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Tennessee elections

2026 forecasts, districts, polling and election information

U.S. Senate

Tennessee Senate

R 99%

Bill Hagerty · Marquita Bradshaw

October 30, 2026, 5:55 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time (00:55 UTC).

Governor

Tennessee Governor

R 97%

Jerri Green · Marsha Blackburn

October 30, 2026, 5:55 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time (00:55 UTC).

U.S. House districts

Competitive means Lean or Toss-up: the favorite’s displayed chance is below 85%. A party assignment is not a candidate win probability.

TN-1: R >99%TN-2: R >99%TN-3: R >99%TN-4: R 99%TN-5: R 89%TN-6: R 99%TN-7: R 99%TN-8: R 99%TN-9: R 92%596814372
Safe DLean DToss-upLean RSafe RHatched: party counted directly, including same-party contests · Gray: forecast withheld
Every mapped district is also listed in the table below.
U.S. House districts
DistrictCandidates on recordForecast / statusRatingForecast date
TN-1Kristi Burke · Diana HarshbargerR >99%Safe ROctober 31, 2026, 12:04 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (07:04 UTC)
TN-2Michaela Barnett · Tim BurchettR >99%Safe ROctober 31, 2026, 12:04 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (07:04 UTC)
TN-3Anna Golladay · Chuck FleischmannR >99%Safe ROctober 31, 2026, 12:04 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (07:04 UTC)
TN-4Victoria Broderick · Scott DesJarlaisR 99%Safe ROctober 31, 2026, 12:04 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (07:04 UTC)
TN-5Chaz Molder · Charlie HatcherR 89%Likely ROctober 31, 2026, 12:04 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (07:04 UTC)
TN-6Mike Croley · Johnny GarrettR 99%Safe ROctober 31, 2026, 12:04 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (07:04 UTC)
TN-7Darden Copeland · Matt Van EppsR 99%Safe ROctober 31, 2026, 12:04 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (07:04 UTC)
TN-8Heidi Kuhn · David KustoffR 99%Safe ROctober 31, 2026, 12:04 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (07:04 UTC)
TN-9Justin J. Pearson · Brent TaylorR 92%Likely ROctober 31, 2026, 12:04 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (07:04 UTC)

State legislature

Updated October 31, 2026, 05:30 UTC.

These are separate party-majority chances, not the chance of joint control. A tie, independent members or a coalition can leave neither party with a majority. The initial model has limited validation; read the evidence and limitations.

State legislature
ChamberSeats upMajority thresholdDemocratic majorityRepublican majority
Tennessee House9950<1%>99%
Tennessee Senate1717<1%>99%

Explore the evidence

Polls and forecasts answer different questions. Each forecast above keeps its own run date. No separate state-environment estimate or joint trifecta probability is implied by these panels.

Official ballot and election rules

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