Races · house · 2026 · Tennessee
house · open seat
Tennessee house
Caution · early warning
Editorial raters moved while polling has gone quiet
The last rating change here was 22d ago, but only 0 polls have landed in the last 60 days. When raters move and pollsters don't, the rating shift may be running ahead of the data. Watch for a late-cycle correction in either direction.
Where this race stands
VerifiedSafe D · model 84% D
No recent polls or markets for this race. PVI baseline (D+23) suggests Safe D.
The poliagg-v34 ensemble forecasts D+12.5 with an 80% CI ranging from R+3.6 (10th pctile) to D+28.6 (90th pctile), giving D a 84% chance of winning.
Tipping-point probability: 3.6% of simulations see this race as decisive for chamber control.
CITATIONS · safe-d · low-tipping
Forecast · poliagg-v34
Predicted final margin
D +12.5
80% CI: R +3.6 → D +28.6 · win prob 84%
R+30R+15TIEDD+15D+30
Quality · inputs
Data quality · medium
| Polls used | 0 |
| Days to election | 118 |
| Residual σ | 12.56pt |
| Generated | 7/7/2026 |
▼ Compare with other models2 models
qgbt-v1GBT (qgbt)
D +44.9
80% CI D +34.5 → D +50.7
CV MAE 8.51
consensusMarket-implied
R +9.9
no interval
market-implied
Prediction markets
Consensus · D 14¢1 platformupdated 11h ago
Cross-platform price · history
Per-platform · current
| Platform | D YES | R YES | 7d Δ | Vol | vs cons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polymarket “Will the Democratic Party win the TN-09 House seat?” | 14¢ | 81¢ | -1¢ | — | +0 |
Endorsements · 5 total
Source · Wikipedia · 0 candidates with no endorsements yet5
Endorsements tracked
Steve Cohen5 · 100%
Republican0 · 0%
Total5
Scraped from each candidate’s Wikipedia endorsement list.
DSteve Cohen5 endorsers
Most recent · London Lamar · 2026-05-01
Organizations4
Organizations · 4
- Democratic Majority for Israel
- J Street
- Jewish Democratic Council of America
- Planned Parenthood Action Fund
Elected officials1
Federal 0State 1Local 0
Elected officials · 1
- London Lamar · state senator from the 33rd district (2022–present) (entered race in May 2026)
Money raised · own committees
FEC Schedule E (independent expenditures) + candidate-committee totals · last filing 2025-11-14Steve Cohen
Receipts
$658.6K
Disburse
$395.3K
Cash on hand
$2.0M
Debts
$0
Top industries
No industry data.
Top contributors
No contributor data.
Outside spending · independent expenditures
FEC Schedule E (independent expenditures) + candidate-committee totals · 24/48-hr IE reportsIE total
$1.2K
D side
$1.2K · 100%
R side
$0 · 0%
Top spender
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Editorial ratings · 4 raters
Cook · Sabato · Inside Elections · 538 · DDHQ et al.Safe R4
Safe R · 4 raters
- Cook Political Report · Jun 17
- Inside Elections · Jun 24
- Sabato's Crystal Ball · Jun 8
- Split Ticket · Jun 24
Cook Political Report
Safe RInside Elections
Safe RSabato's Crystal Ball
Safe RSplit Ticket
Safe RDemographic crosstabs
age · education · race · genderNo demographic crosstabs published for this race yet. Most pollsters release only topline numbers; subgroup breakdowns (age, education, race, gender) appear here when a pollster publishes them.
Rating timeline
Verification trail
Polls verified0 / 0deterministic
Polls flagged—none
Markets ingested1 platformupdated 11h ago
FEC filingssyncedcommittee + IE · 2025-11-14
Endorsements39 totalWikipedia scrape
News coverage< 5 articlesGoogle News
Method · bounds + percentage totals + date-order checks