Tennessee state elections in 2024 will take place on Tuesday, November 5, 2024.

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s for the

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Tennessee Senate The Tennessee Senate is the upper house of the U.S. state of Tennessee's state legislature, which is known formally as the Tennessee General Assembly. The Tennessee Senate has the power to pass resolutions concerning essentially any issue reg ...

, and

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, as well as various

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s, including the election of a

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justice, which will take place on August 1, 2024.

Presidential election

President of the United States

Tennessee is a stronghold for the Republican Party, and is considered a reliable "

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." Tennessee has 11 electoral votes in the Electoral college. The presidential primaries will be held on March 5, 2024.

United States Congress

Senate

Incumbent one-term Republican Senator

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has filed to run for a second term and is actively campaigning.

House of Representatives

Tennessee will elect nine US Representatives, each representing one of Tennessee's nine Congressional Districts.

State legislature

State senate

Elections for 16 of the 33 seats in Tennessee's State Senate will be held on November 5, 2024.

State House of Representatives

The election of all 99 seats in the

will be held on November 5, 2024.

Supreme Court

Retention elections (August 1, 2024)

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. His term began on September 1, 2023. He will have a

on August 1, 2024.

References

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Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to ...