The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Also in this race: Marquita Bradshaw (Democrat), Tharon Chandler (Independent), Andrew Gerena (Independent), Jeremy Hearn (Independent), Robert Jones (Independent), James Macon III (Independent), Yoshi Matthews (Independent) and Catherine Whitson (Independent).
Official candidate list: Tennessee Division of Elections; Candidates for United States Senate, November 3, 2026 General Election: ten candidates; 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
Bill Hagerty
Republican · Holds the seat now
First took office 2021 · Age 67
From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.
How to vote in Tennessee
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
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How they won the primary
The primary · 339,926 votes
- Marquita Bradshaw Won: 54.8% 186,230
- Maria Brewer: 18.0% 61,061
- Kevin Lee McCants: 10.1% 34,234
- Civil Miller-Watkins: 8.7% 29,596
- Diana Onyejiaka: 8.5% 28,805
The primary · 629,195 votes
- Bill Hagerty Won: 100% 629,194
The total includes 1 write-in or scattered vote not listed by candidate.
Primary results as recorded October 12, 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
- $16M
- Outside money
- $2.1M
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. No outside money is on file for or against the other 8 names on this ballot.
Where each candidate's money comes from
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.
Other includes money transferred in from committees the candidate authorized, such as a joint fundraising committee, which reports its own donors to the FEC: Bill Hagerty $2.7M.
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- Maria BrewerDemocrat$9.1K
- Kevin Lee McCantsDemocrat-
- Civil Miller-WatkinsDemocrat$6.4K
- Andrew Mixon-
- Diana OnyejiakaDemocrat-
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.
How this seat voted last time
R+27 in 2020
- Bill Hagerty Won: 62.2%
- Marquita Bradshaw: 35.2%
2,959,761 votes for candidates. Other candidates and write-ins took the remaining 2.6%. 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.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between June 30, 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 each candidate's own campaign: the years since their previous federal election, up to the six their totals cover. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.