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Shelby County
83,188 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 Shelby 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
CD-05
Chaz Molder
Tennessee's 5th Congressional District · One of 3 congressional districts splitting Shelby · and 16 other counties
CD-08
Heidi Kuhn
Tennessee's 8th Congressional District · One of 3 congressional districts splitting Shelby · and 11 other counties
CD-09
Justin J. Pearson
Tennessee's 9th Congressional District · One of 3 congressional districts splitting Shelby · and 14 other counties
Your state house districts
HD-83
Margaret Price
Tennessee House of Representatives District 83 · One of 13 state house districts splitting Shelby · and no other county
HD-84
Joe Towns Jr.
Tennessee House of Representatives District 84 · One of 13 state house districts splitting Shelby · and no other county
HD-85
Jesse Chism
Tennessee House of Representatives District 85 · One of 13 state house districts splitting Shelby · and no other county
HD-86
Justin J. Pearson
Tennessee House of Representatives District 86 · One of 13 state house districts splitting Shelby · and no other county
HD-87
Karen Camper
Tennessee House of Representatives District 87 · One of 13 state house districts splitting Shelby · and no other county
HD-88
Larry J. Miller
Tennessee House of Representatives District 88 · One of 13 state house districts splitting Shelby · and no other county
HD-91
Torrey C. Harris
Tennessee House of Representatives District 91 · One of 13 state house districts splitting Shelby · and no other county
HD-93
For write-in results, visit shelbyvote.com.
Tennessee House of Representatives District 93 · One of 13 state house districts splitting Shelby · and no other county
HD-95
No Democratic nominee
Tennessee House of Representatives District 95 · One of 13 state house districts splitting Shelby · and no other county
HD-96
Telisa Franklin
Tennessee House of Representatives District 96 · One of 13 state house districts splitting Shelby · and no other county
HD-97
Jesse Huseth
Tennessee House of Representatives District 97 · One of 13 state house districts splitting Shelby · and no other county
HD-98
Antonio Parkinson
Tennessee House of Representatives District 98 · One of 13 state house districts splitting Shelby · and no other county
HD-99
No Democratic nominee
Tennessee House of Representatives District 99 · One of 13 state house districts splitting Shelby · and no other county
Your state senate districts
SD-29
Raumesh Akbari
Tennessee Senate District 29 · One of 5 state senate districts splitting Shelby · and no other county
SD-30
No primary on the ballot this cycle
SD-31
David Weatherspoon
Tennessee Senate District 31 · One of 5 state senate districts splitting Shelby · and no other county
SD-32
No primary on the ballot this cycle
SD-33
London Lamar
Tennessee Senate District 33 · One of 5 state senate districts splitting Shelby · and no other county
Who runs Shelby County
23 of the 29 seats on this ballot went Democratic.
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
9 Democratic · 4 Republican
All 13 seats were on this ballot, so this is the whole county commission.
- District 1Rhonda O'DellRepublican
- District 2Derek MillsRepublican
- District 3Michele DialRepublican
- District 4Mark BillingsleyRepublican
- District 5Shante AvantDemocratic
- District 6Charlie A. Caswell, Jr.Democratic
- District 7Henri E. BrooksDemocratic
- District 8Will RichardsonDemocratic
- District 9Karen StreeterDemocratic
- District 10Lashanta RuddDemocratic
- District 11Miska Clay BibbsDemocratic
- District 12Erika SugarmonDemocratic
- District 13Amber Huett-GarciaDemocratic
Countywide offices
10 Democratic · 2 nonpartisan
12 seats were on this ballot. Offices on other cycles are not counted here.
- County MayorMickell M. LoweryDemocratic
- SheriffAnthony J. BucknerDemocratic
- TrusteeJoseph Lee, IIIDemocratic
- County ClerkLaSonya HallDemocratic
- Register of DeedsWillie BrooksDemocratic
- AssessorJavier BaileyDemocratic
- Court Clerk · Circuit CourtJamita E. SwearengenDemocratic
- Court Clerk · Criminal CourtJoe Towns, Jr.Democratic
- Court Clerk · Juvenile CourtJaneen GordonDemocratic
- Court Clerk · Probate CourtEddie JonesDemocratic
- General Sessions Judge · Civil Division 2Shayla Nicole Purifoynonpartisan
- General Sessions Judge · Criminal Division 7Taylor Eskridge Bachelornonpartisan
School Board
4 Democratic
4 seats were on this ballot. Offices on other cycles are not counted here.
