The Green Papers: Tennessee 2023 General Election
 
This page is for offices up for election in 2023. Find 2024 elections here.

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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
Governor:1 
2020 Census:6,916,897 (2.23% of 309,785,186)
2024, 2028 Electoral Votes:11(0.00% of 538)
2022-2030 Representatives:9(2.07% of 435)
Capital:Nashville
 

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Tennessee State and Local Government

Tennessee Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats   Republicans

           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 118th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1 Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn
• Previously served in the U.S. House, 2003-2019; first elected: 2018.
• Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (6)
  Candidate Democratic     Marquita Bradshaw
• FEC S4TN00542
  Candidate Democratic     state Representative Gloria Johnson
• FEC S4TN00526; 30 Sep 23; Tot $1,310,018; Dsb $94,237
  Candidate Democratic     Civil Marsha Miller-Watkins
• FEC S4TN00534
  Candidate Democratic     Pamela Moses
  Candidate Republican     Senator Marsha Blackburn
• FEC S8TN00337; 30 Sep 23; Tot $4,024,635; Dsb $1,115,834
  Candidate Other     Wisdom Zerit Teklay
• Filed for US Senate FEC S4TN00518, filed for US House CD 1 FEC H4TN01169

• FEC S4TN00518

Class 2 Republican Senator Bill Hagerty
• First elected: 2020
• Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026
 Candidate list (2)
  Candidate Republican     Senator Bill Hagerty
• FEC S0TN00169
  Candidate Independent     Jason Jerrell Smith

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer, All Governors

  Republican Governor William "Bill" Lee
• First elected: 2018; re-elected: 2022.
• Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026
• The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
• Open Chair - At term limit.

118th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2024, 2026. No Term Limit. 118th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
8 Republican (8 Undetermined);
1 Democratic (1 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 1 Republican Member of Congress Diana Lynn Harshbarger
• First elected: 2020
• Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (1) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress Diana Lynn Harshbarger
• FEC H0TN01118; 30 Sep 23; Tot $579,564; Dsb $429,456

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 2 Republican Member of Congress Tim Burchett
• First elected: 2018
• Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (2) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Jane Anne George
• FEC H4TN02084
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress Tim Burchett
• FEC H8TN02119; 30 Sep 23; Tot $507,572; Dsb $317,274

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 3 Republican Member of Congress Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann
• First elected: 2010
• Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (2) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Jack Burks Allen, Jr.
• FEC H4TN03199
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann
• FEC H0TN03254; 30 Sep 23; Tot $813,579; Dsb $260,693

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 4 Republican Member of Congress Scott Eugene DesJarlais
• First elected: 2010
• Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (3) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Republican     Thomas Eugene Davis
• FEC H4TN04247
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress Scott Eugene DesJarlais
• FEC H0TN04195; 30 Sep 23; Tot $89,248; Dsb $99,412
  Candidate Independent     Kathleen M. Cosgrove
• FEC H4TN04239

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 5 Republican Member of Congress Andy Ogles
• First elected: 2022.
• Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (2) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Republican     Geoffrey Stokes "Stokes" Nielson
• FEC H4TN05111; 30 Sep 23; Tot $269,400; Dsb $11,826
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress Andy Ogles
• FEC H2TN05446; 30 Sep 23; Tot $251,157; Dsb $275,141

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 6 Republican Member of Congress John W. Rose
• First elected: 2018
• Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (4) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Cyril Jason Focht
• FEC H4TN06200; 30 Sep 23; Tot $33,015; Dsb $28,372
  Candidate Democratic     John Perkins Kennedy
• FEC H4TN06192; 30 Sep 23; Tot $9,721; Dsb $3,540
  Candidate Republican     Joe Reid
• FEC H4TN06218
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress John W. Rose
• FEC H8TN06094; 30 Sep 23; Tot $692,832; Dsb $277,326

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 7 Republican Member of Congress Mark E. Green
• First elected: 2018
• Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (3) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     former Nashville Mayor Megan Barry
• FEC H4TN07133
  Candidate Democratic     Lore Ann Bergman
• FEC H4TN06226
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress Mark E. Green
• FEC H8TN07076; 30 Sep 23; Tot $883,861; Dsb $746,545

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 8 Republican Member of Congress David Kustoff
• First elected: 2016
• Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (1) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress David Kustoff
• FEC H2TN07103; 30 Sep 23; Tot $996,048; Dsb $456,182

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 9 Democratic Member of Congress Stephen Ira "Steve" Cohen
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (3) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress Stephen Ira "Steve" Cohen
• FEC H6TN09068; 30 Sep 23; Tot $295,498; Dsb $74,129
  Candidate Republican     Charlotte Bergmann
• FEC H0TN09061; 30 Sep 23; Tot $24,611; Dsb $17,150
  Candidate Republican     Antwane Bohanon
• FEC H4TN09105; 30 Sep 23; Tot $0; Dsb $0
 

Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties   Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
 • Democratic (affiliates): 1 incumbent, 11 candidates
 • Republican: 11 incumbents, 15 candidates
Independents
 • Independent: 2 candidates
 • Other: 1 candidate
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.


 


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