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2026 forecast · Tennessee 9th

Justin Pearson and Brent Taylor are in a toss up for Tennessee's 9th District.

Justin Pearson vs Brent Taylor, an open seat. The model has Pearson ahead by 0.3 points, winning 51 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Toss upModel D +0.3Polls R +0.0Updated October 28, 2026
Justin Pearson
Democrat
49.0%
126,268 projected votes
Brent Taylor
Republican
48.8%
125,630 projected votes
51%Pearson
49%Taylor
Pearson slightly favoredEach square is one simulated election night, Pearson wins about 51 of 100
RatingToss up51% chance for Pearson
Model marginD +0.3Polls R +0.0
80 percent rangeD +8.8 to R +8.32,000 simulations
Projected votes257,636Pearson 49.0%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

Tennessee districts

9 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

Each candidate's projected share and the range of 80 percent of simulations

Justin PearsonDemocrat · 51% to win
49.0%
Brent TaylorRepublican · 49% to win
48.8%

Scale runs from 25 to 75 percent. The dot is the forecast, the band is the 80 percent range and the brighter tick marks 50 percent.

Projected district vote

257,636 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Justin Pearson D126,26849.0%
Brent Taylor R125,63048.8%
Dennis Clark I5,7382.2%
Total257,636100%

Each candidate's expected vote in the On Point simulation, at the forecast's projected turnout.

The trend

Each side's chance of winning over the forecast's recent updates

0%25%50%75%100%51% Pearson49% Taylor18 updates agoToday

Polling

Every poll in the average, and how the model reads it

The Tennessee governor polling average
25%30%35%40%45%50%55%MayJunJulAugSepOct32.6Green43.8Blackburn
The line is the On Point average: a robust LOWESS fit through the polls, weighted by recency, sample, voter screen and pollster grade, refit three times so outliers count for lessDot size is each poll's weight todayHover or use the arrow keys to read any day
What moves the average today
Spry StrategiesOct 16 · 635 LV · C+83%Blackburn +11.5
TargetSmart (D)Sep 12 · 600 LV · NR14%Blackburn +9.0
Targoz Market ResearchAug 26 · 1,149 RV · C+2.7%Blackburn +13.0

This is the same On Point polling average as the full average page. The forecast reads the polls through its own Election Day projection, shown as the On Point average in the table below, and blends it with partisan lean and fundamentals.

Polls of the race

Full average
PollsterSampleAgeMargin
On Point averageWeighted averageR +0.0

Each margin is the poll as the pollster published it. The forecast counts every poll after its house effect and the undecided split, which is what the trail above shows; hover a margin for the counted value. Lean R and Lean D mark partisan leaning firms.

Model margin
Pearson +0.3
Chance of winning
Justin Pearson51%
Brent Taylor49%
Simulated vote
Justin Pearson49.0%
Brent Taylor48.8%
Dennis Clark2.2%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanD +21.0
FundamentalsD +6.3
With pollsD +0.3

How we got here

From the state's partisan lean to the forecast, one stage at a time

D +25R +25Partisan leanthe state's baselineD +21.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesD +6.3With pollsaverage R +0.0D +0.3
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Methodology
Every county is rebuilt by simulating voters going to the polls, 2,000 times, from On Point Polling survey data, past results, and the polling average. How the model works.