The Tennessee Secretary of State says 14 Republicans and 3 Democrats will be on the presidential primary ballot. See this story for a list of the names. Presidential candidates get on the primary ballot either by being discussed in major news media, or by submitting 2,500 signatures of registered voters. No candidate submitted a petition.

The 2016 Republican presidential primary will have more names than any past Tennessee presidential primary. Before 2016, the most crowded presidential primary ballot in Tennessee had been the 2004 Democratic ballot, which had eleven names. The Republican presidential primary ballots had had 10 in 2012, 2008, and 1996.