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2012 US Senate election in Tennessee

Bob Corker (Republican) beat Mark E. Clayton (Democrat) in Tennessee in 2012, 64.9% to 30.4%, a margin of 34.5 points and 800,561 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 2006, when Bob Corker also won.

Republicans led in 93 of the 95 counties and Democrats in 2. The largest, Shelby, cast 347,641 votes and went to the Democrat by 8.2 points. The closest was Lake, where 300 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
Bob Corker won Republican 1,506,443 64.9%
Mark E. Clayton Democratic 705,882 30.4%
All other candidates 109,152 4.7%
Total2,321,477

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Shelby 181,253 52.1% 152,612 43.9% 13,776 347,641 D+8.2
Davidson 105,631 45.4% 111,176 47.8% 15,778 232,585 R+2.4
Knox 38,459 23.4% 114,940 69.9% 11,071 164,470 R+46.5
Hamilton 41,570 30.2% 91,497 66.5% 4,472 137,539 R+36.3
Rutherford 27,731 29.3% 61,962 65.5% 4,904 94,597 R+36.2
Williamson 16,789 17.9% 72,402 77.2% 4,570 93,761 R+59.3
Sumner 12,616 20.5% 46,321 75.2% 2,646 61,583 R+54.7
Sullivan 11,725 20.5% 43,329 75.7% 2,195 57,249 R+55.2
Montgomery 17,893 34.8% 30,923 60.1% 2,618 51,434 R+25.3
Wilson 10,497 21.1% 36,993 74.3% 2,294 49,784 R+53.2
Blount 8,295 17.8% 35,846 76.8% 2,536 46,677 R+59.0
Washington 9,869 22.1% 32,637 73.0% 2,215 44,721 R+50.9
Madison 14,439 37.7% 22,629 59.1% 1,208 38,276 R+21.4
Bradley 5,299 15.3% 28,186 81.6% 1,072 34,557 R+66.2
Sevier 5,296 16.1% 26,266 79.8% 1,353 32,915 R+63.7
Maury 10,243 32.1% 19,992 62.7% 1,654 31,889 R+30.6
Anderson 6,698 24.0% 19,604 70.1% 1,660 27,962 R+46.2
Robertson 5,584 22.9% 17,722 72.6% 1,110 24,416 R+49.7
Cumberland 4,483 19.0% 17,900 75.9% 1,188 23,571 R+56.9
Putnam 5,406 23.0% 16,703 71.1% 1,377 23,486 R+48.1
Greene 4,185 18.3% 17,614 77.1% 1,053 22,852 R+58.8
Tipton 5,264 23.4% 16,480 73.1% 786 22,530 R+49.8
Loudon 3,274 15.4% 17,015 80.1% 959 21,248 R+64.7
Roane 4,218 20.9% 15,075 74.7% 899 20,192 R+53.8
Hawkins 4,042 21.2% 14,344 75.2% 682 19,068 R+54.0
Hamblen 3,612 19.2% 14,547 77.4% 630 18,789 R+58.2
Carter 3,107 16.5% 14,874 79.2% 807 18,788 R+62.6
Coffee 4,488 24.2% 13,227 71.4% 815 18,530 R+47.2
Gibson 4,996 27.6% 12,473 69.0% 600 18,069 R+41.4
Fayette 4,407 24.7% 12,828 71.9% 596 17,831 R+47.2
McMinn 3,139 18.3% 13,422 78.1% 627 17,188 R+59.8
Dickson 4,264 25.6% 11,471 68.8% 931 16,666 R+43.2
Jefferson 2,991 18.1% 12,811 77.5% 733 16,535 R+59.4
Monroe 3,186 20.1% 11,845 74.6% 850 15,881 R+54.5
Franklin 4,092 27.3% 10,312 68.9% 558 14,962 R+41.6
Cheatham 3,132 21.6% 10,544 72.8% 805 14,481 R+51.2
Lawrence 3,120 23.2% 9,867 73.5% 446 13,433 R+50.2
Bedford 3,050 23.1% 9,671 73.2% 486 13,207 R+50.1
Dyer 2,919 22.7% 9,570 74.4% 373 12,862 R+51.7
