Nashville-area GOP House race and Senate primaries top Tennessee’s primary ballot

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A first-term Tennessee congressman backed by former President Donald Trump will face a Republican challenger who calls the lawmaker ineffective, a contest that is among the top races in the state’s August primary election.

The primary will also cement who will be the Democratic contender in the fall matchup for the seat that Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn is running to keep.

The U.S. Senate contest will top the ballot, with contested Republican and Democratic races. And a full slate of legislative contests is on tap, with all 99 House and about half the 33 Senate seats up for grabs, including a handful of prominent fights for sitting Republican lawmakers and in open GOP seats.

U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles, who represents one of three Republican districts that carve through Democratic-leaning Nashville, will face off against Nashville Metro Councilmember Courtney Johnston in the Republican primary next week.

A look at what is at stake on Aug. 1:

Ogles’ House seat

Two years ago, Ogles didn’t nab Trump’s endorsement until after he won a crowded primary for an open seat made possible by Republican redistricting of largely Democratic Nashville.

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