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Election 1974 Results

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1974 Tennessee governor election

L. Ray Blanton (Democrat) beat Lamar Alexander (Republican) in Tennessee in 1974, 55.4% to 43.8%, a margin of 11.7 points and 121,366 votes.

Tennessee changed party: in 1970 it went Republican, for Winfield Dunn.

Democrats led in 72 of the 95 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 23. The largest, Shelby, cast 197,490 votes and went to the Republican by 0.7 points. The closest was Pickett, where 25 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
L. Ray Blanton won	Democratic	576,833	55.4%
Lamar Alexander	Republican	455,467	43.8%
All other candidates		8,414	0.8%
Total		1,040,714

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Shelby	97,005 49.1%	98,336 49.8%	2,149	197,490	R+0.7
Davidson	69,232 61.9%	41,664 37.3%	861	111,757	D+24.7
Knox	29,716 41.1%	41,823 57.8%	829	72,368	R+16.7
Hamilton	25,895 44.0%	32,543 55.3%	389	58,827	R+11.3
Sullivan	15,440 47.9%	16,211 50.3%	559	32,210	R+2.4
Blount	6,448 33.6%	12,600 65.6%	152	19,200	R+32.0
Washington	8,731 47.3%	9,229 50.0%	486	18,446	R+2.7
Madison	10,066 55.8%	7,859 43.6%	109	18,034	D+12.2
Anderson	9,006 51.7%	8,279 47.5%	139	17,424	D+4.2
Rutherford	10,093 67.8%	4,690 31.5%	96	14,879	D+36.3
Sumner	9,144 65.7%	4,723 33.9%	50	13,917	D+31.8
Gibson	8,712 67.4%	4,145 32.1%	72	12,929	D+35.3
Montgomery	8,951 71.0%	3,576 28.3%	87	12,614	D+42.6
Greene	5,212 42.5%	6,963 56.8%	85	12,260	R+14.3
Roane	6,770 57.2%	4,985 42.1%	72	11,827	D+15.1
Hamblen	6,398 56.8%	4,784 42.4%	89	11,271	D+14.3
Bradley	4,747 43.2%	6,198 56.4%	44	10,989	R+13.2
Williamson	5,968 54.6%	4,912 44.9%	52	10,932	D+9.7
Carter	4,773 44.1%	5,780 53.4%	277	10,830	R+9.3
Maury	6,575 63.8%	3,674 35.7%	49	10,298	D+28.2
McMinn	4,459 46.0%	5,198 53.6%	46	9,703	R+7.6
Putnam	6,541 68.6%	2,961 31.0%	37	9,539	D+37.5
Wilson	6,923 73.5%	2,458 26.1%	41	9,422	D+47.4
Lawrence	5,677 61.0%	3,608 38.8%	22	9,307	D+22.2
Hawkins	3,859 43.4%	4,964 55.8%	75	8,898	R+12.4
Coffee	5,838 68.4%	2,649 31.0%	52	8,539	D+37.3
Monroe	4,190 49.3%	4,267 50.2%	48	8,505	R+0.9
Sevier	2,423 30.3%	5,515 68.9%	63	8,001	R+38.6
Carroll	4,510 56.8%	3,385 42.6%	43	7,938	D+14.2
Dyer	4,291 57.3%	3,125 41.7%	75	7,491	D+15.6
Tipton	4,668 62.7%	2,756 37.0%	24	7,448	D+25.7
Dickson	5,513 76.3%	1,680 23.3%	29	7,222	D+53.1
McNairy	4,587 63.8%	2,596 36.1%	10	7,193	D+27.7
Robertson	5,563 79.0%	1,448 20.6%	35	7,046	D+58.4
Loudon	3,376 49.2%	3,436 50.1%	46	6,858	R+0.9
Bedford	5,117 74.8%	1,693 24.7%	35	6,845	D+50.0
Franklin	5,056 74.5%	1,688 24.9%	41	6,785	D+49.6
