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Election 1996 Results

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1996 US Senate election in Tennessee

Fred Thompson (Republican) beat Houston Gordon (Democrat) in Tennessee in 1996, 61.4% to 36.8%, a margin of 24.5 points and 436,617 votes.

Tennessee changed party: in 1990 it went Democratic, for Albert Gore Jr.

Republicans led in 77 of the 95 counties and Democrats in 18. The largest, Shelby, cast 305,121 votes and went to the Republican by 12.6 points. The closest was Van Buren, where 87 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.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Fred Thompson won Republican 1,091,554 61.4%
Houston Gordon Democratic 654,937 36.8%
All other candidates 32,173 1.8%
Total1,778,664

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Shelby 129,878 42.6% 168,213 55.1% 7,030 305,121 R+12.6
Davidson 73,743 39.0% 109,236 57.7% 6,264 189,243 R+18.8
Knox 42,747 31.8% 90,251 67.1% 1,531 134,529 R+35.3
Hamilton 34,321 31.9% 71,756 66.7% 1,448 107,525 R+34.8
Sullivan 13,977 27.3% 36,333 71.0% 869 51,179 R+43.7
Rutherford 15,787 31.8% 32,909 66.2% 984 49,680 R+34.5
Williamson 10,141 22.9% 33,495 75.7% 583 44,219 R+52.8
Sumner 13,405 33.8% 25,714 64.9% 517 39,636 R+31.1
Blount 10,090 28.9% 24,309 69.5% 554 34,953 R+40.7
Montgomery 11,103 35.0% 19,982 63.0% 632 31,717 R+28.0
Washington 8,587 27.1% 22,706 71.7% 387 31,680 R+44.6
Madison 11,512 39.2% 17,538 59.7% 323 29,373 R+20.5
Wilson 9,967 35.4% 17,604 62.5% 581 28,152 R+27.1
Bradley 6,504 24.6% 19,545 73.9% 393 26,442 R+49.3
Anderson 9,609 36.7% 16,331 62.3% 270 26,210 R+25.6
Maury 8,236 40.9% 11,613 57.7% 274 20,123 R+16.8
Sevier 4,334 21.9% 14,874 75.3% 545 19,753 R+53.4
Roane 7,100 37.5% 11,631 61.5% 187 18,918 R+24.0
Putnam 7,138 38.1% 11,303 60.4% 270 18,711 R+22.3
Hamblen 4,831 28.4% 11,974 70.4% 199 17,004 R+42.0
Greene 4,741 28.1% 11,904 70.6% 215 16,860 R+42.5
Carter 3,889 24.4% 11,900 74.5% 175 15,964 R+50.2
Coffee 6,622 42.2% 8,878 56.6% 193 15,693 R+14.4
Gibson 6,798 43.6% 8,487 54.4% 315 15,600 R+10.8
Robertson 5,817 37.9% 9,244 60.2% 297 15,358 R+22.3
Cumberland 4,890 32.6% 9,912 66.1% 190 14,992 R+33.5
Tipton 6,885 46.1% 7,878 52.8% 164 14,927 R+6.7
McMinn 4,640 31.4% 9,930 67.2% 216 14,786 R+35.8
Hawkins 4,118 28.0% 10,242 69.6% 357 14,717 R+41.6
Lawrence 4,257 33.2% 8,486 66.3% 66 12,809 R+33.0
Loudon 3,898 30.6% 8,684 68.2% 154 12,736 R+37.6
Dickson 5,552 44.5% 6,757 54.2% 155 12,464 R+9.7
Franklin 5,145 44.4% 6,268 54.1% 180 11,593 R+9.7
Jefferson 3,259 29.1% 7,817 69.7% 142 11,218 R+40.6
Dyer 4,582 42.1% 6,103 56.1% 190 10,875 R+14.0
Weakley 4,728 43.7% 5,894 54.5% 197 10,819 R+10.8
Monroe 3,883 36.2% 6,683 62.3% 168 10,734 R+26.1
Warren 4,872 47.0% 5,319 51.3% 170 10,361 R+4.3
Bedford 4,738 45.9% 5,450 52.8% 131 10,319 R+6.9
Henry 4,727 46.7% 5,288 52.3% 102 10,117 R+5.5
Campbell 4,015 42.2% 5,320 56.0% 173 9,508 R+13.7
Carroll 3,705 39.1% 5,610 59.2% 167 9,482 R+20.1
Cheatham 3,405 36.2% 5,834 62.0% 175 9,414 R+25.8
Fayette 3,946 43.3% 5,023 55.1% 144 9,113 R+11.8
Lincoln 3,392 37.3% 5,430 59.7% 275 9,097 R+22.4
Obion 4,272 47.3% 4,609 51.1% 142 9,023 R+3.7
Marion 3,851 43.6% 4,832 54.8% 140 8,823 R+11.1
Rhea 2,714 31.9% 5,723 67.3% 66 8,503 R+35.4
McNairy 3,262 41.6% 4,532 57.7% 56 7,850 R+16.2
Hardin 2,733 35.3% 4,864 62.9% 139 7,736 R+27.5
Giles 3,682 47.9% 3,882 50.5% 117 7,681 R+2.6
Cocke 2,083 27.3% 5,425 71.2% 110 7,618 R+43.9
Claiborne 2,597 34.4% 4,861 64.3% 102 7,560 R+29.9
Hardeman 3,889 53.1% 3,357 45.9% 72 7,318 D+7.3
Benton 3,749 51.3% 3,403 46.5% 163 7,315 D+4.7
Henderson 2,161 30.4% 4,839 68.1% 106 7,106 R+37.7
Lauderdale 3,881 55.9% 2,946 42.4% 115 6,942 D+13.5
Marshall 3,111 45.3% 3,645 53.1% 110 6,866 R+7.8
White 2,820 43.8% 3,478 54.0% 146 6,444 R+10.2
Hickman 3,191 51.3% 2,922 47.0% 110 6,223 D+4.3
Humphreys 3,153 53.9% 2,597 44.4% 97 5,847 D+9.5
Haywood 3,173 55.1% 2,512 43.6% 71 5,756 D+11.5
Overton 2,953 56.7% 2,200 42.3% 53 5,206 D+14.5
Smith 2,812 54.5% 2,307 44.7% 42 5,161 D+9.8
Morgan 2,259 44.2% 2,771 54.2% 83 5,113 R+10.0
Unicoi 1,372 27.1% 3,627 71.5% 72 5,071 R+44.5
Johnson 1,122 22.3% 3,782 75.1% 133 5,037 R+52.8
Grainger 1,537 31.6% 3,256 67.0% 67 4,860 R+35.4
Scott 1,624 34.2% 3,057 64.4% 63 4,744 R+30.2
Polk 2,037 43.3% 2,567 54.6% 99 4,703 R+11.3
DeKalb 2,379 51.5% 2,172 47.0% 68 4,619 D+4.5
Macon 1,524 33.3% 3,000 65.6% 51 4,575 R+32.3
Chester 1,494 32.7% 3,037 66.5% 33 4,564 R+33.8
Union 1,518 34.4% 2,845 64.5% 48 4,411 R+30.1
Fentress 1,574 36.9% 2,624 61.5% 67 4,265 R+24.6
Wayne 1,228 29.7% 2,874 69.5% 31 4,133 R+39.8
Decatur 2,112 51.1% 1,970 47.7% 50 4,132 D+3.4
Crockett 1,796 43.7% 2,255 54.9% 58 4,109 R+11.2
Stewart 2,146 53.2% 1,808 44.8% 79 4,033 D+8.4
Grundy 2,026 53.6% 1,665 44.0% 92 3,783 D+9.5
Cannon 1,742 46.9% 1,906 51.3% 65 3,713 R+4.4
Lewis 1,702 47.8% 1,802 50.6% 59 3,563 R+2.8
Bledsoe 1,375 40.0% 2,007 58.3% 59 3,441 R+18.4
Jackson 1,986 58.7% 1,354 40.0% 44 3,384 D+18.7
Sequatchie 1,226 38.8% 1,891 59.9% 42 3,159 R+21.1
Meigs 1,069 38.6% 1,659 59.9% 42 2,770 R+21.3
Clay 1,129 43.1% 1,438 54.8% 55 2,622 R+11.8
Houston 1,640 62.8% 933 35.7% 38 2,611 D+27.1
Perry 1,111 53.0% 958 45.7% 28 2,097 D+7.3
Trousdale 1,082 52.1% 957 46.1% 37 2,076 D+6.0
Hancock 464 25.5% 1,339 73.5% 20 1,823 R+48.0
Pickett 662 36.8% 1,123 62.4% 14 1,799 R+25.6
Moore 730 41.6% 1,000 57.0% 25 1,755 R+15.4
Lake 906 58.8% 608 39.4% 28 1,542 D+19.3
Van Buren 764 52.5% 677 46.5% 14 1,455 D+6.0

