2026 elections · Tennessee

Tennessee Governor

General election Nov. 3, 2026. 15 candidates listed, alphabetically by last name.

Rating: Solid R (Cook: Solid R; Sabato: Safe R; Inside Elections: Solid R). Ratings are each forecaster’s own judgment.

Ballot list from the state's own certified list of candidates for the November 3, 2026 general election; not yet checked against the state’s own list.

Governor candidates file with the state, not the FEC, so outside-spending and PAC figures from federal filings do not apply. Money shown is as reported from state filings and is labeled “reported” until re-pulled from the state’s records.

The field

Independent / no party

Misam Abidi

Reported Raised: not shown.

Reported from state filings; not yet re-pulled from the state's records.

Republican

Marsha Blackburn

Reported Raised: $10,735,910.

Reported from state filings; not yet re-pulled from the state's records. Source

Independent / no party

Dean Brewer

Reported Raised: not shown.

Reported from state filings; not yet re-pulled from the state's records.

Independent / no party

Ray Brown

Reported Raised: not shown.

Reported from state filings; not yet re-pulled from the state's records.

Democrat

Jerri Green

Reported Raised: $696,408.

Reported from state filings; not yet re-pulled from the state's records. Source

Independent / no party

David Elmer Hatley

Reported Raised: not shown.

Reported from state filings; not yet re-pulled from the state's records.

Independent / no party

Wendell Jackson

Reported Raised: not shown.

Reported from state filings; not yet re-pulled from the state's records.

Independent / no party

Charles Van Morgan

Reported Raised: not shown.

Reported from state filings; not yet re-pulled from the state's records.

Independent / no party

Eddie Lee Murphy

Reported Raised: not shown.

Reported from state filings; not yet re-pulled from the state's records.

Independent / no party

Lauren Pinkston

Reported Raised: $342,264.

Reported from state filings; not yet re-pulled from the state's records. Source

Independent / no party

Vic Scoggin

Reported Raised: not shown.

Reported from state filings; not yet re-pulled from the state's records.

Independent / no party

Dave Seeman

Reported Raised: not shown.

Reported from state filings; not yet re-pulled from the state's records.

Independent / no party

Karl Knox Smithson

Reported Raised: not shown.

Reported from state filings; not yet re-pulled from the state's records.

Independent / no party

L. Webb Taylor

Reported Raised: not shown.

Reported from state filings; not yet re-pulled from the state's records.

Independent / no party

Robert C. Vick

Reported Raised: not shown.

Reported from state filings; not yet re-pulled from the state's records.

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