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, alongside other state and local elections. Incumbent Republican governor Bill Haslam was term-limited and 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 in a landslide. Despite Lee’s win, this was the closest win for a Republican since 1994. Lee was sworn in for his first term as Governor on January 19, 2019.

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 2014.

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Withdrawn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
Individuals
  • Harry Brooks, Tennessee House of Representatives, House Education Administration and Planning Committee chair
  • Dale Carr, [32] Tennessee House of Representatives, House Local Government Subcommittee chair
  • Mike Carter, Tennessee House of Representatives, House Civil Justice Subcommittee chair
  • Jim Coley, Tennessee House of Representatives
  • Jeremy Faison, Tennessee House of Representatives, House Government Operations Committee chair
  • Andrew Farmer, Tennessee House of Representatives, House Civil Justice Committee chair
  • John Forgety, Tennessee House of Representatives, House Education Instruction and Programs Committee chair
  • Patsy Hazlewood, [33] Tennessee House of Representatives
  • Gary Hicks, [34] Tennessee House of Representatives
  • John Holsclaw Jr., Tennessee House of Representatives, House Business and Utilities Subcommittee chair
  • Dan Howell, Tennessee House of Representatives, Joint Judiciary and Government Committee chair, House Local Government Committee vice chair
  • Curtis Johnson, Tennessee House of Representatives, House Speaker Pro Tempore
  • Pat Marsh, Tennessee House of Representatives, House Business and Utilities Committee chair
  • Steve McDaniel, Tennessee House of Representatives, House Rules Committee chair, House Ethics Committee chair, House Finance, Ways, and Means Study Subcommittee chair
  • Frank Niceley, Tennessee State Senate, Senate Energy, Agriculture, and Natural Resources 1st vice chair, Senate Transportation and Safety Committee 2nd vice chair
  • Tim Rudd, [35] Tennessee House of Representatives
  • Charles Sargent, Tennessee House of Representatives, Finance, Ways, and Means Committee chair
  • Mike Sparks, Tennessee House of Representatives, House Calendar and Rules Committee vice chair
  • Rick Tillis, [36] Tennessee House of Representatives
  • Tim Wirgau, Tennessee House of Representatives, House Local Government Committee chair
Organizations
  • Tennessee Education Association [37]
  • Tennessee Professional Fire Fighters Association [38]
  • Tennessee State Employees Association [37]
Diane Black
Individuals
Organizations
Randy Boyd
Individuals
Bill Lee
U.S. representatives
State-level officials
Individuals
Newspapers

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Diane
Black		Randy
Boyd		Beth
Harwell		Bill
Lee		OtherUndecided
JMC Analytics [69] July 18–21, 2018500± 4.4%19%20%16%26%1% [70] 17%
Emerson College [71] July 11–14, 2018266± 6.4%27%22%14%19%3%14%
Data Orbital [72] June 27–30, 2018700± 3.7%24%23%10%19%–24%
Triton Polling & Research (R) [73] June 25–28, 20181,040± 3.1%27%33%7%20%–13%
OnMessage Inc. (R-Black) [74] May 14–17, 2018600± 4.0%41%28%8%9%–15%
Grassroots Targeting (R-Black) [75] May 4–6, 2018800–41%26%6%11%–15%
OnMessage Inc. (R-Black) [74] April 2018––33%30%5%13%––
OnMessage Inc. (R-Black) [74] March 2018––31%31%10%10%––
TargetPoint/GQR [76] March 7–14, 2018390± 5.0%25%20%6%7%2% [77] 37%
North Star Onion Research (R-Lee) [78] February 5–11, 2018600± 4.0%22%25%4%18%–30%
Triton Polling & Research (R) [79] December 12–18, 20171,028± 3.1%22%12%6%4%4% [80] 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 [81]
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
  • Local Division of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters
  • Memphis AFSCME Local 1733
  • Road Sprinkler Fitters U.A. Local Union No. 66
  • Tennessee Pipe Trades; Mid-South Carpenters Regional Council

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Karl
Dean		Craig
Fitzhugh		OtherUndecided
Emerson College [71] July 11–14, 2018206± 7.3%44%14%9%33%
TargetPoint/GQR [76] 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 [89]
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." [91]

