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2018 Tennessee elections

Tennessee state elections in 2018 were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. Primary elections for the United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, governorship, Tennessee Senate, Tennessee House of Representatives, as well as general local elections were held on August 2, 2018.[1]

2018 Tennessee elections
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United States Congress

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Senate

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Main article: 2018 United States Senate election in Tennessee
 
Final results by county:
  Blackburn
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Bredesen
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%

Incumbent Republican senator Bob Corker opted to retire instead of running for a third term. Republican U.S. representative Marsha Blackburn won the open seat, defeating former Democratic governor Phil Bredesen.

The primaries took place on August 2, 2018, with Blackburn and Bredesen winning their respective party nominations.

Results

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2018 United States Senate election in Tennessee[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Marsha Blackburn 1,227,483 54.71% −10.18%
Democratic Phil Bredesen 985,450 43.92% +13.51%
Independent Trudy Austin 9,455 0.42% N/A
Independent Dean Hill 8,717 0.39% N/A
Independent Kris L. Todd 5,084 0.23% N/A
Independent John Carico 3,398 0.15% N/A
Independent Breton Phillips 2,226 0.10% N/A
Independent Kevin Lee McCants 1,927 0.09% N/A
Total votes 2,243,740 100.00% N/A
Republican hold

August 2, 2018, Primary Results

 
Results by county:
Bredesen
  •   Bredesen—80–90%
  •   Bredesen—>90%
Democratic primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Phil Bredesen 349,718 91.51%
Democratic Gary Davis 20,170 5.28%
Democratic John Wolfe Jr. 12,269 3.21%
Total votes 382,157 100%
 
Results by county:
Blackburn
  •   Blackburn—70–80%
  •   Blackburn—80–90%
  •   Blackburn—90%
Republican primary results[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Marsha Blackburn 613,513 84.48%
Republican Aaron Pettigrew 112,705 15.52%
Write-in 13 <0.01%
Total votes 726,231 100%

House of Representatives

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Main article: 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee
 
District results:
  Republican
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Democratic
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%

Tennessee elected nine U.S. Representatives, each representing one of Tennessee's nine Congressional Districts.

Results

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Source:[5]

District Republican Democratic Others Total Result
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
District 1 172,835 77.06% 47,138 21.02% 4,309 1.92% 224,282 100.0% Republican hold
District 2 172,856 65.94% 86,668 33.06% 2,610 1.00% 262,134 100.0% Republican hold
District 3 156,512 63.68% 84,731 34.48% 4,522 1.84% 245,765 100.0% Republican hold
District 4 147,323 63.38% 78,065 33.58% 7,063 3.04% 232,451 100.0% Republican hold
District 5 84,317 32.15% 177,923 67.85% 8 0.00% 262,248 100.0% Democratic hold
District 6 172,810 69.47% 70,370 28.29% 5,560 2.24% 248,740 100.0% Republican hold
District 7 170,071 66.86% 81,661 32.10% 2,652 1.04% 254,384 100.0% Republican hold
District 8 168,030 67.66% 74,755 30.10% 5,560 2.24% 248,345 100.0% Republican hold
District 9 34,901 19.23% 145,139 79.98% 1,436 0.79% 181,476 100.0% Democratic hold
Total 1,279,655 59.25% 846,450 39.19% 33,720 1.56% 2,159,825 100.0%
Popular vote
Republican
 
 59.25%
Democratic
 
 39.19%
Other
 
 1.56%
House seats
Republican
 
 77.78%
Democratic
 
 22.22%

Gubernatorial

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Main article: 2018 Tennessee gubernatorial election
 
Final results by county:
  Bill Lee
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  Karl Dean
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%

Incumbent Republican governor Bill Haslam was term-limited, and is prohibited by the Constitution of Tennessee from seeking a third consecutive term. Republican candidate Bill Lee was elected with 59.6% of the vote, defeating Democratic nominee and former Nashville mayor Karl Dean.

The primaries took place on August 2, 2018, with Republican Bill Lee and Democrat Karl Dean winning their respective party nominations.[6]

Results

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Tennessee gubernatorial election, 2018[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Bill Lee 1,336,106 59.56% −10.75%
Democratic Karl Dean 864,863 38.55% +15.71%
Independent Other candidates 42,314 1.89% N/A
Write-in 11 0.00% 0.00%
Total votes 2,243,294 100.0% N/A
Republican hold

August 2, 2018, primary results

 
Results by county:
  Dean
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  •   90-100%
  Fitzhugh
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  •   90-100%
Democratic primary results[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Karl Dean 280,553 75.14
Democratic Craig Fitzhugh 72,553 23.42
Democratic Mezianne Vale Payne 20,284 5.44
Total votes 373,390 100.0
 
Results by county
  Lee
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  Boyd
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  Black
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
Republican primary results[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bill Lee 291,414 36.75
Republican Randy Boyd 193,054 24.35
Republican Diane Black 182,457 23.01
Republican Beth Harwell 121,484 15.32
Republican Kay White 3,215 0.41
Republican Basil Marceaux 1,264 0.16
Total votes 792,888 100.0

State legislature

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State Senate

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Main article: 2018 Tennessee Senate election
See also: Tennessee General Assembly

 

Results by senate districts

Elections for 18 of the 33 seats in Tennessee's State Senate were held on November 6, 2018. There were 2 open seats.

