2014 Tennessee gubernatorial election

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2014 Tennessee gubernatorial election
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  2010 November 4, 2014 2018  
Turnout35.97% Decrease2.svg [1] 5.35 pp
  Bill Haslam visits Afghanistan.jpg 3x4.svg
Nominee Bill Haslam Charles Brown
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote951,796309,237
Percentage70.31%22.84%

2014 Tennessee gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
2014 Tennessee Gubernatorial Election by congressional district.svg
2014 Tennessee gubernatorial election by precinct.svg
Haslam:     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     90%+
Brown:     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Tie:     50%

Governor before election

Bill Haslam
Republican

Elected Governor

Bill Haslam
Republican

The 2014 Tennessee gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2014, to elect the governor of Tennessee, alongside other state and local elections. Incumbent Republican governor Bill Haslam was re-elected to a second term with 70.3% of the vote, defeating his Democratic challenger Charles Brown. Improving on his performance from 2010, Haslam also carried every county in the state.

Contents

The primary elections took place on August 7, 2014, with Republican Bill Haslam and Democrat Charles Brown winning their respective party nominations.

With no political experience, Charles Brown campaigned on raising speed limits on the interstate highways to 80 mph and putting the Bible back in schools. [2] Some of the Tennessee Democratic Party members became concerned over Brown's candidacy when he said in an interview that he would like to put Bill Haslam in an electric chair and turn it on about half throttle and let him smell a little bit. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Haslam, on the other hand, campaigned on jobs, economic development, education reform, workforce development, and conservative fiscal leadership. [6] [7]

As of 2025, this was the best performance in a Tennessee gubernatorial election since Buford Ellington's victory in 1966. This was also the last time a Republican candidate has won Davidson and Shelby counties in a statewide election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Results

Results by county
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Haslam
70-80%
80-90%
>90% Tennessee Governor R Primary 2014.svg
Results by county
  Haslam
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  •   >90%
Republican primary results [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bill Haslam (incumbent) 570,997 87.68%
Republican Mark "Coonrippy" Brown44,1656.78%
Republican Donald Ray McFolin22,9683.53%
Republican Basil Marceaux, Sr.13,1172.01%
Total votes651,247 100.00%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Removed from ballot

Declined

Results

Results by county:
Brown
30-40%
40-50%
50-60%
McKamey
30-40%
40-50%
50-60%
60-70% Tennessee Governor D Primary 2014.svg
Results by county:
  Brown
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  McKamey
  •   30–40%
      40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
Democratic primary results [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Charles V. "Charlie" Brown 95,114 41.71%
Democratic Wm. H. "John" McKamey59,20025.96%
Democratic Kennedy Spellman Johnson55,71824.44%
Democratic Ron Noonan17,9937.89%
Total votes228,025 100.00%

Independents and Third Parties

Candidates

Declared

Removed from ballot

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [22] Solid RNovember 3, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball [23] Safe RNovember 3, 2014
Rothenberg Political Report [24] Safe RNovember 3, 2014
Real Clear Politics [25] Safe RNovember 3, 2014

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Bill
Haslam (R)
Charles
Brown (D)
OtherUndecided
CBS News/NYT/YouGov [26] October 16–23, 2014974± 5%58%30%2%11%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov [27] September 20–October 1, 20141,007± 4%60%28%1%11%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov [28] August 18–September 2, 20141,056± 4%56%29%4%11%
Rasmussen Reports [29] August 11–12, 2014750± 3%55%30%6%9%
Hypothetical polling
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Bill
Haslam (R)
John
McKamey (D)
OtherUndecided
CBS News/NYT/YouGov [30] July 5–24, 20141,460± 5.4%55%32%4%9%
Rasmussen Reports [29] April 29–30, 2014750± 4%57%27%5%11%

