Tennessee's 5th Congressional District election, 2026

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Tennessee's 5th Congressional District
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Election details
Filing deadline: March 10, 2026
Primary: August 6, 2026 General: November 3, 2026
How to vote
Poll times: Varies by county Voting in Tennessee
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Republican DDHQ and The Hill: Pending Inside Elections: Solid Republican Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican
Ballotpedia analysis
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All U.S. House districts, including the 5th Congressional District of Tennessee, are holding elections in 2026. The general election is November 3, 2026. The primary is August 6, 2026. The filing deadline is March 10, 2026. For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:

• Tennessee's 5th Congressional District election, 2026 (August 6 Democratic primary)
• Tennessee's 5th Congressional District election, 2026 (August 6 Republican primary)

Candidates and election results

Note: The following list includes official candidates only. Ballotpedia defines official candidates as people who:

• Register with a federal or state campaign finance agency before the candidate filing deadline
• Appear on candidate lists released by government election agencies

General election

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

General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 5

Kenneth Brown and Lowell Reynolds are running in the general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 5 on November 3, 2026.

		Candidate
	Submit photo	Kenneth Brown (Independent)
	Submit photo	Lowell Reynolds (Independent)

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5

Mike Cortese, Chaz Molder, Joyce Neal, Diana Onyejiaka, and James Torino are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5 on August 6, 2026.

		Candidate
		Mike Cortese
		Chaz Molder
		Joyce Neal
		Diana Onyejiaka
		James Torino

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5

Incumbent Andy Ogles and Charlie Hatcher are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5 on August 6, 2026.

		Candidate
		Andy Ogles
	Submit photo	Charlie Hatcher

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Candidate profiles

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Voting information

See also: Voting in Tennessee

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Campaign finance

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
Andy Ogles	Republican Party	$157,592	$161,597	$57,916	As of September 30, 2025
Mike Cortese	Democratic Party	$160,764	$45,131	$115,633	As of September 30, 2025
Chaz Molder	Democratic Party	$797,635	$33,763	$763,872	As of September 30, 2025
Joyce Neal	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Diana Onyejiaka	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
James Torino	Democratic Party	$12,275	$8,244	$4,030	As of September 30, 2025
Charlie Hatcher	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Kenneth Brown	Independent	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Lowell Reynolds	Independent	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2026. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). * According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." ** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election. *** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

General election race ratings

See also: Race rating definitions and methods

Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

• Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
• Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
• Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.
• Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.

Race ratings: Tennessee's 5th Congressional District election, 2026
Race tracker	Race ratings
	11/4/2025	10/28/2025	10/21/2025	10/14/2025
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican
Decision Desk HQ and The Hill	Pending	Pending	Pending	Pending
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Safe Republican	Safe Republican	Safe Republican	Safe Republican
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Tennessee in the 2026 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Tennessee, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2026
State	Office	Party	Signatures required	Filing fee	Filing deadline	Source
Tennessee	U.S. House	All candidates	25	N/A	3/10/2026	Source

District history

The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2020.

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

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	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
✔		Maryam Abolfazli	100.0	29,242

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 29,242
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Arnie Malham (D)
• Kiran Sreepada (D)

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
✔		Andy Ogles	56.5	32,062
		Courtney Johnston	43.5	24,646

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 56,708
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Geoffrey Stokes Nielson (R)
• Thomas Guarente (R)

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
✔		Andy Ogles (R)	55.8	123,558
		Heidi Campbell (D)	42.3	93,648
		Derrick Brantley (Independent)	0.9	2,090
	Submit photo	Daniel Cooper (Independent)	0.5	1,132
		Rick Shannon (Independent)	0.4	847

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	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
✔		Heidi Campbell	100.0	30,830

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 30,830
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Justicia Rizzo (D)
• Jim Cooper (D)

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

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 60,245
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Sarah Grams (R)
• Richie Lee (R)
• Quincy McKnight (R)
• Baxter Lee (R)
• David Vitalli (R)
• Morgan Ortagus (R)

2020

See also: Tennessee's 5th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 5

Incumbent Jim Cooper defeated Natisha Brooks and Trevor Killian Murphy in the general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 5 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jim Cooper (D)	100.0	252,155
		Natisha Brooks (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	13
	Submit photo	Trevor Killian Murphy (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	1

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 252,169
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Craig Wildenradt (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5

Incumbent Jim Cooper defeated Keeda Haynes and Joshua Rawlings in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5 on August 6, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jim Cooper	57.1	50,752
		Keeda Haynes	39.9	35,472
		Joshua Rawlings	3.0	2,681

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 88,905
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Joshua Moran (D)
• Justin Bautista-Jones (D)
• Meredith Page (D)

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Elijah Adcox (R)
• Anthony Adcox (R)

District analysis

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See also

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Footnotes

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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

Vacant

District 8

David Kustoff (R)

District 9

Steve Cohen (D)

Republican Party (9)

Democratic Party (1)

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