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Polls have closed in Tennessee’s primary election

Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter / Alice Leiws, center, casts her ballot at Red Bank Cumberland Presbyterian Church on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, in Red Bank, Tenn.
Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter / Alice Leiws, center, casts her ballot at Red Bank Cumberland Presbyterian Church on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, in Red Bank, Tenn. Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter / Alice Leiws, center, casts her ballot at Red Bank Cumberland Presbyterian Church on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, in Red Bank, Tenn.

By JONATHAN MATISSE / The Associated Press 3 min read

UPDATE: Polls have closed in Tennessee’s primary election.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Election Day in pandemic times has arrived in Tennessee, where voters on Thursday were deciding a heated Republican U.S. Senate primary and other federal and state contests.

Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Bill Hagerty and trauma surgeon Manny Sethi are competing to become the GOP nominee in the race to replace retiring Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander. On the Democratic side, party leaders facing a tough climb for the seat long held by Republicans have endorsed former Army helicopter pilot and military prosecutor James Mackler over a handful of other candidates.

Polls opened at different times, with details available on the secretary of state’s website, sos.tn.gov. They closed statewide at 7 p.m. Central, 8 p.m. Eastern.