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How to vote in Tennessee · 2026

Voter ID rules, vote-by-mail policy, registration deadlines, and polling place lookup for Tennessee residents — verify the specifics with the Tennessee Secretary of State at the link.

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Official source of record
Tennessee Secretary of State — Elections
Verify →
3Federal candidate finance · 2026 cycle

Money in the Tennessee federal races

Top-fundraising candidate per race, sourced live from the FEC OpenFEC API. Click through to fec.gov for full disclosures.

U.S. SENATE
Bill Hagerty (R)$14.7Mfec.gov →
Maria A Brewer (D)$0fec.gov →
U.S. HOUSE
D7Matthew Robert Van Epps (R)$2.0Mfec.gov →
D3Charles J Fleischmann (R)$1.9Mfec.gov →
D5Chaz Molder (D)$1.8Mfec.gov →
1FEC OpenFEC API2026-05-03
2District map · TIGER/Line 2025 boundaries

Every district in Tennessee, on one map

Click any congressional, state senate, or state house polygon for the sitting member and a brief description. Toggle layers below the map to see overlapping legislative geography. Source polygons: US Census TIGER/Line 2025.

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Layers
true polygons · 2025 vintage · click a district for details1US Census TIGER/Line 20252026-05-03
3Current officeholders

Who represents Tennessee now

Sitting federal members and the governor. Names from Congress.gov (refreshed weekly) and hand-verified state data.

GOVERNOR
Bill Lee (Republican)
U.S. SENATE
Blackburn, Marsha (Republican)· since 2019bio ↗
Commerce, Science, and TransportationConsumer Protection, Technology, and Data PrivacyScience, Manufacturing, and Competitiveness+1
Economic
FinanceHealth CareTaxation and IRS Oversight
Veterans' Affairs
CHAIRthe JudiciaryCrime and CounterterrorismIntellectual Property+1
Hagerty, Bill (Republican)· since 2021bio ↗
AppropriationsCommerce, Justice, Science, and Related AgenciesDepartment of Homeland Security+4
Banking, Housing, and Urban AffairsFinancial Institutions and Consumer ProtectionNational Security and International Trade and Finance
CHAIRForeign RelationsMultilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and InternationalWestern Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human
Printing
Rules and Administration
U.S. HOUSE
Foreign AffairsMiddle East and North Africa
Oversight and Government ReformDelivering on Government EfficiencyGovernment Operations
Transportation and InfrastructureAviationHighways and Transit+1
AppropriationsDefenseEnergy and Water Development and Related Agencies+1
Science, Space, and TechnologyEnergy
AgricultureLivestock, Dairy, and Poultry
Armed ServicesSeapower and Projection ForcesStrategic Forces
Financial ServicesCapital MarketsOversight and Investigations
Homeland SecurityBorder Security and EnforcementCybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection+1
AgricultureCommodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural DevelopmentConservation, Research, and Biotechnology+1
Financial ServicesDigital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial IntelligenceFinancial Institutions+1
Homeland SecurityCounterterrorism and Intelligence
Science, Space, and Technology
IntelligenceNational Security Agency and Cyber
the JudiciaryCrime and Federal Government SurveillanceImmigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement+1
1Congress.gov API v32026-05-03
3State legislature

Tennessee legislators

State senators and representatives by district. Names from OpenStates, refreshed weekly. Multi-member districts (e.g. WV, NH, MD, VT, NJ) list all sitting members under the same district.

STATE SENATE · 33 members · 33 districts
STATE HOUSE · 99 members · 99 districts
Source: openstates.org
3At-a-glance rules
Strict photo IDExcuse-required absenteeOnline voter registration
3NCSL voter ID requirements2026-05-03Verify with state SOS →
VOTER ID REQUIREMENTS
Tennessee requires a government-issued photo ID. Accepted: TN driver's license, US passport, military ID, or TN handgun carry permit. Free photo ID available at DMV.
VOTE BY MAIL
Absentee voting available with a valid excuse (over 60, disabled, out of county, etc.).
Register to vote →Find polling place →
3NCSL voter ID requirements2026-04-153NCSL absentee + VBM rules2026-04-15
Local elections in Tennessee are administered by your County Clerk / Election Office. For ballot or registration help, contact your county clerk or election office.
Official action — TN

The state’s own tools, with links to verify.

Each card below routes to the official Tennessee system. Where the state delegates to county Supervisors of Elections, the card says so honestly.

Statewide→
Check my registration
Statewide→
Register / update online
TN DL or state ID required (no SSN-only fallback). 30-day pre-election deadline. Old ovr.govotetn.com domain replaced 2026-Q1 with .tn.gov subdomain.
Statewide→
Find my polling place
Statewide→
Preview my ballot
GoVoteTN web app — per-voter sample ballot.
County
Request a mail ballot
**EXCUSE REQUIRED** (14 categories incl. age 60+, out of county, hospitalized). State form, submitted to county election commission. Cutoff 7 days pre-election. (Old `/elections/voters/absentee-voting` slug retired in 2026 SoS site rebuild; SOS now hosts the absentee guide under /elections/guides/.)
Statewide→
Track my mail ballot
Statewide→
See who's on the ballot
Per-cycle candidate-lists pages. Qualifying deadline 2026-03-10.
Statewide→
Statewide ballot measures
Three constitutional amendments on Nov 2026: revoke right to bail in certain criminal trials, expand victims' rights, prohibit state real-property taxation. **TN has no citizen initiative.**
Statewide→
Live + past results
Election Night Reporting Dashboard.
Statewide→
Election calendar
Primary 2026-08-06, general 2026-11-03. **No state-level March primary in 2026** (presidential primary cycle only).
1UOCAVA · military & overseas voters

Federal deadlines for Tennessee

Active-duty service members, their families, and U.S. citizens overseas have separate deadlines under UOCAVA. Sourced live from the U.S. Federal Voting Assistance Program.

2026-08-06Ballot Request — State PrimaryReceived by
2026-08-06Ballot Return — State PrimaryReceived by
2026-08-06Registration — State PrimaryReceived by
2026-11-03Ballot Request — General ElectionReceived by
2026-11-03Ballot Return — General ElectionReceived by
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