Elections · U.S. House, District 9 · Tennessee

Justin J. Pearson

Democrat On the November ballot

On the November ballot

Pearson faces Brent Taylor, Dennis Clark and Michelle Davis Head for this seat on November 3, 2026.

Justin J. Pearsonthis pageDemocrat · $2.3M

The general-election ballot as recorded September 21, 2026, not a prediction. Official candidate list: Tennessee Division of Elections; The Division of Elections page that links both lists. Minor-party and write-in filers are on the race page.

The whole race

Where the money comes from

52%from small donors

Small donors: 52%$1.2M
Large donors: 47%$1.1M
PACs: 1%$33K
Party: --
Self-funding: <1%$278
Other: <1%$3K

Separately, $90K in independent expenditures was reported supporting this candidate by outside committees. That money is not the candidate's receipts and is not part of the mix above.

Receipts reported through July 17, 2026. Source: FEC.

How to vote in Tennessee

General electionNovember 3, 2026

All dates and rules

The district they want to represent

People: 760K
Median household income: $55K
Unemployment: 8.1%
Living below the poverty line: 21.3%
Without health insurance: 13.7%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate. These figures describe the district as drawn before its lines changed for 2026; estimates for the new lines are not yet published.

Against the field for this seat

Each campaign's reported receipts on one shared scale, incumbent first and then by name, never in money order.

Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; their money is still their own filed record. A hollow row is a candidate with no finance report on file yet, not one who raised nothing. Also on the ballot with no FEC filing, so no row: Michelle Davis Head. Showing 7 of the 8 campaigns that hold the seat, are on the ballot, or have $25,000 raised or outside spending, not counting campaigns that ended before any ballot; every filing is on the race page.

The whole race

Spending to support them

$90K

Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition Votes Action PAC$60K
Indivisible Action$25K
The Equity Alliance Fund Action PAC$2.8K
Justice Democrats PAC$1.2K
The People United PAC$75

The top 5 committees of the $90K filed in this direction.

Spending to oppose them

No committee has filed independent spending in this direction.

How these directions are decided

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC, through October 5, 2026. The supporting or opposing direction is each committee's own declared filing, not an interpretation, and a group spending against a candidate is not necessarily spending for their opponent. Outside money is not the campaign's money and is never added to what they raised.

Record in office

Pearson does not hold a seat in Congress now, so there is no current voting record, cosponsorships or committee service to show here.

That absence is not a position for or against anything.

What the campaign says, on votejustinj.com

Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Portrait: Official portrait via Open States. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.

Cite this page

Project Curia. "Justin J. Pearson: Tennessee House candidate, 2026." Sources: Federal Election Commission candidate and committee filings; National Conference of State Legislatures election dates and voter-registration rules; Tennessee Division of Elections ballot records; U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Data as of 2026-10-12. /elections/candidate/H-TN-09/H6TN09449

The citation names the source data used for this record.