Former Tennessee agriculture commissioner Charlie Hatcher knocks Andy Ogles out of 5th District race

By: Cassandra Stephenson

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: August 7, 2026

Words: 606

Last Updated: 1 week, 4 days ago

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Former Tennessee Agriculture Commissioner and farmer Charlie Hatcher unseated Trump-endorsed U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles Thursday, a shocking upset in the state’s 5th District Republican primary.

Hatcher had secured 53.2% of the vote to Ogles’ 46.8% when the Associated Press called the race at 9:10 p.m., knocking the two-term congressman out of the race to represent the newly redrawn district that stretches from wealthy Williamson County suburbs to rural West Tennessee farmland through low-income neighborhoods in …

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