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Andy Ogles
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Candidate, U.S. House Tennessee District 5

U.S. House Tennessee District 5
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

2

Predecessor

Compensation

Base salary

$174,000

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Next election

November 3, 2026

Education

Bachelor's

Middle Tennessee State University

Personal
Profession
Entrepreneur
Contact

Andy Ogles (Republican Party) is a member of the U.S. House, representing Tennessee's 5th Congressional District. He assumed office on January 3, 2023. His current term ends on January 3, 2027.

Ogles (Republican Party) is running for re-election to the U.S. House to represent Tennessee's 5th Congressional District. He declared candidacy for the 2026 election.[source]

Biography

Andy Ogles was born in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1971.[1] Ogles earned a bachelor's degree in liberal studies from Middle Tennessee State University.[2] His career experience includes working as an entrepreneur.[3] Ogles was the executive director of the Americans for Prosperity Tennessee Division from 2013 to 2018. He served as mayor of Maury County, Tennessee, from 2019 to 2022.[4]

Committee assignments

U.S. House

2025-2026

Ogles was assigned to the following committees:[Source]

2023-2024

Ogles was assigned to the following committees:[Source]


Elections

2026

See also: Tennessee's 5th Congressional District election, 2026

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General election

The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.

General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 5

The following candidates are running in the general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 5 on November 3, 2026.


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2024

See also: Tennessee's 5th Congressional District election, 2024

Tennessee's 5th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 1 Republican primary)

Tennessee's 5th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 1 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 5

Incumbent Andy Ogles defeated Maryam Abolfazli, Jim Larkin, Bob Titley, and Yomi Faparusi in the general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 5 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Andy Ogles
Andy Ogles (R)
 
56.9
 
205,075
Image of Maryam Abolfazli
Maryam Abolfazli (D) Candidate Connection
 
39.5
 
142,387
Image of Jim Larkin
Jim Larkin (Independent)
 
2.1
 
7,607
Image of Bob Titley
Bob Titley (Independent) Candidate Connection
 
0.8
 
3,065
Image of Yomi Faparusi
Yomi Faparusi (Independent)
 
0.7
 
2,580

Total votes: 360,714
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5

Maryam Abolfazli advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5 on August 1, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Maryam Abolfazli
Maryam Abolfazli Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
29,242

Total votes: 29,242
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5

Incumbent Andy Ogles defeated Courtney Johnston in the Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5 on August 1, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Andy Ogles
Andy Ogles
 
56.5
 
32,062
Image of Courtney Johnston
Courtney Johnston
 
43.5
 
24,646

Total votes: 56,708
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Endorsements

Ogles received the following endorsements.

Pledges

Ogles signed the following pledges.

  • Taxpayer Protection Pledge, Americans for Tax Reform
  • U.S. Term Limits

2022

See also: Tennessee's 5th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 5

Andy Ogles defeated Heidi Campbell, Derrick Brantley, Daniel Cooper, and Rick Shannon in the general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 5 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Andy Ogles
Andy Ogles (R)
 
55.8
 
123,558
Image of Heidi Campbell
Heidi Campbell (D) Candidate Connection
 
42.3
 
93,648
Image of Derrick Brantley
Derrick Brantley (Independent) Candidate Connection
 
0.9
 
2,090
Daniel Cooper (Independent)
 
0.5
 
1,132
Image of Rick Shannon
Rick Shannon (Independent) Candidate Connection
 
0.4
 
847

Total votes: 221,275
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5

Heidi Campbell advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5 on August 4, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Heidi Campbell
Heidi Campbell Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
30,830

Total votes: 30,830
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5 on August 4, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Andy Ogles
Andy Ogles
 
35.4
 
21,325
Image of Beth Harwell
Beth Harwell
 
24.9
 
15,021
Kurt Winstead
 
21.1
 
12,721
Image of Jeff Beierlein
Jeff Beierlein Candidate Connection
 
6.8
 
4,093
Image of Robby Starbuck
Robby Starbuck (Write-in)
 
4.1
 
2,492
Image of Natisha Brooks
Natisha Brooks
 
2.9
 
1,747
Image of Geni Batchelor
Geni Batchelor Candidate Connection
 
1.7
 
1,017
Timothy Lee
 
1.4
 
845
Image of Stewart Parks
Stewart Parks Candidate Connection
 
1.0
 
586
Image of Tres Wittum
Tres Wittum
 
0.7
 
398

Total votes: 60,245
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2018

See also: United States Senate election in Tennessee, 2018

Ogles sought election to the U.S. Senate seat from Tennessee in 2018. Ogles dropped out of the race in November 2017.[5]

Campaign themes

2026

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2024

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2022

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Campaign website

Ogles' campaign website stated the following:

ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY

As the adage goes, we have a Republic in America…if we can keep it, but a terrible lack of accountability and transparency in our federal government threatens to destroy it all. President Trump started the process of draining the swamp, and it is incumbent on us to finish the job. We can never allow what happened to Trump to happen to anyone else ever again. Transparency in government is fundamental to ending corruption and ensuring our liberties are never violated. Therefore, I will commit to providing greater availability of government policies and actions, unwavering honesty in the legislative voting process, and sharing all information necessary for the people of Tennessee’s fifth district to hold their elected officials accountable.


