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Democrats in
Rutherford County
15,205 of your neighbors voted Democratic here. Right now there is no way for any of you to find each other. Start with a free profile.
Pick a street you know in Rutherford County and make sure it neighbors.Free profile, about a minute. Making sure your street votes is the step after.
2026 Democrats on your ballot
Who you can vote for
Governor
Jerri Green
Democratic nominee
Unofficial results — not yet certified
Photo: Memphis City Council
United States Senate
Marquita Bradshaw
Democratic nominee
Unofficial results — not yet certified
Photo: Walker Kinsler, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Your congressional districts
Your state house districts
HD-13
Brett Windrow
Tennessee House of Representatives District 13 · One of 5 state house districts splitting Rutherford · and no other county
HD-34
Owen Farnsworth
Tennessee House of Representatives District 34 · One of 5 state house districts splitting Rutherford · and no other county
HD-37
Mary Ann Young
Tennessee House of Representatives District 37 · One of 5 state house districts splitting Rutherford · and no other county
HD-48
Matt Ferry
Tennessee House of Representatives District 48 · One of 5 state house districts splitting Rutherford · and no other county
HD-49
Connie Casha
Tennessee House of Representatives District 49 · One of 5 state house districts splitting Rutherford · and no other county
Your state senate districts
SD-13
Angela Evans Wynn
Tennessee Senate District 13 · One of 2 state senate districts splitting Rutherford · and no other county
SD-14
No primary on the ballot this cycle
Who runs Rutherford County
21 of the 33 seats on this ballot went Republican.
Every seat below is one office one person won. This is the part of government closest to your street — and the part almost nobody reports on.
County Commission
7 Democratic · 13 Republican · 1 nonpartisan
All 21 seats were on this ballot, so this is the whole county commission.
- District 1Hope OliverDemocratic
- District 2Stephen PearcyRepublican
- District 3Rick HallRepublican
- District 4Robert Peay Jr.Republican
- District 5Jeff CrumDemocratic
- District 6Jonathan R BeverlyRepublican
- District 7Michael KuschRepublican
- District 8Bill TollettRepublican
- District 9Joshua JamesRepublican
- District 10Phil WilsonRepublican
- District 11Wayne SharpeDemocratic
- District 12Carl BoydRepublican
- District 13Brendan DoughtieDemocratic
- District 14Wayne IrvinRepublican
- District 15Shawn McGowanRepublican
- District 16Cathy WattsDemocratic
- District 17Sean Tyler GillilandDemocratic
- District 18Allen McAdooRepublican
- District 19Romel McMurrynonpartisan
- District 20Trey GoochRepublican
- District 21Laura Blackwell ClarkDemocratic
Countywide offices
6 Republican
6 seats were on this ballot. Offices on other cycles are not counted here.
- County MayorRandy AllenRepublican
- SheriffKenneth BarrettRepublican
- TrusteeTeb BateyRepublican
- County ClerkLisa Duke CrowellRepublican
- Register of DeedsHeather DawbarnRepublican
- Court Clerk · Circuit CourtJeff McKinneyRepublican
School Board
1 Democratic · 2 Republican
3 seats were on this ballot. Offices on other cycles are not counted here.
- Zone 1Jeanice McCordDemocratic
- Zone 4Katie DarbyRepublican
- Zone 7Julie WishingRepublican
Roads
3 nonpartisan
3 seats were on this ballot. Offices on other cycles are not counted here.
- Zone 1David "Rabbit" Victorynonpartisan
- Zone 4Brian D. Herculesnonpartisan
- Zone 7Mark P. Leenonpartisan
Winners are the leading candidate in each race in the August 6, 2026 election, as reported by the Rutherford County Election Commission, unofficial until certified. Nonpartisan offices are shown but not counted as a party.
The rest of your ballot
99 more races Rutherford County voted on
The county government, the courts, the school boards and the questions — the offices that decide what happens on your street, and the ones almost nobody reports on. 33 of 33 precincts reporting.
Countywide
Everyone in Rutherford County voted in these.
County Mayor
County Commission
Sheriff
County Trustee
County Clerk
Register of Deeds
Roads
Court Clerks
County School Board
Cities and towns
Only residents of Murfreesboro and Smyrna voted in these — they were on a city ballot, not the county one.
