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U.S. Senate

What this job does

One of Tennessee's two votes in the U.S. Senate. Senators write and vote on federal laws, taxes and spending, and approve or reject the president's picks for federal judges, the Supreme Court and the Cabinet. A term is six years. source: en.wikipedia.org

Bill Hagerty (Republican) holds this seat and is running again. Marsha Blackburn (Republican) holds the other seat, which is not up this year; Blackburn is running for governor.

Bill Hagerty RepublicanU.S. Senator; former business executive and diplomat
Marquita Bradshaw DemocraticEnvironmental justice organizer
Tharon Chandler IndependentFarmer
Andrew Gerena IndependentTechnician and veteran
Jeremy Dean Hearn IndependentResearch associate
Robert Jones IndependentBusinessman and nonprofit executive
James William Macon III IndependentProcurement executive
Yoshi D. Matthews IndependentTax manager and graduate accounting student
David Sutman, Jr. IndependentTruck driver
Catherine Barcel "Barcy" Whitson IndependentBusinesswoman

Candidates in the order the Tennessee Secretary of State, Division of Elections lists them . Your ballot may show the candidates in a different order.