About this episode

This episode covers the start of local primaries in Tennessee and features local news and a segment from Curious Nashville.

The voting portion of this year’s election cycle starts today with local primaries and a new wrinkle to picking your primary ballot. Plus, the local news for May 5, 2026, and Curious Nashville finds buried treasure. Credits: This is a production of Nashville Public Radio Host/producer: Nina Cardona Editor: LaTonya Turner Additional support: Mack Linebaugh, Tony Gonzalez, Megan Jones and the staff of WPLN and WNXP

People in this episode

Host: Nina Cardona

Topics covered

• local elections
• Tennessee primaries
• voting process
• Nashville news
• Curious Nashville

Keywords

• Tennessee
• local primaries
• election cycle
• Nashville
• voting
• Curious Nashville
• news

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Nashville Public Radio

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