# Todd Gardenhire

Todd Gardenhire is a Republican member of the Tennessee Senate for district 10.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Tennessee Senate, district 10
- Serving since: 2012-11-06
- Current term: TN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d5d2e89a-5467-4f69-a77d-70caaa351086

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d5d2e89a-5467-4f69-a77d-70caaa351086 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Gardenhire voted against the majority of Tennessee Senate Republicans 41 times; party unity 93.6%, in the bottom quarter of the Tennessee Senate (average 95.3%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.18 (standard error 0.02), from 193 donors and 1,092 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 24% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (TN 2025–26 session)

4,200 roll calls. Attendance 99.9% (Tennessee Senate 99.6%). Party unity 93.6% (95.3%). 41 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/23/2026 Passed · HJR 1530 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Jordyn Brown, Salutatorian, Gordonsville High School - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HJR1530/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/23/2026 Passed · SJR 1267 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Liya Rakeshbhai Patel, Valedictorian, Cumberland County High School - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1267/
- 2026-04-23 · voted nay · FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/23/2026 Failed · HB 2585 Damages - As introduced, states that the amount of damages awarded as noneconomic damages must not exceed $1 million in a health care liability action… · fail · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HB2585/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/23/2026 Passed · HJR 1578 Memorials, Interns - Indian Clay - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HJR1578/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/23/2026 Passed · SJR 1268 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Nicolo Azzani, Salutatorian, Cumberland County High School - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1268/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/23/2026 Passed · HJR 1539 Memorials, Retirement - Dickson County Mayor Robert "Bob" Rial - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HJR1539/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/23/2026 Passed · SJR 1247 Memorials, Sports - Reese McCann - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1247/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/23/2026 Passed · HJR 1564 Memorials, Retirement - Jackie Wilkerson - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HJR1564/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/23/2026 Passed · SJR 1250 Memorials, Recognition - Tom Midyett - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1250/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/23/2026 Passed · HJR 1658 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kadence Saige Phillips, Salutatorian, Monterey High School - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HJR1658/

## Legislation (TN 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 85 bills: 84 reached committee, 41 passed one chamber, 24 passed both, 22 became law. Cosponsored 0. 70.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Tennessee Senate 70.0%; rank 20 of 33).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 400: Memorials, Recognition - Kori Atkins, 2026 Boys & Girls Club of Chattanooga Youth of the Year - (passed one chamber, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SR400/
- SR 365: Memorials, Recognition - Old Church Building, 100th anniversary - (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SR365/
- SJR 952: Memorials, Interns - Alitrise Renate Soderstrom Theodoriches - (became law, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR952/
- SJR 891: Memorials, Recognition - 251st anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord - (became law, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR891/
- SJR 706: Memorials, Recognition - Junior Lee Hankins - (became law, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR706/
- SR 294: Memorials, Retirement - Robert Gardenhire - (passed one chamber, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SR294/
- SB 2329: Judges and Chancellors - As introduced, increases base salaries for trial and appellate level judges and supreme court justices effective September 1, 2030;… (in committee, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SB2329/
- SB 2325: Public Defenders - As introduced, changes from 10 days to 10 business days the number of days' written notice the president of the district public defenders… (in committee, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SB2325/
- SB 2542: South Pittsburg - Subject to local approval, removes the requirement that the city administrator reside within the municipal limits to instead require… (passed one chamber, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SB2542/
- SB 2333: Judicial Districts - As introduced, deletes the requirement that, beginning in 2028, the funding for each judicial district that has a disproportionately high… (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SB2333/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $66.7K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/legislatorinfo/member.aspx?district=S10
- Campaign site: https://www.votegardenhire.com/
- X: https://x.com/VoteGardenhire
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VoteGardenhire/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/votegardenhire/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNzJGmEwOaByjsA0z5qy-4Q

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d5d2e89a-5467-4f69-a77d-70caaa351086