2018 Tennessee gubernatorial election

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2018 Tennessee gubernatorial election
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Nominee Bill Lee Karl Dean
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote1,336,106864,863
Percentage59.56%38.55%
2018 Tennessee gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
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Lee:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Dean:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:     40–50%     No data
Governor before election

Bill Haslam
Republican

Elected Governor

Bill Lee
Republican

The 2018 Tennessee gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the next governor of Tennessee. 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.

Contents

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

During the general election, Dean flipped back reliably Democratic Davidson, Haywood, and Shelby Counties, which voted for Republican Governor Bill Haslam in 2010.

The results of the election marked the first time since 1982 that a candidate from the incumbent president's party was elected governor of Tennessee. This is also the first time that Republicans won three consecutive gubernatorial elections in the state, and the first time that a Republican was elected to succeed another Republican.

As of 2018, this election had the largest number of candidates (28) in a statewide election in United States history; the previous record was the 2016 United States presidential election in Colorado. This large surge in candidates was mostly due to the Libertarian Party of Tennessee's protest of the state's party affiliation and ballot access laws. [3]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominated

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements

Beth Harwell
Diane Black
Randy Boyd
Bill Lee
U.S. Representatives
State-level Officials
Notable Individuals
Newspapers

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Diane
Black		Randy
Boyd		Beth
Harwell		Bill
Lee		OtherUndecided
JMC Analytics July 18–21, 2018500± 4.4%19%20%16%26%1% [64] 17%
Emerson College Archived August 18, 2018, at the Wayback Machine July 11–14, 2018266± 6.4%27%22%14%19%3%14%
Data Orbital June 27–30, 2018700± 3.7%24%23%10%19%–24%
Triton Polling & Research (R) June 25–28, 20181,040± 3.1%27%33%7%20%–13%
OnMessage Inc. (R-Black) May 14–17, 2018600± 4.0%41%28%8%9%–15%
Grassroots Targeting (R-Black) May 4–6, 2018800–41%26%6%11%–15%
OnMessage Inc. (R-Black) April 2018––33%30%5%13%––
OnMessage Inc. (R-Black) March 2018––31%31%10%10%––
TargetPoint/GQR March 7–14, 2018390± 5.0%25%20%6%7%2% [65] 37%
North Star Onion Research (R-Lee) February 5–11, 2018600± 4.0%22%25%4%18%–30%
Triton Polling & Research (R) December 12–18, 20171,028± 3.1%22%12%6%4%4% [66] 53%

Results

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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 [67]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bill Lee 291,414 36.75
Republican Randy Boyd193,05424.35
Republican Diane Black182,45723.01
Republican Beth Harwell121,48415.32
Republican Kay White3,2150.41
Republican Basil Marceaux1,2640.16
Total votes792,888 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominated

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Endorsements

Karl Dean
Federal officials
Labor unions
  • Memphis AFSCME Local 1733
  • Tennessee Pipe Trades; Mid-South Carpenters Regional Council
  • Road Sprinkler Fitters U.A. Local Union No. 66
  • Local Division of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Karl
Dean		Craig
Fitzhugh		OtherUndecided
Emerson College Archived August 18, 2018, at the Wayback Machine July 11–14, 2018206± 7.3%44%14%9%33%
TargetPoint/GQR March 7–14, 2018288± 5.8%41%11%–44%

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% Tennessee gubernatorial Democratic primary, 2018.svg
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 [75]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Karl Dean 280,553 75.14
Democratic Craig Fitzhugh72,55323.42
Democratic Mezianne Vale Payne20,2845.44
Total votes373,390 100.0

Independents

Candidates

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Libertarian Party and Green Party do not have ballot access. Appears on ballot as "Independent." [77]

General election

Debates

Endorsements

Bill Lee (R)
U.S. Executive Branch officials
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
State-level Officials
Notable Individuals
Organizations
Newspapers
Karl Dean (D)
U.S. Representatives
State officials
Local officials
Labor unions
  • Memphis AFSCME Local 1733
  • Tennessee Pipe Trades; Mid-South Carpenters Regional Council
  • Road Sprinkler Fitters U.A. Local Union No. 66
  • Local Division of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [94] Likely ROctober 26, 2018
The Washington Post [95] Likely RNovember 5, 2018
FiveThirtyEight [96] Safe RNovember 5, 2018
Rothenberg Political Report [97] Safe RNovember 1, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball [98] Safe RNovember 5, 2018
RealClearPolitics [99] Likely RNovember 4, 2018
Daily Kos [100] Safe RNovember 5, 2018
Fox News [101] [lower-alpha 1] Likely RNovember 5, 2018
Politico [102] Likely RNovember 5, 2018
Governing [103] Likely RNovember 5, 2018
Notes
  1. ↑ The Fox News Midterm Power Rankings uniquely does not contain a category for Safe/Solid races

