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Tennessee

U.S. Senate · Tennessee

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

Our forecast gives the Republicans a 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 23.6 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 2%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 59.2%

    Bill Hagerty, incumbent

  • Democrat 35.8%

    Marquita Bradshaw

  • Other 5.0%

Compared with the average

Republican Democrat Other
Tennessee 59.2%35.8%5.0%
National averageUnited States 48.7%+10.5 47.3%−11.6 4.0%+1.0

Simple average of the 100 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Polls in this district

1 poll

Each poll as the pollster published it; these are not the Vote-Scope projection. When a pollster tests several ballots (with or without a given candidate), each one is shown as a scenario.

Current member

Bill Hagerty · Republican

Primary results

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

Democratic primary Marquita Bradshaw 54.8% 186,230 votes
Republican primary Bill Hagerty 100.0% 629,194 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Bill Hagerty

    source
  • Other Challenger

    Sutman, David Jr

    General-election qualification remains to be verified.

  • Democrat Open seat

    Marquita Bradshaw

    source

Other races in the region

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. IowaDemocrat54%4.5-point gap
  2. TexasDemocrat58%4.5-point gap
  3. MaineDemocrat58%4.5-point gap
Forecast updated