The primary election will include races for the governor’s office, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, odd-numbered districts in the Tennessee Senate, the Tennessee House, and the Republican and Democratic State Executive Committee.

The Justice Department has access to TN's voter rolls, including the last four digits of social security numbers, as part of an unprecedented probe.

Tennessee state Rep. Aftyn Behn, D-Nashville, will not challenge her former rival freshman U.S. Rep. Matt Van Epps this year after falling short during a special congressional election in Tennessee's 7th District in December. Behn made the announcement in a post on social media on Jan. 12.

Next door in Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District, Democrats’ D.C. machine has sized up scandal-ridden incumbent U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles for an upset, helping get Columbia Mayor Chaz Molder off to a handsome start. Ogles has struggled to raise money and carries a short record in office pocked by ethics and campaign finance blunders.

Today, U.S. Congressman John Rose (TN-6, R) notched a milestone in his bid to become the next Governor of Tennessee.

Domonica Bryan, a former Democratic candidate for State Senate, is the new Knox County Democratic Party chair. County Democrats elected Bryan, a 40-year-old Tennessee Department of Children Services investigator, to replace former chair Stuart Hohl, who stepped down to focus on his career.

MSCS is suing to stop an unprecedented mega-election that will put all nine board seats on the May ballot. The race comes with big implications for a state takeover, and a new superintendent is on the horizon.