime. He and his wife Kimberly bought their first funeral home in 2004 and built it into what his campaign calls the largest family-owned funeral operation in the Mid-South; the Tennessee General Assembly lists his occupation as funeral director. Elected to the Memphis City Council in 1995 at 27, he later chaired the Shelby County Election Commission and won state Senate District 31 in 2022. Carrying President Trump's endorsement and more than $1 million of his own money, he won the August 6 Republican contest with 46.03% (31,057 votes) in a four-way field.
    Priorities: Stand with President Trump and the America First agenda · Secure the border, stop fentanyl, cut federal spending and expand American energy · Fight inflation, including making large data centers pay their full share of power infrastructure costs
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  • Justin J. Pearson (Democratic)
    Justin J. Pearson is a Memphis state representative and community organizer who made his name shutting down the Byhalia Connection Pipeline; he co-founded Memphis Community Against the Pipeline, the grassroots group MLK50 credits with ending the project through Black Southwest Memphis neighborhoods in July 2021. He represents Tennessee House District 86 and was one of the "Tennessee Three" expelled in April 2023 over a gun-violence protest on the House floor and returned to his seat days later, a national profile that let him raise over $1 million from small donors. He won the August 6 Democratic contest with 65.75% (32,092 votes) in a four-way field.
    Priorities: End poverty and the affordability crisis with a county-by-county living wage, a doubled EITC and no grocery tax · Deliver environmental and climate justice for a district he says has become a dumping ground for polluting corporations · End the gun violence epidemic with national red flag orders, a ban on unserialized guns and waiting periods
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  • Dennis Clark (Independent)
    Dennis Clark is an independent candidate from Memphis for Tennessee's 9th Congressional District, per the certified Tennessee candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the certified list is the only verifiable source for Clark. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate list is the only verifiable source for Dennis Clark.
  • Michelle Davis Head (Independent)
    Michelle Davis Head is an independent candidate from Lewisburg for Tennessee's 9th Congressional District, per the certified Tennessee candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the certified list is the only verifiable source for Head. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate list is the only verifiable source for Michelle Davis Head.

Statewide Ballot Measures

3 statewide measures are on Tennessee's 2026 ballot. Tap a measure for the plain-language summary.

  • Amendment 1: Remove Right to Bail for Certain Criminal Offenses Measure
    Remove the right to bail for specified criminal offenses.
    Constitutional amendment (legislative referral)
    Full measures guide →
  • Amendment 2: Prohibit State Property Taxes Measure
    Prohibit the legislature from enacting taxes on property.
    Constitutional amendment (legislative referral)
    Full measures guide →
  • Amendment 3: Marsy's Law Crime Victims' Rights Measure
    Amend the list of crime victims' rights in the constitution.
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Places We’re Tracking

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Anderson County

8 candidates
  • 8 tracked candidate profiles
  • 5 office types represented

Bedford County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 1 race covered

Benton County

1 candidates
  • 1 tracked candidate profile
  • 1 race covered

Bledsoe County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 1 race covered

Blount County

8 candidates
  • 8 tracked candidate profiles
  • 6 office types represented

Bradley County

53 candidates
  • 53 tracked candidate profiles
  • 35 office types represented

Campbell County

1 candidates
  • 1 tracked candidate profile
  • 1 race covered

Cannon County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 1 race covered

Carroll County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Carter County

4 candidates
  • 4 tracked candidate profiles
  • 3 races covered

Cheatham County

3 candidates
  • 3 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Chester County

1 candidates
  • 1 tracked candidate profile
  • 1 race covered

Claiborne County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Clay County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 1 race covered

Cocke County

3 candidates
  • 3 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Coffee County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 1 race covered

Crockett County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Cumberland County

44 candidates
  • 44 tracked candidate profiles
  • 21 office types represented

Davidson County

37 candidates
  • 37 tracked candidate profiles
  • 29 races covered

Decatur County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Dekalb County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 1 race covered

Dickson County

5 candidates
  • 5 tracked candidate profiles
  • 3 races covered

Dyer County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Fayette County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 1 race covered

Fentress County

4 candidates
  • 4 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Franklin County

1 candidates
  • 1 tracked candidate profile
  • 1 race covered

Gibson County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Giles County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 1 race covered

Grainger County

1 candidates
  • 1 tracked candidate profile
  • 1 race covered

Greene County

7 candidates
  • 7 tracked candidate profiles
  • 3 office types represented

Grundy County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 1 race covered