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

Tennessee Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Marsha Blackburn (R) R+29.6
2020 Bill Hagerty (R) R+27.0
2018 Marsha Blackburn (R) R+10.8
2014 Lamar Alexander (R) R+30.0
2012 Bob Corker (R) R+34.5
2008 Lamar Alexander (R) R+33.5
2006 Bob Corker (R) R+2.7
2002 Lamar Alexander (R) R+9.9
2000 Bill Frist (R) R+32.9
1996 Fred Thompson (R) R+24.5
1994 Bill Frist (R) R+14.3
1990 Albert Gore Jr. (D) D+37.9
1988 Jim Sasser (D) D+30.6
1984 Al Gore (D) D+26.9
1982 Jim Sasser (D) D+23.9
1978 Howard H. Baker (R) R+15.2
1976 James R. Sasser (D) D+5.4
1972 Howard Baker Jr. (R) R+23.7
1970 William E. Brock III (R) R+3.9
1966 Howard Baker Jr. (R) R+11.4
1964 Al Gore Sr. (D) D+7.2
1960 Estes Kefauver (D) D+43.5
1958 Al Gore Sr. (D) D+60.0
1954 Estes Kefauver (D) D+39.9
1952 Al Gore Sr. (D) D+53.3
1948 Estes Kefauver (D) D+31.9
1946 Kenneth McKellar (D) D+40.4
1942 A. Tom Stewart (D) D+47.4
1940 Kenneth McKellar (D) D+41.6
1936 Nathan Bachman (D) D+56.5
1934 Kenneth McKellar (D) D+27.6
1930 Cordell Hull (D) D+44.2
1928 Kenneth McKellar (D) D+18.6
1924 Lawrence D. Tyson (D) D+14.7
1922 Kenneth McKellar (D) D+36.1
1918 John K. Shields (D) D+24.6
1916 Kenneth McKellar (D) D+9.8