Ogles Faces Tight Primary Test in Redrawn Tennessee District

Rep. Andy Ogles is defending his seat in Tennessee's newly redrawn 5th District against former Agriculture Commissioner Charlie Hatcher, in a race intensified by a $2 million anti-Ogles ad buy and outsized outside spending. Ogles trails in fundraising and faces a district that shifted Republican, even as Trump endorses him; Hatcher outraises but has yet to flood airwaves. Controversies and an FBI campaign-finance inquiry complicate Ogles’s image as the primary vote approaches, making the outcome a test of the power of redistricting and outside money in a Trump-aligned incumbent’s bid.