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Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-13-202 (2026)

Offices for which candidates are chosen in primary elections

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Statewide political parties shall nominate their candidates for the following offices by vote of the members of the party in primary elections at the regular August election:

Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; T.C.A., § 2-1314; 1995, ch. 305, § 60; 2012, ch. 955, § 5.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1981–2014 · leading case: Green Party of Tennessee v. Hargett, 882 F. Supp. 2d 959 (M.D. Tenn. 2012).
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Green Party of Tennessee v. Hargett, 882 F. Supp. 2d 959 (M.D. Tenn. 2012). · cites it 16× “As to Defendants’ contention that Plaintiffs cannot relitigate the requirements of Tenn.Code Ann. § 2-13-202 requiring a “Statewide political party” to run candidates for Governor, Congress and the General Assembly in a primary, Goins addressed the issue of the number of offices…”
Green Party v. Hargett, 953 F. Supp. 2d 816 (M.D. Tenn. 2013). · cites it 7× “§ 2-5-101(a)(l) setting a 119 day deadline for minor political parties’ petitions for ballot access for its candidates, approximately four months prior to the primary, is unconstitutional as a matter of law; (4) that Tenn.Code Ann. § 2-13-202, requiring minority political…”
State Ex Rel. Inman v. Brock, 622 S.W.2d 36 (Tenn. 1981). · cites it 4× “— (a) No person's name may be shown on a ballot as the nominee of a political party for the office named in § 2-13-202 or for any office voted on by the voters of more than one county unless the political party: (1) Is a statewide political party; and (2) Has nominated him…”
Libertarian Party of Tennessee v. Goins, 793 F. Supp. 2d 1064 (M.D. Tenn. 2010). · cites it 4× “As to the requirements of Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-13-202 that a statewide political party must submit candidates Governor, Members of the General Assembly, United States Senator and Members of the United States House of Representatives, the Court concludes that Plaintiffs have not…”
City of Memphis v. Shelby Cnty. Election Comm'n, 146 S.W.3d 531 (Tenn. 2004). “§ 2-5-207(e) (providing that the election commission "shall prepare a sample ballot of all candidates listed in § 2-13-202 and shall mail this sample ballot to the coordinator of elections for approval”).”
Crowe v. Ferguson, 814 S.W.2d 721 (Tenn. 1991). “by a political party, may be permitted to submit and have accepted by any election commission, more than one qualifying petition, or otherwise qualify and be nominated, or have his name anywhere appear on any ballot for any election or primary, wherein such candidate is…”
Green Party of Tennessee v. Hargett, 7 F. Supp. 3d 772 (M.D. Tenn. 2014). · cites it 2× “§ 2-5-102(a), violated Plaintiffs’ and the signatory’s First Amendment rights of association and privacy of the signatory’s political beliefs by impermissibly compelling the signatory to assert support for the a minor political party’s nominee’s petition and that the signatory…”
Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-13-202(1): 1 case
Crowe v. Ferguson, 814 S.W.2d 721 (Tenn. 1991). “by a political party, may be permitted to submit and have accepted by any election commission, more than one qualifying petition, or otherwise qualify and be nominated, or have his name anywhere appear on any ballot for any election or primary, wherein such candidate is…”
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