Who's running in Tennessee's new 2026 U.S. Congress races

A redrawn U.S. House district map shows Memphis split into three separate districts. (Photo: by John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout)

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The end of the qualifying period means U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, a Memphis Democrat, will not run in the newly drawn 9th U.S. Congressional District, effectively retiring after two decades in Congress.

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The 9th district now includes 11 candidates, most notably state Rep. Todd Warner of Chapel Hill and state Sen. Brent Taylor of Memphis in the Republican primary and state Rep. Justin Pearson and state Sen. London Lamar, both from Memphis, in the Democratic primary.

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Tennessee’s new maps now feature long, horizontal districts that split Memphis among three congressional districts, stretching from the state’s western edge to the suburbs of Nashville.

The gerrymander method, known as cracking, dilutes urban Black Democratic voters by combining them with rural white Republican voters. A similar method was used in Nashville to dilute the Democratic Party’s voting power, a redistricting that led to the retirement of longtime Democratic U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper four years ago.

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https://tennesseelookout.com/2026/05/18/whos-running-in-tennessees-new-2026-u-s-congress-races/

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There is a list of the candidates in the in the OP, but I couldn't get it to copy and paste here.