Hamblen County

28 candidates
  • 28 tracked candidate profiles
  • 19 office types represented

Hamilton County

11 candidates
  • 11 tracked candidate profiles
  • 6 races covered

Hancock County

1 candidates
  • 1 tracked candidate profile
  • 1 race covered

Hardeman County

4 candidates
  • 4 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Hardin County

3 candidates
  • 3 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Hawkins County

3 candidates
  • 3 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Haywood County

3 candidates
  • 3 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Henderson County

3 candidates
  • 3 tracked candidate profiles
  • 3 races covered

Hendersonville city

15 candidates
  • 15 tracked candidate profiles
  • 10 office types represented

Henry County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Hickman County

3 candidates
  • 3 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Houston County

1 candidates
  • 1 tracked candidate profile
  • 1 race covered

Humphreys County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Jackson city

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 office types represented

Jackson County

3 candidates
  • 3 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Jefferson County

3 candidates
  • 3 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Johnson County

3 candidates
  • 3 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Knox County

43 candidates
  • 43 tracked candidate profiles
  • 22 races covered

Lake County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Lauderdale County

1 candidates
  • 1 tracked candidate profile
  • 1 race covered

Lawrence County

4 candidates
  • 4 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Lewis County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 1 race covered

Lincoln County

4 candidates
  • 4 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Loudon County

5 candidates
  • 5 tracked candidate profiles
  • 3 races covered

Macon County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 1 race covered

Madison County

4 candidates
  • 4 tracked candidate profiles
  • 3 races covered

Marion County

1 candidates
  • 1 tracked candidate profile
  • 1 race covered

Marshall County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 1 race covered

Maury County

11 candidates
  • 11 tracked candidate profiles
  • 9 office types represented

Mcminn County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Mcnairy County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 1 race covered

Meigs County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Memphis city

19 candidates
  • 19 tracked candidate profiles
  • 5 office types represented

Monroe County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Montgomery County

64 candidates
  • 64 tracked candidate profiles
  • 37 races covered

Moore County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 1 race covered

Morgan County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 1 race covered

Obion County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Overton County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 1 race covered

Perry County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Pickett County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 1 race covered

Polk County

1 candidates
  • 1 tracked candidate profile
  • 1 race covered

Putnam County

29 candidates
  • 29 tracked candidate profiles
  • 15 office types represented

Rhea County

3 candidates
  • 3 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Roane County

4 candidates
  • 4 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Robertson County

21 candidates
  • 21 tracked candidate profiles
  • 10 office types represented

Rutherford County

82 candidates
  • 82 tracked candidate profiles
  • 43 races covered

Scott County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 1 race covered

Sequatchie County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 1 race covered

Sevier County

23 candidates
  • 23 tracked candidate profiles
  • 12 office types represented

Shelby County

83 candidates
  • 83 tracked candidate profiles
  • 49 races covered

Smith County

3 candidates
  • 3 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Stewart County

1 candidates
  • 1 tracked candidate profile
  • 1 race covered

Sullivan County

4 candidates
  • 4 tracked candidate profiles
  • 3 races covered

Sumner County

6 candidates
  • 6 tracked candidate profiles
  • 3 races covered

Tipton County

1 candidates
  • 1 tracked candidate profile
  • 1 race covered

Trousdale County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 1 race covered

Unicoi County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Union County

1 candidates
  • 1 tracked candidate profile
  • 1 race covered

Van Buren County

3 candidates
  • 3 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Warren County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 1 race covered

Washington County

15 candidates
  • 15 tracked candidate profiles
  • 15 office types represented

Wayne County

2 candidates
  • 2 tracked candidate profiles
  • 1 race covered

Weakley County

1 candidates
  • 1 tracked candidate profile
  • 1 race covered

White County

3 candidates
  • 3 tracked candidate profiles
  • 2 races covered

Williamson County

17 candidates
  • 17 tracked candidate profiles
  • 10 office types represented

Wilson County

19 candidates
  • 19 tracked candidate profiles
  • 11 office types represented

Every county in Tennessee

All 95 counties, A to Z. Each page shows the statewide races on every ballot in that county; the 95 marked in bold also carry hand-verified local races.

