2026 forecast · Tennessee 3rd

Chuck Fleischmann is all but certain to win Tennessee's 3rd District.

Anna Golladay vs Chuck Fleischmann. The model has Fleischmann ahead by 20.4 points, winning 100 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Safe RModel R +20.4Updated October 22, 2026
Anna Golladay
Democrat
38.7%
99,919 projected votes
Chuck Fleischmann
Republican
59.1%
152,768 projected votes
100%Fleischmann
0%Golladay
Fleischmann all but certainEach square is one simulated election night, Fleischmann wins about 100 of 100
RatingSafe R100% chance for Fleischmann
Model marginR +20.4No polls in the race
80 percent rangeR +11.4 to R +29.22,000 simulations
Projected votes258,479Fleischmann 59.1%

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

Anna GolladayDemocrat · 0% to win
38.7%
Chuck FleischmannRepublican · 100% to win
59.1%

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

258,479 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Chuck Fleischmann R152,76859.1%
Anna Golladay D99,91938.7%
Dean Arnold I5,7922.2%
Total258,479100%

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%0% Golladay100% Fleischmann15 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 averageNo polls

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
Fleischmann +20.4
Chance of winning
Anna Golladay0%
Chuck Fleischmann100%
Simulated vote
Anna Golladay38.7%
Chuck Fleischmann59.1%
Dean Arnold2.2%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanD +36.0
FundamentalsR +20.9
With pollsR +20.7
Early vote turnoutD +0.3
With early voteR +20.4

Read from 0 ballots cast so far in Tennessee, against the party mix the forecast expected of them, with similar states and primary turnout. Early vote tracker

How we got here

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

D +43R +43Partisan leanthe state's baselineD +36.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesR +20.9With pollsno pollsR +20.7With early voteturnout so farR +20.4
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.