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Marquita Bradshaw

Candidate for U.S. Senate from Tennessee (2026)

Marquita Bradshaw is a Memphis environmental activist who was the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate from Tennessee in 2020. She is the Democratic nominee again in 2026 after winning the August 6, 2026 primary, and faces Republican incumbent Bill Hagerty on November 3.

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Biography

Marquita Bradshaw is an environmentalist and activist from Memphis, Tennessee. In August 2020 she won the Democratic primary for Tennessee's open U.S. Senate seat, defeating Nashville attorney James Mackler, and lost the November 2020 general election to Republican Bill Hagerty. In 2026 she ran again for the same seat. In the August 2026 Democratic primary she received 186,154 votes, or 54.8 percent, ahead of Maria Brewer (18.0 percent), Kevin Lee McCants (10.1 percent), Civil Miller-Watkins (8.7 percent) and Diana Onyejiaka (8.5 percent), according to complete but unofficial results from the Tennessee Secretary of State. She faces Senator Bill Hagerty, the Republican incumbent, in the November 3, 2026 general election, a rematch of 2020.

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Candidate · Tennessee · Democrat

Marquita Bradshaw

Candidate for U.S. Senate from Tennessee (2026)

Background

Biography

Voting record

This office does not cast congressional roll-call votes.

Candidate for U.S. Senate from Tennessee (2026) is an executive office. The Baseline will not manufacture a congressional voting score for it; sourced checks, statements, and coverage appear below.

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Biography

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Biography

This office does not cast congressional roll-call votes.

Published claim checks

Also from Tennessee