TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Mar 24, 2026

Two Democratic candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives — Elizabeth Stephens of Nashville, who is running in the 5th Congressional District, and Jacob Anders of Tullahoma, who is running in the 4th Congressional District — are suing the Tennessee Democratic Party after being disqualified from their primaries. The two candidates argue that the party’s appeal hearing procedures were unfair and failed to provide due process. They are seeking a temporary restraining order to ensure their names appear on the August ballot. The Nashville Banner reports on the development.