Tennessee elections, 2026

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This page provides information on the 2026 elections in Tennessee, including the offices on the ballot covered by Ballotpedia, election dates, and frequently asked questions.

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Election dates

Statewide election dates in Tennessee are listed below. For more dates, please see the elections calendar.

Statewide election dates

August 6, 2026: Primary
November 3, 2026: General election

Offices on the ballot

Below is a list of Tennessee elections covered by Ballotpedia in 2026. Click the links to learn more about each type:

Tennessee elections, 2026
Office	Elections?	More information
U.S. Senate	✓	Click here
U.S. House	✓	Click here
Congress special election	—	—
Governor	✓	Click here
Other state executive	✓	Click here
State Senate	✓	Click here
State House	✓	Click here
Special state legislative	—	—
State Supreme Court	✓	Click here
Intermediate appellate courts	✓	Click here
School boards	—	—
Municipal government	—	—
Recalls	—	—
Ballot measures	✓	Click here
Local ballot measures	—	—

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Noteworthy elections

In 2025, Ballotpedia did not cover any elections in additional detail in this state.

Statewide ballot measures

See also: Tennessee 2026 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description
LRCA	Marsy's Law Crime Victims Rights Amendment	Crime victims; Criminal trials	Amend the list of crime victims' rights in the constitution
LRCA	Prohibit State Property Taxes Amendment	Property taxes; Legislature	Prohibit the legislature from enacting taxes on property
LRCA	Remove Right to Bail for Certain Criminal Offenses Amendment	Bail; Criminal trials	Remove the right to bail for specified criminal offenses

What's on your ballot?

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List of candidates

The following table displays a list of candidates in Tennessee. The list does not include presidential candidates, and it may not include all candidates for local offices. Please click here to learn more about Ballotpedia's coverage scope.

Federal Candidates

candidate	office	party	status
Bill Hagerty Incumbent	U.S. Senate Tennessee	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Diana Onyejiaka	U.S. Senate Tennessee	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Andrew Mixon	U.S. Senate Tennessee	Federalist Party	Candidacy Declared General
Diana Harshbarger Incumbent	U.S. House Tennessee District 1	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Danny Gibson	U.S. House Tennessee District 1	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Tim Burchett Incumbent	U.S. House Tennessee District 2	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Michaela Barnett	U.S. House Tennessee District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Adam Velk	U.S. House Tennessee District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Oliver Freeman Pogue	U.S. House Tennessee District 2	Unaffiliated	Candidacy Declared General
Charles J. Fleischmann Incumbent	U.S. House Tennessee District 3	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Derek Hawn	U.S. House Tennessee District 3	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Scott DesJarlais Incumbent	U.S. House Tennessee District 4	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Robert Arnold	U.S. House Tennessee District 4	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Thomas Davis	U.S. House Tennessee District 4	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Victoria Broderick	U.S. House Tennessee District 4	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Andy Ogles Incumbent	U.S. House Tennessee District 5	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Charlie Hatcher	U.S. House Tennessee District 5	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Mike Cortese	U.S. House Tennessee District 5	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Chaz Molder	U.S. House Tennessee District 5	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Joyce Neal	U.S. House Tennessee District 5	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Diana Onyejiaka	U.S. House Tennessee District 5	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
James Torino	U.S. House Tennessee District 5	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Kenneth Brown	U.S. House Tennessee District 5	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
Lowell Reynolds	U.S. House Tennessee District 5	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
Dale Braden	U.S. House Tennessee District 6	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Brad Gaines	U.S. House Tennessee District 6	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Johnny Garrett	U.S. House Tennessee District 6	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jon Henry	U.S. House Tennessee District 6	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
William Hilleary	U.S. House Tennessee District 6	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Joe Reid	U.S. House Tennessee District 6	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Craig Ballin	U.S. House Tennessee District 6	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Lore Bergman	U.S. House Tennessee District 6	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Mike Croley	U.S. House Tennessee District 6	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Christopher Monday	U.S. House Tennessee District 6	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
Matt Van Epps Incumbent	U.S. House Tennessee District 7	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jason Knight	U.S. House Tennessee District 7	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Stewart Parks	U.S. House Tennessee District 7	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jay Reedy	U.S. House Tennessee District 7	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Aftyn Behn	U.S. House Tennessee District 7	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
David Jones	U.S. House Tennessee District 7	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jonathan Thorp	U.S. House Tennessee District 7	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
David Kustoff Incumbent	U.S. House Tennessee District 8	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
William Wicker	U.S. House Tennessee District 8	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Charlotte Bergmann	U.S. House Tennessee District 9	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
James New	U.S. House Tennessee District 9	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Justin Pearson	U.S. House Tennessee District 9	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary

