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Tharon Chandler

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Race
U.S. Senate · Tennessee
Result
Bill Hagerty, projected winner
Opponents
Bill Hagerty (R); Marquita Bradshaw (D); Andrew Gerena (IND); Robert Jones (IND); James Macon III (IND); David Sutman Jr. (IND); Jeremy Hearn (IND); Yoshi Matthews (IND); Catherine Whitson (IND)
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Tharon Chandler, an independent and Army veteran from Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, lost the November 3, 2026 election for U.S. Senate in Tennessee to Bill Hagerty. He also ran as an independent in the 2024 Senate race, and Ballotpedia lists his career experience as including work as a journalist, economist, Christian missionary and conservationist.[1][2][3]

On the ballotU.S. Senate

2026-11-03

Bill Hagerty Rincumbent
Marquita Bradshaw Dchallenger
Andrew Gerena INDchallenger
Robert Jones INDchallenger
James Macon III INDchallenger
David Sutman Jr. INDchallenger
Tharon Chandler INDchallenger
Jeremy Hearn INDchallenger
Yoshi Matthews INDchallenger
Catherine Whitson INDchallenger

Biography

Tharon Chandler, an independent and Army veteran from Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, lost the November 3, 2026 election for U.S. Senate in Tennessee to Bill Hagerty. He also ran as an independent in the 2024 Senate race, and Ballotpedia lists his career experience as including work as a journalist, economist, Christian missionary and conservationist.[1][2][3]

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Chandler was born William Tharon Chandler in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, and graduated from Lawrence County High School.[2] He served in the U.S. Army in 1991 and earned a bachelor's degree from Memphis State University in 1994. He also completed graduate-level coursework and studied education at the University of Tennessee at Martin, the University of North Alabama and Middle Tennessee State University.[2]

Ballotpedia lists his affiliations as including Gulf War Veterans Against the War, Wounded Warriors, the Fraternal Order of Police and the YMCA.[2] Chandler ran as an independent in the 2024 U.S. Senate election in Tennessee, receiving 0.9% (28,444 votes) in the general election won by Marsha Blackburn.[1][2] He received 0.4% of the vote to Bill Hagerty's 55.1%, according to unofficial results reported by NBC News.[3]

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Sources cited in this profile

  1. 1.United States Senate election in Tennessee, 2026 · Ballotpedia · 2026-09-25 Reference
  2. 2.Tharon Chandler · Ballotpedia Reference
  3. 3.U.S. Senate · Tennessee results 2026 · NBC News News report