2024 Tennessee elections

Tennessee state elections in 2024 were held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Primary elections for the United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, Tennessee Senate, and Tennessee House of Representatives, as well as various judicial retention elections, including the election of a Tennessee Supreme Court justice, were held on August 1, 2024.

2024 Tennessee elections

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Election schedule

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  • Tuesday, March 5 (Super Tuesday) – Democratic and Republican presidential preference primaries and certain local government primary elections
  • Thursday, August 1 – partisan primary elections for all state and federal legislative offices except for odd-numbered state senate districts and class 2 U.S. Senator, general elections for certain state judicial and local government offices
  • Tuesday, November 5 – general election for all state and federal legislative offices except for odd-numbered state senate districts and class 2 U.S. Senator, and electors for U.S. president[1]

Presidential election

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President of the United States

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Final results by county:
  Trump
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  Harris
  •   40–50%
  •   60–70%

Tennessee is a stronghold for the Republican Party, and is considered a reliable "red state." Tennessee has 11 electoral votes in the Electoral college.

The presidential primaries were held on March 5, 2024. Donald Trump won the Republican primary in a landslide victory over former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley. President Joe Biden won the Democratic primary in a landslide as well.[2] Although Biden initially ran for re-election and became the party's presumptive nominee.[3] He withdrew from the race on July 21 and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, who launched her presidential campaign the same day.[4]

In the general election, Donald Trump won Tennessee with 64.19% of the vote.

Results

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2024 United States presidential election in Tennessee[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican 1,966,865 64.19% +3.53%
Democratic 1,056,265 34.47% −2.98%
Independent
21,535 0.70% N/A
Green 8,967 0.29% +0.14%
Independent
  • Jay Bowman
  • De Bowman
5,865 0.19% N/A
Socialism and Liberation 3,457 0.11% +0.03%
Socialist Workers
988 0.03% −0.05%
Total votes 3,063,942 100.00%
Republican hold

March 5, 2024, Primary Results

 
Results by county:
  Biden
  •   80–90%
      >90%
Tennessee Democratic primary, March 5, 2024[6][7]
Candidate Votes Percentage Actual delegate count
Pledged Unpledged Total
Joe Biden (incumbent) 122,803 92.14% 63 63
Uncommitted 10,475 7.86% 0 0
Total: 133,278 100.00% 63 7 70
 
Results by county:
  Trump
  •   60–70%
      70–80%
      80–90%
      >90%
Tennessee Republican primary, March 5, 2024[8][9]
Candidate Votes Percentage Actual delegate count
Bound Unbound Total
Donald Trump 446,850 77.33% 58 0 58
Nikki Haley 112,958 19.55% 0 0 0
Ron DeSantis (withdrawn) 7,947 1.38% 0 0 0
Uncommitted 4,884 0.85% 0 0 0
Chris Christie (withdrawn) 1,874 0.32% 0 0 0
Vivek Ramaswamy (withdrawn) 1,714 0.30% 0 0 0
Ryan Binkley (withdrawn) 722 0.13% 0 0 0
Asa Hutchinson (withdrawn) 533 0.09% 0 0 0
David Stuckenberg 352 0.06% 0 0 0
Total: 577,834 100.00% 58 0 58


United States Congress

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Senate

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Final results by county:
  Blackburn
  •   80–90%
  •   70–80%
  •   60–70%
  •   50–60%
  Johnson
  •   60–70%
  •   50–60%

Incumbent one-term Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn won re-election to a second term with 63.80% of the vote.[10]

Results

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2024 United States Senate election in Tennessee[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Marsha Blackburn (incumbent) 1,918,743 63.80% +9.09%
Democratic Gloria Johnson 1,027,461 34.16% −9.76%
Independent Tharon Chandler 28,444 0.95% N/A
Independent Pamela Moses 24,682 0.82% N/A
Independent Hastina Robinson 8,278 0.28% N/A
Total votes 3,007,608 100.00%

