Riding profile

Tennessee

US Senate seat — TN · us sen tn

The question

Tennessee: a safe seat for the Republicans?

Current forecast

Republican

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
23.7
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 59.4%

    Bill Hagerty incumbent

  • Democrat 35.6%

    Marquita Bradshaw

  • Other 5.0%

    David Jr Sutman IND

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. AlaskaRepublican71 %2.3 pt margin
  2. IowaRepublican53 %2.7 pt margin
  3. TexasDemocrat66 %3.2 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Republican Democrat Other
HereTennessee 59.4%35.6%5.0%
National averageUnited States 48.9% +10.4 46.7% −11.0 4.4% +0.6

Nationwide averages computed across the 100 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

District polls

Polls in this district

1 poll

Pollster Field dates Sample Pop. Topline Source
Targoz Market Research Beacon Center 15–Aug 26 607 LV
Republican 58 Democrat 33
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District-level polls, topline only. Vote-Scope reports each published poll as the pollster released it; figures are not the Vote-Scope projection.

Editorial read

Tennessee, a mixed riding in TN, has no direct baseline for the current cycle. The Vote-Scope model projects the Republicans ahead at 59% vote share, against 36% for the Democrats, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

HAGERTY, BILL

Sits with Republican

Primary race

Primary results

Held Aug 6, 2026 · Certified official result

Democratic primary

Winner

Marquita Bradshaw 54.8%

186,230 votes

Republican primary

Winner

Bill Hagerty 100.0%

629,194 votes

Official source →

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Hagerty, Bill

  • Other Challenger

    Sutman, David Jr

  • Democrat Open seat

    Marquita Bradshaw

Last model run
Cycle
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