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Tennessee redistricting drives 2026 primaries, Blackburn won

Entities: Marsha Blackburn · Bill Lee · Tennessee · Charlie Hatcher · Steve Cohen

Overview

After a U.S. Supreme Court ruling weakened Voting Rights Act protections, the Republican‑controlled Tennessee legislature redrew the state’s congressional map, splitting the long‑standing majority‑Black 9th District into three districts. The reconfigured 9th now stretches about 200 miles east from Memphis toward Nashville and leans Republican.

Longtime Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen announced he will not seek re‑election. State Sen. Brent Taylor, endorsed by Donald Trump, won the Republican primary for the new 9th, while State Rep. Justin Pearson secured the Democratic nomination.

In the newly drawn 5th District, incumbent Rep. Andy Ogles lost the GOP primary to former Agriculture Commissioner Charlie Hatcher, despite Trump’s endorsement of Ogles. Republicans currently hold eight of the state’s nine U.S. House seats and are targeting a clean sweep in the November midterms.

On August 6, 2026, Senator Marsha Blackburn defeated Rep. John Rose and Rep. Monty Fritts in the Republican gubernatorial primary, positioning her as the likely first female governor of Tennessee. Trump did not endorse any candidate. Prediction‑market odds gave Blackburn a 96 percent chance of winning, though a recent poll showed a tighter three‑way race. Blackburn now faces Democrat Jerri Green in the November general election.

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Timeline

  1. 2 days ago

    [POLITICS] 21 sources
    Marsha Blackburn Wins Tennessee Republican Gubernatorial Primary

    Marsha Blackburn won Tennessee’s GOP governor primary on Aug 6, 2026, beating John Rose and Monty Fritts; she would become the state’s first female and oldest governor.

  2. 4 days ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources
    Tennessee primary elections shape governor, Senate and congressional races

    Tennessee’s Thursday primary decides the governor race, a U.S. Senate seat and congressional contests reshaped by new Republican maps, with Marsha Blackburn, John Rose and Andy Ogles among the key candidates.

  3. 27 days ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources
    Tennessee primary shapes open governor race and redrawn congressional districts

    Early voting starts for Tennessee's Aug. 6 primary, with an open governor race between Marsha Blackburn and John Rose and contests in newly redrawn congressional districts; Republicans dominate while Democrats,

  4. about 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources
    Tennessee GOP plans gerrymander to wipe out Democratic legislators

    Tennessee Republicans, wielding veto‑proof supermajorities, plan to redraw state Senate and House districts to achieve a 33‑0 and 99‑0 partisan split, erasing Democratic representation after recent partisan g g

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antiguatribune.com · artvoice.com · bnet.com · breakingnews.com · defirate.com · diamenty.forbes.pl · dnyuz.com · heartlandernews.com · hits96.com · looniepolitics.com · nashvillebanner.com · newstalk941.com · nytimespost.com · offthepress.com · rawstory.com · rutherfordsource.com · successfactors.com · svenskenkane.se · tri-statedefender.com · utahheadlines.com · vanderbiltpoliticalreview.com · wdez.com · wixx.com · wkms.org · wpln.org

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