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State Candidates

candidate	office	party	status
Marsha Blackburn	Governor of Tennessee	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Monty Fritts	Governor of Tennessee	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Cito Pellegra	Governor of Tennessee	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
John Rose	Governor of Tennessee	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Carnita Atwater	Governor of Tennessee	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Tim Cyr	Governor of Tennessee	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jerri Green	Governor of Tennessee	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Adam Kurtz	Governor of Tennessee	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Stephen Maxwell	Governor of Tennessee	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
Lauren Pinkston	Governor of Tennessee	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
Manasa Reddy	Governor of Tennessee	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
J. Adam Lowe Incumbent	Tennessee State Senate District 1	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Rusty Crowe Incumbent	Tennessee State Senate District 3	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Randy McNally Incumbent	Tennessee State Senate District 5	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Richard Briggs Incumbent	Tennessee State Senate District 7	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Steve Southerland Incumbent	Tennessee State Senate District 9	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Bo Watson Incumbent	Tennessee State Senate District 11	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Dawn White Incumbent	Tennessee State Senate District 13	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Paul Bailey Incumbent	Tennessee State Senate District 15	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Mark Pody Incumbent	Tennessee State Senate District 17	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Butch Baker	Tennessee State Senate District 17	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Charlane Oliver Incumbent	Tennessee State Senate District 19	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jeff Yarbro Incumbent	Tennessee State Senate District 21	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Kerry Roberts Incumbent	Tennessee State Senate District 23	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Ed Jackson Incumbent	Tennessee State Senate District 25	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jack Johnson Incumbent	Tennessee State Senate District 27	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Raumesh Akbari Incumbent	Tennessee State Senate District 29	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Brent Taylor Incumbent	Tennessee State Senate District 31	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
London Lamar Incumbent	Tennessee State Senate District 33	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
John Crawford Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 1	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Adam Stallings	Tennessee House of Representatives District 2	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Timothy Hill Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 3	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Renea Jones Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 4	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
David Hawk Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 5	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Tim Hicks Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 6	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Rebecca Alexander Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 7	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jerome Moon Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 8	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jordan Henderson	Tennessee House of Representatives District 8	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Gary Hicks Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 9	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Rick Eldridge Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 10	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jeremy Faison Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 11	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Sheila McMahan	Tennessee House of Representatives District 11	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Fred Atchley Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 12	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Robert Stevens Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 13	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jason Zachary Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 14	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Sam McKenzie Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 15	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Michele Carringer Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 16	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Andrew Farmer Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 17	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Elaine Davis Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 18	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Dave Wright Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 19	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Tom Stinnett Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 20	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Lowell Russell Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 21	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Dan Howell Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 22	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Mark Cochran Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 23	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Will Bolton	Tennessee House of Representatives District 23	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Kevin Raper Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 24	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Cameron Sexton Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 25	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Greg Martin Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 26	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Michele Reneau Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 27	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Yusuf Hakeem Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 28	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Greg Vital Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 29	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Esther Helton Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 30	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Michael Woodlee	Tennessee House of Representatives District 31	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Ali Simpson	Tennessee House of Representatives District 32	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Richard Scarbrough Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 33	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Tim Rudd Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 34	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
William Slater Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 35	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Dennis Powers Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 36	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Charlie Baum Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 37	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Kelly Keisling Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 38	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Iris Rudder Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 39	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Michael Hale Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 40	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Ed Butler Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 41	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Ryan Williams Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 42	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Paul Sherrell Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 43	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
William Lamberth Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 44	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Clark Boyd Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 46	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Rush Bricken Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 47	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Bryan Terry Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 48	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Mike Sparks Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 49	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Bo Mitchell Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 50	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Aftyn Behn Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 51	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Justin Jones Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 52	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jason Powell Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 53	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Vincent Dixie Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 54	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
John Ray Clemmons Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 55	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Bob Freeman Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 56	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Susan Lynn Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 57	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Harold Love Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 58	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Shaundelle Brooks Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 60	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Gino Bulso Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 61	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Pat Marsh Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 62	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jake McCalmon Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 63	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Laura Andreson	Tennessee House of Representatives District 63	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Scott Cepicky Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 64	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Sabi Kumar Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 66	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Ronnie Glynn Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 67	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Aron Maberry Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 68	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jody Barrett Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 69	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Clay Doggett Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 70	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Kip Capley Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 71	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Kirk Haston Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 72	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Chris Todd Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 73	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jay Reedy Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 74	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Tandy Darby Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 76	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Rusty Grills Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 77	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
John Louallen	Tennessee House of Representatives District 78	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Brock Martin Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 79	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Julian McTizic	Tennessee House of Representatives District 80	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Andrea Bond-Johnson	Tennessee House of Representatives District 80	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Bethany Miller	Tennessee House of Representatives District 80	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Debra Moody Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 81	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Chris Hurt Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 82	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Mark White Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 83	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Joe Towns Jr. Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 84	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jesse Chism Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 85	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Karen Camper Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 87	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Larry Miller Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 88	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Justin Lafferty Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 89	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Gloria Johnson Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 90	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Torrey Harris Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 91	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Todd Warner Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 92	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
G.A. Hardaway Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 93	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Ron Gant Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 94	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Kevin Vaughan Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 95	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Gabby Salinas Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 96	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
John Gillespie Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 97	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Antonio Parkinson Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 98	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Tom Leatherwood Incumbent	Tennessee House of Representatives District 99	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary

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