Noon on Friday, May 15, is Tennessee’s special qualifying deadline for U.S. House candidates after lawmakers redrew congressional districts and Gov. Bill Lee signed the map last week.
The new filing window applies to races under boundaries approved May 7, with new candidates required to submit original petitions in Nashville with at least 25 signatures from registered voters in a county within the district.
Previously qualified candidates may stay in the race if their district number is unchanged, while those seeking to switch districts or withdraw must file a notarized written statement with the State Division of Elections.
The revised map sharply reshapes parts of Middle Tennessee — including southeast Nashville, which is moving to a third different congressman in a decade — and could help Republicans win all of the state’s House seats.
State officials also approved funding to notify voters of any polling-place changes, though they said most voters are not expected to see their voting locations change.
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