Lincoln 2,816 22.5% 9,155 73.3% 518 12,489 R+50.8
Weakley 3,276 27.6% 8,011 67.6% 564 11,851 R+40.0
Henry 3,271 28.0% 7,934 67.9% 487 11,692 R+39.9
Warren 3,210 27.5% 7,905 67.6% 575 11,690 R+40.2
Obion 3,100 26.9% 7,710 67.0% 704 11,514 R+40.0
Campbell 2,411 21.4% 8,336 74.1% 508 11,255 R+52.6
Cocke 1,706 16.2% 8,396 79.9% 403 10,505 R+63.7
Carroll 2,796 27.6% 6,910 68.2% 424 10,130 R+40.6
Marshall 2,856 28.4% 6,696 66.7% 491 10,043 R+38.2
Rhea 1,705 17.0% 7,989 79.8% 320 10,014 R+62.8
Hardin 2,146 21.5% 7,534 75.4% 317 9,997 R+53.9
Marion 2,995 30.2% 6,608 66.6% 320 9,923 R+36.4
Giles 2,923 29.7% 6,494 66.0% 422 9,839 R+36.3
McNairy 2,409 25.3% 6,812 71.7% 283 9,504 R+46.3
Claiborne 1,808 19.1% 7,219 76.4% 416 9,443 R+57.3
Henderson 1,981 21.1% 7,103 75.5% 321 9,405 R+54.5
Hardeman 3,712 41.5% 4,785 53.5% 448 8,945 R+12.0
White 2,113 24.5% 6,039 70.0% 470 8,622 R+45.5
Lauderdale 2,869 36.5% 4,671 59.4% 319 7,859 R+22.9
Hickman 1,965 27.7% 4,675 65.9% 458 7,098 R+38.2
Haywood 3,617 51.9% 3,180 45.6% 176 6,973 D+6.3
Grainger 1,187 17.5% 5,318 78.4% 280 6,785 R+60.9
Unicoi 1,247 19.2% 4,939 75.9% 320 6,506 R+56.7
Humphreys 2,300 35.4% 3,786 58.3% 407 6,493 R+22.9
Overton 1,797 27.9% 4,372 67.8% 281 6,450 R+39.9
Smith 1,717 26.9% 4,403 68.9% 270 6,390 R+42.0
Fentress 1,119 17.7% 4,996 79.1% 205 6,320 R+61.3
Macon 1,050 17.0% 4,854 78.7% 267 6,171 R+61.6
Morgan 1,253 20.4% 4,626 75.4% 260 6,139 R+54.9
Chester 1,266 20.9% 4,572 75.4% 223 6,061 R+54.5
Benton 1,944 32.5% 3,746 62.7% 287 5,977 R+30.1
Scott 974 16.4% 4,768 80.2% 200 5,942 R+63.9
Polk 1,513 25.8% 4,143 70.6% 209 5,865 R+44.8
Johnson 1,009 17.6% 4,456 77.7% 268 5,733 R+60.1
DeKalb 1,523 27.0% 3,836 67.9% 289 5,648 R+41.0
Union 989 18.7% 4,093 77.3% 213 5,295 R+58.6
Wayne 872 17.7% 3,891 78.9% 171 4,934 R+61.2
Crockett 1,148 23.4% 3,623 73.9% 129 4,900 R+50.5
Stewart 1,556 32.4% 3,011 62.7% 234 4,801 R+30.3
Sequatchie 963 20.1% 3,652 76.2% 178 4,793 R+56.1
Cannon 1,091 24.0% 3,199 70.3% 263 4,553 R+46.3
Lewis 1,124 25.3% 3,036 68.4% 278 4,438 R+43.1
Bledsoe 961 23.0% 3,069 73.6% 140 4,170 R+50.6
Decatur 1,137 28.2% 2,735 67.8% 160 4,032 R+39.6
Grundy 1,264 32.8% 2,453 63.6% 139 3,856 R+30.8
Meigs 799 21.6% 2,799 75.5% 107 3,705 R+54.0
Jackson 1,127 31.1% 2,282 63.0% 215 3,624 R+31.9
Houston 1,125 39.9% 1,558 55.2% 138 2,821 R+15.3
Moore 544 20.3% 2,036 76.1% 97 2,677 R+55.7
Trousdale 798 31.5% 1,615 63.8% 119 2,532 R+32.3
Clay 714 28.6% 1,676 67.2% 103 2,493 R+38.6
Pickett 492 21.3% 1,740 75.4% 76 2,308 R+54.1
Perry 655 28.5% 1,529 66.5% 115 2,299 R+38.0
Van Buren 624 31.0% 1,321 65.5% 71 2,016 R+34.6
Lake 762 39.9% 1,062 55.5% 88 1,912 R+15.7
Hancock 291 16.0% 1,456 79.9% 75 1,822 R+63.9

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