Tennessee

Candidate List

As of August 24, 2026

Tennessee

Candidate List

As of August 24, 2026

Tennessee General

November 03, 2026

The full voter guide with evaluations is estimated to be released on Oct 16, 2026.

The list below shows the candidates who have officially filed for this election.

FEDERAL

Marquita Bradshaw

Democrat | TN

Andrew Gerena

Independent | TN

Bill Hagerty

Republican | TN

Jeremy Dean Hearn

Independent | TN

Robert Jones

Independent | TN

James William Macon III

Independent | TN

Yoshi D. Matthews

Independent | TN

David Sutman Jr

Independent | TN

Catherine Barcel "Barcy" Whitson

Independent | TN

U.S. Rep., Dist. 1

Joshua Ray Ashburn

Independent | TN

Richard G. Baker

Independent | TN

Kristi Burke

Democrat | TN

Chris Campbell

Independent | TN

Billy Cody

Independent | TN

Diana Harshbarger

Republican | TN

Tyler Brice Mitchell McClain

Independent | TN

U.S. Rep., Dist. 2

Michaela Barnett

Democrat | TN

Tim Burchett

Republican | TN

Bruce Fine

Independent | TN

Adam Heimerman

Independent | TN

U.S. Rep., Dist. 3

Dean Arnold

Independent | TN

Chuck Fleischmann

Republican | TN

Anna Golladay

Democrat | TN

Jean Howard-Hill

Independent | TN

Rodney Joe King

Independent | TN

Donnie Lynn Ownby

Independent | TN

Edward John Roland

Independent | TN

U.S. Rep., Dist. 4

Jacob Kristopher Anders

Independent | TN

Victoria Broderick

Democrat | TN

Scott DesJarlais

Republican | TN

Clay Faircloth

Independent | TN

U.S. Rep., Dist. 5

Charlie Hatcher

Republican | TN

James A Johnson

Independent | TN

Chaz Molder

Democrat | TN

Micheal (Me-Haul) O'Leary

Independent | TN

U.S. Rep., Dist. 6

Mike Croley

Democrat | TN

Johnny Garrett

Republican | TN

Christopher Brian Monday

Independent | TN

Angus Purdy

Independent | TN

U.S. Rep., Dist. 7

Darden Copeland

Democrat | TN

Andrew J Koontz

Independent | TN

Lowell Reynolds

Independent | TN

Matt Van Epps

Republican | TN

U.S. Rep., Dist. 8

Adam D. Austill

Independent | TN

Wendell "Wells" Blankenship

Independent | TN

Heidi Kuhn

Democrat | TN

David Kustoff

Republican | TN

Pamela Moses

Independent | TN

Horace Taylor

Independent | TN

Henry J. Ward 3rd

Independent | TN

U.S. Rep., Dist. 9

Dennis Clark

Independent | TN

Michelle Davis Head

Independent | TN

Justin J. Pearson

Democrat | TN

Brent Taylor

Republican | TN

STATEWIDE

Governor

Misam Abidi

Independent | TN

Marsha Blackburn

Republican | TN

Dean Brewer

Independent | TN

Ray Brown

Independent | TN

Jerri Green

Democrat | TN

David E. Hatley

Independent | TN

Wendell Jackson

Independent | TN

Charles "Van" Morgan

Independent | TN

Eddie L. Murphy

Independent | TN

Lauren Pinkston

Independent | TN

Victor L. Scoggin

Independent | TN

David Seeman

Independent | TN

Karl Knox Smithson

Independent | TN

Robert C. Vick

Independent | TN

Larita Webb Taylor

Independent | TN

STATE

State Senator, Dist., 1

J. Adam Lowe

Republican | TN

State Senator, Dist., 3

Rusty Crowe

Republican | TN

State Senator, Dist., 5

Jimmy Matlock

Republican | TN

David Miller

Democrat | TN

State Senator, Dist., 7

Richard Briggs

Republican | TN

Bryan Langan

Democrat | TN

State Senator, Dist., 9

Steve Southerland

Republican | TN

State Senator, Dist., 11

Tim Roberts

Democrat | TN

Bo Watson

Republican | TN

State Senator, Dist., 13

Dawn White

Republican | TN

Angela Wynn

Democrat | TN

State Senator, Dist., 15

Paul Bailey

Republican | TN

State Senator, Dist., 17

Lindsey Patrick-Wright

Democrat | TN

Mark Pody

Republican | TN

State Senator, Dist., 19

Charlane Oliver

Democrat | TN

State Senator, Dist., 21

Rueben Dockery

Independent | TN

Jeff Yarbro

Democrat | TN

State Senator, Dist., 23

David Lee Marcum

Independent | TN

Kerry Roberts

Republican | TN

State Senator, Dist., 25

Edward S. Jackson

Republican | TN

State Senator, Dist., 27

David Hardy

Democrat | TN

Jack Johnson

Republican | TN

State Senator, Dist., 29

Raumesh Akbari

Democrat | TN

State Senator, Dist., 31

Brent Taylor

Republican | TN

David Weatherspoon

Democrat | TN

State Senator, Dist., 33

London Lamar

Democrat | TN

State House, Dist. 1

Jessica Means

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 2