Murfreesboro
Smyrna
Source: Rutherford County Election Commission, unofficial results. Every number here is the county’s own reporting — we publish it, we don’t compute it.
Democrats in Rutherford County
15,205 neighbors already voted with you. Almost none of you are connected.
They are on your street, at your kids' school, in line at your grocery store. None of it adds up to anything yet. That is a solvable problem, and it starts with one person deciding to be findable.
Democratic voters here2
15,205
You are one of them. Together you rank #5 of 95 counties by Democratic votes cast.
Precincts in this county2
30
About 7,277 registered neighbors in each one. One person making sure their block votes covers a fraction of that — the people on their own street.
Turnout rank3
#82 of 92
You voted. 178,423 registered people around you did not. The counties above you are not more Democratic — they are better organized.
Counties your size, ranked by turnout3
The counties closest to Rutherford in registered voters. Shading is Democratic vote share; Rutherford is outlined in gold.
Williamson County is about your size and turned out 24.5%. Catching them takes 13,542 more ballots from Rutherford County — spread across enough neighborhoods, that is 113 more voters per adopted block, or a couple of afternoons each. One of those blocks could be yours.
You already did the hard part
You voted in a primary most people skip. The next step is about half an hour a week, and it moves a lot more votes than your own.
People listen to people they know
Nobody changes their plans because of a mailer from a stranger. On your own street, you are the most convincing person there is.
You get a group out of it
The people doing this in Rutherford County are worth knowing — they walk dogs, run early, swim, garden, trade tomatoes, watch each other's kids. You end up with a group that shows up for each other. Better representation is what falls out of that.
What to do next
Rutherford County
30 / 30 precincts reporting
Registered
218,323
Ballots
39,900
Turnout
18.3%
Dem. share
38.1%
Rep. share
61.9%
Reporting
30 / 30
Turnout here was 18.3%. Most people who could vote did not — that is the gap you can close with people you already know.
Your first step
Create a free profile to follow Rutherford County and pick one action that fits your week. Sending the local ballot before each election is what the funding unlocks next.
Your next step in Rutherford County is a block — pick a street you know and make sure it votes. The people you'd actually ask count just as much: friends, coworkers, family. Two neighbors can share a street, and you can step back anytime.
Create my free profileAdopt a blockTakes about a minute. No dues, and nobody has claimed this page yet — this is you and your neighbors, not a committee roster.
Takes about a minute. Nobody has claimed this page yet — this is you and your neighbors, not a committee roster.
Informed voter
You get county updates. The ballot before every election is what the funding unlocks next. You cannot see other members, and they cannot see you. No profile is public.
Make sure your street votes
Adopt a block and you can see the others making sure their streets vote in Rutherford County, and they can see you. Sharing your social accounts with them is optional and off by default.
Before you decide
What a small turnout gain does here
Move the sliders. This is what your neighbors showing up would actually be worth.
A scenario tool for Rutherford County, not a forecast.
- Estimated additional ballots
- 9,045
- Estimated Democratic votes added
- 4,975
- Estimated Republican votes added
- 4,070
- Estimated net Democratic gain
- 905
For comparison: 39,900 people voted in the last primary here — 18.3% of everyone registered, and 38.1% of them voted Democratic.
What that actually changes
These are the seats close enough for a few thousand votes to decide:
- Your state house and state senate seats — the people who vote on school funding, road money, and whether your hospital stays open.
- County commission — the local budget, what gets built, who gets hired.
- The offices that run elections here, including how easy it is to vote.
If counties like yours did the same thing, that adds up to roughly 3,618 votes across the state — enough to matter in the legislature. If it spread further, closer to 11,759.
Start with a free profile — the ballot before every election is what the funding unlocks next. Adopt a block when you feel like it.The ballot before every election is what the funding unlocks next — adopt a block when you feel like it.
Why it does not stop at your county line
Nobody does this alone. The same half hour a week, in enough places, is what changes who runs the state.
- Rutherford County905 net votesJust here, just this once
- Counties like yours3,618 net votesIf places your size did the same thing
- Across Tennessee11,759 net votesIf it caught on statewide
What a week of this looks like
Half an hour, broken up however it fits around work and kids:
- Say hello to 8 neighbors. Coffee, the dog walk, the driveway — whatever you already do.
