Dennis Jeffrey Clark (Tennessee congressional candidate)

Dennis Jeffrey Clark (independent) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Tennessee's 9th Congressional District. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 3, 2026.^[source]

Elections

2026

General election

The primary will occur on August 6, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 9

Wendell Blankenship (Independent) and Dennis Jeffrey Clark (Independent) are running in the general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 9 on November 3, 2026.

		Candidate
	Submit photo	Wendell Blankenship (Independent)
		Dennis Jeffrey Clark (Independent)

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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 9

Incumbent Steve Cohen (D), M. LaTroy A-Williams (D), DeVante Hill (D), and Justin Pearson (D) are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 9 on August 6, 2026.

		Candidate
		Steve Cohen
		M. LaTroy A-Williams
	Submit photo	DeVante Hill
		Justin Pearson

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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 9

Charlotte Bergmann (R), James New (R), and Kevin Young (R) are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 9 on August 6, 2026.

		Candidate
		Charlotte Bergmann
	Submit photo	James New
	Submit photo	Kevin Young

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2024

Tennessee's 9th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 1 Democratic primary)

Tennessee's 9th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 1 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 9

Incumbent Steve Cohen defeated Charlotte Bergmann, Wendell Wells, and Dennis Jeffrey Clark in the general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 9 on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Steve Cohen (D)	71.3	159,522
	Charlotte Bergmann (R)	25.7	57,411
	Wendell Wells (Independent)	1.7	3,708
	Dennis Jeffrey Clark (Independent)	1.4	3,062

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 223,703
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Henry Reaves (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 9

Incumbent Steve Cohen defeated Corey Strong, M. LaTroy A-Williams, and Kasandra Smith in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 9 on August 1, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Steve Cohen	73.7	30,042
	Corey Strong	17.8	7,258
	M. LaTroy A-Williams	4.7	1,936
	Kasandra Smith	3.7	1,522

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 40,758
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 9

Charlotte Bergmann advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 9 on August 1, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Charlotte Bergmann	100.0	10,148

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,148
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Antwane Bohanon (R)

Endorsements

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2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 9

Incumbent Steve Cohen defeated Charlotte Bergmann, George Flinn Jr., Dennis Jeffrey Clark, and Paul Cook in the general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 9 on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Steve Cohen (D)	70.0	93,800
	Charlotte Bergmann (R)	26.2	35,123
	George Flinn Jr. (Independent)	2.5	3,349
	Dennis Jeffrey Clark (Independent)	0.9	1,160
	Paul Cook (Independent)	0.4	485
	Other/Write-in votes	0.0	1

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 133,918
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Samuel Furrh (Independence Party)
Mark Crain (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 9

Incumbent Steve Cohen defeated M. LaTroy A-Williams in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 9 on August 4, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Steve Cohen	88.0	62,055
	M. LaTroy A-Williams	12.0	8,449

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 70,504
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Ollie Nelson (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 9

Charlotte Bergmann defeated Brown Dudley and Leo AwGoWhat in the Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 9 on August 4, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Charlotte Bergmann	51.5	10,380
	Submit photo	Brown Dudley	43.5	8,760
	Submit photo	Leo AwGoWhat	5.0	1,000

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 20,140
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2020

Tennessee's 9th Congressional District election, 2020 (August 6 Democratic primary)

Tennessee's 9th Congressional District election, 2020 (August 6 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 9

Incumbent Steve Cohen defeated Charlotte Bergmann, Dennis Jeffrey Clark, Bobby Lyons, and Charles Shappley in the general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 9 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steve Cohen (D)	77.4	187,905
		Charlotte Bergmann (R)	20.1	48,818
		Dennis Jeffrey Clark (Independent)	1.6	3,962
		Bobby Lyons (Independent)	0.9	2,192
	Submit photo	Charles Shappley (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	3

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 242,880
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 9

Incumbent Steve Cohen defeated Corey Strong and Leo AwGoWhat in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 9 on August 6, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steve Cohen	84.0	56,312
		Corey Strong	14.8	9,944
	Submit photo	Leo AwGoWhat	1.1	768

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 67,024
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

M. LaTroy A-Williams (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 9

Charlotte Bergmann advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 9 on August 6, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Charlotte Bergmann	100.0	12,160

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 12,160
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Charles Shappley (R)

Campaign themes

2026

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2024

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Campaign website

Clark’s campaign website stated the following:

“

My Issues

Women’s Rights
Home Ownership
Criminal Justice Reform
Pro-Gun
Civil Rights
Educators
Manufacturing
Mental Health
Agriculture
Business Growth
Employment
Immigration^[1]

”

—Dennis Clark’s campaign website (2024)^[2]

2022

Dennis Jeffrey Clark did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Dennis Jeffrey Clark completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Clark's responses.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

The property in my family has been in my family since before Tennessee was a state.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Tennessee has to always be pro-gun
Mental health is a serious matter that must be address
Educating our kids

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I am pro-gun, I want better mental health services for our people and our community. Fair and just education of our children is of the utmost importance. Our country must provide reparations to the descendants of the people who helped build this company and were unable to equally partake in the benefits.

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Campaign finance summary

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Dennis Jeffrey Clark campaign contribution history
Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024	U.S. House Tennessee District 9	Lost general	$0	N/A**
2020	U.S. House Tennessee District 9	Lost general	$9,991	$9,919
Grand total			$9,991	$9,919
Sources: OpenSecrets, Federal Election Commission *This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
↑ Dennis Clark for Congress, “Home,” accessed October 15, 2024

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Tennessee's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Marsha Blackburn (R)

Bill Hagerty (R)

Representatives

District 1

Diana Harshbarger (R)

District 2

Tim Burchett (R)

District 3

Charles Fleischmann (R)

District 4

Scott DesJarlais (R)

District 5

Andy Ogles (R)

District 6

John Rose (R)

District 7

Matt Van Epps (R)

District 8

David Kustoff (R)

District 9

Steve Cohen (D)

Republican Party (10)

Democratic Party (1)

[quotedisclaimer-1] Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

[2] Dennis Clark for Congress, “Home,” accessed October 15, 2024

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Dennis Jeffrey Clark (Tennessee congressional candidate)

Elections

2026

General election

General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 9

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 9

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 9

Endorsements

2024

General election

General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 9

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 9

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 9

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Endorsements

2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 9

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 9

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 9

2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 9

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 9

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 9

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Campaign themes

2026

Ballotpedia survey responses

2024

Campaign website

2022

2020

Campaign finance summary

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