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Bill Hagerty

Bill Hagerty

U.S. Senate · Tennessee

NationalRepublican

Candidate
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Marquita Bradshaw

Running for U.S. Senate · Tennessee

NationalDemocrat

Bill HagertyCurrent repMarquita BradshawChallenger

Job fit

Bill Hagerty

Offices held

  • United States Senator Bill Hagerty was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2020 1
  • Prior to his election to the U.S. Senate, Hagerty served as the U.S. Ambassador to Japan 1

Other work

  • He started his business career with the Boston Consulting Group, where his work took him to five continents, including three years based in Tokyo, Japan. 1

Marquita Bradshaw

Other work

  • As executive director of Sowing Justice, an environmental justice nonprofit 2

Top issues

We haven't found stated positions for either candidate yet.

How they voted on top issues

Bill Hagerty

  • Climate & energy → More oil, gas and coal, fewer climate rules (10 of 10 votes) 3
  • Health care costs → Leaving health care to the market (6 of 6 votes) 3
  • Politicians who play by the rules → Keeping the rules as they are (4 of 4 votes) 3

Marquita Bradshaw

Nothing found for this candidate yet.

Who pays them

Bill Hagerty

Where the campaign money came from4

small donorslarge donorscompaniesother politiciansindustry associationsOther kinds of donors
small donors$958Klarge donors$2.8Mcompanies$831Kotherpoliticians$266Kindustryassociations$253KOther kinds ofdonors$158K$5.6M raised
$958,1194Small individual donors
$2,822,9474Large individual donors

Marquita Bradshaw

Nothing found for this candidate yet.

Checks

Bill Hagerty

Checks run: missed votes · stock trades

🚨 Stock trades on file: 8 since 2021. 5

Marquita Bradshaw

No voting record to check yet

About red flags

These are Voter Choice's editorial choices, not a finding about any person. We flag: stock trading while in office, absences, money's influence in politics, and reported misuse of power or public funds. State and local items may come from local news, which can lean partisan. Take with a grain of salt. The judgment is yours.

Based on current data. May change in a future update.

Sources

  1. About - Senator Bill Hagerty · checked 2026-10-14 used in: Experience
  2. Marquita Bradshaw | A Champion for Tennessee · checked 2026-10-14 used in: Experience
  3. Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04 used in: How they voted on top issues
  4. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
  5. House and Senate periodic transaction reports · disclosed through 2021-02-24 used in: Checks
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Candidate A

Andrew Gerena

Independent

We don't have campaign money records for this race yet.

Sources

1 Background: Andrew Gerena for US Senate | Tennessee (I) · checked 2026-10-21

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Bill Hagerty
Candidate B

Bill Hagerty

RepublicanShown above

$5.6M raised, 50% from large donors, 26% from organized interests. Group amounts exceed the filed PAC total. These sources do not reconcile; no complete split or remainder is claimed.
Filed PAC total: $1,483,200.00 (26% of $5,632,270.08 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $1,506,803.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source

🚨 Stock trades on file: 8 since 2021.

Their votes pushed for: more oil, gas and coal, fewer climate rules, leaving health care to the market, lower taxes and fewer rules on business.

Sources

1 Background: About - Senator Bill Hagerty · checked 2026-10-14

2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

3 STOCK Act trades: House and Senate periodic transaction reports · disclosed through 2021-02-24

4 Roll calls: Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04

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Candidate C

Catherine Barcel "Barcy" Whitson

Independent

We don't have campaign money records for this race yet.

Sources

1 Background: About Barcy Whitson – Independent for U.S. Senate, Tennessee · checked 2026-10-14

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Candidate D

David Sutman, Jr.

Independent

No federal record yet. Campaign money: $9K raised, large-donor share unavailable, organized-interest share unavailable.

Sources

1 Background: United States Senate 2026 — VOTE411 Voter Guide. Additional information available on VOTE411.org. · checked 2026-10-21

2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

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Candidate E

James William Macon III

Independent

We don't have campaign money records for this race yet.

Sources

1 Background: Tennessee Politics: Elections, Candidates & Officeholders | Politics1 · checked 2026-10-21

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Candidate F

Jeremy Dean Hearn

Independent

We don't have campaign money records for this race yet.

Sources

1 Background: Voter Guide Profile for TN U.S. Senate candidate - Jeremy Dean Hearn · checked 2026-10-21

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MB
Candidate G

Marquita Bradshaw

DemocratShown above

We don't have campaign money records for this race yet.

Sources

1 Background: Marquita Bradshaw | A Champion for Tennessee · checked 2026-10-14

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Candidate H

Robert Jones

Independent

We don't have campaign money records for this race yet.

Sources

1 Background: ABOUT · checked 2026-10-14

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Candidate I

Tharon Chandler

Independent

We don't have campaign money records for this race yet.

Sources

1 Background: Tharon Chandler | BallotReady · checked 2026-10-21

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Candidate J

Yoshi D. Matthews

Independent

We don't have campaign money records for this race yet.

Sources

1 Background: Personal Commitment to Service | About Yoshi · checked 2026-10-21

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