Here are the counties holding primaries for school board
Under a new law passed last month, county parties can decide whether to hold primaries for school board elections rather than going with nonpartisan contests. According to Secretary of State Tre Hargett’s office, Republican primaries will be held 56 counties along with Democratic ones in 32.
Here is the full list:
| Republican primaries | Democratic Primaries |
| Anderson | Blount |
| Bedford | Bradley |
| Benton | Carroll |
| Blount | Carter |
| Bradley | Coffee |
| Cannon | Davidson |
| Carroll | DeKalb |
| Carter | Fayette |
| Cheatham | Hamblen |
| Chester | Hamilton |
| Coffee | Hardeman |
| Crockett | Hawkins |
| Cumberland | Jefferson |
| Davidson | Knox |
| Decatur | Loudon |
| DeKalb | Madison |
| Fayette | Marion |
| Franklin | McMinn |
| Grainger | Monroe |
| Greene | Montgomery |
| Hamblen | Obion |
| Hamilton | Polk |
| Hardeman | Robertson |
| Hardin | Sevier |
| Hawkins | Smith |
| Henderson | Sullivan |
| Humphreys | Sumner |
| Jefferson | Washington |
| Knox | Weakley |
| Lawrence | White |
| Loudon | Williamson |
| Macon | Wilson |
| Madison | |
| Marion | |
| McMinn | |
| Meigs | |
| Monroe | |
| Montgomery | |
| Obion | |
| Overton | |
| Polk | |
| Putnam | |
| Rhea | |
| Robertson | |
| Rutherford | |
| Sevier | |
| Smith | |
| Sullivan | |
| Sumner | |
| Tipton | |
| Van Buren | |
| Washington | |
| Weakley | |
| White | |
| Williamson | |
| Wilson |
