Skip to main content
1 min read
● InformationalElections / Campaigns

GOP Rep. Andy Ogles ousted in Tennessee primary

Ogles lost the Republican primary, ending his bid for reelection to Tennessee’s 5th District.

SOURCE CHECK

TAP FOR WHY
Host credibilityYahoo News76/100 HIGH
This article1 analysis · Oct 1, 2026

Credibility rates Yahoo News, which republished this story. The other scores rate the article itself.

Republished

Republished from Politico. The relationship between the two publishers has not been determined.

Politico82/100 HIGH

204 stories · 82–83 · updated Oct 5, 2026

This is Politico's own score, and this article is credited to Politico. The host score in the Source Check is Yahoo News's.

Yahoo Newsvia Politico
Aug 6, 2026
tl;dr

Rep. Andrew Ogles lost Tennessee’s Republican primary for the 5th District to Charlie Hatcher, ending Ogles’ reelection bid. The result followed a campaign shaped by outside spending, a redrawn district and controversies involving Ogles.

Community verdict

VOTING CLOSED
How does this story look for
Andrew Ogles R · TN-5
NOT RATEDCLOSED

No good or bad look here

This story reports what happened without casting Ogles in a good or bad light, so readers don’t rate it and it doesn’t count toward Ogles’s record.

● INFORMATIONAL

People in this story

SWIPE →
Andrew Ogles
R · TN-5

Incumbent defeated in Tennessee’s Republican primary

PRIMARY SUBJECT
Mike Johnson
R · LA-4

Speaker who tried to boost Ogles’ campaign

Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President who backed Ogles

Democratic nominee for the 5th District

ALSO MENTIONED  Bill Lee, Tennessee governor who endorsed Hatcher

Part of a bigger story

38 OUTLETS
Charlie Hatcher Defeats Andy Ogles in Tennessee Republican Primary

Charlie Hatcher defeated Rep. Andy Ogles in Tennessee’s Republican primary. Left-leaning outlets cast the loss as a rebuke to Ogles and potentially a setback for Trump’s influence, with one also revisiting allegations about Ogles’s record and campaign finances. Center outlets mostly report the result in the context of redistricting and other Tennessee primaries, with some also discussing outside spending and controversies involving Ogles. Right-leaning outlets give particular attention to outside spending against Ogles and competing endorsements, with some linking the PAC campaign to his position on renewable-energy subsidies.

COVERAGE BY OUTLET LEANTHIS OUTLET
ARTICLES
39
OUTLETS
38
AVG CRED
71

Discussion · 0

What's your take?

Loading comments…