Tharon Chandler

Tharon Chandler is an independent candidate for U.S. Senate in Tennessee who also ran as an independent in the 2024 Senate race. A native of Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, and an Army veteran, Ballotpedia lists his career experience as including work as a journalist, economist, Christian missionary and conservationist.[1][2]

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]

Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21.