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2026 candidates we're tracking in TN-9
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Brent Taylor
Republican
Brent Taylor is a Memphis-area funeral home owner and state senator who has become the region's loudest voice on crime. He and his wife Kimberly bought their first funeral home in 2004 and built it into what his campaign calls the largest family-owned funeral operation in the Mid-South; the Tennessee General Assembly lists his occupation as funeral director. Elected to the Memphis City Council in 1995 at 27, he later chaired the Shelby County Election Commission and won state Senate District 31 in 2022. Carrying President Trump's endorsement and more than $1 million of his own money, he won the August 6 Republican contest with 46.03% (31,057 votes) in a four-way field.
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Justin J. Pearson
Democratic
Justin J. Pearson is a Memphis state representative and community organizer who made his name shutting down the Byhalia Connection Pipeline; he co-founded Memphis Community Against the Pipeline, the grassroots group MLK50 credits with ending the project through Black Southwest Memphis neighborhoods in July 2021. He represents Tennessee House District 86 and was one of the "Tennessee Three" expelled in April 2023 over a gun-violence protest on the House floor and returned to his seat days later, a national profile that let him raise over $1 million from small donors. He won the August 6 Democratic contest with 65.75% (32,092 votes) in a four-way field.
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Dennis Clark
Independent
Dennis Clark is an independent candidate from Memphis for Tennessee's 9th Congressional District, per the certified Tennessee candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026; the certified list is the only verifiable source for Clark. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026; the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate list is the only verifiable source for Dennis Clark.
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Michelle Davis Head
Independent
Michelle Davis Head is an independent candidate from Lewisburg for Tennessee's 9th Congressional District, per the certified Tennessee candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026; the certified list is the only verifiable source for Head. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026; the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate list is the only verifiable source for Michelle Davis Head.
About this race
Tennessee's 9th Congressional District elects one member of the U.S. House of Representatives to a two-year term. Every House seat in the country is on the ballot in 2026. The Tennessee primary is Thursday, August 6, 2026, and the general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.