TN-09 · House · 2026
Democrats are favored to win this seat
65% probability
Candidates
Last verified 2026-09-14.
Justin Pearson
Democrat
Brent Taylor
Republican
Open seat -- the current officeholder is a Democrat, Steve Cohen, who is not running (retiring from public office).
Why we think this
- This district's baseline partisan lean favors Republicans by about 10 points of margin before anything else is considered.
- This is an open seat: the current officeholder (a Democrat, Steve Cohen) is not on the ballot, which tends to make the race more competitive than a defended seat.
Model details -- coefficients, calibration, and the full technical decomposition.
Model house-2026-panel-v1 · computed 2026-09-16