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Marquita Bradshaw

U.S. Senate, Tennessee

  • 2026
  • Tennessee
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U.S. Senate, Tennessee

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    In the news

    1. Johnson City Press

      U.S. Senate candidate Marquita Bradshaw

      In a candidate survey, Bradshaw says Tennessee's working families deserve a senator who will fight for health care and clean air.

    2. WPLN News

      GOP Sen. Bill Hagerty faces Memphis Democrat Marquita Bradshaw in rematch

      Bradshaw, a Memphis environmental activist, faces Sen. Bill Hagerty in a rematch of their 2020 race.

    3. Knoxville News Sentinel

      U.S. Senate voter's guide for TN: Meet candidates Bradshaw and Hagerty

      Voter guide: Bradshaw on affordability, clean energy, housing, wages and rural health access.

    Checked Oct 18, 2026

    Candidate briefing

    Marquita Bradshaw is the 2026 Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Tennessee. A Memphis environmental organizer, she won the August 6 primary with about 55 percent of the vote over Maria Brewer and three other candidates. Memphis-Midsouth DSA has endorsed her campaign.

    Bradshaw was the Democratic Senate nominee in 2020. Wikipedia records her work with the Sierra Club and as a labor and environmental organizer in Memphis.

    Why Political Revolution supports her: she is the progressive Senate nominee in Tennessee after winning a multi-candidate primary.

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