Voters in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District must register soon to vote in the special primary election on October 7.
Voters in the 7th District – which includes Stewart, Montgomery, Robertson, Houston, Dickson, Cheatham, Humphreys, Hickman, Perry, Decatur, Wayne, and parts of Davidson, Benton, and Williamson counties – must be registered to vote in the special primary by the end of September 8.
The final day for voters in the 7th District to request an absentee ballot for the special primary election is September 27.
Early voting for the October 7 primary will run from September 17 through October 2.
Voters who fail to register in time for the special primary have until November 3 to register to vote in the special general election, scheduled for December 2.
Early voting for the December 2 general election will run from November 12 through November 26
The final day for voters to request an absentee ballot for the special general election is November 22.
According to the Tennessee Secretary of State’s Office, a total of 11 Republicans, four Democrats, and four independent candidates have met the required criteria to be listed on the primary ballot.
The Republican candidates seeking the GOP nomination in the race include State Reps. Jody Barrett (R-Dickson), Gino Bulso (R-Brentwood), and Lee Reeves (R-Franklin), former Lee administration official Matt Van Epps, pardoned J6er Stewart Parks, Montgomery County Commissioner Jason Knight, former Mitch McConnell aide Mason Foley, Williamson County Republican Party member Stuart Cooper, author and entrepreneur Adolph Agbéko Dagan, retired Undercover Detective with MNPD Joe Leurs, and Tennessee State Senate analyst Tres Wittum.
In what will likely be the only major debate leading up to the special primary, candidates Barrett, Bulso, Reeves and any other candidate that raises or self-funds at least $250,000 by August 29 will participate in the September 5 Republican debate set to be hosted by Americans for Prosperity Foundation.
For a concise list of key dates for the special election, click here.
Tennesseans can check their voter registration status and, if needed, register to vote online at https://ovr.govote.tn.gov/.
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Kaitlin Housler is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network. Follow Kaitlin on X / Twitter.