Anderson CountyBedford CountyBenton CountyBledsoe CountyBlount CountyBradley CountyCampbell CountyCannon CountyCarroll CountyCarter CountyCheatham CountyChester CountyClaiborne CountyClay CountyCocke CountyCoffee CountyCrockett CountyCumberland CountyDavidson CountyDeKalb CountyDecatur CountyDickson CountyDyer CountyFayette CountyFentress CountyFranklin CountyGibson CountyGiles CountyGrainger CountyGreene CountyGrundy CountyHamblen CountyHamilton CountyHancock CountyHardeman CountyHardin CountyHawkins CountyHaywood CountyHenderson CountyHenry CountyHickman CountyHouston CountyHumphreys CountyJackson CountyJefferson CountyJohnson CountyKnox CountyLake CountyLauderdale CountyLawrence CountyLewis CountyLincoln CountyLoudon CountyMacon CountyMadison CountyMarion CountyMarshall CountyMaury CountyMcMinn CountyMcNairy CountyMeigs CountyMonroe CountyMontgomery CountyMoore CountyMorgan CountyObion CountyOverton CountyPerry CountyPickett CountyPolk CountyPutnam CountyRhea CountyRoane CountyRobertson CountyRutherford CountyScott CountySequatchie CountySevier CountyShelby CountySmith CountyStewart CountySullivan CountySumner CountyTipton CountyTrousdale CountyUnicoi CountyUnion CountyVan Buren CountyWarren CountyWashington CountyWayne CountyWeakley CountyWhite CountyWilliamson CountyWilson County

How to vote in Tennessee in November 2026

Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Dates below come from the Tennessee election office as of 2026-09-04; confirm on the official page or check your registration and polling place.

Voter registration deadline
online by Sunday, October 4, 2026; by mail Sunday, October 4, 2026; in person by Sunday, October 4, 2026
Early voting
Wednesday, October 14, 2026 through Thursday, October 29, 2026
Mail ballot
request by Saturday, October 24, 2026; return: Ballot must be returned by mail (USPS/FedEx/UPS) in time for the county election commission to receive it no later than the close of polls on Election Day
Election Day hours
Poll opening times vary by county; all polls close at 8 p.m. Eastern / 7 p.m. Central. Voters in line at closing time are allowed to vote.
Where to vote
Find your polling place with the Tennessee election office's official lookup.
ID at the polls
Voters must bring valid photo identification to the polls when voting early or on Election Day. A driver's license or photo ID issued by the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security, Tennessee state government, or the federal government is acceptable even if expired. Student IDs are not acceptable.

Tennessee 2026 Election Questions

Who is running for governor of Tennessee in 2026?

The tracked 2026 candidates for governor of Tennessee are Marsha Blackburn (R), Jerri Green (D), David Hatley (I), Lauren Pinkston (I), Robert C. Vick (I), Misam Abidi (I), Dean Brewer (I), Ray Brown (I), and 7 more. Candidate fields follow official election office filings; see the race card on this page for biographies and priorities.

Who is running for U.S. Senate in Tennessee in 2026?

The tracked 2026 U.S. Senate candidates in Tennessee are Bill Hagerty (R), Marquita Bradshaw (D), Tharon Chandler (I), Andrew Gerena (I), Jeremy Dean Hearn (I), Robert Jones (I), James William Macon III (I), Yoshi D. Matthews (I), and 2 more. Candidate fields follow official election office filings; see the race card on this page for biographies and priorities.

When is the Tennessee 2026 primary election?

Tennessee's 2026 state primary was held on August 6, 2026; the general election is November 3, 2026. Check your registration and polling place with your state election office.

When is the voter registration deadline in Tennessee for the November 2026 election?

To vote in Tennessee's November 3, 2026 general election, register online by Sunday, October 4, 2026; by mail Sunday, October 4, 2026; in person by Sunday, October 4, 2026, per the state election office.

When does early voting start in Tennessee for the November 2026 election?

Early in-person voting in Tennessee runs Wednesday, October 14, 2026 through Thursday, October 29, 2026, per the state election office.

What is the deadline to request a mail ballot in Tennessee for November 2026?

Tennessee mail ballots: request by Saturday, October 24, 2026; return: Ballot must be returned by mail (USPS/FedEx/UPS) in time for the county election commission to receive it no later than the close of polls on Election Day, per the state election office.

Where do I vote in Tennessee in November 2026?

Polling places are assigned by address. Use the Tennessee election office's official lookup at https://govotetn.gov to find yours; early-voting sites are listed there as well.

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 Voting Resources

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 Election Calendar

Track major 2026 dates and upcoming election milestones.
Note: State hubs summarize tracked places; exact ballot results depend on address and district boundaries.Profiles: Candidate data updates as official filings and campaign materials publish.