Results

2014 Tennessee Gubernatorial County Flips.svg

By county

By county
County [32] Bill Haslam
Republican
Charles Brown
Democratic
Other votesTotal
votes
%#%#%#
Anderson 75.27%13,36717.86%3,1716.87%1,22017,758
Bedford 75.98%5,65316.49%1,2277.53%5607,440
Benton 64.73%2,41526.56%9918.71%3253,731
Bledsoe 69.41%1,78624.10%6206.49%1672,573
Blount 79.75%23,65314.06%4,1716.19%1,83629,660
Bradley 83.19%16,70912.59%2,5284.22%84820,085
Campbell 77.42%4,98117.80%1,1454.79%3086,434
Cannon 71.37%1,97719.71%5468.92%2472,770
Carroll 69.54%4,31323.06%1,4307.40%4596,202
Carter 77.72%8,37614.20%1,5308.08%87110,777
Cheatham 72.63%6,19118.01%1,5359.36%7988,524
Chester 78.58%2,65915.07%5106.35%2153,384
Claiborne 76.20%4,01517.99%9485.81%3065,269
Clay 66.64%96326.16%3787.20%1041,445
Cocke 78.30%5,61514.39%1,0327.31%5247,171
Coffee 73.11%7,98618.38%2,0088.50%92910,923
Crockett 75.84%2,22219.04%5585.12%1502,930
Cumberland 79.01%12,97815.48%2,5435.51%90516,426
Davidson 53.50%71,66135.41%47,43811.09%14,854133,953
Decatur 71.29%1,63422.25%5106.46%1482,292
Dekalb 67.85%2,42323.35%8348.79%3143,571
Dickson 69.09%6,83023.24%2,2977.67%7589,885
Dyer 77.75%5,71015.82%1,1626.43%4727,344
Fayette 77.14%8,14118.72%1,9764.14%43710,554
Fentress 73.20%2,37119.05%6177.75%2513,239
Franklin 70.99%6,59521.77%2,0227.24%6739,290
Gibson 70.31%7,81920.68%2,3009.00%1,00111,120
Giles 70.94%3,92222.23%1,2296.84%3785,529
Grainger 78.93%3,27415.31%6355.76%2394,148
Greene 76.27%10,14615.92%2,1187.80%1,03813,302
Grundy 64.83%1,55626.88%6458.29%1992,400
Hamblen 80.98%8,97813.66%1,5155.36%59411,087
Hamilton 71.26%56,75024.44%19,4624.31%3,42979,641
Hancock 73.48%67618.04%1668.48%78920
Hardeman 59.14%2,89137.01%1,8093.85%1884,888
Hardin 80.12%4,04615.13%7644.75%2405,050
Hawkins 79.77%8,73014.39%1,5755.84%63910,944
Haywood 57.52%1,94039.76%1,3412.73%923,373
Henderson 76.90%3,83615.84%7907.26%3624,988
Henry 72.77%5,29721.06%1,5336.17%4497,279
Hickman 69.18%2,95622.84%9767.98%3414,273
Houston 56.11%1,00535.40%6348.49%1521,791
Humphreys 60.18%2,51228.77%1,20111.04%4614,174
Jackson 63.75%1,45126.85%6119.40%2142,276
Jefferson 80.70%8,42313.13%1,3706.18%64510,438
Johnson 78.30%2,54714.88%4846.82%2223,253
Knox 77.05%78,57115.68%15,9867.28%7,419101,976
Lake 54.08%62935.17%40910.75%1251,163
Lauderdale 64.95%2,65229.41%1,2015.63%2304,083
Lawrence 73.43%6,26419.70%1,6816.87%5868,531
Lewis 71.07%1,85720.32%5318.61%2252,613
Lincoln 75.70%4,72017.27%1,0777.02%4386,235
Loudon 83.68%12,01511.21%1,6105.11%73414,359
Macon 76.96%2,43615.27%4837.77%2463,165
Madison 64.64%14,56329.47%6,6405.89%1,32822,531
Marion 68.23%4,23327.16%1,6854.61%2866,204
Marshall 72.06%4,27920.61%1,2247.33%4355,938
Maury 69.26%12,79022.45%4,1458.29%1,53118,466
McMinn 79.07%8,12016.11%1,6544.83%49610,270
McNairy 75.14%4,01919.29%1,0325.57%2985,349
Meigs 74.47%1,68319.42%4396.11%1382,260
Monroe 77.10%7,56718.22%1,7884.69%4609,815
Montgomery 69.45%20,18524.34%7,0736.21%1,80529,063
Moore 73.16%1,14519.55%3067.28%1141,565
Morgan 67.97%2,45326.66%9625.38%1943,609
Obion 67.03%4,42820.72%1,36912.25%8096,606
Overton 65.74%2,61325.79%1,0258.48%3373,975
Perry 67.21%94523.26%3279.53%1341,406
Pickett 71.63%1,15420.36%3288.01%1291,611
Polk 71.35%2,50523.61%8295.04%1773,511
Putnam 72.73%10,42519.03%2,7278.24%1,18114,333
Rhea 81.00%4,79214.76%8734.24%2515,916
Roane 76.91%10,31016.25%2,1786.84%91713,405
Robertson 73.81%10,17718.14%2,5018.06%1,11113,789
Rutherford 70.14%36,46721.78%11,3238.09%4,20451,994
Scott 75.09%2,31820.41%6304.50%1393,087
Sequatchie 77.85%2,41817.68%5494.48%1393,106
Sevier 82.40%15,40011.80%2,2055.80%1,08418,689
Shelby 57.80%107,08937.35%69,1934.85%8,981185,263
Smith 65.92%2,72025.40%1,0488.68%3584,126
Stewart 67.04%1,99925.49%7607.48%2232,982
Sullivan 81.05%26,83713.29%4,3995.67%1,87633,112
Sumner 76.74%28,09016.72%6,1216.53%2,39136,602
Tipton 77.91%9,63617.01%2,1045.08%62812,368
Trousdale 65.38%96526.56%3928.06%1191,476
Unicoi 76.31%2,99915.17%5968.52%3353,930
Union 76.93%2,31117.31%5205.76%1733,004
Van Buren 59.72%90331.94%4838.33%1261,512
Warren 70.06%5,28521.85%1,6488.09%6107,543
Washington 74.94%19,70717.06%4,4858.00%2,10426,296
Wayne 77.67%2,12215.48%4236.84%1872,732
Weakley 69.00%5,08221.72%1,6009.27%6837,365
White 70.69%4,03021.29%1,2148.02%4575,701
Williamson 79.72%45,32913.19%7,5017.09%4,03056,860
Wilson 75.95%22,58017.07%5,0756.98%2,07629,731

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

References

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