2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Tennessee House District 55

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

John Ray Clemmons

Democratic

Work: Civil litigator and mediator, Clemmons & Clemmons, PLLC; state representative since 2015

John Ray Clemmons has represented House District 55 in the Tennessee House since January 2015, after winning the 2014 election, and is a civil litigator and mediator at Clemmons & Clemmons, PLLC. John Ray Clemmons holds a law degree from the University of Memphis (2006) and a history degree from Columbia University (1999), and finished fourth in the 2019 Nashville mayoral race.

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Jayla Thomas

Republican

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Candidate list and race details

2026 Candidate Lists, November 3, 2026 State and Federal General Election (U.S. Senate, U.S. House, Governor, Tennessee Senate and House) (Tennessee Secretary of State, Division of Elections, Public record)

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