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Tennessee Senate District 17

Two candidates are on the November 3 ballot.

On the ballot in Davidson and Wilson Counties.

On the November 3, 2026 ballot

  • Mark PodyRepublican

    Won the Republican primary with 67.6% of the vote (15,311 votes), ahead of Theodore (Butch) Baker at 32.4%. Of Lebanon. Full primary results

  • Lindsey Patrick-WrightDemocratic

    Won the Democratic primary with 56.6% of the vote (7,236 votes), ahead of Joni Cochran at 43.4%. Of Mt Juliet. Full primary results

The current member

Mark Pody holds this seat. Voting record and sponsored bills.

The counties

Voting information, deadlines and the election commission for each county in this district.

Ballot membership comes from the Tennessee Secretary of State’s certified 2026 candidate lists. Primary percentages come from the state’s own returns, frozen after the August 6, 2026 primary. Results are complete but unofficial until county election commissions certify them by August 24, 2026.

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