All 2026 races

Tennessee Senate District 9

Steve Southerland is the only candidate on the November 3 ballot and is unopposed.

On the ballot in Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Sevier and Unicoi Counties.

On the November 3, 2026 ballot

  • Steve SoutherlandRepublican

    Unopposed in the Republican primary, with 21,966 votes. Of Morristown. Full primary results

No Democratic candidate qualified for this seat.

The current member

Steve Southerland 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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