August 1, 2024 primary results

 
Results by county:
  Blackburn
  •   80–90%
  •   >90%
Republican primary results[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Marsha Blackburn (incumbent) 367,799 89.48%
Republican Tres Wittum 43,244 10.52%
Write-in 2 <0.01%
Total votes 411,045 100.00%
 
Results by county:
  Johnson
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  •   >90%
  Miller-Watkins
  •   40–50%
Democratic primary results[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gloria Johnson 143,962 70.20%
Democratic Marquita Bradshaw 44,657 21.78%
Democratic Lola Brown 10,027 4.89%
Democratic Civil Miller-Watkins 6,420 3.13%
Total votes 205,066 100.00%

House of Representatives

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District results:
  Republican
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Democratic
  •   70–80%

Tennessee elected nine US Representatives, each representing one of Tennessee's nine Congressional Districts. No seats changed hands, leaving the Tennessee delegation at a 8-1 Republican majority.

Results

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District Republican Democratic Others Total Result
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
District 1 257,825 78.08% 64,021 19.39% 8,353 2.53% 330,199 100.00% Republican hold
District 2 250,782 69.26% 111,316 30.74% 0 0.00% 362,098 100.00% Republican hold
District 3 362,098 67.51% 102,841 29.36% 10,968 3.13% 350,328 100.00% Republican hold
District 4 219,133 69.95% 83,832 26.76% 10,290 3.29% 313,255 100.00% Republican hold
District 5 205,075 56.85% 142,387 39.47% 13,252 3.68% 360,714 100.00% Republican hold
District 6 225,543 68.00% 106,144 32.00% 0 0.00% 331,687 100.00% Republican hold
District 7 191,992 59.50% 122,764 38.05% 7,900 2.45% 322,656 100.00% Republican hold
District 8 240,411 72.34% 85,043 25.59% 6,861 2.06% 332,315 100.00% Republican hold
District 9 57,411 25.66% 159,522 71.31% 6,770 3.03% 223,703 100.00% Democratic hold
Total 1,884,691 64.39% 977,870 33.41% 64,394 2.20% 2,926,955 100.00%
Popular vote
Republican
64.39%
Democratic
33.41%
Other
2.20%
House seats
Republican
88.89%
Democratic
11.11%


State legislature

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State Senate

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Results by senate districts

Elections for 16 of the 33 seats in Tennessee's State Senate were held on November 5, 2024.

Following the 2024 elections, no seats flipped.

State House of Representatives

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Results by state house districts

Winners:

  Republican hold
  Democratic hold

The election of all 99 seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives were held on November 5, 2024.

Following the 2024 elections, no seats flipped.

Supreme Court

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Retention elections (August 1, 2024)

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Incumbent Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Dwight E. Tarwater was nominated by Governor Bill Lee to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Justice Sharon G. Lee.[14] On March 9, 2023, his nomination was confirmed by the Tennessee General Assembly. His term began on September 1, 2023.[15]

He won the retention election on August 1, 2024.[16]

 
Results by county:
  Retain
  •   60–70%
      70–80%
      80–90%
Tennessee Supreme Court Associate Justice, Dwight E. Tarwater retention election[17]
Choice Votes %
  Yes 390,549 72.86
No 145,508 27.14
Total votes 536,057 100.00

Court of Criminal Appeals

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Court of Criminal Appeals - Western Division

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Incumbent Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals Justice Matthew J. Wilson was nominated by Governor Bill Lee to fill the passing of Justice John Everett Williams.[18][19]

 
Results by county:
  Retain
  •   60–70%
      70–80%
      80–90%
Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals Justice, Matthew J. Wilson retention election[17]
Choice Votes %
  Yes 393,797 74.08
No 137,970 25.92
Total votes 531,587 100.00

Local elections

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Knox County

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Knox County turnout was extremely low in August, which could have been the reason that Republicans did relatively poor compared to past elections.

