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Tennessee Conservative News [By Olivia Lupia] –
With the August 6, 2026, primary election over, campaign focuses are now turning toward November where the Republican primary winners will square off against Democrats in the general election, many of whom are eyeing seats that have been potentially identified as vulnerable.
Below is a look at the Tennessee federal and state-level races with their GOP and Democrat candidates. Note: uncontested races are not listed.
Tennessee Governor
Marsha Blackburn (R) vs. Jerri Green (D)
U.S. Senate
Bill Hagerty (R) vs. Marquita Bradshaw (D)
U.S. House of Representatives
District 1: Diana Harshbarger (R) vs. Kristi Burke (D)
District 2: Tim Burchett (R) vs. Michaela Barnett (D)
District 3: Chuck Fleischmann (R) vs. Anna Golladay (D)
District 4: Scott DesJarlais (R) vs. Victoria Broderick (D)
District 5: Charlie Hatcher (R) vs. Chaz Molder (D)
*Note: Molder is reported to have raised more than Hatcher and Congressman Andy Ogles combined before the primary, and this district is one national Democrats are looking to flip.
District 6: Johnny Garrett (R) vs. Mike Croley (D)
District 7: Matt Van Epps (R) vs. Darden Copeland (D)
District 8: David Kustoff (R) vs. Heidi Kuhn (D)
District 9: Brent Taylor (R) vs. Justin J. Pearson (D)
*Note: As of the last financial report before the primary, Pearson had outraised Taylor by about $800,000 (though Pearson had been in the race longer) as Democrats are working to compensate for this year’s redistricting which took the state’s only Democrat-favored district and cracked it into three Republican-leaning ones.
Tennessee Senate
District 5: Jimmy Matlock (R) vs. David Miller (D)
*Note: This race will determine the replacement for Randy McNally who retired after nearly 50 years in the General Assembly, serving as Senate Speaker and Lt. Gov. for nearly a decade.
District 7: Richard Briggs (R) vs. Bryan Langan (D)
District 11: Bo Watson (R) vs. Tim Roberts (D)
District 13: Dawn White (R) vs. Angela Evans Wynn (D)
District 17: Mark Pody (R) vs. Lindsey Patrick-Wright (D)
District 27: Jack Johnson (R) vs. David A. Hardy (D)
District 31: Brent Taylor (R) vs. David Weatherspoon (D)
*Note: Taylor also won the nomination for TN-9 and may campaign for both seats, allowing him to remain in the General Assembly should he lose his federal bid but still win the SD31 race. Should he win the Congressional seat, a replacement for SD31 will be needed.
Tennessee House
District 3: Timothy Hill (R) vs. Lori Love (D)
District 5: David Hawk (R) vs. Catherine Bacon (D)
District 6: Tim Hicks (R) vs. Brad Batt (D)
District 7: Rebecca Alexander (R) vs. Sarah Jayne Della Vecchia (D)
District 8: Jordan Henderson (R) vs. Hilary Trudell (D)
District 11: Kenny Cody (R) vs. Sheila Grooms McMahan (D)
District 13: Robert Stevens (R) vs. Brett Windrow (D)
District 14: Jason Zachary (R) vs. Lindsay Young Honaker (D)
District 16: Michele Carringer (R) vs. Eliza Boles (D)
District 18: Elaine Davis (R) vs. Bryan Goldberg (D)
District 19: Dave Wright (R) vs. Jenny Fowler (D)
District 20: Tom Stinnett (R) vs. Karen Gertz (D)
District 24: Kevin Raper (R) vs. Daniel F. Jones (D)
District 25: Cameron Sexton (R) [House Speaker] vs. Monica Mowdy (D)
District 26: Greg Martin (R) vs. Nathan B. Denton (D)
District 27: Michele Reneau (R) vs. Paige Quirin (D)
District 29: Greg Vital (R) vs. Ryan V. Scofield (D)
District 30: Esther Helton-Haynes (R) vs. Art Rymer (D)
District 31: Andy Swafford (R) vs. Michael Woodlee (D)
District 32: Jack Stockton (R) vs. Ali Simpson (D)
District 33: Rick Scarbrough (R) vs. Anne Backus (D)
District 34: Tim Rudd (R) vs. Owen Farnsworth (D)
District 35: William Slater (R) vs. Phil Barnes (D)
District 37: Charlie Baum (R) vs. Mary Ann Young (D)
District 38: Kelly Kiesling (R) vs. Seth McMillan (D)
