Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-13-104 (2026)
Party membership requirements for candidates
✓ current as of May 2026
All candidates for state executive committee membership and for membership in the general assembly shall be bona fide members of the political party whose election they seek. Except as provided in § 2-13-115, a party may require by rule that candidates for its nominations be bona fide members of the party.
Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 992,s 1, eff. 5/21/2018.
Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; 1973, ch. 106, § 3; T.C.A., § 2-1305.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2018–2026 · leading case: Randall L. Rice v. The Tennessee Democratic Exec. Comm. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2026).
Randall L. Rice v. The Tennessee Democratic Exec. Comm. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2026). “See Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-13-104 (“All candidates for state executive committee membership .”
M. Latroy Alexandria-Williams v. Mark Goins (Tenn. Ct. App. 2018). “Tennessee Code Annotated section 2-5-204 provides that a candidate’s name shall not be placed on the ballot when, among other things, “the executive committee with which a primary candidate filed the original petition determinates that the candidate is not qualified under §…”
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