Assessor of Property

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Republican Incumbent David Phil Ballard won with 54.5% of the vote, defeating Democratic nominee Drew Harper.[20]

August 1, 2024 general election results[21]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Phil Ballard (incumbent) 30,264 54.45%
Democratic Drew A. Harper 25,315 45.55%
Total votes 55,579 100.00%

County Law Director

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Republican Incumbent David Buuck won with 55.3% of the vote, defeating Democratic nominee Jackson Fenner.[22]

August 1, 2024 general election results[23]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican David L. Buuck (incumbent) 30,671 55.25%
Democratic Jackson Fenner 24,838 44.75%
Total votes 55,509 100.00%

Hamilton County

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Circuit Court Judge

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Republican nominee Alex McVeagh won with 57.6% of the vote, defeating Democratic nominee Kisha Cheeks.[24]

Results

August 1, 2024 general election results[25]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Alex McVeagh 20,732 57.61%
Democratic Kisha Cheeks 15,257 42.39%
Total votes 35,989 100.00%

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Listed on the ballot without party affiliation.
  2. ^ Replacement for Butch Ware, Stein's vice presidential nominee.

References

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  1. ^ "Key Dates for the 2024 Election Cycle" (PDF). TN SOS. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
  2. ^ "Tennessee Republican Presidential Nominating Process". thegreenpapers.com. March 5, 2023. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  3. ^ Kinery, Emma (April 25, 2023). "Biden launches 2024 reelection campaign, promising to fulfill economic policy vision". CNBC. Archived from the original on April 25, 2023. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
  4. ^ "Harris says she'll 'earn' nomination as Biden steps aside". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  5. ^ State of Tennessee General Election Results, November 5, 2024, Results By Office (PDF) (Report). Secretary of State of Tennessee. December 2, 2024. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
  6. ^ "March 5, 2024 Democratic Presidential Preference Primary" (PDF). Tennessee Secretary of State. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  7. ^ "Tennessee Democratic Primary Election Results". The New York Times. Retrieved March 5, 2024.
  8. ^ "March 5, 2024 Republican Presidential Preference Primary" (PDF). Tennessee Secretary of State. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  9. ^ "Tennessee Republican Primary Election Results". The New York Times. Retrieved March 5, 2024.
  10. ^ "FEC Filing" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
  11. ^ State of Tennessee General Election Results, November 5, 2024, Results By Office (PDF) (Report). Secretary of State of Tennessee. December 2, 2024. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
  12. ^ "August 1, 2024 Republican Primary United States Senate" (PDF). Tennessee Secretary of State. Retrieved September 14, 2024.
  13. ^ "August 1, 2024 Democratic Primary United States Senate" (PDF). Tennessee Secretary of State. Retrieved September 14, 2024.
  14. ^ "Gov. Lee Names Tennessee Supreme Court, Court of Criminal Appeals Appointees" (Press release). Nashville, Tennessee: Office of the Governor. February 2, 2023.
  15. ^ "Tarwater Confirmed As Tennessee Supreme Court Justice". tncourts.gov. March 9, 2023. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
  16. ^ "Tennessee Supreme Court elections, 2024". Ballotpedia. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
  17. ^ a b State of Tennessee General Election Results, August 1, 2024, Results By Office (PDF) (Report). Secretary of State of Tennessee. Retrieved September 14, 2024.
  18. ^ "Wilson Confirmed to Court of Criminal Appeals | Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts". www.tncourts.gov. Retrieved August 3, 2024.
  19. ^ "Historical Election Results | Tennessee Secretary of State". sos.tn.gov. Retrieved August 3, 2024.
  20. ^ Feinberg, Allie. "Democrats take a small chip out of GOP majority on Knox County Commission". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
  21. ^ "Results Summary" (PDF). Knox County. Retrieved August 3, 2024.
  22. ^ Feinberg, Allie. "Democrats take a small chip out of GOP majority on Knox County Commission". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
  23. ^ "Results Summary" (PDF). Knox County. Retrieved August 3, 2024.
  24. ^ "Alex McVeagh wins Circuit Court judge seat | Chattanooga Times Free Press". www.timesfreepress.com. August 2, 2024. Retrieved August 3, 2024.
  25. ^ "Results by Precinct Summary" (PDF). Tennessee Secretary of State. Retrieved September 14, 2024.