Mike Croley, a Democrat, is his party's nominee for the open seat in Tennessee's 6th congressional district in 2026, facing Republican state representative Johnny Garrett in the November general election.
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2026 race
Mike Croley is the Democratic nominee in the 2026 election for Tennessee's 6th congressional district, which covers the eastern portions and suburbs of Nashville and extends across northern Middle Tennessee to the Cumberland Plateau.
The seat is open because the Republican incumbent, John Rose, who was re-elected with 68.0% of the vote in 2024, is retiring to run for governor.
Croley won a five-candidate Democratic primary with 11,604 votes (28.9%), finishing ahead of Chaney Mosley, an agriculture professor at Middle Tennessee State University, who received 24.0%, and Lore Bergman, with 23.0%.
In the general election on November 3, 2026, he faces Republican Johnny Garrett, a state representative from the 45th district.