Tennessee's 5th Congressional District election, 2026 (August 6 Republican primary)
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| Election details |
| Filing deadline: March 10, 2026 |
| Primary: August 6, 2026 General: November 3, 2026 |
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DDHQ and The Hill: Pending Inside Elections: Solid Republican Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican |
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U.S. Senate • 1st • 2nd • 3rd • 4th • 5th • 6th • 7th • 8th • 9th Tennessee elections, 2026 U.S. Congress elections, 2026 U.S. Senate elections, 2026 U.S. House elections, 2026 |
A Republican Party primary takes place on August 6, 2026, in Tennessee's 5th Congressional District to determine which Republican candidate will run in the district's general election on November 3, 2026.
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A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Tennessee utilizes a closed primary process; a voter must either be registered with a political party or must declare his or affiliation with the party at the polls on primary election day in order to vote in that party's primary.[1]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
This page focuses on Tennessee's 5th Congressional District Republican primary. For more in-depth information on the district's Democratic primary and the general election, see the following pages:
- Tennessee's 5th Congressional District election, 2026 (August 6 Democratic primary)
- Tennessee's 5th Congressional District election, 2026
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
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5
Charlie Hatcher is running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5 on August 6, 2026.
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Voting information
- See also: Voting in Tennessee
Ballotpedia will publish the dates and deadlines related to this election as they are made available.
Campaign finance
| Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
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| Charlie Hatcher | Republican Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
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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." |
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District analysis
This section will contain facts and figures related to this district's elections when those are available.
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.
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| State | Office | Party | Signatures required | Filing fee | Filing deadline | Source |
| Tennessee | U.S. House | All candidates | 25 | N/A | 3/10/2026 | Source |
See also
- Tennessee's 5th Congressional District election, 2026 (August 6 Democratic primary)
- Tennessee's 5th Congressional District election, 2026
- United States House elections in Tennessee, 2026 (August 6 Democratic primaries)
- United States House elections in Tennessee, 2026 (August 6 Republican primaries)
- United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2026
- United States House Republican Party primaries, 2026
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2026
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2026
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