Tennessee held its primary elections on August 6, 2026, and two big things were on display: new district maps and the power of President Trump's endorsements. U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles lost his Republican primary race for the U.S. House, the Associated Press projected. According to Al Jazeera, Ogles was the second candidate endorsed by Trump to lose a primary in the 2026 election cycle. NPR's Marianna Bacallao and Mary Louise Kelly reported that the redrawn district lines played a direct part in the results, raising questions about how much a Trump endorsement helps when the voters in a district have changed.

Redistricting is when states change the boundaries of the areas that each member of Congress represents. Tennessee was one of about 10 states to do this since 2025. In Memphis, voters picked their U.S. House nominees for the first time under the new Republican-drawn map. PBS NewsHour reported that voters ousted the Trump-backed congressman and set up the matchup for the fall election. The August 6 primaries also included races for governor, U.S. Senate, and other offices, according to the Tennessee Secretary of State's elections calendar.

In the Senate race, Republican Sen. Bill Hagerty won his party's primary with no opponent. He will face Democrat Marquita Bradshaw, who won the Democratic nomination, in the November general election.

The Tennessee Secretary of State's office put out a press release on August 4, 2026, called "Everything Voters Need to Know for the August 6 Election This Thursday." Polls closed at 8 p.m. EDT and 7 p.m. CDT on election day. The office posted unofficial results throughout the night at elections.tn.gov. It also publishes results by county and by precinct for both primaries, as it did for the May 5 judicial primary. The general election is set for Tuesday, November 3, 2026.

Tre Hargett is Tennessee's 37th secretary of state. The Tennessee General Assembly elected him to the job in 2009 and re-elected him in 2013, 2017, 2021 and 2025. He runs the Department of State with more than 300 employees and serves on 16 boards and commissions.

The broader context here is how changing district lines affects who wins. When a state redraws those lines, the sitting lawmaker often faces a different group of voters than the ones who first sent them to office — like a store that suddenly has a whole new set of customers walking through the door. Two Trump-endorsed incumbents losing in 2026 gives strategists a way to measure how much an endorsement matters when the district itself has changed. The November 3 general election will show whether the new Republican-drawn map delivers the results its designers wanted.