General election

Debates

Endorsements

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

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [108] Likely ROctober 26, 2018
The Washington Post [109] Likely RNovember 5, 2018
FiveThirtyEight [110] Safe RNovember 5, 2018
Rothenberg Political Report [111] Safe RNovember 1, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball [112] Safe RNovember 5, 2018
RealClearPolitics [113] Likely RNovember 4, 2018
Daily Kos [114] Safe RNovember 5, 2018
Fox News [115] [a] Likely RNovember 5, 2018
Politico [116] Likely RNovember 5, 2018
Governing [117] 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 [118] October 28–31, 2018480–53%44%–2%
Emerson College [119] October 28–30, 2018621± 4.0%54%41%2%3%
Fox News [120] October 27–30, 2018718 LV± 3.5%54%37%2%7%
850 RV± 3.0%52%36%2%9%
Vox Populi Polling [121] October 27–29, 2018780± 3.5%56%44%––
CNN/SSRS [122] October 24–29, 2018764 LV± 4.3%52%42%0%4%
871 RV± 4.0%52%41%0%5%
East Tennessee State University [123] October 22–29, 2018495± 4.4%48%36%5%9%
Cygnal (R) [124] October 26–27, 2018497± 4.4%59%36%3%2%
Marist College [125] October 23–27, 2018471 LV± 5.7%57%40%1%3%
764 RV± 4.4%56%39%1%4%
Vanderbilt University/SSRS [126] October 8–13, 2018800± 4.9%48%37%0%12%
Targoz Market Research [127] October 9–12, 2018558 LV–56%44%––
801 RV–49%39%–12%
NYT Upshot/Siena College [128] October 8–11, 2018593± 4.2%59%33%–8%
Fox News [129] September 29 – October 2, 2018666 LV± 3.5%53%36%1%10%
806 RV± 3.5%52%35%1%10%
SurveyMonkey [130] September 9–24, 20181,609± 3.3%46%35%–19%
Vox Populi Polling [131] September 16–18, 2018567± 4.1%55%45%––
CNN/SSRS [132] September 11–15, 2018723 LV± 4.3%52%43%0%3%
852 RV± 3.9%49%43%0%5%
Triton Polling & Research (R) [133] September 10–12, 20181,038± 3.0%54%37%–9%
Fox News [134] September 8–11, 2018686 LV± 3.5%55%35%1%10%
809 RV± 3.5%52%34%2%12%
Marist College [135] August 25–28, 2018538 LV± 5.1%53%40%1%7%
730 RV± 4.5%51%39%1%9%
Gravis Marketing [136] August 9–11, 2018620± 3.9%51%40%–9%
Triton Polling & Research (R) [137] 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 [71] July 11–14, 2018657± 4.1%35%39%27%
Triton Polling & Research (R) [137] January 21–24, 20181,003± 3.1%46%35%19%
Gravis Marketing [138] 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 [71] July 11–14, 2018657± 4.1%34%36%30%
Triton Polling & Research (R) [137] January 21–24, 20181,003± 3.1%43%34%23%
Gravis Marketing [138] 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) [137] January 21–24, 20181,003± 3.1%43%33%25%
Gravis Marketing [138] 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 [138] 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 [138] 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 [138] 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) [137] January 21–24, 20181,003± 3.1%36%36%28%
Gravis Marketing [138] 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 [138] December 11–12, 2017563± 4.1%36%29%34%