- Mention to 5 of them that you vote, and why you care about something local.
- Ask 4 people to come along to something — a meeting, a cookout, a cleanup.
Do that most weeks and you are making sure your street votes. There is no other test.
Federal money
Who is funding the congressional race here
Rutherford County votes in TN-04 and TN-09. Candidates there have raised $7.26M, and outside groups have spent another $20K for and against them.
TN-04
Open district pageRaised by candidates
$1.41M
Outside money
$406
Democratic
$823K
Republican
$558K
Outside spending
$0 was spent helping Democrats and $406 helping Republicans. This is independent expenditure — money spent without coordinating with any campaign.
Candidates by money raised
TN-09
Open district pageRaised by candidates
$5.85M
Outside money
$20K
Democratic
$3.32M
Republican
$2.53M
Outside spending
$19,743 was spent helping Democrats and $0 helping Republicans. This is independent expenditure — money spent without coordinating with any campaign.
Candidates by money raised
Filings through July 22, 2026 · Federal Election Commission. Governor, state senate and state house candidates do not report to the FEC, so no comparable figures exist for those races.
Help fund building this tool
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Who is buying ads that reach Rutherford
31 groups have bought air time on stations heard here
14 of 31 say who runs them.
17 groups do not.
Wider than the county: in TN-04 it is 15 of 33, and in TN-09 it is 18 of 37. A district covers every county it touches, so those numbers reach past Rutherford — and they are counts, never totals to add together.
These are groups on stations whose signal reaches Rutherford — not money spent here. One station covers many counties, so the same buy reaches many places at once. That is why there is no dollar figure on this panel: a per-county total would count the same money over and over.
See every group
| Group | Who runs it | Heard on |
|---|---|---|
| American Conservative Fund Georgia | Brian Smith | WRCB, WTVC |
| American Exceptionalism Institute | Wayne Ducote | WKRN-TV, WSMV-TV |
| Americans for Prosperity | Brent Gardner, Emily Seidel, Gretchen Reiter, James Davis, Kim Penner | WSIX-FM |
| CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION | Adam Rozansky, David McIntosh | WRCB, WTVC |
| Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare | Barclay E. Berdan, FACHE, Bill Gassen, Brian E. Peters, MHSA, FNCHL, Byron Jobe, Candice L. Saunders, FACHE, Carmela Coyle, Christine Kocot McCoy, Claire Zangerle DNP, MBA, RN, FAAN, Claire Zangerle, DNP, MBA, RN, FAAN, Corey Davison, David J. Skorton, MD, Jeff E. Cohen, Jennifer DeCubellis, Joseph G. Cacchione, MD, Kenneth A. Samet, FACHE, Kenneth E. Raske, Lisa Shannon, Mark Covall, Marty Bonick, Matthew Cook, Michael J. Alkire, Richard J. Pollack, Robert Casalou, Sr. Mary Haddad, RSM, Tim L. Hingtgen, Tony Ezell | WKOM |
| Conservatives for American Excellence INC. | Chrissie Hastie | WKRN-TV |
| Conservatives for Lower Health Care Costs | Art Hayes, Les Williamson | WWTN |
| CVS Health | Gary Nuzzi | WRCB, WZTV |
| Electronic Payments Coalition | Jeff Tassey, Richard Hunt, Robert Thomson, Tuckre Foote | WWTN |
| iHeartMedia | Bob Millard, Bob Pittman, Cheryl Mills, Graciela Monteagudo, Jay Rasulo, Kamakshi Sivaramakrishnan, Rich Bressler, Sam Englebardt | WNRQ |
| Invest in Tomorrow Coalition PAC | Brendan Bell, Tom Matzzie | WNRQ, WSMV-TV, WWTN |
| Shaping Health Initiatives for Tomorrow | Greg Appleton | WZTV |
| SLF PAC | Caleb Crosby | WTVC |
| Tennessee Freedom Fund | David McIntosh | WBXX-TV, WSMV-TV, WTVC |
| American Conservative Fund | Nobody named | WDEF-TV, WRCB |
| American Conservative Fund (166075) | Nobody named | WTVC |
| American Conservative Fund Action GA | Nobody named | WDEF-TV |
| Best of Tennessee, Inc. | Nobody named | WDEF-TV |
| Coalition for America's Health | Nobody named | WKOM |
| Conservatives for American Excellence (154943) | Nobody named | WZTV |
| House Majority PAC (146050) | Nobody named | WZTV |
| Keep Georgia Strong Actiion | Nobody named | WRCB |
| Modern Ag Alliance | Nobody named | WNRQ |
| NAB | Nobody named | WPRT-FM |
| POL-CVS Health | Nobody named | WDEF-TV |
| POL/CVS Health PAC | Nobody named | WKRN-TV |
| POL/Tennessee Freedom Fund PAC | Nobody named | WKRN-TV |
| Renewable Fuels Associati | Nobody named | WRVW |
| Shaping Health Initiatives for Tom(166739) | Nobody named | WZTV |
| Shaping Health Initiatives for Tomorrow (166739) | Nobody named | WZTV |
| Tennessee Freedom Fund (168731) | Nobody named | WUXP-TV |
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Election reporting
How Rutherford publishes its results
Collected automatically
Published as an HTML results export on the county's own server.
