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This is one of our least certain forecasts — state-legislative races have almost no district polling and many of these maps were redrawn. Read the range, not the midpoint. How this is modeled →

Forecast · candidate-independent chamber model

Republicans are favored to hold control of the Tennessee Senate.

Chance of R control>99 in 100Expected Democratic seats 6.0 of 3380% range 66
D 633 seatsR 27
PVIR+14
Seats up in 202617
Chamber size33
District by district

33 seats, one per district. Hover a district for its seat; the table below opens with the closest races and carries the exact values.

Rating band
Striped = seat changes partyModeled seats use forecast paint; legal carries and terrain remain explicitly distinct
Forecast margin — pale at Even, deep at safe Not on the 2026 ballot (staggered term)

Census Bureau 2025 1:500,000 cartographic boundaries — simplified geometry for thematic mapping, not legal district lines.

DemocratRepublican
31Modeled D-vs-RBrent Taylor — 96 in 100David WeatherspoonBrent TaylorR+17.5
7Modeled D-vs-RRepublican — 97 in 100Bryan LanganRichard M. Briggs · Kent MorrellR+19.0
11Modeled D-vs-RBo Watson — 97 in 100Tim RobertsBo WatsonR+19.2
21Modeled D-vs-RJeff Yarbro — 99 in 100Jeff YarbroD+24.7
13Modeled D-vs-RDawn White — >99 in 100Angela Evans WynnDawn WhiteR+26.6
17Modeled D-vs-RRepublican — >99 in 100Joni Cochran · Lindsey Patrick-WrightTheodore (Butch) Baker · Mark PodyR+26.6
27Modeled D-vs-RJack Johnson — >99 in 100David A HardyJack JohnsonR+32.4
5Modeled D-vs-RJimmy Matlock — >99 in 100David MillerJimmy MatlockR+36.7
25Modeled D-vs-REd Jackson — >99 in 100Ed JacksonR+42.6
3Modeled D-vs-RRepublican — >99 in 100Rusty Crowe · Dan PohlgeersR+48.9