- District 1Michelle McKissackDemocratic
- District 6T. L. HarrisDemocratic
- District 8Tanya FreyDemocratic
- District 9Joyce Dorse ColemanDemocratic
Winners are the leading candidate in each race in the August 6, 2026 election, as reported by the Shelby County Election Commission, unofficial until certified. Nonpartisan offices are shown but not counted as a party.
The rest of your ballot
57 more races Shelby 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. 142 of 142 precincts reporting.
Countywide
Everyone in Shelby County voted in these.
County Mayor
County Commission
Sheriff
County Trustee
County Clerk
Register of Deeds
Assessor of Property
Court Clerks
General Sessions Judges
County School Board
Ballot measures
Cities and towns
Only residents of Arlington, Bartlett, Collierville, Germantown, Lakeland and Millington voted in these — they were on a city ballot, not the county one.
Arlington
Bartlett
Collierville
Germantown
Lakeland
Millington
Source: Shelby County Election Commission, unofficial results. Every number here is the county’s own reporting — we publish it, we don’t compute it.
Democrats in Shelby County
83,188 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
83,188
You are one of them. Together you rank #1 of 95 counties by Democratic votes cast.
Precincts in this county2
142
About 4,076 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
#73 of 92
You voted. 455,410 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 Shelby in registered voters. Shading is Democratic vote share; Shelby is outlined in gold.
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 Shelby 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
Shelby County
141 / 142 precincts reporting
Registered
578,784
Ballots
123,374
Turnout
21.3%
Dem. share
67.4%
Rep. share
32.6%
Reporting
141 / 142
Turnout here was 21.3%. 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 Shelby 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 Shelby 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 Shelby 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 Shelby County, not a forecast.
- Estimated additional ballots
- 22,540
- Estimated Democratic votes added
- 16,003
- Estimated Republican votes added
- 6,536
- Estimated net Democratic gain
- 9,467
For comparison: 123,374 people voted in the last primary here — 21.3% of everyone registered, and 67.4% 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 28,400 votes across the state — enough to matter in the legislature. If it spread further, closer to 75,733.
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.
- Shelby County9,467 net votesJust here, just this once
- Counties like yours28,400 net votesIf places your size did the same thing
- Across Tennessee75,733 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
Shelby County votes in TN-05, TN-08 and TN-09. Candidates there have raised $12.29M, and outside groups have spent another $75K for and against them.
TN-05
Open district pageRaised by candidates
$3.98M
Outside money
$56K
Democratic
$2.64M
Republican
$1.33M
Outside spending
$65 was spent helping Democrats and $55,443 helping Republicans. This is independent expenditure — money spent without coordinating with any campaign.
Candidates by money raised
TN-08
Open district pageRaised by candidates
$2.46M
Outside money
None
Democratic
$209K
Republican
$2.25M
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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Read this before you give
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Who is buying ads that reach Shelby
6 groups have bought air time on stations heard here
5 of 6 say who runs them.
1 group does not.
Wider than the county: in TN-05 it is 17 of 35, in TN-08 it is 11 of 21, and in TN-09 it is 18 of 37. A district covers every county it touches, so those numbers reach past Shelby — and they are counts, never totals to add together.
These are groups on stations whose signal reaches Shelby — 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 |
|---|---|---|
| AB PAC | Mackler, Jessica, Mollineau, Rodell, Trimpa, Ted | WATN-TV, WMC-TV, WREG-TV |
| Conservatives for American Excellence INC. | Chrissie Hastie | WATN-TV |
| Freedom Caucus Fund | Megan Brown | WHBQ-TV |
| Invest in Tomorrow Coalition PAC | Brendan Bell, Tom Matzzie | WGKX, WHBQ-TV, WMC-TV |
| Tennessee Freedom Fund | David McIntosh | WMC-TV |
| Black Voters Matter Fund | Nobody named | WHRK |
Organizing calendar
Upcoming events in Shelby County5
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Election reporting
How Shelby publishes its results
Collected automatically
Published through Enhanced Voting, which offers a public data feed.
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
Linda Phillips
Administrator of Elections, Shelby County Election Commission · 8:00 - 4:30 M - F
9012221200 · voteinfo@shelbycountytn.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
Shelby’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.