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Election 2008 Results

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2008 US Senate election in Tennessee

Lamar Alexander (Republican) beat Robert D. Tuke (Democrat) in Tennessee in 2008, 65.1% to 31.6%, a margin of 33.5 points and 812,241 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 2002, when Lamar Alexander also won.

Republicans led in 94 of the 95 counties and Democrats in 1. The largest, Shelby, cast 373,139 votes and went to the Republican by 4.3 points. The closest was Houston, where 279 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
Lamar Alexander won Republican 1,579,477 65.1%
Robert D. Tuke Democratic 767,236 31.6%
All other candidates 77,872 3.2%
Total2,424,585

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Shelby 173,924 46.6% 189,851 50.9% 9,364 373,139 R+4.3
Davidson 115,354 47.3% 119,996 49.2% 8,699 244,049 R+1.9
Knox 45,844 25.8% 126,776 71.2% 5,388 178,008 R+45.5
Hamilton 47,754 33.6% 91,563 64.3% 2,987 142,304 R+30.8
Rutherford 28,906 30.3% 62,464 65.4% 4,084 95,454 R+35.2
Williamson 19,405 21.5% 68,258 75.5% 2,759 90,422 R+54.0
Sumner 15,134 24.2% 44,945 71.8% 2,484 62,563 R+47.6
Sullivan 12,906 20.9% 47,721 77.1% 1,229 61,856 R+56.3
Montgomery 16,337 33.0% 31,012 62.7% 2,148 49,497 R+29.6
Blount 8,664 17.6% 38,961 79.2% 1,593 49,218 R+61.6
Wilson 12,240 24.9% 34,781 70.8% 2,122 49,143 R+45.9
Washington 9,715 21.3% 34,592 75.9% 1,256 45,563 R+54.6
Madison 15,333 38.0% 23,890 59.1% 1,167 40,390 R+21.2
Bradley 6,485 17.9% 28,820 79.4% 986 36,291 R+61.5
Maury 11,355 34.6% 20,330 61.9% 1,138 32,823 R+27.3
Sevier 5,539 16.9% 26,021 79.5% 1,161 32,721 R+62.6
Anderson 7,675 25.6% 21,365 71.4% 883 29,923 R+45.8
Robertson 6,744 26.8% 17,485 69.5% 932 25,161 R+42.7
Putnam 6,990 28.3% 16,629 67.4% 1,061 24,680 R+39.1
Greene 4,788 20.1% 18,468 77.4% 613 23,869 R+57.3
Cumberland 5,730 24.2% 17,094 72.1% 898 23,722 R+47.9
Tipton 5,299 22.9% 17,157 74.2% 660 23,116 R+51.3
Roane 5,042 22.6% 16,617 74.5% 632 22,291 R+51.9
Loudon 3,658 17.2% 17,110 80.3% 544 21,312 R+63.1
Hamblen 4,426 20.9% 16,191 76.5% 561 21,178 R+55.6
Hawkins 4,437 21.8% 15,260 75.1% 633 20,330 R+53.2
Carter 3,448 17.0% 16,148 79.7% 653 20,249 R+62.7
Coffee 5,985 29.9% 13,173 65.8% 850 20,008 R+35.9
Gibson 5,172 27.2% 13,208 69.5% 634 19,014 R+42.3
Dickson 6,053 33.4% 11,264 62.2% 799 18,116 R+28.8
McMinn 3,832 21.4% 13,464 75.4% 572 17,868 R+53.9
Fayette 4,925 27.7% 12,457 70.0% 405 17,787 R+42.3
Jefferson 3,395 19.3% 13,542 77.0% 644 17,581 R+57.7
Monroe 3,541 21.8% 12,198 75.2% 485 16,224 R+53.4
Franklin 5,064 31.4% 10,461 64.9% 583 16,108 R+33.5
Cheatham 4,160 27.1% 10,665 69.4% 544 15,369 R+42.3
Lawrence 3,761 26.2% 10,115 70.5% 471 14,347 R+44.3
Bedford 3,548 25.7% 9,717 70.4% 543 13,808 R+44.7
