Tennessee Senate District 7
State Senate District 7; Tennessee
My vote power
High
Election date
November 3, 2026 · General election
The Tennessee Senate District 7 general election in State Senate District 7; Tennessee is on November 3, 2026. 2 candidates are running: Bryan Langan (Democratic) and Richard M. Briggs (Republican). Richard M. Briggs is the incumbent. One vote here carries high weight compared with other races.
How do we calculate my vote power?
What determines the vote power rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus whether more candidates are running than there are seats.
Representation: High · 66 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 209,832 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(7,066,383 ÷ 209,832) ÷ ln(50,000) = 66.25, measured against a statewide vote in TN (grades: 66+ high, 55+ above average, 33+ average, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
High representation → My vote power: High.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information and capped at "High".
What does this office do?
- Voting on how much you pay in state taxes
- Voting on how much money your local public schools get
- Voting on which roads and highways get built or repaired
Affects: AI Regulation, Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health,
Who is running?
Democratic
Bryan Langan is a University of Tennessee graduate from Karns who has worked for nearly three decades in the service industry, management and the skilled trades. His stated priorities are campaign finance reform, term limits for state lawmakers and protecting Tennessee's rivers and land.
Republican · Incumbent
Richard M. Briggs is a Knoxville heart and lung surgeon and retired Army colonel who was elected to the Tennessee Senate in 2014 and chairs its State and Local Government Committee. He previously served on the Knox County Commission and was a combat trauma surgeon in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Records: Anti-Corruption 6 for, Civil Rights 2 for, 2 against, Immigration 4 against,
Sources: sos.tn.gov · sos-prod.tnsosgovfiles.com
Last updated September 24, 2026.