Independent · Governor, Tennessee
General election Tuesday, Nov 3, 2026
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Also running: Misam Abidi (I) · Marsha Blackburn (R) · Dean Brewer (I) · Ray Brown (I) · Jerri Green (D) · David Hatley (I) · Wendell Jackson (I) · Charles Van Morgan (I) · Eddie Lee Murphy (I) · Lauren Pinkston (I) · L. Webb Taylor (I) · Robert C. Vick (I) · Victor L. Scoggin (I) · Dave Seeman (I)
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Karl Knox Smithson is not a current member of Congress, so there is no congressional roll-call record to show. State legislative or local records are not yet compiled.