TENNESSEE

Your complete directory of Tennessee candidates for Governor, United State Senator and Congress in the current election cycle ... state political parties ... the official state election office ... and state news sources.

ELECTION CALENDAR: Filing Deadline: April 2024 Primary: August 1, 2024

CANDIDATE DIRECTORY LEGEND: Bold = Active Candidate Italics = Potential Candidate * = Incumbent = Winner (Incumbent Party Listed First)

This page was last updated on May 21, 2023

GOVERNOR:

[ Bill Lee (R)* - Term-Limited in 2026. ]

Next Gubernatorial Election in 2026.

U.S. SENATOR:

Marsha Blackburn (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Gloria Johnson (D) - State Rep., Retired Teacher & Gun Control Activist
Joanne Sowell (D) - Attorney
Wisdom Zerit Teklay (I) - Life Coach & Peace Activist

Bill Hagerty (R)* - (Campaign Site) - Next Election in 2026.
Jason Smith (I) - Investor & Felon

U.S. CONGRESS:

District 1:
Diana Harshbarger (R)* - (Campaign Site)

District 2:
Tim Burchett (R)* - (Campaign Site)

District 3:
Chuck Fleischmann (R)* - (Campaign Site)

District 4:
Scott DesJarlais (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Kathleen Cosgrove (I)

District 5:
Andy Ogles (R)* - (Campaign Site)

District 6:
John Rose (R)* - (Campaign Site)

District 7:
Mark Green (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Odessa Kelly (D) - Community Organizer, Ex-Civil Servant & '22 Nominee

District 8:
David Kustoff (R)* - (Campaign Site)

District 9:
Steve Cohen (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Charlotte Bergmann (R) - Businesswoman, MAGA Activist & Frequent Candidate
George Flinn (I) - Ex-Shelby County Commissioner, Physician & Frequent Candidate

STATE POLITICAL PARTIES:

Constitution Party of Tennessee (C)
Tennessee Democratic Party (D)
Green Party of Tennessee (G)
Libertarian Party of Tennessee (L)
Tennessee Republican Party (R)
Independent (I)
Write-In (WI)

STATE ELECTION OFFICE:

Secretary of State's Office

Tennessee Registry of Election Finance

STATE NEWS SOURCES:

Daily Post Athenian - Athens
Chattanooga News Chronicle (African-American)
Chattanooga Pulse (Alternative)
Chattanooga Times-Free Press
Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
Cleveland Daily Banner
Columbia Daily Herald
Cookeville Herald-Citizen
Crockett County Times
Crossville Chronicle
Dyersburg State Gazette
Elizabethton Star
Focus Magazine (LGBT)
Gallatin News
Greeneville Sun
Jackson Sun
Jonesborough Herald & Tribune
Kingsport Times-News
Knoxville News-Sentinel
Lebanon Democrat
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Memphis Flyer (Alternative)
La Prensa Latina Memphis (Spanish)
Memphis MLK50 (African-American)
Tri-State Defender Memphis (African-American)
Monroe County Advocate & Democrat
Morristown Citizen Tribune
Murfreesboro Daily News Journal
La Campana Nashville (Spanish)
La Noticia Nashville (Spanish)
Nashville Scene (Alternative)
Nashville Pride (African-American)
Nashville Tennessean
The Oak Ridger
Pulaski Citizen
Rhea County Herald-News
Robertson County Connection
Rogersville Review
Sevierville/Gatlinburg Mountain Press
Shelbyville Times-Gazette
Sparta Expositor
Tennessee Journal: On The Hill (Politics)
Tennessee Lookout (Politics)
Tennessee Tribune (African-American)
Tullahoma News
Warren County Southern Standard

WRCB TV-3 (NBC - Chattanooga)
WTVC TV-9 (ABC - Chattanooga)
WTVC TV-9.2 (FOX - Chattanooga)
WDEF TV-12 (CBS - Chattanooga)
WBBJ TV-7 (ABC - Jackson)
WJHL TV-11 (CBS - Johnson City)
WATE TV-6 (ABC - Knoxville)
WVLT TV-8 (CBS - Knoxville)
WBIR TV-10 (NBC - Knoxville)
WTNZ TV-43 (FOX - Knoxville)
WREG TV-3 (CBS - Memphis)
WMC TV-5 (NBC - Memphis)
WHBQ TV-13 (FOX - Memphis)
WPTY TV-24 (ABC - Memphis)
WKRN TV-2 (ABC - Nashville)
WSMV TV-4 (NBC - Nashville)
WTVF TV-5 (CBS - Nashville)
WNPT TV-8 Public Television (PBS - Nashville)
WZTW TV-17 (FOX - Nashville)
WLLC TV-42 (Univision - Nashville)
West Tennessee Public Television (PBS)
Nashville Public Radio (NPR)