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2 candidates are tracked for Murfreesboro Mayor on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Shane McFarland and Nathan Bennett. Candidate information follows official Rutherford County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
On the August 6, 2026 Murfreesboro municipal ballot, which runs alongside the county general, per the certified municipal sample ballot. City races are nonpartisan. RESULTS ARE IN: this race was decided on August 6, 2026. Totals from the county Election Commission are unofficial until the county canvass, due no later than Monday, August 24 (Tenn. Code 2-8-101); Tennessee has no automatic recount.
Nonpartisan · Incumbent
Sitting Mayor of Murfreesboro, per the city's official council roster, first elected mayor in 2014 after serving on the council since 2006. Seeking another four-year term.
Nonpartisan
Repeat challenger who also ran against McFarland in 2022, when election coverage identified him as a Blackman High School math teacher.