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Hume Outlook
- Hume model estimate · built on polls, fundamentals, and markets
Side by side
10 candidates · 5 measuresPolling
1 listed · newest first| Pollster / sponsor | Field dates | Sample | Bradshaw | Gerena | Whitson | Sutman | Macon | Hearn | Jones | Chandler | Matthews | Hagerty | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Targoz Market ResearchBeacon Center of Tennessee | 2026-08-15 to 2026-08-26 | RV · n=1,157 | 31.0% | not named | not named | not named | not named | not named | not named | not named | not named | 51.0% | none |
Seat lean · Hume PVI
- Lean (D minus R, points)
- -14.239
- Presidential cycles
- 2020, 2024
- Computed
- 2026-06-08
Hume PVI is Hidden Levers' own two-party presidential-lean index for the state, not the Cook PVI.
Prior result, this seat
2020 general
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Hagerty | REP | 1,840,926 | 62.20% |
| Marquita Bradshaw | DEM | 1,040,691 | 35.16% |
| Elizabeth McLeod | OTH | 16,652 | 0.56% |
| Yomi “Fapas” Faparusi SR. | OTH | 10,727 | 0.36% |
| Steven J. Hooper | OTH | 9,609 | 0.32% |
| Kacey Morgan | OTH | 9,598 | 0.32% |
| Ronnie Henley | OTH | 8,478 | 0.29% |
| Aaron James | OTH | 7,203 | 0.24% |
Total votes 2,959,697 · winning margin 27.04% of total (margin computed here from the cited vote counts)
Percentages are of the MEDSL total, which also counts 15,813 votes on lines the data file does not list; the named-candidate shares are therefore lower than a share of valid candidate votes.
Sources: FEC filings (through Oct 14, 2026) · Polls: FiveThirtyEight / VoteHub (CC BY 4.0) · Prior result: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (CC0) · Hume PVI and Hume Outlook: Hidden Levers estimates.
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