The 1982 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1982, to elect the governor of Tennessee. Incumbent Republican governor Lamar Alexander was now qualified to run for re-election because of Tennessee's 1978 constitutional amendment allowing governors to serve a second consecutive four-year term.Phillip Langsdon, Tennessee: A Political History (Franklin, Tenn.: Hillsboro Press, 2000), pp. 370–381, 370–393. Alexander ran for re-election and defeated Democratic nominee Randy Tyree, the mayor of Knoxville, with 59.6% of the vote.
Alexander was the first Republican to be re-elected governor since 1912.
Primary elections Primary elections were held on August 5, 1982.
Republican primary Lamar Alexander was unopposed.
Democratic primary
Candidates Randy Tyree, Mayor of Knoxville Anna Belle Clement O'Brien, State Senator Tom Henry Tommy McKnight John G. Love Luther M. Kindall James W. Thomas Virginia Nyabongo Boyce McCall
Results
General election
Candidates Lamar Alexander, Republican Randy Tyree, Democratic
Results
See also
1982 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee 1982 United States Senate election in Tennessee
References