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Tennessee — 5th congressional district

Voting on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, 33 days away. The seat is currently held by Andrew Ogles (Republican).

Who lives here, and what the law and the money look like on this ground: TN-5.

10 candidates have filed

Everyone below has an active candidate registration with the Federal Election Commission for this seat. That is not the ballot. Most of these names will not survive a primary, ballot access is decided state by state, and people qualify for a ballot without an FEC filing and file with the FEC without ever qualifying.

Some of the registrations below are marked as not yet having reported raising or spending $5,000. That is the threshold at which the FEC calls someone a statutory candidate, and it is about money and nothing else — a campaign announced last month sits below it until its first report is due. It is noted because their money sections are empty for that reason and not because they raised nothing.

The money under each name is receipts into that candidate's own campaign committee for the 2025–2026 cycle, as the FEC reports them. It is not every dollar spent to elect them: leadership PACs, party committees and independent expenditures all sit outside it, and in a contested seat the outside money can exceed everything shown here. Money is not a position. Nobody's place on the Democratic–Republican scale comes from it — that is counted from roll-call votes and nothing else.

  • Andrew Ogles

    Republican

    Currently holds this seat · first filed 2022-04-06 · FEC filing

    Where their votes land

    Each scale runs between the two parties. The left end is the side most Democrats took on a set of hand-picked roll-call votes, the right end the side most Republicans took, and Andrew Ogles's marker sits at the share of those votes they cast on the Republican side. Votes that most of both parties agreed on are left out, because they cannot show which side anyone was on.

    Overall

    average of 4 values
    Democratic side94 · Voted with Republicans almost every timeRepublican side
    • Average House Democrat: 2
    • Average House Republican: 98

    0 is the Democratic side of every party-split vote and 100 the Republican side of every one. This is the average of the 4 value positions below that rest on 4 or more votes, each counted once however many votes stand behind it; 5 values below have fewer than 4 votes and are drawn but not counted in it, and 3 values have no votes from Andrew Ogles at all.

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    • Stronger limits on pollution and development9 of 9 with RepublicansFewer federal restrictions on land and industry
    • War powers

      8 of 9 votes
      Requiring Congress to authorise military force8 of 8 with RepublicansLeaving the deployment decision with the President

      Did not vote on one further party-split vote on this value, which is not counted either way.

    • Cutting greenhouse-gas emissions faster5 of 5 with RepublicansCheaper energy now and fewer federal mandates
    • Immigration

      4 of 4 votes
      More legal protection and processing capacity3 of 4 with RepublicansStricter enforcement and less federal benefit access
    • Stronger federal protection for borrowers3 of 3 with RepublicansLighter regulation of banks and lenders

      Only 3 votes — fewer than 4, so this is drawn with a hollow marker and not counted in the overall position.

    • Stronger bargaining rights and higher wage floors3 of 3 with RepublicansMore employer flexibility and lower labour costs

      Only 3 votes — fewer than 4, so this is drawn with a hollow marker and not counted in the overall position.

    • Broader federal anti-discrimination protection1 of 1 with RepublicansNarrower federal rules, more left to states

      Only 1 vote — fewer than 4, so this is drawn with a hollow marker and not counted in the overall position.

    • Guns

      1 of 1 vote
      Tighter limits on firearms1 of 1 with RepublicansFewer restrictions on lawful gun owners

      Only 1 vote — fewer than 4, so this is drawn with a hollow marker and not counted in the overall position.

    • Wider access to the ballot1 of 1 with RepublicansTighter eligibility and identity checks

      Only 1 vote — fewer than 4, so this is drawn with a hollow marker and not counted in the overall position.

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    Positions count only the votes this person cast, so two people can be placed on different numbers of votes — the count beside each value says how many. How the votes were chosen, and how each party's side is counted.

    $613k raised by Andrew Ogles's campaign through July 17, 2026 · FEC filing

    • Small individual donors$116k
    • Large individual donors$344k
    • PACs$135k
    • Transfers in$2k
    • Other and unclassified$16k
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    Who gave to them

  • Carrie Ann Iacomini

    Democratic

    Filed as a challenger · first filed 2026-07-06 · FEC filing

    Registered with the FEC; has not yet reported raising or spending $5,000.

