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Don't let the maps decide.
You decide.
The 2026 Tennessee redistricting redrew the lines under Memphis, Nashville, and every working-class neighborhood in this state. Many workers don't even know what district they live in anymore. This page exists to fix that — and to put the tools, the trainings, and the partner links every worker needs to vote, protect the vote, and bring ten more workers with them.
OFFICIAL · ANNOUNCED AUGUST 18, 2026
TN AFL-CIO Announces Its 2026 General Election Endorsements
The Tennessee AFL-CIO has made it official: 49 endorsed candidates for the November 3 general election — U.S. Senate, U.S. House, Governor, State Senate, and State House. These candidates earned the support of Tennessee's labor movement because they understand that when working people have a voice, our communities are stronger — good-paying jobs, safe workplaces, affordable healthcare, strong public schools, and the freedom to join a union.
The Full 2026 Endorsed Slate
★ = incumbentU.S. Senate
U.S. House
Governor
TN Senate
TN House
RESULTS RECAP · AUGUST 6 ELECTION
August 6 Results Recap
The polls have closed. Nearly 70,000 Shelby Countians voted early and Election Day ballots are being counted and certified now. The turnout record below is how we got here — tap Official Results for live numbers, and see how the labor-endorsed slate performed.
Nearly 70,000 Shelby Countians voted early — roughly 12–13% of registered voters before Election Day even opens. Local analysis shows the Memphis early vote skewed Democratic, Black, and older. That early-vote foundation is what the labor slate was built on.
POLL WATCH · LIVE RESULTS · AUG 6 ELECTION
Watch the Results Come In Live
Every Tennessee county votes today. These official pages update in real time as precincts report after polls close at 7 PM — results are unofficial until certified.
Auto-refreshing live results for every county, state, federal, and municipal race on the Shelby ballot.
TN Secretary of State results by county — including Lake County (Tiptonville), Madison (Jackson), and every rural county.
Davidson County Election Commission unofficial results, posted after polls close.
Hamilton County live election night results.
Knox County Election Commission results and reporting.
Tennessee is the only state voting today, Aug 6 — Arizona, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Virginia & Washington voted Aug 4; Hawaii votes Aug 8.
DISTRICT WATCH · CONGRESSIONAL RACES
They Split Memphis Into Three Districts
The May 2026 redistricting cracked Shelby County across Districts 5, 8, and 9 to dilute Memphis votes. Your street decides which race you're in — and Memphis turnout now decides three congressional races instead of one.
Shelby County final early + absentee ballots (voting ended Aug 1) — roughly 12–13% of registered voters. The Memphis core (Justin Pearson, London Lamar on the ballot) now stretches east to Lewisburg — Memphis turnout decides this race.
Source: Shelby County Election Commission / Daily Memphian
Maury County (Columbia) early voting ran 32% ahead of August 2022 — powered by a 94% surge in Democratic primary ballots. The redrawn 5th runs from western Williamson & Maury into Downtown, Midtown, Frayser and Raleigh. Friends of Labor candidates Yolanda Cooper-Sutton and DeVante Hill are on this ballot. Maury hasn't published a final raw ballot count yet — only growth rates — so the surge is the number.
Source: Maury County Election Commission via Muletown Journal / What's Up Columbia
Tipton County ballots through July 27 — up 122% vs. 2022. Germantown, Arlington, Cordova, Millington and rural West TN. Suburban and rural turnout is not waiting on us.
Source: County election commission via local reporting
Early voting is reported by county, not district — figures are county proxies. Map revised May 2026.
DON'T JUST VOTE — RUN
Southern Made: Lead Where You Live
The Working Families Party is recruiting 1,000 working-class candidates across the South — nurses, teachers, drivers, stewards — to run for school board, city council, and beyond. The South's future will be written by the working people who step up. That could be you.
A guide tells you who. A hub shows you how.
Voter guides ask you to trust the checkmarks. This hub hands you the tools — your actual county ballot, early voting dates, and the money behind every race. Share this card and bring ten more voters with you.
DO IT NOW · TAKES 60 SECONDS
Three things every Tennessee voter must verify.
Don't show up Election Day and find out you're not on the rolls. Use the official state tools below — free, no signup, no email harvest.
Am I Registered?
Check the official Tennessee Secretary of State voter database. Confirm your name, address, precinct, and active status in under 60 seconds.
Check on GoVoteTNNot registered? Register at ovr.govote.tn.gov — TN online voter registration.
What District Am I In?
Tennessee redrew its maps in 2026. Memphis, Nashville, and Chattanooga were targeted. Find your new US Congressional, TN State Senate, TN State House, and county districts.
How Do I Vote in TN?
Tennessee rules: registration deadline, voter ID, early voting, absentee, polling-place lookup — explained in plain English below. No legal jargon.
Read the TN voting guideThe maps changed.
Your district probably did too.
In 2026 the Tennessee General Assembly redrew every state legislative and US congressional district. Davidson County (Nashville) was split across three congressional districts. Shelby County (Memphis) and Hamilton County (Chattanooga) saw state House and Senate boundaries shift block by block.
