Result
Sen. Ed Jackson (R-Jackson) won a fourth term in the Tennessee Senate on Nov. 3 with no one running against him, drawing 35,953 votes across the seven West Tennessee counties of District 25, according to unofficial results from Tennessee Firefly. No Democrat filed for the seat, and Jackson was also unopposed in the Aug. 6 Republican primary.
Tennessee senators begin their terms on Election Day, so his new four-year term is already underway and runs until 2030. County election commissions have until Monday, Nov. 23, to certify the results. His last contested race came in 2022, when he beat independent Ronnie Henley with 79% of the vote.
Candidates and Platforms
Jackson, a business owner who served in the Tennessee National Guard, was first elected to the Senate in 2014. Running again this year, he campaigned on low taxes, pay-as-you-go spending and balanced budgets, The Jackson Post reported.
His work in the 2026 session included sponsoring a law that extends the Tennessee Public Charter School Commission through June 2030, according to his legislative record. He also sponsored a law ending the state’s Council for Career and Technical Education.
District and Chamber
District 25 stretches from the Mississippi River east across Lake, Dyer, Crockett, Madison, Henderson, Decatur and Perry counties, taking in the city of Jackson. Jackson represented District 27 until the Senate map was redrawn in 2022.
Neither party gained a Senate seat this year, so Republicans keep their 27 to 6 supermajority in the chamber. Democrats did better in the state House, flipping six seats, States Newsroom reported.
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