Tennessee state elections in 2014 were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014. Primary elections for the United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, governorship, 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 7, 2014. There were also four constitutional amendments to the Constitution of Tennessee on the November 4 ballot.
United States Congress Senate
Incumbent Republican U.S. senator Lamar Alexander defeated Democrat Gordon Ball and was re-elected to a third term in office with 61.9% of the vote against 31.9%.
Results
August 7, 2014, Primary Results
House of Representatives
Tennessee elected nine U.S. Representatives, each representing one of Tennessee's nine Congressional Districts.
Results Source:
DistrictRepublicanDemocraticOthersTotalResult Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %District 1 115,533 82.84% 0 0.00% 23,937 17.16% 139,470 100.0% Republican holdDistrict 2 120,883 72.49% 37,612 22.56% 8,256 1.00% 166,751 100.0% Republican holdDistrict 3 97,344 62.36% 53,983 34.58% 4,770 3.06% 156,097 100.0% Republican holdDistrict 4 84,815 58.32% 51,357 35.32% 9,246 6.36% 145,418 100.0% Republican holdDistrict 5 55,078 35.70% 96,148 62.32% 3,050 1.98% 154,276 100.0% Democratic holdDistrict 6 115,231 71.09% 37,232 22.97% 9,634 5.94% 162,097 100.0% Republican holdDistrict 7 110,534 70.00% 42,280 26.77% 5,093 3.23% 157,907 100.0% Republican holdDistrict 8 122,255 70.83% 42,433 24.59% 7,907 4.58% 172,595 100.0% Republican holdDistrict 9 27,173 23.31% 87,376 74.97% 2,001 1.72% 116,550 100.0% Democratic holdTotal 848,846 61.91% 448,421 32.70% 73,894 5.39% 1,371,161 100.0%
Gubernatorial
Incumbent Republican governor Bill Haslam was re-elected to a second term with 70.3% of the vote, defeating his Democratic challenger Charles Brown. Improving on his performance from 2010, Haslam also carried every county in the state
Results
August 7, 2014, primary results
State legislature State Senate
Results by senate districts
Winners:
Elections for 18 of the 33 seats in Tennessee's State Senate were held on November 4, 2014.
After this election, Republicans had 28 seats while Democrats had 5 seats, with Republicans gaining two seats.
State House of Representatives
Results by State House districts
Winners:
The election of all 99 seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives occurred on November 4, 2014.
Republicans won 73 seats, while Democrats won 26 seats. Republicans gained two seats during this election.
Ballot measures
Amendment 1
This is an approved legislatively referred constitutional amendment to the Constitution of Tennessee that appeared on the ballot on November 4, 2014. The amendment would ensure that Constitution of Tennessee, would not support, fund, or protect the right to an abortion.
Amendment 2
Amendment 3 This amendment would prohibit a state income tax. It passed with 66.21% of the vote.
Amendment 4
Supreme Court
Retention elections (August 7, 2014) All incumbent Tennessee Supreme Court Justices won their retention elections, getting eight more years. While the justices were able to overcome a vigorous opposition campaign by Ron Ramsey and other Republicans, who accused them of being "liberal," "soft on crime" and of helping Obamacare, their retention victories were by some of the smallest margins in recent history.
All retained justices were appointed by former Democratic governor Phil Bredesen.
Local elections
Knox County
Incumbent Republican mayor Tim Burchett ran for re-election and was opposed by no one in both the primary and the general election since no other candidate filed to run against him.
Results
May 6, 2014, primary results
Shelby County
Incumbent Republican Mayor Mark Luttrell won re-election with 62.3% of the vote, defeating Democratic nominee Deidre Malone.
Results
May 6, 2014, primary results
Clarksville
Incumbent Democratic mayor Kim McMillan ran for re-election and won a second term in office in a 3-way race. +November 4, 2014 Clarksville Mayor ElectionCandidateVotes%Kim McMillan (I)9,57746.88%Bill Summers5,54427.14%Jeff Burkhart5,26725.78%Write-ins420.21%Total20,430100%
Murfreesboro
Incumbent Democratic mayor Tommy Bragg decided not to run for re-election to a third term.
Republican candidate Shane McFarland defeated Vice Mayor Ron Washington, becoming the youngest person elected as mayor in Murfreesboro history. +August 15, 2014 Murfreesboro Mayor ElectionCandidateVotes%Shane McFarland5,31568.09%Ron Washington2,47431.69%Write-ins170.22%Total7,806100%
See also Elections in Tennessee Political party strength in Tennessee Tennessee Democratic Party Tennessee Republican Party Government of Tennessee Tennessee Supreme Court 2014 United States elections
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