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2014 Tennessee governor election

Bill Haslam (Republican) beat Charles V. Brown (Democrat) in Tennessee in 2014, 70.3% to 22.8%, a margin of 47.5 points and 642,559 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 2010, when Bill Haslam also won.

Republicans led in 95 of the 95 counties. The largest, Shelby, cast 185,263 votes and went to the Republican by 20.5 points. The closest was Lake, where 220 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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bill Haslam won Republican 951,796 70.3%
Charles V. Brown Democratic 309,237 22.8%
All other candidates 92,695 6.8%
Total1,353,728

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Shelby 69,193 37.3% 107,089 57.8% 8,981 185,263 R+20.5
Davidson 47,438 35.4% 71,661 53.5% 14,854 133,953 R+18.1
Knox 15,986 15.7% 78,571 77.0% 7,419 101,976 R+61.4
Hamilton 19,462 24.4% 56,750 71.3% 3,429 79,641 R+46.8
Williamson 7,501 13.2% 45,329 79.7% 4,030 56,860 R+66.5
Rutherford 11,323 21.8% 36,467 70.1% 4,204 51,994 R+48.4
Sumner 6,121 16.7% 28,090 76.7% 2,391 36,602 R+60.0
Sullivan 4,399 13.3% 26,837 81.0% 1,876 33,112 R+67.8
Wilson 5,075 17.1% 22,580 75.9% 2,076 29,731 R+58.9
Blount 4,171 14.1% 23,653 79.7% 1,836 29,660 R+65.7
Montgomery 7,073 24.3% 20,185 69.5% 1,805 29,063 R+45.1
Washington 4,485 17.1% 19,707 74.9% 2,104 26,296 R+57.9
Madison 6,640 29.5% 14,563 64.6% 1,328 22,531 R+35.2
Bradley 2,528 12.6% 16,709 83.2% 848 20,085 R+70.6
Sevier 2,205 11.8% 15,400 82.4% 1,084 18,689 R+70.6
Maury 4,145 22.4% 12,790 69.3% 1,531 18,466 R+46.8
Anderson 3,171 17.9% 13,367 75.3% 1,220 17,758 R+57.4
Cumberland 2,543 15.5% 12,978 79.0% 905 16,426 R+63.5
Loudon 1,610 11.2% 12,015 83.7% 734 14,359 R+72.5
Putnam 2,727 19.0% 10,425 72.7% 1,181 14,333 R+53.7
Robertson 2,501 18.1% 10,177 73.8% 1,111 13,789 R+55.7
Roane 2,178 16.2% 10,310 76.9% 917 13,405 R+60.7
Greene 2,118 15.9% 10,146 76.3% 1,038 13,302 R+60.4
Tipton 2,104 17.0% 9,636 77.9% 628 12,368 R+60.9
Gibson 2,300 20.7% 7,819 70.3% 1,001 11,120 R+49.6
Hamblen 1,515 13.7% 8,978 81.0% 594 11,087 R+67.3
Hawkins 1,575 14.4% 8,730 79.8% 639 10,944 R+65.4
Coffee 2,008 18.4% 7,986 73.1% 929 10,923 R+54.7
Carter 1,530 14.2% 8,376 77.7% 871 10,777 R+63.5
Fayette 1,976 18.7% 8,141 77.1% 437 10,554 R+58.4
Jefferson 1,370 13.1% 8,423 80.7% 645 10,438 R+67.6
McMinn 1,654 16.1% 8,120 79.1% 496 10,270 R+63.0
Dickson 2,297 23.2% 6,830 69.1% 758 9,885 R+45.9
Monroe 1,788 18.2% 7,567 77.1% 460 9,815 R+58.9
Franklin 2,022 21.8% 6,595 71.0% 673 9,290 R+49.2
Lawrence 1,681 19.7% 6,264 73.4% 586 8,531 R+53.7
Cheatham 1,535 18.0% 6,191 72.6% 798 8,524 R+54.6
Warren 1,648 21.8% 5,285 70.1% 610 7,543 R+48.2
Bedford 1,227 16.5% 5,653 76.0% 560 7,440 R+59.5