Dyer 2,995 23.0% 9,533 73.3% 471 12,999 R+50.3
Warren 4,045 31.5% 8,225 64.0% 577 12,847 R+32.5
Weakley 3,809 29.7% 8,546 66.7% 459 12,814 R+37.0
Lincoln 3,197 25.8% 8,653 69.9% 522 12,372 R+44.1
Henry 3,667 30.3% 8,084 66.8% 355 12,106 R+36.5
Obion 3,385 28.7% 8,056 68.2% 374 11,815 R+39.5
Campbell 2,790 24.3% 8,264 72.0% 430 11,484 R+47.7
Cocke 2,231 19.7% 8,742 77.4% 325 11,298 R+57.6
Marion 3,803 34.8% 6,803 62.2% 334 10,940 R+27.4
Carroll 3,075 28.8% 7,254 67.8% 366 10,695 R+39.1
Marshall 3,172 30.7% 6,675 64.6% 488 10,335 R+33.9
Rhea 2,102 20.4% 7,907 76.7% 304 10,313 R+56.3
Giles 3,433 33.5% 6,355 62.0% 458 10,246 R+28.5
Henderson 2,356 23.4% 7,367 73.3% 329 10,052 R+49.9
McNairy 2,783 27.9% 6,908 69.3% 279 9,970 R+41.4
Hardeman 4,476 45.1% 5,144 51.8% 307 9,927 R+6.7
Claiborne 2,246 23.2% 7,095 73.4% 330 9,671 R+50.1
Hardin 2,304 24.6% 6,770 72.3% 288 9,362 R+47.7
White 2,620 29.1% 5,969 66.2% 427 9,016 R+37.1
Lauderdale 2,630 32.3% 5,256 64.6% 253 8,139 R+32.3
Hickman 2,735 34.8% 4,738 60.2% 395 7,868 R+25.5
Haywood 3,969 52.9% 3,402 45.3% 136 7,507 D+7.6
Humphreys 2,927 41.0% 3,965 55.5% 249 7,141 R+14.5
Smith 2,136 30.7% 4,458 64.2% 354 6,948 R+33.4
Grainger 1,445 20.9% 5,229 75.5% 250 6,924 R+54.7
Overton 2,309 34.0% 4,220 62.2% 257 6,786 R+28.2
Unicoi 1,257 18.8% 5,251 78.3% 194 6,702 R+59.6
Macon 1,382 21.4% 4,665 72.2% 412 6,459 R+50.8
Morgan 1,334 21.3% 4,746 75.9% 176 6,256 R+54.5
Polk 1,794 28.7% 4,233 67.8% 214 6,241 R+39.1
Johnson 1,191 19.6% 4,620 76.1% 258 6,069 R+56.5
DeKalb 1,861 30.7% 3,914 64.6% 288 6,063 R+33.9
Benton 2,217 36.6% 3,614 59.7% 222 6,053 R+23.1
Chester 1,344 22.6% 4,403 74.0% 204 5,951 R+51.4
Fentress 1,167 20.0% 4,469 76.4% 213 5,849 R+56.5
Scott 1,099 19.0% 4,501 77.7% 190 5,790 R+58.8
Union 1,139 20.2% 4,276 75.8% 225 5,640 R+55.6
Crockett 1,274 24.6% 3,766 72.6% 149 5,189 R+48.0
Stewart 1,779 35.4% 3,006 59.9% 236 5,021 R+24.4
Sequatchie 1,238 25.0% 3,553 71.7% 167 4,958 R+46.7
Cannon 1,433 29.5% 3,125 64.4% 295 4,853 R+34.9
Wayne 1,035 21.4% 3,685 76.2% 117 4,837 R+54.8
Decatur 1,488 32.5% 2,958 64.5% 138 4,584 R+32.1
Bledsoe 1,252 27.8% 3,105 68.9% 151 4,508 R+41.1
Lewis 1,431 31.9% 2,857 63.7% 195 4,483 R+31.8
Grundy 1,571 38.4% 2,368 57.9% 149 4,088 R+19.5
Jackson 1,672 42.1% 2,097 52.9% 198 3,967 R+10.7
Meigs 951 24.5% 2,807 72.3% 123 3,881 R+47.8
Houston 1,293 43.6% 1,572 52.9% 104 2,969 R+9.4
Moore 751 26.4% 1,989 70.0% 101 2,841 R+43.6
Trousdale 890 32.4% 1,725 62.8% 134 2,749 R+30.4
Perry 1,026 38.2% 1,559 58.0% 101 2,686 R+19.8
Clay 852 33.1% 1,623 63.0% 101 2,576 R+29.9
Pickett 575 23.4% 1,805 73.6% 74 2,454 R+50.1
Hancock 386 19.4% 1,537 77.3% 66 1,989 R+57.9
Van Buren 661 33.7% 1,223 62.3% 80 1,964 R+28.6
Lake 685 37.3% 1,038 56.5% 115 1,838 R+19.2

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