Bill Hagerty

§1On the ballot

Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.

§2Who they are

Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.

✎ Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Bill Hagerty is originally from Sumner County, Tennessee, and lives in Davidson County.⁴ He began his business career with the Boston Consulting Group, including three years based in Tokyo, and later worked as a venture capital and private equity investor.⁴ From 2011 to 2014 he served in the governor's cabinet as commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development.⁴ He was U.S. ambassador to Japan before being elected to the U.S. Senate in 2020.⁴ His Senate committee assignments include Banking, Foreign Relations, Appropriations, and Rules and Administration.⁴

Why they say they're running

His campaign website says he is seeking re-election to keep delivering conservative results for Tennessee, and describes him as a top ally of President Trump in the Senate.⁵

Service in Congress since 2023

• 2021–nowU.S. Senator, TN³

Websites and accounts

• Official websitehagerty.senate.gov³
• X (Twitter)x.com/SenatorHagerty⁶
• Facebookfacebook.com/SenatorBillHagerty⁶
• YouTubeyoutube.com/UCqLlLx05ScUwxVHvevyaDFg⁶
• Instagraminstagram.com/senatorhagerty⁶
• Campaign websiteteamhagerty.com^5,7
• Facebookfacebook.com/BillHagertyTN⁵
• X (Twitter)x.com/billhagertytn⁵
• Instagraminstagram.com/billhagertyTN⁵
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCoFmbd_zEYeZQbn6Qag0b-A⁵

§3What they've said on the issues

Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.

✎ Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.

§4Popular bills that never got a vote

Why this matters: Many bills with wide support from both parties never reach a vote, so no member of Congress is ever on record for or against them. Signing on as a sponsor or cosponsor is the only public record of support.

While Bill Hagerty served, these bills had broad support from both parties but never reached a floor vote. No officeholder ever had to vote on them. Bill Hagerty sponsored or cosponsored 6 of the 50. How bills die without a vote.

§5Money

Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left. Outside groups that spend on their own, without coordinating with the campaign, report that too.

Reported to the Federal Election Commission for the 2025–2026 election cycle, through October 14, 2026.⁵⁹

Where the money came from

Outside spending

Groups spending independently reported $1,038,596 supporting and $0 opposing Bill Hagerty this cycle, primary and general combined, in the 24- and 48-hour reports the law requires for larger expenditures, filed through October 21, 2026.⁶⁰

Smaller expenditures that appear only on a group's regular monthly or quarterly report aren't in these totals, so the full amounts can be somewhat higher. When a group amends a report, only its latest version is counted.

§6Financial disclosures

Why this matters: Federal candidates and members of Congress must report their assets, income, debts and outside jobs, and members must report stock trades. These filings show possible conflicts of interest.

Senate candidates and senators file with the Senate's own disclosure system, which asks each visitor to agree to its terms before searching, so we can't link straight to a filing. You can search for Bill Hagerty at efdsearch.senate.gov⁶¹.