Gary Stidham

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 3

Timothy Hill

Republican | TN

Lori Love

Democrat | TN

State House, Dist. 4

Renea Jones

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 5

Catherine Bacon

Democrat | TN

David B. Hawk

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 6

Brad Batt

Democrat | TN

Rodger Broadwater

Independent | TN

Tim Hicks

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 7

Rebecca Keefauver Alexander

Republican | TN

Sarah Jayne Della Vecchia

Democrat | TN

State House, Dist. 8

Jordan Henderson

Republican | TN

Hilary Trudell

Democrat | TN

State House, Dist. 9

Gary W. Hicks Jr

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 10

Rick Eldridge

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 11

Larry Jeremiah Brown

Independent | TN

Kenny Cody

Republican | TN

Sheila McMahan

Democrat | TN

State House, Dist. 12

Fred A. Atchley

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 13

Robert Stevens

Republican | TN

Brett Windrow

Democrat | TN

State House, Dist. 14

Lindsay Young Honaker

Democrat | TN

Jason Zachary

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 15

Sam McKenzie

Democrat | TN

State House, Dist. 16

Eliza Boles

Democrat | TN

Michele Carringer

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 17

Andrew Ellis Farmer

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 18

Elaine Davis

Republican | TN

Bryan Goldberg

Democrat | TN

State House, Dist. 19

Jenny Fowler

Democrat | TN

Dave Wright

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 20

Jeff "Cog" Coggin

Independent | TN

Karen Gertz

Democrat | TN

Tom Stinnett

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 21

Lowell Russell

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 22

Dan Howell

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 23

Jeremy Bromwell

Independent | TN

Mark Cochran

Republican | TN

Jason Hitt

Independent | TN

State House, Dist. 24

Daniel F. Jones

Democrat | TN

Kevin Raper

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 25

Monica Mowdy

Democrat | TN

Cameron Sexton

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 26

Greg Martin

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 27

Paige Quirin

Democrat | TN

Michele Reneau

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 28

Demetrus "Meechie" Coonrod

Independent | TN

Yusuf A. Hakeem

Democrat | TN

Johnny W. Horne

Independent | TN

State House, Dist. 29

Ryan V. Scofield

Democrat | TN

Greg Vital

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 30

Esther Helton Haynes

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 31

Keith Nolan

Independent | TN

Randy A. Sharp

Independent | TN

Andy (Andrew) J. Swafford

Republican | TN

Michael Woodlee

Democrat | TN

State House, Dist. 32

Ali Simpson

Democrat | TN

Jack L. Stockton

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 33

Anne Backus

Democrat | TN

Rick Scarbrough

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 34

Owen Farnsworth

Democrat | TN

Tim Rudd

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 35

Phil Barnes

Democrat | TN

William Slater

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 36

Noah Smith

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 37

Charlie Baum

Republican | TN

Mary Ann Young

Democrat | TN

State House, Dist. 38

Kelly T Keisling

Republican | TN

Seth McMillan

Democrat | TN

State House, Dist. 39

Iris Rudder

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 40

Michael Hale

Republican | TN

Daniel T. Hawthorne

Democrat | TN

State House, Dist. 41

Ed Butler

Republican | TN

Ralph Jason Goodman

Democrat | TN

State House, Dist. 42

Trenton Strode

Democrat | TN

Ryan D. Williams

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 43

Samantha Petit

Democrat | TN

Paul Sherrell

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 44

Latoya Holcomb

Democrat | TN

William Lamberth

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 45

Mandy Cook

Democrat | TN

Brian Stewart

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 46

Clark Boyd

Republican | TN

