2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Tennessee races on the 2026 ballot

The federal and statewide races and statewide ballot measures on Tennessee's general election ballot, with candidates listed alphabetically. Open the app to see the races for your address, including your U.S. House district and state legislative districts.

Find your exact ballot

What's included: U.S. Senate and House, statewide offices, state legislative races (shown in the app once you enter your address) and statewide ballot measures.

Local races (county, city, school board, judges) and anything else on your ballot are on your official sample ballot: tnmap.tn.gov.

Not included: local races (county, city, school board, special districts); judicial races below the state supreme court; judicial retention questions unless listed; state supreme court (none found on the Nov. 3 ballot, or not yet compiled): see the official lookup link for your full sample ballot.

Candidate lists as of Wednesday, October 14, 2026.

This is not an official ballot. Confirm your registration, polling place and ballot with your election office through vote.gov.

Federal

U.S. Senator

Statewide
- Marquita Bradshaw · Democratic
- Tharon Chandler · Independent
- Andrew Gerena · Independent
- Bill Hagerty · RepublicanIncumbent
- Jeremy Dean Hearn · Independent
- Robert Jones · Independent
- James William Macon III · Independent
- Yoshi D. Matthews · Independent
- David Sutman, Jr. · Independent
- Catherine Barcel "Barcy" Whitson · Independent

U.S. House

Tennessee has 9 U.S. House districts. You vote in one; enter your address to find yours.

U.S. Representative, District 1
- Joshua Ray Ashburn · Independent
- Richard G. Baker · Independent
- Kristi Burke · Democratic
- Chris Campbell · Independent
- Billy Cody · Independent
- Diana Harshbarger · RepublicanIncumbent
- Tyler Brice Mitchell McClain · Independent
U.S. Representative, District 2
- Michaela Barnett · Democratic
- Tim Burchett · RepublicanIncumbent
- Bruce Fine · Independent
- Adam Heimerman · Independent
U.S. Representative, District 3
- Dean Arnold · Independent
- Chuck Fleischmann · RepublicanIncumbent
- Anna Golladay · Democratic
- Jean Howard-Hill · Independent
- Rodney Joe King · Independent
- Donnie Lynn Ownby · Independent
- Edward John Roland · Independent
U.S. Representative, District 4
- Jacob Kristopher Anders · Independent
- Victoria Broderick · Democratic
- Scott DesJarlais · RepublicanIncumbent
- Clay Faircloth · Independent
U.S. Representative, District 5
- Charlie Hatcher · Republican
- James A. Johnson · Independent
- Chaz Molder · Democratic
- Micheál (Me-Haul) O'Leary · Independent
U.S. Representative, District 6
- Mike Croley · Democratic
- Johnny Garrett · Republican
- Christopher B. Monday · Independent
- Angus Purdy · Independent
U.S. Representative, District 7
- Darden Copeland · Democratic
- Matt Van Epps · RepublicanIncumbent
- Andrew J. Koontz · Independent
- Lowell Reynolds · Independent
U.S. Representative, District 8
- Adam D. Austill · Independent
- Wendell "Wells" Blankenship · Independent
- Antonio Futch · Independent
- Heidi Kuhn · Democratic
- David Kustoff · RepublicanIncumbent
- Pamela Jeanine "P." Moses · Independent
- Horace Taylor · Independent
- Henry J. Ward, III · Independent
U.S. Representative, District 9
- Dennis Clark · Independent
- Michelle Davis Head · Independent
- Justin J. Pearson · Democratic
- Brent Taylor · Republican

Statewide offices

Governor

Statewide
- Misam Abidi · Independent
- Marsha Blackburn · Republican
- Dean Brewer · Independent
- Ray Brown · Independent
- Jerri Green · Democratic
- David Hatley · Independent
- Wendell Jackson · Independent
- Charles Van Morgan · Independent
- Eddie Lee Murphy · Independent
- Lauren Pinkston · Independent
- Victor L. Scoggin · Independent
- Dave Seeman · Independent
- Karl Knox Smithson · Independent
- L. Webb Taylor · Independent
- Robert C. Vick · Independent

Statewide ballot measures

Constitutional Amendment #1: Bail

Statewide ballot measure

Attorney General's summary: This amendment changes Article I, section 15 of the Tennessee Constitution by allowing a court to hold a defendant without bail before trial when that defendant is accused of: an offense punishable by the death penalty, an act of…
Constitutional Amendment #2: State property tax

Statewide ballot measure

Attorney General's summary: This amendment adds text to Article II, section 28 of the Tennessee Constitution that prohibits the Legislature from imposing a State property tax on real, personal, or mixed property.
Constitutional Amendment #3: Rights of crime victims

Statewide ballot measure

Attorney General's summary: This amendment changes Article I, section 35 of the Tennessee Constitution by clarifying existing rights for crime victims and adding new rights. The amendment gives victims new rights: to fair treatment; to be informed about and…

State legislature

116 Tennessee legislative races are on the ballot. They depend on your district, so they appear in the app once you enter your address.

See your legislative races

Voting in Tennessee

Registration deadline: The voter registration deadline for the November 3, 2026 election was Monday, October 5, 2026. Election Day registration is not available in Tennessee.
Early voting: Early voting runs Wednesday, October 14 through Thursday, October 29, 2026 (closed on holidays; open Saturdays). Any registered voter may vote early.
ID at the polls: NCSL category as of 2024: Photo ID required (strict). Rules may have changed since; confirm with the official site.

Check your registration and sample ballot (tnmap.tn.gov)

Sources

Elections Calendar (Tennessee Secretary of State, Public record)
How to Early Vote - In Person (Tennessee Secretary of State, Public record)
vote.gov state voter registration data (data/states.json and content/en/register/*.md) (U.S. General Services Administration (vote.gov), Public domain (U.S. government work))
Voter identification laws in the United States (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

About this page

Candidates: Legal Insights national 2026 ballot research for Tennessee (as of 2026-10-14). Candidates are listed alphabetically by last name, not in official ballot order, and never grouped by party. Incumbent is marked only where the state list or our research confirms it. We don't endorse or rate candidates or questions. How we research.