Victoria Broderick

Victoria Broderick was born in Tampa, Florida; her campaign website says she grew up across the South, from Atlanta to Dallas, before settling in Lincoln County, Tennessee.[3][2] She graduated from Lincoln County High School and earned a bachelor's degree from Austin Peay State University in 2015.[3] She works in the technology industry; Ballotpedia lists her career experience as a technology professional and sourcing coordinator, and she says she works full-time in tech while campaigning.[3][1] The Tennessee Lookout's voter guide describes her as having worked in logistics and the technology industry.[5]

Broderick says she began her political involvement in 2021 and became her local county Democratic Party chair after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade during her maternity leave; Ballotpedia lists affiliations with the Lincoln County Democrats and the Tennessee Democratic Party Executive Committee.[1][2][3] She was the Democratic nominee against Rep. Scott DesJarlais in the November 5, 2024 general election, which DesJarlais won; her campaign website says she built that campaign in five months while working full time after learning DesJarlais would otherwise run unopposed.[3][2] On August 6, 2026, she won the Democratic primary for the 4th District, defeating Mike Cortese, Joyce Neal, Tim Lanier and Cliff Huffman.[3]

Broderick describes herself as a mother of two young boys who fosters animals with her local humane society, and Ballotpedia lists an affiliation with the Lincoln County Humane Society.[1][3]