If you voted at the same address in 2018 or 2020, do not assume you're still in the same congressional, state House, or state Senate district. Use the lookup tools above to verify.
Knowing your district = knowing who represents you = knowing who to call when your local or your community needs an answer.
Do this once. Save the answers.
- Look up your US Congressional district (TN-7, TN-8, TN-9, etc.)
- Look up your TN State Senate district
- Look up your TN State House district
- Look up your county commission district
- Look up your city council district (if in a municipality)
- Look up your school board zone
- Save all six in your phone — text yourself the list
Tap your county.
See your ballot.
The first interactive map of Tennessee voting information — from Shelby to Lake County and everywhere in between. Tap any county to see its actual sample ballot, election commission contact, and an address-level ballot lookup.
Tap any county · Shelby County selected
Shelby County
Election Commission
PO BOX 342798, Bartlett, 38184-2798
(901) 222-1200
Know who funds every race on your ballot
Money talks in politics. Candidates funded by working people answer to working people — candidates funded by big money answer to big money. Every race here links straight to the campaign finance records. Share this card with your crew.
Shelby County — The Actual Ballot
Source: TN Secretary of State / county election commissionSource: Tennessee Secretary of State, Division of Elections. Counties post their official ballots as election day approaches — if yours isn't shown yet, check back, use the GoVoteTN lookup, or call your election commission. Shelby County voters: the May 2026 redistricting split the county across the 5th, 8th, and 9th Congressional Districts — your ballot depends on where you live.
PLAIN ENGLISH
How to vote in Tennessee
The rules every TN voter must know — short, accurate, sourced from the Tennessee Secretary of State. Bring this to your next union meeting.
Registration deadline
You must register at least 30 DAYS before any election in Tennessee. Mark your calendar — if you wait until the week of, it's too late for that election.
Voter ID — required at the polls
TN requires a federal or Tennessee state government-issued photo ID at the polls. Acceptable IDs: TN driver's license, US passport, military ID, TN handgun-carry permit, TN photo ID. STUDENT IDs are NOT accepted. Out-of-state IDs are NOT accepted. Expired IDs are accepted if expired within the last 4 years.
Early voting window
Tennessee offers EARLY VOTING for 14 days starting 20 days before the election and ending 5 days before. Any registered voter can early-vote at any early-voting site in their county — no excuse required.
Absentee (by-mail) ballot
TN absentee voting requires an excuse. You qualify if you're 60+, ill or hospitalized, caring for someone ill or hospitalized, a college student outside your home county, in the military, a poll official in another precinct, or unable to vote in person due to a religious holiday. Request by mail at least 7 days before the election.
Polling place on Election Day
You MUST vote at the polling place assigned to your residential address. Look it up at votervoter.com/tn or your county election commission. Polls open 7am-8pm local time in most TN counties.
Same-day registration?
NO. Tennessee does NOT have same-day voter registration. You cannot show up to the polls without being registered 30 days prior. Register early.
Provisional ballot
If a poll worker says you're not on the rolls — DO NOT LEAVE. Ask for a PROVISIONAL BALLOT. By federal law they must give you one. Then call 866-OUR-VOTE immediately for help.
Restoring voting rights (TN)
Tennesseans with felony convictions can apply to have their voting rights restored. The process is complicated — contact ACLU-TN (aclu-tn.org) or the Equity Alliance (theequityalliance.org) for free legal help.
Mark these dates. Tell ten people.
Always verify dates with the Tennessee Secretary of State at sos.tn.gov/elections.
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
U.S. Senate, Governor, Congress, the Tennessee Legislature — and municipal races across the Mid-South.
Register to vote by
Monday, October 5
Early voting
October 14 – 29
Absentee request by
Saturday, October 24
Election Day
Tuesday, November 3
August 6 Election Results Recap
Memphis and Shelby County voted on August 6, 2026. Here's who won — county, judicial, and school board winners take office, and primary winners advance to the November 3 general election.
Full official results — Shelby County Election CommissionU.S. Senate
Marquita Bradshaw (D) vs Bill Hagerty (R, incumbent)
Governor of Tennessee
Jerri Green (D) vs Marsha Blackburn (R)
U.S. House — TN-05
Chaz Molder (D) vs Charlie Hatcher (R)
U.S. House — TN-08
Heidi Kuhn (D) vs David Kustoff (R, incumbent)
U.S. House — TN-09
Justin J. Pearson (D) vs Brent Taylor (R)
State Senate:
State House:
Host a Voter Engagement Training
in your union hall.
A complete 45-minute workshop curriculum: facilitator agenda, FAQ, door-to-door canvasser script, "talking redistricting at the kitchen table" guide, voter ID quick-reference card, materials checklist. Print it. Run it. Repeat next month.