Weakley 1,600 21.7% 5,082 69.0% 683 7,365 R+47.3
Dyer 1,162 15.8% 5,710 77.8% 472 7,344 R+61.9
Henry 1,533 21.0% 5,297 72.7% 459 7,289 R+51.6
Cocke 1,032 14.4% 5,615 78.3% 524 7,171 R+63.9
Obion 1,369 20.7% 4,428 67.0% 809 6,606 R+46.3
Campbell 1,145 17.8% 4,981 77.4% 308 6,434 R+59.6
Lincoln 1,077 17.3% 4,720 75.7% 438 6,235 R+58.4
Marion 1,685 27.2% 4,233 68.2% 286 6,204 R+41.1
Carroll 1,430 23.1% 4,313 69.5% 459 6,202 R+46.5
Marshall 1,224 20.6% 4,279 72.1% 435 5,938 R+51.4
Rhea 873 14.8% 4,792 81.0% 251 5,916 R+66.2
White 1,214 21.3% 4,030 70.7% 457 5,701 R+49.4
Giles 1,229 22.2% 3,922 70.9% 378 5,529 R+48.7
McNairy 1,032 19.3% 4,019 75.1% 298 5,349 R+55.8
Claiborne 948 18.0% 4,015 76.2% 306 5,269 R+58.2
Hardin 764 15.1% 4,046 80.1% 240 5,050 R+65.0
Henderson 790 15.9% 3,836 77.1% 352 4,978 R+61.2
Hardeman 1,809 37.0% 2,891 59.1% 188 4,888 R+22.1
Hickman 976 22.8% 2,956 69.2% 341 4,273 R+46.3
Humphreys 1,201 28.8% 2,512 60.2% 461 4,174 R+31.4
Grainger 635 15.3% 3,274 78.9% 239 4,148 R+63.6
Smith 1,048 25.4% 2,720 65.9% 358 4,126 R+40.5
Lauderdale 1,201 29.4% 2,652 65.0% 230 4,083 R+35.5
Overton 1,025 25.8% 2,613 65.7% 337 3,975 R+39.9
Unicoi 596 15.2% 2,999 76.3% 335 3,930 R+61.1
Benton 991 26.6% 2,415 64.7% 325 3,731 R+38.2
Morgan 962 26.7% 2,453 68.0% 194 3,609 R+41.3
DeKalb 834 23.4% 2,423 67.9% 314 3,571 R+44.5
Polk 829 23.6% 2,505 71.3% 177 3,511 R+47.7
Chester 510 15.1% 2,659 78.6% 215 3,384 R+63.5
Haywood 1,341 39.8% 1,940 57.5% 92 3,373 R+17.8
Johnson 484 14.9% 2,547 78.3% 222 3,253 R+63.4
Fentress 617 19.0% 2,371 73.2% 251 3,239 R+54.2
Macon 483 15.3% 2,436 77.0% 244 3,163 R+61.7
Sequatchie 549 17.7% 2,418 77.8% 139 3,106 R+60.2
Scott 630 20.4% 2,318 75.1% 139 3,087 R+54.7
Union 520 17.3% 2,311 76.9% 173 3,004 R+59.6
Stewart 760 25.5% 1,999 67.0% 223 2,982 R+41.5
Crockett 558 19.0% 2,222 75.8% 150 2,930 R+56.8
Cannon 546 19.7% 1,977 71.4% 247 2,770 R+51.7
Wayne 423 15.5% 2,122 77.7% 187 2,732 R+62.2
Lewis 531 20.3% 1,857 71.1% 225 2,613 R+50.7
Bledsoe 620 24.1% 1,786 69.4% 167 2,573 R+45.3
Grundy 645 26.9% 1,556 64.8% 199 2,400 R+38.0
Decatur 510 22.3% 1,634 71.3% 148 2,292 R+49.0
Jackson 611 26.8% 1,451 63.8% 214 2,276 R+36.9
Meigs 439 19.4% 1,683 74.5% 138 2,260 R+55.0
Houston 634 35.4% 1,005 56.1% 152 1,791 R+20.7
Pickett 328 20.4% 1,154 71.6% 129 1,611 R+51.3
Moore 306 19.6% 1,145 73.2% 114 1,565 R+53.6
Van Buren 483 31.9% 903 59.7% 126 1,512 R+27.8
Trousdale 392 26.6% 965 65.4% 119 1,476 R+38.8
Clay 378 26.2% 963 66.6% 104 1,445 R+40.5
Perry 327 23.3% 945 67.2% 134 1,406 R+44.0
Lake 409 35.2% 629 54.1% 125 1,163 R+18.9
Hancock 166 18.0% 676 73.5% 78 920 R+55.4

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Tennessee governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
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