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Bill
Lee (R)		Karl
Dean (D)		OtherUndecided
Targoz Market Research October 28–31, 2018480–53%44%–2%
Emerson College October 28–30, 2018621± 4.0%54%41%2%3%
Fox News October 27–30, 2018718 LV± 3.5%54%37%2%7%
850 RV± 3.0%52%36%2%9%
Vox Populi Polling October 27–29, 2018780± 3.5%56%44%––
CNN/SSRS October 24–29, 2018764 LV± 4.3%52%42%0%4%
871 RV± 4.0%52%41%0%5%
East Tennessee State University Archived November 5, 2018, at the Wayback Machine October 22–29, 2018495± 4.4%48%36%5%9%
Cygnal (R) October 26–27, 2018497± 4.4%59%36%3%2%
Marist College October 23–27, 2018471 LV± 5.7%57%40%1%3%
764 RV± 4.4%56%39%1%4%
Vanderbilt University/SSRS October 8–13, 2018800± 4.9%48%37%0%12%
Targoz Market Research October 9–12, 2018558 LV–56%44%––
801 RV–49%39%–12%
NYT Upshot/Siena College October 8–11, 2018593± 4.2%59%33%–8%
Fox News September 29 – October 2, 2018666 LV± 3.5%53%36%1%10%
806 RV± 3.5%52%35%1%10%
SurveyMonkey September 9–24, 20181,609± 3.3%46%35%–19%
Vox Populi Polling September 16–18, 2018567± 4.1%55%45%––
CNN/SSRS September 11–15, 2018723 LV± 4.3%52%43%0%3%
852 RV± 3.9%49%43%0%5%
Triton Polling & Research (R) September 10–12, 20181,038± 3.0%54%37%–9%
Fox News September 8–11, 2018686 LV± 3.5%55%35%1%10%
809 RV± 3.5%52%34%2%12%
Marist College August 25–28, 2018538 LV± 5.1%53%40%1%7%
730 RV± 4.5%51%39%1%9%
Gravis Marketing August 9–11, 2018620± 3.9%51%40%–9%
Triton Polling & Research (R) January 21–24, 20181,003± 3.1%38%34%–28%
Hypothetical polling
with Karl Dean
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Diane
Black (R)		Karl
Dean (D)		Undecided
Emerson College Archived August 18, 2018, at the Wayback Machine July 11–14, 2018657± 4.1%35%39%27%
Triton Polling & Research (R) January 21–24, 20181,003± 3.1%46%35%19%
Gravis Marketing December 11–12, 2017563± 4.1%40%31%28%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Randy
Boyd (R)		Karl
Dean (D)		Undecided
Emerson College Archived August 18, 2018, at the Wayback Machine July 11–14, 2018657± 4.1%34%36%30%
Triton Polling & Research (R) January 21–24, 20181,003± 3.1%43%34%23%
Gravis Marketing December 11–12, 2017563± 4.1%38%35%28%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Beth
Harwell (R)		Karl
Dean (D)		Undecided
Triton Polling & Research (R) January 21–24, 20181,003± 3.1%43%33%25%
Gravis Marketing December 11–12, 2017563± 4.1%38%33%29%
with Craig Fitzhugh
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Diane
Black (R)		Craig
Fitzhugh (D)		Undecided
Gravis Marketing December 11–12, 2017563± 4.1%42%27%31%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Randy
Boyd (R)		Craig
Fitzhugh (D)		Undecided
Gravis Marketing December 11–12, 2017563± 4.1%39%30%31%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Beth
Harwell (R)		Craig
Fitzhugh (D)		Undecided
Gravis Marketing December 11–12, 2017563± 4.1%44%24%32%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Mae
Beavers (R)		Karl
Dean (D)		Undecided
Triton Polling & Research (R) January 21–24, 20181,003± 3.1%36%36%28%
Gravis Marketing December 11–12, 2017563± 4.1%32%37%32%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Mae
Beavers (R)		Craig
Fitzhugh (D)		Undecided
Gravis Marketing December 11–12, 2017563± 4.1%36%29%34%

Results

Tennessee gubernatorial election, 2018 [104]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Bill Lee 1,336,106 59.56% -10.75%
Democratic Karl Dean 864,86338.55%+15.71%
OtherOther candidates42,3141.89%N/A
Write-in 110.00%0.00%
Total votes2,243,294 100.0% N/A
Republican hold
Full results
Tennessee gubernatorial election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bill Lee 1,336,106 59.6
Democratic Karl Dean864,86338.6
Independent Sherry L. Clark5,1980.2
Independent Mark Wright4,6870.2
Independent Patrick Whitlock3,6310.2
Independent Yvonne Neubert3,0700.1
Independent Heather Scott2,9690.1
Independent Mark CoonRippy Brown2,8410.1
Independent Joe B. Wilmoth2,4440.1
Independent George Blackwell Smith IV1,5500.1
Independent Cory King1,5020.1
Independent Tracy C. Yaste Tisdale1,3960.1
Independent Justin Cornett1,2170.1
Independent Chad Riden1,0960.0
Independent Robert Sawyers Sr.1,0590.0
Independent Vinnie Vineyard1,0120.0
Independent Rick Tyler9810.0
Independent Gabriel Fancher8690.0
Independent Sean Bruce Fleming8140.0
Independent Alfred Shawn Rapoza8000.0
Independent Jessie D. McDonald7550.0
Independent Toney Randall Mitchell7390.0
Independent Mike Toews7260.0
Independent Matthew Koch6520.0
Independent Jeremy Allen Stephenson6130.0
Independent Tommy Ray McAnally6090.0
Independent Jaron D. Weidner5880.0
Independent William Andrew Helmstetter4960.0
Independent Eddie Murphy (write-in)110.0
Total votes2,243,294 100.0
Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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