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Trump-backed Andy Ogles loses reelection bid and other Tennessee primary results

Ogles lost the Republican primary for his district to Charlie Hatcher.

Trump-backed Andy Ogles loses reelection bid and other Tennessee primary results
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Charlie Hatcher defeated Rep. Andy Ogles in Tennessee’s Republican primary for the redrawn 5th District and will face Democrat Chaz Molder in November. The result is one of several Tennessee primary outcomes that could reshape the state’s congressional and gubernatorial races.

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incumbent who lost the Republican primary for Tennessee’s 5th District

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Republican primary winner for Tennessee’s 5th District

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Republican candidate for Tennessee’s redrawn 9th District

candidate in Iowa’s gubernatorial race

John W. Rose
R · TN-6

representative who lost the Republican gubernatorial primary to Blackburn

Democratic candidate for Tennessee’s redrawn 9th District

state senator who lost the Democratic primary to Pearson

Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

president and endorser of Hatcher and Ogles

Democratic primary winner for Tennessee’s 5th District

former president whose 2020 election certification was cited in the Blackburn race

Bill Hagerty
R · TN · SEN

Tennessee senator who supported Taylor

Trump-backed candidate in a Michigan House primary

Marsha Blackburn
R · TN · SEN

senator and Republican gubernatorial nominee

pastor and Democratic gubernatorial primary candidate

Tom Smith
R · MI

Republican candidate who dropped out of Michigan’s primary

Steve Cohen
D · TN-9

Tennessee representative whose district was redrawn

ALSO MENTIONED  Bill Lee, Tennessee governor who endorsed Hatcher; Burt Jones, lieutenant governor and candidate in Georgia’s gubernatorial race; Carnita Atwater, activist and Democratic gubernatorial primary candidate; Jerri Green, Democratic gubernatorial nominee; Monty Fritts, state representative and Republican gubernatorial primary candidate; Pamela Evette, lieutenant governor and candidate in South Carolina’s gubernatorial race

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Charlie Hatcher Defeats Andy Ogles in Tennessee Republican Primary

Charlie Hatcher defeated U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles in Tennessee’s Republican primary, ending Ogles’s bid for renomination. Left-leaning outlets take a sharply critical view of Ogles, revisiting allegations about his record and treating the loss as more than a change in the nominee. Center outlets situate the result amid redistricting and other Tennessee races, alongside campaign spending and controversies involving Ogles. Right-leaning outlets give greater weight to outside spending against Ogles and competing Republican endorsements, with some coverage presenting the PAC effort as a factor in his defeat.

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