Jefferson	2,773 40.9%	3,972 58.6%	35	6,780	R+17.7
Henry	4,898 74.3%	1,645 24.9%	53	6,596	D+49.3
Campbell	3,531 54.0%	2,987 45.7%	19	6,537	D+8.3
Weakley	4,681 71.7%	1,824 27.9%	23	6,528	D+43.8
Cumberland	3,312 52.5%	2,974 47.1%	25	6,311	D+5.4
Henderson	3,017 48.7%	3,167 51.2%	7	6,191	R+2.4
Hardin	3,519 59.0%	2,436 40.8%	10	5,965	D+18.2
Obion	4,221 71.1%	1,690 28.5%	24	5,935	D+42.6
Warren	4,456 75.7%	1,408 23.9%	25	5,889	D+51.8
Hardeman	3,962 69.5%	1,695 29.7%	42	5,699	D+39.8
Marion	3,571 64.5%	1,943 35.1%	22	5,536	D+29.4
Cocke	2,078 37.9%	3,348 61.1%	54	5,480	R+23.2
Giles	4,374 80.1%	1,069 19.6%	16	5,459	D+60.5
Lauderdale	3,836 72.1%	1,463 27.5%	21	5,320	D+44.6
Marshall	4,098 79.9%	1,008 19.7%	21	5,127	D+60.3
Rhea	2,854 56.2%	2,202 43.4%	21	5,077	D+12.8
Lincoln	3,959 78.5%	1,066 21.1%	19	5,044	D+57.4
Fayette	3,007 60.4%	1,937 38.9%	32	4,976	D+21.5
Haywood	3,081 65.2%	1,630 34.5%	17	4,728	D+30.7
Benton	3,283 70.7%	1,330 28.6%	31	4,644	D+42.1
Claiborne	2,297 51.0%	2,184 48.5%	23	4,504	D+2.5
Humphreys	3,436 78.6%	913 20.9%	20	4,369	D+57.7
Hickman	3,288 79.0%	862 20.7%	11	4,161	D+58.3
Chester	2,577 62.8%	1,520 37.0%	7	4,104	D+25.8
Decatur	2,508 63.0%	1,453 36.5%	19	3,980	D+26.5
Overton	3,070 78.0%	851 21.6%	14	3,935	D+56.4
Cheatham	3,079 78.6%	813 20.8%	24	3,916	D+57.9
Polk	2,507 64.2%	1,392 35.6%	8	3,907	D+28.5
Smith	2,995 78.2%	833 21.7%	3	3,831	D+56.4
Morgan	2,388 63.6%	1,348 35.9%	21	3,757	D+27.7
Bledsoe	1,996 53.3%	1,735 46.4%	11	3,742	D+7.0
Wayne	1,734 47.3%	1,923 52.4%	11	3,668	R+5.2
Grainger	1,596 44.4%	1,970 54.8%	28	3,594	R+10.4
Dekalb	2,523 70.3%	1,056 29.4%	9	3,588	D+40.9
Scott	1,710 48.6%	1,773 50.3%	39	3,522	R+1.8
White	2,625 74.6%	884 25.1%	8	3,517	D+49.5
Unicoi	1,618 47.0%	1,797 52.2%	26	3,441	R+5.2
Crockett	2,195 63.8%	1,229 35.7%	15	3,439	D+28.1
Jackson	2,523 84.0%	477 15.9%	3	3,003	D+68.1
Lewis	2,383 82.2%	511 17.6%	6	2,900	D+64.6
Fentress	1,577 54.7%	1,296 45.0%	8	2,881	D+9.8
Johnson	1,074 37.4%	1,742 60.7%	52	2,868	R+23.3
Macon	1,483 52.8%	1,316 46.8%	10	2,809	D+5.9
Grundy	2,060 76.5%	627 23.3%	7	2,694	D+53.2
Union	1,338 50.5%	1,297 49.0%	13	2,648	D+1.5
Cannon	2,004 77.1%	583 22.4%	11	2,598	D+54.7
Perry	1,676 77.4%	474 21.9%	14	2,164	D+55.5
Clay	1,424 68.1%	660 31.6%	6	2,090	D+36.6
Stewart	1,707 82.9%	337 16.4%	16	2,060	D+66.5
Sequatchie	1,283 68.7%	568 30.4%	16	1,867	D+38.3
Hancock	787 43.7%	1,001 55.5%	14	1,802	R+11.9
Houston	1,452 81.9%	312 17.6%	9	1,773	D+64.3
Lake	1,276 75.6%	402 23.8%	9	1,687	D+51.8
Meigs	895 54.2%	741 44.9%	16	1,652	D+9.3
Pickett	776 50.6%	751 49.0%	7	1,534	D+1.6
Trousdale	1,187 86.4%	179 13.0%	8	1,374	D+73.4
Van Buren	958 76.3%	293 23.3%	4	1,255	D+53.0
Moore	844 83.1%	169 16.6%	3	1,016	D+66.4