What's inside the PDF
- 45-min facilitator agenda with timing for each segment
- TN-specific voter ID quick-reference card
- Door-to-door canvasser script (handles every objection)
- Kitchen-table conversation guide on the 2022 redistricting
- Voter FAQ — 12 most-asked questions, plain-English answers
- Materials checklist (printables, sign-in sheet, pens, snacks)
- Post-workshop action plan — what each attendee commits to do
- Source citations: TN Secretary of State, AFL-CIO Workers Vote, ACLU-TN
Who runs it
Any union steward, organizer, CBTU member, APRI member, or community organizer can run this workshop. No prior political training needed. The PDF is the script.
Where to host
Union hall · church fellowship hall · community center · barber shop or salon · job-site lunchroom · CLC monthly meeting · CBTU chapter meeting · neighborhood association. Anywhere working people gather.
Free. No signup. No email. Print as many copies as you need. If you run a workshop, email labor@laboreducation.org with the date, location, and headcount so we can track Memphis voter-engagement coverage.
Vouchers drain your kids' schools.
Show up and stop it.
Nashville has put $155 million in new voucher expansion on the table — public dollars pulled out of the public schools union families depend on. Public School Strong TN, run by SOCM, is organizing parents, educators, and union members in 25+ counties to fight for honest, equitable, fully-funded, safe public schools.
Take School Board 101
A short orientation call: how school board meetings work, how to log notes, and how to bring a friend.
Show up together
Attend your local school board meeting in a Public School Strong shirt. Numbers change the room.
Keep the pressure on
Debrief calls and monthly skill-building keep your crew organized between meetings — that's how campaigns win.
The sign-up even asks if you're a union member — SOCM connects workers who want to organize their own workplace.
VETTED · NON-PARTISAN · WORKER-FRIENDLY
Trusted partner organizations
The groups doing the work nationally and here in Tennessee. Bookmark them. Volunteer. Connect your local.
TN Secretary of State — GoVoteTN
OFFICIALOfficial Tennessee elections office. Registration, deadlines, voter lookup.
ProudVoter.org
PARTNERFree voter platform — registration, ballot guides, mail-in tools.
Vote.org
PARTNERAmerica's largest non-partisan voter platform. Registration check, polling place, ID requirements by state.
When We All Vote
PARTNERMichelle Obama's voter org. Registration drives, civic education, voter mobilization training.
NAACP
PARTNERVoting rights advocacy and litigation. Find your local Memphis NAACP branch.
ACLU of Tennessee
TN LOCALTN voting-rights litigation, restoration of rights, voter protection.
The Equity Alliance
TN LOCALNashville-based — Black voter education, civic engagement, leadership pipeline across TN.
MICAH — Memphis Interfaith Coalition
MEMPHISMemphis Interfaith Coalition for Action and Hope — Memphis's largest faith-rooted organizing coalition. Voter engagement, justice reform, equitable schools, and economic equity work.
Shelby County Voter Alliance
MEMPHISMemphis-based non-partisan voter alliance. Registration drives, polling-place outreach, ballot education, and Shelby County election-day support.
Bennie Smith — What Should Be on My Ballot?
MEMPHISFrom Shelby County Election Commissioner Bennie Smith: enter your address to see the exact districts, offices, candidates & questions expected on your ballot, plus live electorate & turnout dashboards.
Who Funds Tennessee
STATEWIDEFollow the money: every dollar, donor & PAC in Tennessee's 2026 state and federal races — official TN Registry of Election Finance & FEC data, searchable and free. Independent & nonpartisan.
Who Funds Memphis
MEMPHISThe Shelby County sister site: campaign money behind local Memphis races — county commission, school board, and city offices.
AFL-CIO Workers Vote
LABORAFL-CIO national voter mobilization. Union member-to-member outreach toolkits.
Solidarity Center
GLOBALAFL-CIO's international solidarity arm. Workers' rights, free elections, and union-building in 60+ countries.
Election Protection · 866-OUR-VOTE
EMERGENCYFree legal help on Election Day. Call if a poll worker tries to turn you away.
HeadCount
PARTNERVoter registration at concerts and cultural events. Great resource for youth outreach.
Ballotpedia
RESEARCHFree encyclopedia of every TN ballot measure, candidate, and elected official.
APRI Memphis (on this app)
ON THIS APPA. Philip Randolph Institute — Memphis chapter. Labor + civil rights voter mobilization.
CBTU Memphis (on this app)
ON THIS APPCoalition of Black Trade Unionists Memphis. Year-round civic action.
TN AFL-CIO
ON THIS APPTennessee AFL-CIO state federation. Endorsements, legislative tracker.
866-OUR-VOTE
If a poll worker tries to turn you away, says your ID isn't valid, says you're not on the rolls, or says the polling place is closed — CALL THIS NUMBER BEFORE YOU LEAVE. Free legal help, run by Election Protection, every Election Day.
Call 1-866-687-8683En español: 1-888-839-8682 (1-888-VE-Y-VOTA) · Asian languages: 1-888-274-8683
This page is the action layer.
The strategy lives in the Civic Power Playbook.
The Civic Power Playbook lays out the 6-strategy framework: Register · Turn Out · Protect · Recruit · Win Local · Sustain. This Voter Hub gives every worker the tools to execute it. Read both. Run both.
Open the Civic Power Playbook