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Tennessee House race, District 9

Steve Cohen holds this seat but is not on the November ballot. Justin J. Pearson and Brent Taylor are competing for it.

The November ballot

Pearson
$2.3M
Taylor
$1.5M

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

General-election ballot as recorded August 27, 2026. Not a prediction.

The seat

Steve Cohen

Democrat · Holds the seat now

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How to vote in Tennessee

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

Register 30 days before the election.

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How they won the primary

The primary · 48,408 votes

  • Justin PearsonWon65.8%31,851
  • London Lamar24.2%11,728
  • M. LaTroy Alexandria-Williams6.8%3,303
  • Jim Torino3.2%1,526

Primary results as recorded August 27, 2026, in the canvass's own published order. Via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), which cites each state's canvass. A primary result is a filed fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$5.9M
Outside money
$20K

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Pearson$20K
Opposing Pearson-
Supporting Taylor-
Opposing Taylor-

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.

Where each candidate's money comes from

52%$1.2MSmall donors$3.3K<1%
47%$1.1MLarge donors$463K30%
1%$33KPACs$82K5%
<1%$278Self-funding$1M65%

Small donors give under $200; 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 4 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

9 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
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.

How this seat voted last time

D+46 in 2024

  • Steve CohenWon71.3%
  • Charlotte Bergmann25.7%

223,703 votes for candidates. 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; money figures carry their own coverage dates. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.