Results archive / Tennessee
Tennessee election results
President since 1976, counties since 2000, US Senate since 1976.
President
Electoral votes
1976 D 101980 R 101984 R 111988 R 111992 D 111996 D 112000 R 112004 R 112008 R 112012 R 112016 R 112020 R 112024 R 11
2024 Trump+29.7
Counties
Democratic lead<55-1010-2020+
Republican lead<55-1010-2020+
No dataSwing
Towards the Democrat<22-55-1010+
Towards the Republican<22-55-1010+
No dataUS Senate
2024
Marsha Blackburn (R)63.8%
Gloria Johnson (D)34.2%
2020
Bill Hagerty (R)62.2%
Marquita Bradshaw (D)35.2%
2018
Marsha Blackburn (R)54.7%
Phil Bredesen (D)43.9%
2014
Lamar Alexander (R)61.9%
Gordon Ball (D)31.9%
2012
Bob Corker (R)64.9%
Mark E. Clayton (D)30.4%
2008
Lamar Alexander (R)65.1%
Robert D. Tuke (D)31.6%
2006
Bob Corker (R)50.7%
Harold E. Ford, Jr. (D)48.0%
2002
Lamar Alexander (R)54.3%
Bob Clement (D)44.3%
2000
Bill Frist (R)65.1%
Jeff Clark (D)32.2%
1996
Fred Thompson (R)61.4%
Houston Gordon (D)36.8%
1994
Bill Frist (R)56.4%
Jim Sasser (D)42.1%
1994special
Fred Thompson (R)60.4%
Jim Cooper (D)38.6%
1990
Albert Gore Jr. (D)67.7%
William R. Hawkins (R)29.8%
1988
Jim Sasser (D)65.1%
Bill Andersen (R)34.5%
1984
Albert Gore Jr. (D)60.7%
Victor Ashe (R)33.8%
1982
Jim Sasser (D)61.9%
Robin Beard (R)38.1%
1978
Howard H. Baker (R)55.5%
Jane Eskind (D)40.3%
1976
James R. Sasser (D)52.5%
Bill Brock (R)47.0%
MEDSL and VEST results files: fixed historic releases. 2026 Senate counts: uncertified.
Sources
- National Archives, Office of the Federal Register: Electoral College results 1976-2024 (Public domain (US government work))
- MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. President 1976-2024, Harvard Dataverse (CC0 1.0)
- MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (GitHub copy, commit f44e3fc; the dataset is CC0 1.0 on Harvard Dataverse, doi:10.7910/DVN/VOQCHQ) (CC0 1.0)
- Connecticut Secretary of the State, 2012 presidential election results by town (CT Election History), summed to the eight legacy counties by PollCheck (Official public records)
- Voting and Election Science Team, 2020 Precinct-Level Election Results, Harvard Dataverse (precincts summed to counties by PollCheck) (CC BY 4.0)
- PollCheck 2024 county totals (us_site/house_pres.py): MEDSL 2024 precinct returns (CC0 1.0) plus the state sources named in county_pres_2024.json (CC0 1.0 (MEDSL rows))
- US Census Bureau cartographic boundary files: counties 2020 (1:500,000) and 2024 (1:5,000,000) (Public domain)
- US Census Bureau state legislative districts (lower chamber), Alaska: TIGER/Line 2010 (2000 and 2010 districts) and cartographic boundary files 2013, 2018 and 2023 (Public domain)
- Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, 2024 General Election, President and Vice President (certified, corrected 5 Dec 2024) (Maine government record)
- New York State Board of Elections, 2004 General Election, President and Vice President, results by county (New York government record)
- New York State Board of Elections, President and Vice-President Election Returns Nov. 6, 2012 (dated 20 Mar 2013, Kings update 9 Jun 2013), copy hosted by the American Presidency Project (New York government record)
- MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. Senate statewide 1976-2024, Harvard Dataverse (CC0 1.0)
- State election office counts as read by the PollCheck midterms results feed (us_midterms_2026/data/results.json); uncertified (Official public records)
- us-atlas 3.0.1 counties-albers-10m (Census 2017 county boundaries) (ISC)
- us-atlas 3.0.1 states-albers-10m.json (US Census Bureau cartographic boundary files 2017; ISC licence)
Final results.