TN · How to vote
Voting in Tennessee.
Three ways to vote, three deadlines. ID rules and vote-by-mail policy below — verify the specifics with the Tennessee Secretary of State at the link.
1Official source of record
Tennessee Secretary of State — Elections
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. HOUSE
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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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
Commerce, Science, and Transportation+1
Economic
Finance
Veterans' Affairs
CHAIRthe Judiciary+1
Appropriations+4
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
CHAIRForeign Relations
Printing
Rules and Administration
U.S. HOUSE
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
D1Adam Lowe (R)
D2Tom Hatcher (R)
D3Rusty Crowe (R)
D4Bobby Harshbarger (R)
D5Randy McNally (R)
D6Becky Massey (R)
D7Richard Briggs (R)
D8Jessie Seal (R)
D9Steve Southerland (R)
D10Todd Gardenhire (R)
D11Bo Watson (R)
D12Ken Yager (R)
D13Dawn White (R)
D14Shane Reeves (R)
D15Paul Bailey (R)
D16Janice Bowling (R)
D17Mark Pody (R)
D18Ferrell Haile (R)
D19Charlane Oliver (D)
D20Heidi Campbell (D)
D21Jeff Yarbro (D)
D22Bill Powers (R)
D23Kerry Roberts (R)
D24John Stevens (R)
D25Ed Jackson (R)
D26Page Walley (R)
D27Jack Johnson (R)
D28Joey Hensley (R)
D29Raumesh Akbari (D)
D30Sara Kyle (D)
D31Brent Taylor (R)
D32Paul Rose (R)
D33London Lamar (D)
STATE HOUSE · 99 members · 99 districts
D1John Crawford (R)
D2Bud Hulsey (R)
D3Timothy Hill (R)
D4Renea Jones (R)
D5David Hawk (R)
D6Tim Hicks (R)
D7Becky Jo Alexander (R)
D8Jerome Moon (R)
D9Gary Hicks (R)
D10Rick Eldridge (R)
D11Jeremy Faison (R)
D12Fred Atchley (R)
D13Robert Stevens (R)
D14Jason Zachary (R)
D15Sam McKenzie (D)
D16Michele Carringer (R)
D17Andrew Farmer (R)
D18Elaine Davis (R)
D19Dave Wright (R)
D20Tommy Stinnett (R)
D21Lowell Russell (R)
D22Dan Howell (R)
D23Mark Cochran (R)
D24Kevin Raper (R)
D25Cameron Sexton (R)
D26Greg Martin (R)
D27Michele Reneau (R)
D28Yusuf Hakeem (D)
D29Greg Vital (R)
D30Esther Helton-Haynes (R)
D31Ron Travis (R)
D32Monty Fritts (R)
D33Rick Scarbrough (R)
D34Tim Rudd (R)
D35William Slater (R)
D36Dennis Powers (R)
D37Charlie Baum (R)
D38Kelly Keisling (R)
D39Iris Rudder (R)
D40Michael Hale (R)
D41Ed Butler (R)
D42Ryan Williams (R)
D43Paul Sherrell (R)
D44William Lamberth (R)
D45Johnny Garrett (R)
D46Clark Boyd (R)
D47Rush Bricken (R)
D48Bryan Terry (R)
D49Mike Sparks (R)
D50Bo Mitchell (D)
D51Aftyn Behn (D)
D52Justin Jones (D)
D53Jason Powell (D)
D54Vincent Dixie (D)
D55John Clemmons (D)
D56Bob Freeman (D)
D57Susan Lynn (R)
D58Harold Love (D)
D59Caleb Hemmer (D)
D60Shaundelle Brooks (D)
D61Gino Bulso (R)
D62Pat Marsh (R)
D63Jake McCalmon (R)
D64Scott Cepicky (R)
D65Lee Reeves (R)
D66Doc Kumar (R)
D67Ronnie Glynn (D)
D68Aron Maberry (R)
D69Jody Barrett (R)
D70Clay Doggett (R)
D71Kip Capley (R)
D72Kirk Haston (R)
D73Chris Todd (R)
D74Jay Reedy (R)
D75Michael Lankford (R)
D76Tandy Darby (R)
D77Rusty Grills (R)
D78Mary Littleton (R)
D79Brock Martin (R)
D80Johnny Shaw (D)
D81Debra Moody (R)
D82Chris Hurt (R)
D83Mark White (R)
D84Joe Towns (D)
D85Jesse Chism (D)
D86Justin Pearson (D)
D87Karen Camper (D)
D88Larry Miller (D)
D89Justin Lafferty (R)
D90Gloria Johnson (D)
D91Torrey Harris (D)
D92Todd Warner (R)
D93G.A. Hardaway (D)
D94Ron Gant (R)
D95Kevin Vaughan (R)
D96Gabby Salinas (D)
D97John Gillespie (R)
D98Antonio Parkinson (D)
D99Tom Leatherwood (R)
Source: openstates.org
3At-a-glance rules
Strict photo IDExcuse-required absenteeOnline voter registration
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.).
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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