We read this county's results automatically, as they are posted.
This describes what our software could read on 2026-08-21 — not how well the county is doing its job. Publishing a scan or a paper-style report is lawful; we have found no Tennessee law requiring any particular format. Across the 95 counties: 20 collected automatically, 1 readable but not yet collected, 22 not machine-readable, and 52 we have not confirmed either way.
The office that runs elections here
Alan Farley
Administrator of Elections, Rutherford County Election Commission · 8:00 - 4:30 M - F
615-898-7743 · afarley@rutherfordcountytn.gov
Who chooses the people who run this office? Not your county.
Most people assume county elections are run by people the county picked. In Tennessee they are not, and the arrangement is written into the law rather than hidden in it.
- The Administrator of Elections above runs the office day to day and executes every election. The five-member county election commission hires them.
- Those five are not elected locally. They are appointed by the State Election Commission, on the first Monday in April of odd-numbered years.
- The State Election Commission has seven members and is the only commission in Tennessee state government elected entirely by the General Assembly.
- The statute allocates the seats by party: the party holding the most seats in the General Assembly gets four of the seven state commissioners, and three of the five commissioners in every one of the 95 counties. The other party gets the rest.
So the two things a resident can actually move are further away than they look, and they are different levers:
- The money is local. Your county commission appropriates this office’s budget each year, and can raise the administrator’s salary above the state minimum. When an office is simply under-resourced, that is the ballot line that changes it.
- The appointments are not. They run through the legislators you send to Nashville, because the General Assembly elects the commission that appoints your county’s.
Every statement here is from Tennessee Code § 2-12-201 and § 2-12-103, the Secretary of State’s description of the State Election Commission, and the UT County Technical Assistance Service on county appropriations. It describes how the law allocates these offices. It is not a claim about anyone’s conduct.
Source attribution
Data provenance
Rutherford’s results, at the source
- Registration denominators: Tennessee Secretary of State June 2026 voter registration report, total registration by county.
- Election results: Tennessee Secretary of State, August 6, 2026 unofficial primary results aggregated by district, and the gubernatorial primary county breakdown aggregated by county.
- County turnout is computed by dividing 2026 primary votes by June 2026 registered-voter totals.
- District and county boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb, January 1, 2025 vintage, as rendered in the thedems.org app.
- Per-county results for state and federal races: the Tennessee Secretary of State’s own county breakdown for each race, ingested race by race — candidate, party, votes and precincts completed, for every county that race appeared in.
- County and municipal offices and ballot measures: the county’s OWN election commission, which is the only place they are published — the state dashboard carries no county offices at all. Every county publishes in whatever format it chose, so these are read one format at a time: a county’s results feed where it has one, the report its vote-counting equipment prints where it does not, and a neighbour who types the numbers in and links the page they came from where no computer can read it. Where a county has not been ingested yet, this page says so plainly and points to how to help, rather than showing nothing or implying it held no county elections.
- When these numbers were counted: each county’s report carries its own printed date and time, and that is the one shown here — not when we fetched it. Counties keep counting after election night as provisional ballots are decided and mailed ballots are cured, and they republish at the same address when they do. So a figure can go up days later, and results stay unofficial until the county election commission certifies them.
- Upcoming events: Mobilize events API filtered to county relevance, with a location-specific Mobilize browse fallback when no live matches are returned.