IMMIGRATION

America is a proud nation of immigrants. Immigrants who are motivated to improve their lives and contribute to society will enrich America. However, illegal immigration strains our country’s financial wellbeing, threatens national security, and erodes the rule of law. First and foremost, we must secure our physical border. A borderless nation cannot establish itself as a nation. We need enforcement measures that ensure visitors leave our country when they’re supposed to, we need to provide law enforcement with the necessary tools to enforce current immigration laws, and we need common-sense reform that will attract and keep highly-skilled entrepreneurs so that immigrants can continue to thrive in the land of opportunity.


EDUCATION

The purpose of education is to help students discover, develop, and apply their unique abilities, establishing a foundation for a life of fulfillment and success. Parents should decide how to educate a child best-not the Federal Government. I support efforts to transform education from the current top-down (one-size-fits-all) standardized model to a bottom-up system that enables every family and student to customize education that best matches their values and priorities. Through an individualized approach, students can discover the subjects that meet their passions and interests, develop mastery of skills in those areas, and learn how to use those skills to create value and live the life they want to live. The federal Department of Education should not be involved in our children’s education. It should give up its power and transfer it back to the states whenever and wherever possible. Students and families should be trusted to make decisions about their education, and Tennesseans know what is best for their children. They should have agency over what, where, and how they learn.


2ND AMENDMENT

As an elected official, I took an oath to defend the Constitution. The Second Amendment is abundantly clear that “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” I will fight tirelessly to ensure that your constitutional rights are protected and never infringed upon. Disarming the people is the most effective way to enslave them, and we must remain vigilant when anyone seeks to erode our civil liberties. The rights of the people to keep and bear arms, protect themselves and their families, and prevent tyrannical rule is a fundamental liberty of our constitutional republic.


SANCTITY OF LIFE

I believe that life begins at conception, and we are duty-bound to protect it at every stage until natural death. The unborn are the least capable of defending themselves, and in the most desperate need of protection. America is a nation that recognizes and honors the intrinsic value of all human life; therefore, I will commit to protecting the rights of the unborn from the point of conception, block taxpayer funding of abortions everywhere, and defund Planned Parenthood.


SEPARATION OF POWERS AND GOVERNMENT REFORM

It’s an undeniable fact that our federal government has grown well beyond its specifically enumerated powers. The ever-increasing scope and size of government violates the original intent of our founders while threatening to suffocate our liberty and destroy our principles of federalism. The Judiciary has taken over the Legislature’s job by essentially writing laws from the bench. Our Executive branch now rules through executive orders and unconstitutional mandates. Meanwhile, the Legislature has ceased to represent the will of the people and failed to fulfill its duties laid out in Article 1. We must transfer power back to the people. We must begin to follow the simple mandates of the U.S. constitution again. I will commit to ending the federal government’s encroachment upon Tennessee’s sovereignty, restoring our system of checks and balances, and dutifully representing the people of Tennessee’s fifth district above all else.[6]

—Andy Ogles' campaign website (2022)[7]

Campaign finance summary


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Andy Ogles campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2026* U.S. House Tennessee District 5Candidacy Declared general$92,740 $95,255
2024* U.S. House Tennessee District 5Won general$986,221 $1,049,024
2022U.S. House Tennessee District 5Won general$1,281,921 $882,750
Grand total$2,360,882 $2,027,029
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

Notable endorsements

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Notable candidate endorsements by Andy Ogles
EndorseeElectionStageOutcome
Donald Trump  source  (Conservative Party, R) President of the United States (2024) PrimaryWon General

Personal finance disclosures

Members of the House are required to file financial disclosure reports. You can search disclosure reports on the House’s official website here.

Analysis

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119th Congress (2025-2027)

Rankings and scores for the 119th Congress

118th Congress (2023-2025)

Rankings and scores for the 118th Congress




Noteworthy events

FBI search (2024)

In August 2024, FBI agents executed a search warrant on Ogles. In May 2024, Ogles admitted in an amended campaign financial report that he had misreported a $320,000 personal loan he had given to his campaign in 2021. Ogles also reportedly retracted additional prior claims about campaign contributions and expenditures previously reported to the Federal Election Commission. [8]

Biographical details in dispute (2023)

On February 27, 2023, NewsChannel 5 reported on inconsistencies between Ogles' educational background as stated in his congressional biography, a 2009 resume, and his college transcript. Ogles' congressional biography stated that he graduated from Middle Tennessee State University, studying policy and economics. In a resume dated 2009, Ogles stated that he had earned a degree in international relations with minors in psychology and English. NewsChannel 5 obtained Ogles' transcript from MTSU, which showed that his degree was in liberal studies.[2]

Key votes

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Key votes: 118th Congress, 2023-2025

The 118th United States Congress began on January 3, 2023, and ended on January 3, 2025. At the start of the session, Republicans held the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives (222-212), and Democrats held the majority in the U.S. Senate (51-49). Joe Biden (D) was the president and Kamala Harris (D) was the vice president. We identified the key votes below using Congress' top-viewed bills list and through marquee coverage of certain votes on Ballotpedia.

