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Tennessee state elections in 2016 were held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. Primary elections for the United States House of Representatives, Tennessee Senate, and Tennessee House of Representatives, as well as various judicial retention elections, including elections for three Tennessee Supreme Court justices, were held on August 4, 2016.
In 2016, Tennessee was a stronghold for the Republican Party, and was considered a reliable "red state." Tennessee had 11 electoral votes in the Electoral College at the time. In the general election, Incumbent United States Republican businessman, Donald Trump won Tennessee with 60.72% of the vote. [1]
The presidential primaries were held on March 1, 2016. Donald Trump won the Republican primary victory, with second place being Senator Ted Cruz of Texas. Former United States first lady, Hillary Clinton garnered the Democratic nomination, easily beating out Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Donald Trump/Mike Pence | 1,522,925 | 60.72% | |
| Democratic | Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine | 870,695 | 34.72% | |
| Independent | Gary Johnson | 70,397 | 2.81% | |
| Independent | Jill Stein | 15,993 | 0.64% | |
| Independent | Evan McMullin (write-in) | 11,991 | 0.48% | |
| Independent | Mike Smith | 7,276 | 0.29% | |
| Independent | Rocky De La Fuente | 4,075 | 0.16% | |
| Independent | Alyson Kennedy | 2,877 | 0.12% | |
| Write-in | 1,798 | 0.07% | ||
| Total votes | 2,508,027 | 100.00% | ||
March 1, 2016, Primary Results
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 Results by county Clinton: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Sanders: 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee Democratic primary, March 1, 2016 | |||||
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| Candidate | Popular vote | Estimated delegates | |||
| Count | Percentage | Pledged | Unpledged | Total | |
| Hillary Clinton | 245,930 | 66.07% | 44 | 7 | 51 |
| Bernie Sanders | 120,800 | 32.45% | 23 | 0 | 23 |
| Martin O'Malley (withdrawn) | 2,025 | 0.54% | |||
| Uncommitted | 3,467 | 0.93% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 372,222 | 100% | 67 | 8 | 75 |
| Source: The Green Papers | |||||
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58 Republican National Convention delegates | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Results by county
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| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
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| Bound | Unbound | Total | |||
| Donald Trump | 333,180 | 38.94% | 33 | 0 | 33 |
| Ted Cruz | 211,471 | 24.71% | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| Marco Rubio | 181,274 | 21.18% | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Ben Carson | 64,951 | 7.59% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Kasich | 45,301 | 5.29% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeb Bush (withdrawn) | 9,551 | 1.12% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Huckabee (withdrawn) | 2,415 | 0.28% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rand Paul (withdrawn) | 2,350 | 0.27% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Uncommitted | 1,849 | 0.22% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Christie (withdrawn) | 1,256 | 0.15% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carly Fiorina (withdrawn) | 715 | 0.08% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Santorum (withdrawn) | 710 | 0.08% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Gilmore (withdrawn) | 267 | 0.03% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lindsey Graham (withdrawn) | 253 | 0.03% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Pataki (withdrawn) | 186 | 0.02% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unprojected delegates: | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total: | 855,729 | 100.00% | 58 | 0 | 58 |
| Source: The Green Papers | |||||
Tennessee elected nine U.S. representatives, each representing one of Tennessee's nine congressional districts.
| District | Republican | Democratic | Others | Total | Result | ||||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| District 1 | 198,293 | 78.37% | 39,024 | 15.42% | 15,708 | 6.21% | 253,025 | 100.0% | Republican hold |
| District 2 | 212,455 | 75.65% | 68,401 | 24.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 280,856 | 100.0% | Republican hold |
| District 3 | 176,613 | 66.39% | 76,727 | 28.84% | 12,666 | 4.76% | 266,006 | 100.0% | Republican hold |
| District 4 | 165,796 | 65.03% | 89,141 | 34.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 254,937 | 100.0% | Republican hold |
| District 5 | 102,433 | 37.45% | 171,111 | 62.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 273,544 | 100.0% | Democratic hold |
| District 6 | 202,234 | 71.09% | 61,995 | 21.79% | 20,261 | 7.12% | 284,490 | 100.0% | Republican hold |
| District 7 | 200,407 | 72.22% | 65,226 | 23.50% | 11,880 | 4.28% | 277,513 | 100.0% | Republican hold |
| District 8 | 194,386 | 68.75% | 70,925 | 25.09% | 17,422 | 6.16% | 282,733 | 100.0% | Republican hold |
| District 9 | 41,123 | 18.87% | 171,631 | 78.75% | 5,203 | 2.39% | 217,957 | 100.0% | Democratic hold |
| Total | 1,493,740 | 62.47% | 814,181 | 34.05% | 83,140 | 3.48% | 2,391,061 | 100.0% | |
Results by senate districts
Winners: Republican hold Democratic hold No election |
Elections for 16 of the 33 seats in Tennessee's State Senate were held on November 8, 2016.
After this election, Republicans had 28 seats while Democrats had 5 seats.
| Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | ||||||
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| No. | % | Before | Up | Won | After | +/– | |||
| Republican | 15 | 802,362 | 80.82 | 28 | 15 | 15 | 28 |  | |
| Democratic | 6 | 172,753 | 17.40 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | | |
| Independent | 1 | 17,640 | 1.78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Write-in | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Total | 992,756 | 100 | 33 | 18 | 18 | 33 | | ||
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Results by State House districts
Winners: Republican hold Democratic hold Republican gain Democratic gain |
The election of all 99 seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives occurred on November 8, 2016.
Republicans won 74 seats, while Democrats won 25 seats. Republicans gained a seat during this election.
All incumbent Tennessee Supreme Court Justices won their retention elections, getting eight more years.
| Choice | Votes | % |
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 Yes | 302,145 | 70.88 |
| No | 124,118 | 29.12 |
| Total votes | 426,263 | 100.00 |
| Choice | Votes | % |
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| Yes | 303,275 | 71.00 |
| No | 123,846 | 29.00 |
| Total votes | 427,121 | 100.00 |
| Choice | Votes | % |
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| Yes | 303,972 | 70.79 |
| No | 125,441 | 29.21 |
| Total votes | 429,413 | 100.00 |
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