Counties as they stood in 1974; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Tennessee governor elections we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2022	Bill Lee (R)	R+32.0
2018	Bill Lee (R)	R+21.0
2014	Bill Haslam (R)	R+47.5
2010	Bill Haslam (R)	R+31.9
2006	Phil Bredesen (D)	D+38.9
2002	Phil Bredesen (D)	D+3.1
1998	Don Sundquist (R)	R+39.2
1994	Don Sundquist (R)	R+9.6
1990	Ned McWherter (D)	D+24.2
1986	Ned McWherter (D)	D+8.5
1982	Lamar Alexander (R)	R+19.1
1978	Lamar Alexander (R)	R+11.6
1974	L. Ray Blanton (D)	D+11.7
1970	Winfield Dunn (R)	R+6.0
1966	Buford Ellington (D)	D+81.2
1962	Frank G. Clement (D)	D+34.8
1958	Buford Ellington (D)	D+49.2
1954	Frank G. Clement (D)	D+86.7
1952	Frank G. Clement (D)	D+58.7
1950	Gordon Browning (D)	D+78.1
1948	Gordon Browning (D)	D+33.8
1946	James N. McCord (D)	D+33.4
1944	James N. McCord (D)	D+26.5
1942	Prentice Cooper (D)	D+40.3
1940	Prentice Cooper (D)	D+44.2
1938	Prentice Cooper (D)	D+43.4
1936	Gordon Browning (D)	D+61.7
1934	Hill McAlister (D)	D+61.8
1932	Hill McAlister (D)	D+13.0
1930	Henry H. Horton (D)	D+28.2
1928	Henry H. Horton (D)	D+22.1
1926	Austin Peay (D)	D+29.5
1924	Austin Peay (D)	D+14.4
1922	Austin Peay (D)	D+15.8
1920	Alfred A. Taylor (R)	R+10.4
1918	Albert H. Roberts (D)	D+25.0
1916	Tom C. Rye (D)	D+11.0
1914	Tom C. Rye (D)	D+7.8
1912	Ben W. Hooper (R)	R+3.1
1910	Ben W. Hooper (R)	R+4.3
1908	Malcolm R. Patterson (D)	D+8.2
1906	Malcolm R. Patterson (D)	D+9.4
1904	James B. Frazier (D)	D+11.9
1902	James B. Frazier (D)	D+25.0
1900	Benton McMillin (D)	D+9.7
1898	Benton McMillin (D)	D+18.2
1896	Robert L. Taylor (D)	D+2.2
1894	Peter Turney (D)	D+1.1
1892	Peter Turney (D)	D+9.7
1890	John P. Buchanan (D)	D+18.7
1888	Robert L. Taylor (D)	D+6.0
1886	Robert L. Taylor (D)	D+7.2
1884	William B. Bate (D)	D+2.8
1882	William B. Bate (D)	D+12.0
1880	Alvin Hawkins (R)	R+10.2
1878	Albert S. Marks (D)	D+31.2
1876	James D. Jr. Porter (D)	D+62.7
1874	James D. Jr. Porter (D)	D+29.8
1872	A. A. Freeman (R)	R+100.0
1870	John C. Brown (D)	D+31.1
1867	William G. Brownlow (R)	R+76.8
1865	William G. Brownlow (R)	R+99.9

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