After this election, Republicans had 28 seats while Democrats had 5 seats.

Summary of the November 6, 2018 Tennessee Senate election results
Party Candidates Votes Seats
No. % Before Up Won After +/–
Republican 16 671,278 58.86 28 14 14 28  
Democratic 15 459,033 40.25 5 4 4 5  
Independent 2 9,756 0.86 0 0 0 0  
Write-in 2 421 0.04 0 0 0 0  
Total 1,140,488 100 33 18 18 33  
Source: [1]
Popular vote
Republican
 
 58.86%
Democratic
 
 40.25%
Other
 
 0.90%
Senate seats
Republican
 
 84.85%
Democratic
 
 15.15%

Closest race

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This race was decided by a margin of under 10%:

District Winner Margin
District 31 Republican 1.78%

State House of Representatives

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Main article: 2018 Tennessee House of Representatives election

 

Results by State House districts

The election of all 99 seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives occurred on November 6, 2018.

Republicans won 73 seats, while Democrats won 26 seats. Democrats gained a seat during this election.

Summary of the November 6, 2018 Tennessee House election results
Party Candidates Votes Seats
No. % No. +/–
Republican 129 1,255,205 59.70% 73   1
Democratic 1 825,295 39.25% 26   1
Independent 22,045 1.05% 0  
Write-in 18 0% 0  
Total 2,102,563 100.00 99  
Source: [2]
Popular vote
Republican
 
 59.70%
Democratic
 
 39.25%
Independent
 
 1.05%
Write-ins
 
 0%
House seats
Republican
 
 73.74%
Democratic
 
 26.26%

Local elections

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Hamilton County

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Main article: 2018 Hamilton County, Tennessee mayoral election
 
Final results by precinct:
  Coppinger
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  •   >90%
  Brown
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  •   >90%
  Tie
  No votes

Incumbent Republican Mayor Jim Coppinger won with 60.3% of the vote, defeating Democratic nominee Aloyse Brown.[10]

Results

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August 2, 2018 General election results[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Coppinger 33,588 60.26%
Democratic Aloyse Brown 22,052 39.56%
Write-in Write-in 102 0.18%
Total votes 55,742 100.00%

May 1, 2018, primary results

Democratic primary results[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Aloyse Brown 4,999 71.65%
Democratic George Ryan Love 1,845 26.44%
Write-in Write-in 133 1.91%
Total votes 6,977 100.00%
Republican primary results[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Coppinger (Incumbent) 11,471 97.80%
Write-in Write-in 258 2.20%
Total votes 11,729 100.00%

Knox County

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Main article: 2018 Knox County, Tennessee mayoral election
 
Final results by precinct:
  Jacobs
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  Haney
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Tie

Republican businessman and professional wrestler, Glenn Jacobs (better known by his ring name, Kane), won the election with 66.4% of the vote against Democrat Linda Haney.

Incumbent mayor Tim Burchett, first elected in 2010, was term-limited and could not run for a third consecutive term. Instead, he successfully ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in Tennessee's 2nd congressional district, to succeed the retiring 30-year incumbent representative, Jimmy Duncan.

Results

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General election results[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Glenn Jacobs 51,814 66.38%
Democratic Linda Haney 26,241 33.62%
Write-in Tracy A. Clough (write-in) 2 0.00%
Total votes 78,057 96.14%

May 1, 2018, primary results

Democratic primary results[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Linda Haney 4,284 55.89%
Democratic Rhonda Gallman 1,926 25.13%
Democratic Rebecca Deloa 1,455 18.98%
Total votes 7,665 92.42%
Republican primary results[16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Glenn Jacobs 14,640 36.10%
Republican Brad Anders 14,617 36.04%
Republican Bob Thomas 11,301 27.86%
Total votes 40,558 98.17%

Maury County

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Main article: 2018 Maury County, Tennessee mayoral election
 
Final results by precinct:
  Ogles
  •   >30%
  •   >35%
  •   >40%
  •   >45%
  •   >50%
  Norman
  •   >35%
  •   >40%
  Shackelford
  •   >30%
  •   >35%

Incumbent Mayor Charlie Norman lost re-election to Andy Ogles. Ogles obtained the Republican Party's nomination during a caucus, forcing Mayor Norman, a Republican, to run as an Independent.[17]

2018 Maury County Mayoral election[18]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Andy Ogles 6,843 36.53
Independent Charlie Norman (incumbent) 5,387 28.75
Independent Sonny Shackelford 5,031 26.85
Independent Amanda P. Kelton 1,474 7.87
Total votes 18,735 100.0
Republican hold