Dominic Howard

Democrat | TN

State House, Dist. 47

Rush Bricken

Republican | TN

Mike Stein

Democrat | TN

State House, Dist. 48

Matt Ferry

Democrat | TN

Bryan Terry

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 49

Connie Casha

Democrat | TN

Mike Sparks

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 50

Bo Mitchell

Democrat | TN

State House, Dist. 51

Aftyn Behn

Democrat | TN

State House, Dist. 52

Martez Coleman

Independent | TN

Justin Jones

Democrat | TN

Michele Vetter

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 53

Jason Powell

Democrat | TN

State House, Dist. 54

Vincent Dixie

Democrat | TN

State House, Dist. 55

John Ray Clemmons

Democrat | TN

Jayla Thomas

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 56

Bob Freeman

Democrat | TN

State House, Dist. 57

Matt Burchfield

Democrat | TN

Susan M Lynn

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 58

Harold M. Love Jr.

Democrat | TN

State House, Dist. 59

Bill Hancock

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 60

Shaundelle Brooks

Democrat | TN

Eva Angelina Romero

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 61

Gino Bulso

Republican | TN

Becca Ripley

Democrat | TN

State House, Dist. 62

Brieanna Akers

Democrat | TN

Pat Marsh

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 63

Laura Andreson

Democrat | TN

Jake McCalmon

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 64

Scott Cepicky

Republican | TN

Craig D'Apolito

Democrat | TN

State House, Dist. 65

Julian Pierre-Griffin

Democrat | TN

Lee Reeves

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 66

Tamara Bavendam

Democrat | TN

Sabi "Doc" Kumar

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 67

Ronnie L Glynn

Democrat | TN

Chris Lanier

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 68

Aron Maberry

Republican | TN

Garfield Scott

Democrat | TN

State House, Dist. 69

Jody Barrett

Republican | TN

Rachael Murray

Democrat | TN

State House, Dist. 70

Clay Doggett

Republican | TN

Rayanne Moos

Democrat | TN

State House, Dist. 71

Kip Capley

Republican | TN

Matt Day

Democrat | TN

State House, Dist. 72

Kirk Haston

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 73

Chris Todd

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 74

Jay D. Reedy

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 75

Michael Lankford

Republican | TN

Allie Phillips

Democrat | TN

State House, Dist. 76

Tandy Darby

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 77

Rusty Grills

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 78

Perry Keenan

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 79

Kirk Carter

Independent | TN

Brock Martin

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 80

Andrea Bond-Johnson

Democrat | TN

Julian A. McTizic

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 81

Brett A. Giannini

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 82

Chris Hurt

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 83

Mark White

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 84

Joe Towns Jr.

Democrat | TN

State House, Dist. 85

Jesse Chism

Democrat | TN

State House, Dist. 86

Justin J. Pearson

Democrat | TN

State House, Dist. 87

Karen Camper

Democrat | TN

Reggie William Hall

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 88

Larry J. Miller

Democrat | TN

State House, Dist. 89

Randy Debord

Democrat | TN

Justin Lafferty

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 90

Gloria Johnson

Democrat | TN

State House, Dist. 91

Torrey C. Harris

Democrat | TN

State House, Dist. 92

Teri Mai

Democrat | TN

Todd Warner

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 94

Ron M. Gant

Republican | TN

Francine Johnson

Democrat | TN

State House, Dist. 95

Kevin Vaughan

Republican | TN

State House, Dist. 96

Telisa Franklin

Democrat | TN

State House, Dist. 97

John Gillespie

Republican | TN

Jesse Huseth

Democrat | TN

State House, Dist. 98

Antonio Parkinson

Democrat | TN

State House, Dist. 99

Tom Leatherwood

Republican | TN

William P. Mouzon

Independent | TN

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