Republicans Retain Two Davidson County Congressional Seats

Republicans will continue to represent Davidson County in the 6th and 7th Congressional Districts following Tuesday’s midterm elections and two rounds of redistricting spearheaded by state GOP lawmakers within the past four years. However, the 4th Congressional District, which includes a part of Nashville, flipped blue Tuesday after Democrat Victoria Broderick beat out longtime Republican incumbent U.S. Rep Scott DesJarlais.

6th Congressional District 

A portion of middle and eastern Davidson County, portions of Sumner and Campbell counties, and all of Wilson, Smith, DeKalb, White, Putnam, Jackson, Clay, Overton, Cumberland, Morgan, Fentress, Pickett and Scott counties.

MAGA Republican and current state Rep. Johnny Garrett (R-Goodlettsville) was elected to Tennessee's 6th Congressional District, beating out U.S. Navy veteran and Democrat Mike Croley, a Vanderbilt graduate and nonprofit founder currently living in Crossville. 

Garrett spent much of the state’s 2026 legislative session sponsoring legislation focused on strict immigration laws and culture war issues. These included a bill requiring sheriffs’ offices across the state to coordinate with ICE, as well as legislation to rename a portion of Vietnam Veterans Boulevard in honor of Charlie Kirk. 

7th Congressional District 

The majority of Davidson County, along with Cheatham, Robertson, Dickson, Macon and Trousdale counties, and the majority of Sumner and Montgomery counties.

In the race for the 7th Congressional District, incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Matt Van Epps — who was elected to the seat via a special election last year — defeated Democratic political consultant Darden Copeland in what was one of Middle Tennessee’s highly contested federal races this year. 

Trump-endorsed U.S. Army veteran Van Epps has presented himself as a politician who will  defend and advance issues championed by President Donald Trump, such as cracking down on immigration, limiting abortion access, promoting an allyship with Israel and prohibiting transgender women from participating in women’s sports. He beats Copeland, who labeled himself as a “different kind of Democrat” in an attempt to appeal to rural, middle- and working-class voters. 

Van Epps’ win comes as he faces an ethics complaint filed by Copeland alleging that Van Epps’ campaign used taxpayer-funded staff.

U.S. Senate

Incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty was reelected to a second term. The Trump administration’s former U.S. ambassador to Japan, Hagerty was elected in 2020 over Memphis Democrat Marquita Bradshaw and has remained a loyal Trump ally since. Bradshaw once again won the Democratic nomination for the seat and was once again soundly defeated by Hagerty.

Hagerty, who entered the general election with millions of dollars in campaign funds on hand, has recently touted Tennessee’s potential as a tech hub. At an October tech event in Nashville, the Republican noted his desire for the state to become a center of computing power fueled by expanded nuclear energy.