Shelby County

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Main article: 2018 Shelby County, Tennessee mayoral election
 
Final results by precinct:
  Harris
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  •   >90%
  Lenoir
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%

Incumbent Republican Mayor Mark Luttrell was term-limited and was prohibited from seeking a third consecutive term, he instead ran for congress.[19] Democratic candidate Lee Harris was elected mayor with 55.3% of the vote, defeating Republican nominee David Lenoir.[20][21]

Results

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August 2, 2018 General election results[22]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lee Harris 84,989 55.32%
Republican Mark Luttrell 68,502 44.59%
Write-in Write-in 136 0.09%
Total votes 153,627 100.00%
Democratic gain from Republican

May 1, 2018, primary results

Democratic primary results[23]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lee Harris 34,106 76.13%
Democratic Sidney Chism 10,434 23.29%
Write-in Write-in 261 0.58%
Total votes 44,801 100.00%
Democratic primary results[24]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican David Lenoir 18,444 60.97%
Republican Terry Roland 8,661 28.63%
Republican Joy Touliatos 3,126 10.33%
Write-in Write-in 19 0.06%
Total votes 30,250 100.00%

Clarksville

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Main article: 2018 Clarksville mayoral election

Incumbent Democratic mayor Kim McMillan ran for re-election, but lost her bid to a third term, losing by 213 votes to Democrat Joe Pitts in a 4-way race.[25]

November 6, 2018 Clarksville Mayor Election[26]
Candidate Votes %
Joe Pitts 11,445 33.85%
Kim McMillan (I) 11,232 33.22%
Bill Summers 6,360 18.81%
DaJuan Little 4,686 13.86%
Write-ins 89 0.26%
Total 33,812 100%

Murfreesboro

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Main article: 2018 Murfreesboro mayoral election

Incumbent Republican mayor Shane McFarland ran for re-election and won a second term in office with an uncontested race.[27]

August 1, 2018 Murfreesboro Mayor Election[28]
Candidate Votes %
Shane McFarland (I) 15,671 98.75%
Write-ins 198 1.25%
Total 15,869 100%

Nashville

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Main article: 2018 Nashville mayoral special election
 
Final results by precinct:
  Briley
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   80–90%
  Swain
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  Gilmore
  •   >90%

David Briley, a Democrat who became interim mayor after the resignation of Megan Barry, won outright without a runoff election.

Former Mayor Megan Barry resigned on March 6, 2018, for embezzlement on March 6, 2018,[29] so the Davidson County Election Commission scheduled an election for August 2, 2018 to coincide with the state primary elections, school board elections and the election of several other municipal officials.[30] However, mayoral candidate Ludye Wallace sued on the basis of state law (T.C.A. § 2-14-102[31]) and a 2007 Metropolitan government charter amendment, both requiring an earlier election if the next general metropolitan election was more than twelve months away. The Tennessee Supreme Court agreed with Wallace's argument, unanimously ordering a mayoral election between May 21 and May 25.[32]

Results

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May 24, 2018 Nashville mayoral special election[33]
Candidate Votes %
David Briley 44,845 54.44
Carol M. Swain 18,850 22.89
Erica Gilmore 4,608 5.59
Harold M. Love 4,349 5.28
Ralph Bristol 4,341 5.27
Jeff Obafemi Carr 3,790 4.60
David L. Hiland 325 0.39
Ludye N. Wallace 324 0.39
Caril J. Alford 243 0.30
Albert Hacker 169 0.21
Julia Clark-Johnson 168 0.20
Jeffery A. Napier 141 0.17
Jon Sewell 93 0.11
Write-in 122 0.15
Total votes 82,369 100.00

Nashville ballot measure

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Main article: Let's Move Nashville
Let's Move Nashville
 
May 1, 2018 (2018-05-01)
Transit Improvement Program Referendum Election[34]
Websiteletsmovenashville.com
Results
Choice
 Votes %
  Yes 44,766 36.03%
  No 79,493 63.97%
 
Precint results

No

  80–90%
  70–80%
  60–70%
  50–60%

Yes

  70–80%
  60–70%
  50–60%

No data

  

Let's Move Nashville was a local referendum in Nashville, Tennessee, on May 1, 2018, that would have funded the construction of a mass transit system under the Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority in Davidson County. The $8.9 billion plan would have included several light rail and bus rapid transit lines along major corridors, to be built between 2018 and 2032. The plan was proposed in 2017 by Mayor Megan Barry under the Tennessee IMPROVE Act and supported by some Nashville politicians and businesses.

The plan would have included 26 miles (42 km) of light rail and 25 miles (40 km) of bus rapid transit, as well as additional funding for local buses and the existing Music City Star commuter rail line. The light rail element of the plan would have been built in phases between 2026 and 2032, while the bus rapid transit lines would open in 2023. The plan was defeated in part due to an opposition campaign organized by Americans for Prosperity.

See also

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References

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