2024 United States Senate election in Tennessee

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2024 United States Senate election in Tennessee
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Nominee Marsha Blackburn Gloria Johnson
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote1,919,6061,027,025
Percentage63.8%34.1%
2024 United States Senate election in Tennessee results map by county.svg
2024 US Senate Election in Tennessee by congressional district.svg
Blackburn:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Johnson:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
U.S. senator before election

Marsha Blackburn
Republican

Elected U.S. senator

Marsha Blackburn
Republican

The 2024 United States Senate election in Tennessee was held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Tennessee. Incumbent one-term Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn defeated state representative Gloria Johnson with 63.8% of the vote. Blackburn sufficiently improved on her performance from 2018.

Contents

The primaries took place on August 1, 2024, with Blackburn and Johnson winning their respective party nominations. This was the first all-woman general election for a Tennessee senate seat. [1]

Blackburn performed comparably to Donald Trump in the general election overall but notably outperformed him in some key counties. Specifically, she outperformed him in Hamilton, Haywood (a county Trump lost and where she had previously lost), Madison, Shelby, and Washington.

Although Gloria Johnson campaigned for the Senate seat, she simultaneously sought and won re-election to the State House in the 90th district, where she ran unopposed in that race. [2]

Background

At the federal and state levels, Tennessee is considered to be a strongly red state, having gone to Donald Trump by 23 points in the 2020 presidential election. In Tennessee, Republicans occupy both Senate seats, 8 out of 9 U.S. House seats, supermajorities in both state legislative chambers, and the governor's office.

Due to Tennessee's strong conservative bent, this race was considered a "Safe" Republican hold.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Endorsements

Marsha Blackburn
U.S. Executive Branch officials
Organizations

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of July 12, 2024
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Marsha Blackburn (R)$14,501,964$6,339,437$8,776,627
Source: Federal Election Commission [9]

Results

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Results by county:
  Blackburn
  •   80–90%
  •   >90%
Republican primary results [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Marsha Blackburn (incumbent) 367,799 89.48%
Republican Tres Wittum43,24410.52%
Write-in 2<0.01%
Total votes411,045 100.00%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Declined

  • Joanne Sowell, attorney [14]

Endorsements

Gloria Johnson
Individuals
Organizations
Labor unions

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of July 12, 2024
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Marquita Bradshaw (D)$36,054$35,691$364
Gloria Johnson (D)$5,046,183$3,009,194$2,048,985
Source: Federal Election Commission [9]

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Marquita
Bradshaw		Gloria
Johnson		Civil
Miller-Watkins		OtherUndecided
Targoz Market Research [A] March 15 – April 2, 2024282 (LV)± 2.77%7%38%2%1%52%
Targoz Market Research [A] December 14–28, 2023251 (LV)± 2.66%11%41%2%1%45%

Results

Results by county: Johnson 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90% >90% Miller-Watkins 40-50% 2024TNsenDemPrim.svg
Results by county:
  Johnson
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  •   >90%
  Miller-Watkins
  •   40–50%
Democratic primary results [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Gloria Johnson 143,962 70.20%
Democratic Marquita Bradshaw 44,65721.78%
Democratic Lola Brown10,0274.89%
Democratic Civil Miller-Watkins6,4203.13%
Total votes205,066 100.00%

Independents

Candidates

Declared

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [20] Solid RNovember 9, 2023
Inside Elections [21] Solid RNovember 9, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball [22] Safe RNovember 9, 2023
Decision Desk HQ/The Hill [23] Safe RJune 8, 2024
Elections Daily [24] Safe RMay 4, 2023
CNalysis [25] Safe RNovember 21, 2023
RealClearPolitics [26] Solid RAugust 5, 2024
Split Ticket [27] Safe ROctober 23, 2024
538 [28] Solid ROctober 23, 2024

Post-primary endorsements

Marsha Blackburn (R)
Individuals

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of July 12, 2024
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Marsha Blackburn (R)$14,501,964$6,339,437$8,776,627
Gloria Johnson (D)$5,069,008$3,009,194$2,048,985
Source: Federal Election Commission [9]

Polling

Aggregate polls
Source of poll
aggregation		Dates
administered		Dates
updated		Marsha
Blackburn (R)		Gloria
Johnson (D)		Undecided [b] Margin
538 through October 28, 2024October 29, 202455.0%35.7%9.3%Blackburn +19.3
RCP October 1, 2023 - May 9, 2024September 9, 202450.5%33.0%16.5%Blackburn +17.5
TheHill/DDHQ through October 28, 2024October 29, 202459.4%36.5%4.1%Blackburn +22.9%
Average55.0%35.1%9.9%Blackburn +19.9%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Marsha
Blackburn (R)		Gloria
Johnson (D)		Undecided
ActiVote October 7–28, 2024400 (LV)± 4.9%61%39%–
ActiVote September 14 – October 18, 2024400 (LV)± 4.9%61%39%–
Targoz Market Research [A] September 27 – October 8, 20241,159 (RV)± 2.77%52%29%18% [c]
971 (LV)± 2.77%54%31%15% [d]
ActiVote July 25 – September 2, 2024400 (LV)± 4.9%60%40%–
Targoz Market Research [A] June 20 – July 1, 20241,124 (RV)± 2.77%49%32%19%
944 (LV)± 2.77%52%32%16%
SSRS/Vanderbilt University April 26 – May 9, 20241,003 (RV)± 3.4%51%40%9%
Targoz Market Research [A] March 15 – April 2, 2024955 (LV)± 2.77%45%29%26%
Targoz Market Research [A] October 5–16, 2023850 (LV)± 2.79%49%29%23%
Hypothetical polling
Marsha Blackburn vs. Marquita Bradshaw
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Marsha
Blackburn (R)		Marquita
Bradshaw (D)		Undecided
Targoz Market Research [A] June 20 – July 1, 20241,124 (RV)± 2.77%51%33%17%
942 (LV)± 2.77%54%33%14%
Targoz Market Research [A] March 15 – April 2, 2024947 (LV)± 2.77%46%22%32%
Targoz Market Research [A] October 5–16, 2023824 (LV)± 2.79%48%36%17%

Results

2024 United States Senate election in Tennessee
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Marsha Blackburn (incumbent)1,919,60663.81%+9.10%
Democratic Gloria Johnson 1,027,02534.14%−9.78%
Independent Tharon Chandler28,5580.95%N/A
Independent Pamela Moses24,6330.82%N/A
Independent Hastina Robinson8,2700.27%N/A
Total votes3,008,092 100.00%
2024 Knoxville Ballot Knoxville Tennessee 2024 Presidential Ballot.jpg
2024 Knoxville Ballot

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ↑ Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
  3. ↑ Moses (I) with 4%; Chandler (I) with 2%
  4. ↑ Moses (I) with 5%; Chandler (I) with 2%
Partisan clients
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Poll sponsored by the Beacon Center of Tennessee

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