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2026 Tennessee House race, District 5

Charlie Hatcher (Republican), Chaz Molder (Democrat), James A. Johnson (Independent) and Micheál O'Leary (Independent) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House in Tennessee District 5, as recorded September 21, 2026 from the Tennessee Division of Elections.

The November ballot

Hatcher
$720K
Molder
$2.6M

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

Also in this race: James A. Johnson (Independent) and Micheál O'Leary (Independent).

Official candidate list: Tennessee Division of Elections; The Division of Elections page that links both lists. Faces and bars are the campaigns that hold the seat or have $25,000 raised or outside spending on file; being outside that group is a filing fact, not a mark. Not a prediction.

The seat

Andy Ogles

Republican · Holds the seat now

First took office 2023 · Age 55

Not on the November ballot

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How to vote in Tennessee

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026 

Register 30 days before the election.

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How they won the primary

The primary · 43,764 votes

  • Chaz Molder Won: 40.5% 17,730
  • Yolanda Cooper-Sutton: 32.8% 14,362
  • Rachel Hurley: 11.1% 4,857
  • DeVante R. Hill: 9.9% 4,324
  • Carrie Ann Iacomini: 5.7% 2,491

Primary results as recorded October 11, 2026, ordered by votes. Source: Tennessee Secretary of State statewide precinct results workbook. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$4M
Outside money
$913K

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Hatcher$85K
Opposing Hatcher$273K
Supporting Molder$34K
Opposing Molder-

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. The other $521K of the race's $913K was spent on candidates not listed here. No outside money is on file for or against the other 2 names on this ballot.

Where each candidate's money comes from

11%$296KSmall donors$15K2%
80%$2.1MLarge donors$568K79%
8%$216KPACs$3.5K<1%
<1%$221Party--
--Self-funding$134K19%
<1%$22KOther--

Small donors give $200 or less; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.

Who is spending on this race

The largest groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.

Not on the November ballot

6 filed

Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.

The district

Census context
People
797K
Median household income
$94K
Unemployment
3.6%
Living below the poverty line
9.2%
Without health insurance
9.3%

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.

How this seat voted last time

R+17 in 2024

  • Andy Ogles Won: 56.9%
  • Maryam Abolfazli: 39.5%

360,714 votes for candidates. Other candidates and write-ins took the remaining 3.6%. The district's lines have changed since this result. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.

Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between July 17, 2026 and September 30, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.