Results

2018 Tennessee Gubernatorial County Flips.svg

By county

By county
County [140] Bill Lee
Republican		Karl Dean
Democratic		Other votesTotal
votes
 %# %# %#
Anderson 62.46%16,26536.34%9,4621.20%31326,040
Bedford 72.72%9,48926.42%3,4470.87%11313,049
Benton 69.14%3,69629.91%1,5990.95%515,346
Bledsoe 76.18%3,10222.67%9231.15%474,072
Blount 70.48%32,95828.57%13,3620.95%44546,765
Bradley 77.37%26,12321.58%7,2871.05%35533,765
Campbell 77.01%7,82021.56%2,1891.43%14510,154
Cannon 74.58%3,47324.84%1,1570.58%274,657
Carroll 73.41%6,45125.57%2,2471.02%908,788
Carter 80.15%14,92218.93%3,5250.91%17018,617
Cheatham 68.93%9,96630.55%4,4170.52%7614,459
Chester 77.25%4,16120.99%1,1311.76%955,387
Claiborne 76.75%6,51422.05%1,8711.20%1028,487
Clay 68.96%1,77330.26%7780.78%202,571
Cocke 78.55%8,13920.07%2,0801.38%14310,362
Coffee 69.58%11,82828.63%4,8671.78%30316,998
Crockett 73.02%3,27426.16%1,1730.83%374,484
Cumberland 76.45%18,21722.65%5,3960.90%21623,829
Davidson 32.02%78,28662.34%152,4415.64%13,801244,528
Decatur 73.61%2,84424.25%9372.15%833,864
DeKalb 70.10%4,17629.16%1,7370.74%445,957
Dickson 68.31%11,41331.14%5,2020.54%9116,706
Dyer 76.68%8,51521.89%2,4311.45%16111,107
Fayette 69.59%11,88328.95%4,9431.45%24817,074
Fentress 78.96%5,04319.64%1,2551.41%916,389
Franklin 67.69%9,43231.67%4,4130.63%8813,933
Gibson 70.86%11,40227.80%4,4741.34%21516,091
Giles 70.09%6,73028.64%2,7501.26%1219,601
Grainger 80.08%5,47618.79%1,2851.13%776,838
Greene 78.74%16,19620.27%4,1690.99%20520,570
Grundy 71.87%2,69926.82%1,0071.31%493,755
Hamblen 75.87%13,19723.36%4,0630.77%13317,393
Hamilton 55.78%74,43743.31%57,7940.90%1,202133,433
Hancock 80.39%1,44718.39%3311.22%221,800
Hardeman 54.05%4,06044.38%3,3361.54%1167,512
Hardin 78.17%6,41019.55%1,6032.28%1878,200
Hawkins 80.65%14,06918.36%3,2020.99%17317,444
Haywood 43.03%2,52255.78%3,2691.19%705,861
Henderson 80.12%6,92219.00%1,6420.88%768,640
Henry 71.01%7,69827.96%3,0311.03%11210,841
Hickman 70.02%4,89428.98%2,0251.00%706,989
Houston 63.09%1,73835.93%9900.98%272,755
Humphreys 64.67%3,81334.55%2,0370.78%465,896
Jackson 67.41%2,64731.63%1,2420.97%383,927
Jefferson 76.86%12,41122.18%3,5810.96%15516,147
Johnson 81.62%4,80917.19%1,0131.19%705,892
Knox 57.68%96,00641.12%68,4371.20%2,000166,443
Lake 65.05%95123.05%33711.90%1741,462
Lauderdale 60.38%4,02638.14%2,5431.48%996,668
Lawrence 75.91%9,83423.53%3,0480.56%7212,954
Lewis 73.40%2,96925.91%1,0480.69%284,045
Lincoln 77.33%8,11020.07%2,1052.60%27310,488
Loudon 75.04%16,24523.93%5,1811.02%22121,647
Macon 79.68%5,07819.55%1,2460.77%496,373
Madison 56.99%18,72241.88%13,7591.13%37232,853
Marion 68.54%6,32730.40%2,8061.06%989,231
Marshall 70.52%7,07428.82%2,8910.66%6610,031
Maury 65.07%21,29734.10%11,1490.87%28432,730
McMinn 77.53%12,26821.37%3,3821.10%17415,824
McNairy 75.87%6,20122.33%1,8251.81%1488,174
Meigs 76.72%2,92022.23%8461.05%403,806
Monroe 76.90%11,14622.12%3,2060.99%14314,495
Montgomery 53.98%27,92043.82%22,6642.20%1,14051,724
Moore 77.57%1,94420.91%5241.52%382,506
Morgan 76.89%4,33122.07%1,2431.05%595,633
Obion 77.52%7,42521.36%2,0531.04%1009,578
Overton 68.53%4,95130.64%2,2130.83%607,224
Perry 72.37%1,77126.73%6540.90%222,447
Pickett 73.95%1,68925.66%5860.39%92,284
Polk 74.73%4,35924.38%1,4220.89%525,833
Putnam 67.33%16,40731.64%7,7101.03%25224,369
Rhea 78.58%7,38220.50%1,9260.92%869,394
Roane 71.91%13,86827.00%5,2071.08%20919,284
Robertson 69.61%16,81629.71%7,1770.68%16524,158
Rutherford 57.55%56,95741.53%41,1080.92%90898,973
Scott 81.54%4,47217.52%9610.95%525,485
Sequatchie 75.24%3,76623.68%1,1851.08%545,005
Sevier 76.80%23,05921.44%6,4421.84%55330,054
Shelby 36.74%106,59460.50%175,4782.78%8,076290,148
Smith 72.38%4,74526.79%1,7560.84%556,556
Stewart 69.24%3,10229.67%1,3291.09%494,480
Sullivan 76.42%41,54822.76%12,3730.83%44954,370
Sumner 67.33%44,14931.93%20,9140.78%51365,576
Tipton 72.86%14,07425.40%4,9081.74%33619,318
Trousdale 65.60%1,73933.20%8811.17%312,651
Unicoi 79.57%5,00819.51%1,2280.92%586,294
Union 77.11%4,02821.69%1,1331.21%635,224
Van Buren 70.27%1,55528.20%6241.54%342,213
Warren 67.44%7,73731.75%3,6430.80%9211,472
Washington 69.00%31,06630.16%13,5840.86%38645,036
Wayne 81.93%3,87617.31%8180.78%374,731
Weakley 72.82%7,20325.85%2,5571.33%1329,892
White 75.50%6,37423.74%2,0050.77%658,444
Williamson 64.54%68,18932.83%34,6472.67%2,818105,654
Wilson 66.88%35,48832.01%16,9871.12%592'53,067

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

By congressional district

Lee won seven of nine congressional districts. [141]

DistrictLeeDeanRepresentative
1st 76.2%22.7% Phil Roe
2nd 63.5%35.4% Jimmy Duncan (115th Congress)
Tim Burchett (116th Congress)
3rd 64.0%35.0% Chuck Fleischmann
4th 66.0%33.0% Scott DesJarlais
5th 35.6%59.3% Jim Cooper
6th 69.7%29.3% Diane Black (115th Congress)
John Rose (116th Congress)
7th 65.4%32.6% Marsha Blackburn (115th Congress)
Mark Green (116th Congress)
8th 66.5%32.2% David Kustoff
9th 21.5%74.9% Steve Cohen

See also

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