2026 Tennessee Senate election

2026 Tennessee Senate election

←  2024 November 3, 2026 2026  →
17 of 33 seats in the Tennessee Senate 17 seats needed for a majority
Leader Randy McNally Raumesh Akbari Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat 5th–Oak Ridge 29th–Memphis Current seats 27 6 Seats needed 11 Seats up 13 4
Map of the incumbents:      Republican incumbent     Democratic incumbent      No election
Incumbent Speaker Randy McNally Republican

The 2026 Tennessee Senate election is scheduled to be held on November 3, 2026. Seventeen members of the thirty-three member Tennessee Senate, the upper chamber of Tennessee's state legislature, will be elected. Partisan primaries will take place on August 6, 2026. Tennessee has open primaries, meaning that any voter can choose to vote on either a Republican or Democratic ballot during primary elections. ^[1]

The election will be held alongside elections for numerous other federal, state, and local offices in Tennessee as part of the 2026 United States elections.

Election schedule

• March 10: Candidate petitioning deadline ^[2]
• March 17: Candidate withdrawal deadline ^[2]
• August 6: Primary election day ^[2]
  • July 7: Voter registration deadline
  • May 8 – July 27: Absentee postal voting available
  • July 17 – August 1: Early in-person voting available
• November 3: General election day ^[2]
  • October 5: Voter registration deadline
  • August 5 – October 24: Absentee mail voting available
  • October 14 – 29: Early in-person voting available

Summary of results

No.	Incumbent	Party		Elected Senator	Outcome
1st	J. Adam Lowe		Rep	TBD
3rd	Rusty Crowe		Rep	TBD
5th	Randy McNally		Rep	TBD
7th	Richard Briggs		Rep	TBD
9th	Steve Southerland		Rep	TBD
11th	Bo Watson		Rep	TBD
13th	Dawn White		Rep	TBD
15th	Paul Bailey		Rep	TBD
17th	Mark Pody		Rep	TBD
19th	Charlane Oliver		Dem	TBD
21st	Jeff Yarbro		Dem	TBD
23rd	Kerry Roberts		Rep	TBD
25th	Ed Jackson		Rep	TBD
27th	Jack Johnson		Rep	TBD
29th	Raumesh Akbari		Dem	TBD
31st	Brent Taylor		Rep	TBD
33rd	London Lamar		Dem	TBD

Background

2024 presidential election results by state senate district

No.	Counties	2022 state senate margin
1st	Bradley, McMinn, Meigs, Rhea	R+66.1
3rd	Carter, Johnson, Washington	R+49.9
5th	Anderson, Knox, Loudon	R+99.9
7th	Knox	R+24.7
9th	Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Sevier, Unicoi	R+65.8
11th	Hamilton	R+100
13th	Rutherford	R+29.4
15th	Cumberland, Jackson, Putnam, Smith, Van Buren, White	R+100
17th	Davidson, Wilson	R+100
19th	Davidson	D+65.8
21st	Davidson	D+53.4
23rd	Cheatham, Dickson, Humphreys, Hickman, Robertson	R+100
25th	Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Henderson, Lake, Perry, Madison	R+58.8
27th	Williamson	R+100
29th	Shelby	D+100
31st	Shelby	R+32.6
33rd	Shelby	D+62.81

See also

• 2026 Tennessee elections

• List of Tennessee General Assemblies

References

1. Leyva, Diani (October 15, 2024). "How to update your political party in Tennessee? What to know before early voting and the presidential election". The Tennessean. Retrieved March 28, 2025.
2. "2026 Elections". Knox County, Tennessee. Retrieved March 28, 2025.