    No congressional voting record. Carrie Ann Iacomini has not served in the US House or Senate, so there are no roll-call votes to measure and nothing to place on the Democratic–Republican scale.

    No report filed with the FEC for this cycle yet, so there is no money to show.

  • Chaz Molder

    Democratic

    Filed as a challenger · first filed 2025-09-04 · FEC filing

    No congressional voting record. Chaz Molder has not served in the US House or Senate, so there are no roll-call votes to measure and nothing to place on the Democratic–Republican scale.

    $2.6M raised by Chaz Molder's campaign through July 17, 2026 · FEC filing

    • Small individual donors$296k
    • Large individual donors$2.1M
    • PACs$216k
    • Party committees$221
    • Transfers in$22k
    • Other and unclassified$366
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    Who gave to them

  • Diana Onyejiaka

    Democratic

    Filed as a challenger · first filed 2025-08-21 · FEC filing

    Registered with the FEC; has not yet reported raising or spending $5,000.

    No congressional voting record. Diana Onyejiaka has not served in the US House or Senate, so there are no roll-call votes to measure and nothing to place on the Democratic–Republican scale.

    No report filed with the FEC for this cycle yet, so there is no money to show.

  • Rachel Hurley

    Democratic

    Filed as a challenger · first filed 2026-05-21 · FEC filing

    No congressional voting record. Rachel Hurley has not served in the US House or Senate, so there are no roll-call votes to measure and nothing to place on the Democratic–Republican scale.

    $36k raised by Rachel Hurley's campaign through July 17, 2026 · FEC filing

    • Small individual donors$31k
    • Large individual donors$5k
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    Where their money came from

  • Yolanda Cooper-Sutton

    Democratic

    Filed as a challenger · first filed 2026-05-20 · FEC filing

    Registered with the FEC; has not yet reported raising or spending $5,000.

    No congressional voting record. Yolanda Cooper-Sutton has not served in the US House or Senate, so there are no roll-call votes to measure and nothing to place on the Democratic–Republican scale.

    No report filed with the FEC for this cycle yet, so there is no money to show.

  • James Andrew Johnson

    Independent

    Filed as a challenger · first filed 2026-06-02 · FEC filing

    Registered with the FEC; has not yet reported raising or spending $5,000.

    No congressional voting record. James Andrew Johnson has not served in the US House or Senate, so there are no roll-call votes to measure and nothing to place on the Democratic–Republican scale.

    No report filed with the FEC for this cycle yet, so there is no money to show.

  • Micheal O'Leary

    Independent

    Filed as a challenger · first filed 2026-08-20 · FEC filing

    Registered with the FEC; has not yet reported raising or spending $5,000.

    No congressional voting record. Micheal O'Leary has not served in the US House or Senate, so there are no roll-call votes to measure and nothing to place on the Democratic–Republican scale.

    No report filed with the FEC for this cycle yet, so there is no money to show.

  • Kenneth (Ken) H. 584882 Brown

    None

    Filed as a challenger · first filed 2025-03-08 · FEC filing

    Registered with the FEC; has not yet reported raising or spending $5,000.

    No congressional voting record. Kenneth (Ken) H. 584882 Brown has not served in the US House or Senate, so there are no roll-call votes to measure and nothing to place on the Democratic–Republican scale.

    No report filed with the FEC for this cycle yet, so there is no money to show.

  • Charlie Hatcher

    Republican

    Filed as a challenger · first filed 2025-10-15 · FEC filing

    No congressional voting record. Charlie Hatcher has not served in the US House or Senate, so there are no roll-call votes to measure and nothing to place on the Democratic–Republican scale.

    $720k raised by Charlie Hatcher's campaign through July 17, 2026 · FEC filing

    • Small individual donors$15k
    • Large individual donors$568k
    • PACs$4k
    • Self-funded$134k
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    Who gave to them

Why this seat is on the ballot: Every House seat stands every two years. This seat is TN-5 in the districting plan for the 119th Congress.