Key votes: 118th Congress, 2023-2025
Vote Bill and description Status
Red x.svg Nay Yes check.svg Passed (310-118)[10]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (227-201)[12]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (217-215)[14]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (328-86)[16]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (225-204)[18]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (219-200)[20]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (229-197)[22]
Red x.svg Nay Yes check.svg Passed (314-117)[24]
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) (216-212)
Red x.svg Nay Yes check.svg Passed (216-210)[27]
Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) (220-209)
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (221-212)[30]
Red x.svg Nay Yes check.svg Passed (311-114)[32]
Red x.svg Nay Yes check.svg Passed (327-75)[34]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (219-213)[36]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (219-211)[38]
Red x.svg Nay Yes check.svg Passed (357-70)[40]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (217-199)[42]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (320-91)[44]
Red x.svg Nay Yes check.svg Passed (387-26)[46]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (219-184)[48]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (214-213)[50]
Red x.svg Nay Yes check.svg Passed (341-82)[52]


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External links

Footnotes

  1. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, "OGLES, Andy," accessed May 28, 2025
  2. 2.0 2.1 NewsChannel 5, "Tennessee Congressman Andy Ogles didn't want you to see his college transcript! We got it anyway," February 27, 2023
  3. Andy Ogles, "About," accessed November 23, 2022
  4. LinkedIn, "Andrew Ogles," accessed April 3, 2023
  5. Tennessean, "Conservative activist Andy Ogles launches U.S. Senate bid for seat held by Bob Corker," September 14, 2017
  6. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  7. Andy Ogles, “Issues,” accessed September 28, 2022
  8. ‘'News Channel 5 Nashville, "FBI agents execute search warrant on Tennessee Congressman Andy Ogles, NewsChannel 5 confirms," August 6, 2024
  9. Congress.gov, "H.R.2670 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024," accessed February 23, 2024
  10. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 723," December 14, 2023
  11. Congress.gov, "H.R.185 - To terminate the requirement imposed by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for proof of COVID-19 vaccination for foreign travelers, and for other purposes." accessed February 23, 2024
  12. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 116," accessed May 15, 2025
  13. Congress.gov, "H.R.2811 - Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023," accessed February 23, 2024
  14. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 199," accessed May 15, 2025
  15. Congress.gov, "H.Con.Res.9 - Denouncing the horrors of socialism." accessed February 23, 2024
  16. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 106," accessed May 15, 2025
  17. Congress.gov, "H.R.1 - Lower Energy Costs Act," accessed February 23, 2024
  18. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 182," accessed May 15, 2025
  19. Congress.gov, "H.J.Res.30 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to 'Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights'." accessed February 23, 2024
  20. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 149," accessed May 15, 2025
  21. Congress.gov, "H.J.Res.7 - Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020." accessed February 23, 2024
  22. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 104," accessed May 15, 2025
  23. Congress.gov, "H.R.3746 - Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023," accessed February 23, 2024
  24. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 243," accessed May 15, 2025
  25. Congress.gov, "Roll Call 20," accessed February 23, 2024
  26. Congress.gov, "H.Res.757 - Declaring the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives to be vacant.," accessed February 23, 2024
  27. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 519," accessed May 15, 2025
  28. Congress.gov, "Roll Call 527," accessed February 23, 2024
  29. Congress.gov, "H.Res.757 - Declaring the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives to be vacant." accessed February 23, 2024
  30. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 519," accessed May 15, 2025
  31. Congress.gov, "H.Res.878 - Providing for the expulsion of Representative George Santos from the United States House of Representatives." accessed February 23, 2024
  32. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 691," accessed May 15, 2025
  33. Congress.gov, "Social Security Fairness Act of 2023." accessed February 13, 2025
  34. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 456," accessed May 15, 2025
  35. Congress.gov, "H.R.2 - Secure the Border Act of 2023," accessed February 13, 2025
  36. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 209," accessed May 15, 2025
  37. Congress.gov, "H.R.4366 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024," accessed February 13, 2025
  38. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 380," accessed May 15, 2025
  39. Congress.gov, "Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024," accessed February 23, 2024
  40. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 30," accessed May 15, 2025
  41. Congress.gov, "H.R.8070 - Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025," accessed February 18, 2025
  42. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 279," accessed May 15, 2025
  43. Congress.gov, "H.R.6090 - Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023," accessed February 13, 2025
  44. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 172," accessed May 15, 2025
  45. Congress.gov, "H.R.3935 - FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024," accessed February 13, 2025
  46. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 200," accessed May 15, 2025
  47. Congress.gov, "H.R.9495 - Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act," accessed February 13, 2025
  48. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 477," accessed May 15, 2025
  49. Congress.gov, "H.Res.863 - Impeaching Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, for high crimes and misdemeanors." accessed February 13, 2025
  50. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 43," accessed May 15, 2025
  51. Congress.gov, "H.R.9747 - Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025," accessed February 13, 2025
  52. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 450," accessed May 15, 2025

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Preceded by
Jim Cooper (D)
U.S. House Tennessee District 5
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