Senate seat brief · Tennessee
Reviewed November 5, 2026
Tennessee · Senate seat, on the November 7, 2028 ballot
Tennessee Senate seat
Marsha Blackburn leaves Tennessee’s Senate seat to become governor of Tennessee on January 16, 2027. The governor appoints a senator until a special election on November 7, 2028, for the rest of the term, to January 3, 2031.
- Special election
- 2028
- November 7, 2028.
- Lean
- R+14
- Solidly Republican. Statewide, 2025 Cook PVI.
- Seat empties
- 2027
- January 16, 2027.
- Term ends
- 2031
- January 3, 2031.
The seat
- Held by
- Marsha Blackburn, Republican, to January 16, 2027
- Then
- A senator appointed by the governor
- On the ballot
- November 7, 2028, a special election
No appointee is named yet. The appointee serves until the special election.