District 40: Michael Hale (R) vs. Daniel T. Hawthorne (D)
District 41: Ed Butler (R) vs. R. Jason Goodman (D)
District 42: Ryan Williams (R) vs. Trenton Tyler Strode (D)
District 43: Paul Sherrell (R) vs. Samantha Petit (D)
District 44: William Lamberth (R) [Majority Leader] vs. Latoya Holcomb (D)
District 45: Brian Stewart (R) vs. Mandy Cook (D)
District 46: Clark Boyd (R) vs. Dominic Howard (D)
District 47: Rush Bricken (R) vs. Mike Stein (D)
District 48: Bryan Terry (R) vs. Matt Ferry (D)
District 49: Mike Sparks (R) vs. Connie Casha (D)
District 52: Michele Vetter (R) vs. Justin Jones (D)
District 55: Jayla Thomas (R) vs. John Ray Clemmons (D)
District 57: Susan Lynn (R) vs. Matt Burchfield (D)
District 59: Bill Hancock (R) vs. Mark Proctor (D)
District 60: Eva Angelina Romero (R) vs. Shaundelle Brooks (D)
District 61: Gino Bulso (R) vs. Becca Ripley (D)
District 62: Pat Marsh (R) vs. Brieanna L. Akers (D)
District 63: Jake McCalmon (R) vs. Laura Andreson (D)
District 64: Scott Cepicky (R) vs. Craig D’Apolito (D)
District 65: Lee Reeves (R) vs. Julian Herbert Pierre-Griffin (D)
District 66: Sabi “Doc” Kumar (R) vs. Tamara Bavendam (D)
District 67: Chris Lainer (R) vs. Ronnie Glynn (D)
District 68: Aron Maberry (R) vs. Garfield Scott (D)
District 69: Jody Barrett (R) vs. Rachael Murray (D)
District 70: Clay Doggett (R) vs. Rayanne Moos (D)
District 71: Kip Capley (R) vs. Matt Day (D)
District 75: Michael Lankford (R) vs. Allie Phillips (D)
District 78: Perry Keenan (R) vs. Hillary Capes-Gwinn (D)
District 80: Julian A. McTizic (R) vs. Andrea Bond Johnson (D)
District 83: Mark White (R) vs. Margaret Price (D)
District 87: Reggie William Hall (R) vs. Karen Camper (D)
District 89: Justin Lafferty (R) vs. Randy Debord (D)
District 92: Todd Warner (R) vs. Teri Mai (D)
*Note: Warner ran for both TN-9 and HD92 consecutively, so he may benefit from additional name recognition in this race. Should he win the general, he will remain the Representative for HD92.
District 94: Ron Gant (R) vs. Francine Johnson (D)
District 97: John Gillespie (R) vs. Jesse Huseth (D)
About the Author: Olivia Lupia is a political refugee from Colorado who now calls Tennessee home. A proud follower of Christ, she views all political happenings through a Biblical lens and aims to utilize her knowledge and experience to educate and equip others. Olivia is an outspoken conservative who has run for local office, managed campaigns, and been highly involved with state & local GOPs, state legislatures, and other grassroots organizations and movements. Olivia can be reached at olivia@tennesseeconservativenews.com.
4 Responses
Sadly, many races are choice of RINO or dimmercrap.
You’re right Dwayne, I have some misgivings about Marsha Blackburn, but I’ll hold my nose and vote for her over Jerri Green. I did a deep dive into Jerri Green and she seems all packaged up in a shiny box with a big red bow, but once you rip the paper and open the box, she becomes just another democrap pushing social justice, anti gun, anti ICE, medicare for all, and whatever else those lunatics push. Tennessee can’t afford someone like that running the show.
Yup, me too.
In ten years from now, Tennessee will go the way of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. As the state sees an influx of new residents, baggage in hand, it’s just a matter of time.
Soon, there will be nowhere to go.
Too many RINOS, really Democrats hiding with and R next to their names, involved.
I’m not so sure this whole redistricting was a good move, considering how many RINOS are in Tennessee government.
With our current governor bringing in companies like Starbucks, no favors are being done for Tennessee.
The only good thing I did see this weekend was coming through Chattanooga. The Chattanooga Firefighters, International Association of Firefighters, endorsed Michele Reneau. It was good to see a union actually getting it.