2026 Election · Tennessee

Who's on Tennessee's 2026 Ballot

Every declared candidate for Governor, U.S. Senate, and all 9 U.S. House districts in Tennessee, grouped by party. Click any candidate to research them with Quarex — the same character and issue questions for everyone, answered live.

Offices up
3
U.S. House districts
9
Declared candidates
118
General election
Nov 3, 2026

This page lists the declared 2026 federal candidates in Tennessee, grouped by party within each race, refreshed weekly. Click any candidate to open the research drawer: ask the same Character and Issues questions of every candidate, or generate a full sourced profile.

Election2026 doesn't tell you who to vote for. It's a nonpartisan way to see who's on your ballot and research them on the same terms — powered by Quarex.

Statewide races

Governor

Chief executive of Tennessee · four-year term
Republican (3)
Marsha Blackburn
Monty Fritts
John Rose
Democratic (5)
Carnita Atwater
Tim Cyr
Jerri Green
Adam Kurtz
Kevin Lee McCants
Independent / Other (15)
Misam Abidi
Dean Brewer
Ray Brown
David Hatley
Wendell Jackson
Stephen Maxwell
Charles Morgan
Eddie Lee Murphy
Lauren Pinkston
Manasa Reddy
Victor Scoggin
Dave Seeman
Karl Smithson
L. Webb Taylor
Robert Vick

U.S. Senate

One of Tennessee's two U.S. Senate seats · six-year term
Republican (1)
Bill Hagerty
Democratic (4)
Marquita Bradshaw
Maria Brewer
Civil Miller-Watkins
Diana Onyejiaka
Independent / Other (9)
Tharon Chandler
Andrew Gerena
Jeremy Hearn
Robert Jones
James Macon III
Yoshi Matthews
David Sutman Jr.
Catherine Whitson
Andrew Mixon

U.S. House of Representatives

All 9 of Tennessee's congressional districts are on the ballot. You vote only in the district where you live.

U.S. House — TN-01

Republican (1)
Diana Harshbarger
Democratic (3)
Kristi Burke
Herman Garcia
David Kerr Jr.
Independent / Other (5)
Joshua Ray Ashburn
Richard Baker
Chris Campbell
Billy Cody
Tyler McClain

U.S. House — TN-02

Republican (1)
Tim Burchett
Democratic (1)
Michaela Barnett
Independent / Other (2)
Bruce Fine
Adam Heimerman

U.S. House — TN-03

Republican (1)
Charles J. Fleischmann
Democratic (2)
Anna Golladay
Bryan Martin
Independent / Other (5)
Dean Arnold
Jean Howard-Hill
Rodney King
Donnie Ownby
Edward Roland

U.S. House — TN-04

Republican (4)
Scott DesJarlais
Thomas Davis
Joshua James
Harold Jones
Democratic (5)
Victoria Broderick
Mike Cortese
Cliff Huffman
Tim Lanier
Joyce Neal
Independent / Other (2)
Jacob Anders
Clay Faircloth

U.S. House — TN-05

Republican (2)
Andy Ogles
Charlie Hatcher
Democratic (5)
Yolanda Cooper-Sutton
DeVante Hill
Rachel Hurley
Carrie Iacomini
Chaz Molder
Independent / Other (2)
James Johnson
Micheal O'Leary

U.S. House — TN-06

Republican (4)
Natisha Brooks
Johnny Garrett
Jon Henry
Van Hilleary
Democratic (5)
Lore Bergman
Mike Croley
Christopher Finley
Miriam Leibowitz
Chaney Mosley
Independent / Other (2)
Christopher Monday
Angus Purdy

U.S. House — TN-07

Republican (1)
Matt Van Epps
Democratic (5)
Darden Copeland
Vincent Dixie
Saletta Holloway
Joshua Sales
Lore Bergman
Independent / Other (2)
Andrew Koontz
Lowell Reynolds

U.S. House — TN-08

Republican (1)
David Kustoff
Democratic (4)
Dewey Gordon Bryan
Jordan Hinders
Heidi Kuhn
Leonard Perkins
Independent / Other (6)
Adam Austill
Wendell Blankenship
Antonio Futch
Pamela Moses
Horace Taylor
Henry Ward III

U.S. House — TN-09

Republican (4)
Charlotte Bergmann
Brent Taylor
Jeremy Thompson
Todd Warner
Democratic (4)
M. LaTroy A-Williams
London Lamar
Justin Pearson
Jim Torino
Independent / Other (2)
Dennis Jeffrey Clark
Michelle Head