U.S. Senate · Tennessee
Andrew Gerena
CandidateIND
- Race
- U.S. Senate · Tennessee
- Result
- Bill Hagerty, projected winner
- Opponents
- Bill Hagerty (R); Marquita Bradshaw (D); Robert Jones (IND); James Macon III (IND); David Sutman Jr. (IND); Tharon Chandler (IND); Jeremy Hearn (IND); Yoshi Matthews (IND); Catherine Whitson (IND)
- Research
- Basic
Party linenone
No recorded floor votes — not a current legislator in our records.
Said vs. did1 statement · 0 votes
Repealing Tennessee's Restrictions against enacting ANY reasonable rent price controls.
Stronger rent regulation and tenant protections
Compare statements with votes ›On the ballotU.S. Senate
2026-11-03
| Bill Hagerty R | incumbent |
| Marquita Bradshaw D | challenger |
| Andrew Gerena IND | challenger |
| Robert Jones IND | challenger |
| James Macon III IND | challenger |
| David Sutman Jr. IND | challenger |
| Tharon Chandler IND | challenger |
| Jeremy Hearn IND | challenger |
| Yoshi Matthews IND | challenger |
| Catherine Whitson IND | challenger |
Said vs. did
Each documented position next to the recorded floor votes we map to the same issue. Votes are compared one at a time; no overall stance is inferred from them.
Repealing Tennessee's Restrictions against enacting ANY reasonable rent price controls.
Calls for repealing Tennessee's state-level restrictions on local rent price controls.[4]
No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.
Biography
Andrew Gerena, an independent, lost the November 3, 2026 election for U.S. Senate in Tennessee to Bill Hagerty. He describes himself as a working-class American with experience in military service, security, commercial trucking, information technology, food service and scientific research.[1][2][3]
Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.
Gerena says his life and employment experience ranges from military service to security, commercial trucking, information technology, food service and scientific research.[1] He earned an associate degree from Bryant & Stratton College in 2014, and Ballotpedia lists his career experience as a technician.[2] He describes himself as a hiker, runner, motorcyclist and do-it-yourselfer, and said during the campaign that he ran with no political connections or financial support.[1] He received 0.3% of the vote to Bill Hagerty's 55.1%, according to unofficial results reported by NBC News.[3]
In their own words
Priorities
- Lists a series of specific policy positions including repealing Tennessee restrictions on rent price controls, right-to-repair protections for farmers, pro-nuclear energy, repealing the Patriot Act, and no more taxpayer money for regime change wars.[4]
Statements, quoted without a stance
- Expand public health coverage
“Fix the corrupt, profit based healthcare system”[5]
On his campaign website's issues page
Campaign moneyNo FEC filing summary matched — state candidates file with their state, not the FEC.
Profile: /people/andrew-gerena
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Sources cited in this profile
- 1.United States Senate election in Tennessee, 2026 · Ballotpedia Candidate's own words
- 2.Andrew Gerena · Ballotpedia Reference
- 3.U.S. Senate · Tennessee results 2026 · NBC News News report
- 4.Andrew Gerena's Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey responses · Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey Candidate's own words
- 5.On the Issues · Andrew Gerena for U.S. Senate Candidate's own words