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Tennessee’s 6th District

U.S. House · TN-6

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Republicans a 97% chance of winning, with an average lead of 16.2 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 8%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 58.0%

    Johnny Garrett

  • Democrat 42.0%

    Mike Croley

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Republican Democrat
TN-6 58.0%42.0%
National averageUnited States 44.2%+13.7 54.5%−12.5

Simple average of the 435 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Current member

Rose, John W. · Republican

Primary results

Held August 6, 2026 · Certified official result · Official source

Democratic primary Mike Croley 28.9% 11,604 votes
Republican primary Johnny Garrett 43.6% 37,388 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Open seat

    Mike Croley

    source
  • Republican Open seat

    Johnny Garrett

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Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 35.3 points.

Our current projection: the Republicans ahead by 16.2 points.

Where these voters came from

This district was redrawn in the 2025-2026 redistricting. Share of its voters from each former district:

  • Former district 6 78%
  • Former district 3 16%
  • Former district 5 5%

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • TN-4 Republican, safe seat
  • TN-3 Republican, safe seat
  • TN-9 Republican, competitive
  • TN-7 Republican, competitive
  • TN-2 Republican, safe seat
  • TN-5 Republican, competitive

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. AZ-2Republican52%5.7-point gap
  2. KY-6Republican53%5.8-point gap
  3. VA-1Republican58%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated