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2014 US Senate election in Tennessee

Lamar Alexander (Republican) beat Gordon Ball (Democrat) in Tennessee in 2014, 61.9% to 31.9%, a margin of 30.0 points and 412,239 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 2008, when Lamar Alexander also won.

Republicans led in 94 of the 95 counties and Democrats in 1. The largest, Shelby, cast 186,010 votes and went to the Republican by 0.8 points. The closest was Haywood, where 183 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 850,087 61.9%
Gordon Ball Democratic 437,848 31.9%
All other candidates 86,130 6.3%
Total1,374,065

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Shelby 88,921 47.8% 90,415 48.6% 6,674 186,010 R+0.8
Davidson 69,665 51.1% 59,972 44.0% 6,776 136,413 D+7.1
Knox 30,802 29.9% 66,093 64.1% 6,186 103,081 R+34.2
Hamilton 25,373 31.9% 51,347 64.5% 2,943 79,663 R+32.6
Williamson 12,660 21.5% 42,501 72.3% 3,612 58,773 R+50.8
Rutherford 16,761 31.0% 33,612 62.1% 3,759 54,132 R+31.1
Sumner 9,292 24.9% 25,615 68.7% 2,367 37,274 R+43.8
Sullivan 6,243 19.0% 24,425 74.3% 2,220 32,888 R+55.3
Wilson 7,903 26.2% 20,260 67.1% 2,033 30,196 R+40.9
Blount 7,160 24.1% 20,560 69.2% 1,983 29,703 R+45.1
Montgomery 9,721 33.5% 17,561 60.6% 1,700 28,982 R+27.1
Washington 6,286 23.8% 18,265 69.1% 1,879 26,430 R+45.3
Madison 7,871 34.6% 13,377 58.8% 1,520 22,768 R+24.2
Bradley 3,277 16.1% 16,137 79.3% 941 20,355 R+63.2
Sevier 3,627 19.3% 14,073 74.9% 1,094 18,794 R+55.6
Maury 5,831 31.2% 11,489 61.5% 1,347 18,667 R+30.3
Anderson 5,262 29.4% 11,612 64.9% 1,018 17,892 R+35.5
Cumberland 3,737 22.9% 11,439 70.2% 1,128 16,304 R+47.2
Putnam 3,892 26.3% 9,127 61.7% 1,769 14,788 R+35.4
Loudon 3,031 20.8% 10,751 73.9% 761 14,543 R+53.1
Robertson 3,751 27.0% 9,028 65.1% 1,091 13,870 R+38.0
Greene 2,775 20.6% 9,688 72.0% 993 13,456 R+51.4
Roane 3,477 25.9% 9,194 68.5% 749 13,420 R+42.6
Tipton 2,825 23.2% 8,550 70.3% 795 12,170 R+47.0
Coffee 3,037 27.0% 7,414 66.0% 787 11,238 R+38.9
Hamblen 2,484 22.2% 8,157 72.8% 557 11,198 R+50.7
Gibson 2,825 25.4% 7,235 65.1% 1,048 11,108 R+39.7
Hawkins 2,288 20.8% 8,037 73.1% 666 10,991 R+52.3
Carter 2,053 19.1% 7,983 74.1% 737 10,773 R+55.0
Jefferson 2,448 23.3% 7,429 70.8% 619 10,496 R+47.5
McMinn 2,177 20.8% 7,717 73.6% 590 10,484 R+52.8
Fayette 2,517 24.0% 7,402 70.7% 554 10,473 R+46.6
Dickson 3,175 31.2% 6,282 61.8% 712 10,169 R+30.6
Monroe 2,516 25.5% 6,838 69.4% 505 9,859 R+43.8
Franklin 2,998 31.8% 5,889 62.5% 536 9,423 R+30.7
Lawrence 2,306 26.7% 5,888 68.1% 452 8,646 R+41.4
Cheatham 2,366 27.6% 5,542 64.8% 649 8,557 R+37.1
Warren 2,352 31.1% 4,761 63.0% 446 7,559 R+31.9
Bedford 1,995 26.6% 5,044 67.2% 467 7,506 R+40.6
Weakley 1,852 24.8% 5,067 68.0% 535 7,454 R+43.1
Dyer 1,574 21.6% 5,093 70.0% 607 7,274 R+48.4
Cocke 2,499 34.4% 4,391 60.4% 377 7,267 R+26.0
Henry 1,968 27.5% 4,816 67.2% 383 7,167 R+39.7
Obion 1,500 22.3% 4,631 69.0% 583 6,714 R+46.6
Campbell 1,549 24.3% 4,522 70.9% 308 6,379 R+46.6
Lincoln 1,239 19.8% 4,569 72.9% 463 6,271 R+53.1
Carroll 1,677 27.0% 4,091 66.0% 433 6,201 R+38.9
Marion 1,968 31.8% 3,963 64.1% 256 6,187 R+32.2
Rhea 1,071 18.0% 4,601 77.5% 263 5,935 R+59.5
Marshall 1,898 32.1% 3,650 61.7% 366 5,914 R+29.6
White 1,678 28.4% 3,721 63.0% 509 5,908 R+34.6
Giles 1,710 30.8% 3,474 62.6% 364 5,548 R+31.8
McNairy 1,343 25.2% 3,696 69.4% 288 5,327 R+44.2
Claiborne 1,326 25.1% 3,695 69.9% 268 5,289 R+44.8
Hardin 1,057 20.7% 3,803 74.6% 241 5,101 R+53.8
Henderson 962 19.4% 3,576 72.2% 416 4,954 R+52.8
Hardeman 1,993 41.4% 2,623 54.5% 197 4,813 R+13.1
Hickman 1,387 32.1% 2,584 59.7% 356 4,327 R+27.7
Smith 1,427 33.4% 2,559 59.9% 285 4,271 R+26.5
Grainger 987 23.8% 2,950 71.0% 218 4,155 R+47.2
Humphreys 1,561 37.6% 2,227 53.7% 362 4,150 R+16.0
Lauderdale 1,393 34.8% 2,411 60.2% 201 4,005 R+25.4
Overton 1,321 33.2% 2,334 58.7% 323 3,978 R+25.5
Unicoi 759 19.3% 2,876 73.3% 289 3,924 R+54.0
Benton 1,293 34.8% 2,202 59.2% 222 3,717 R+24.5
Morgan 982 27.1% 2,426 66.9% 216 3,624 R+39.8
DeKalb 1,191 33.0% 2,165 60.0% 255 3,611 R+27.0
Polk 958 27.1% 2,411 68.1% 170 3,539 R+41.1
Haywood 1,544 45.6% 1,727 51.0% 114 3,385 R+5.4
Chester 646 19.1% 2,408 71.3% 325 3,379 R+52.1
Macon 725 22.3% 2,312 71.0% 218 3,255 R+48.8
Fentress 744 23.0% 2,250 69.5% 245 3,239 R+46.5
Johnson 595 18.4% 2,400 74.4% 231 3,226 R+56.0
Sequatchie 652 21.2% 2,258 73.5% 164 3,074 R+52.2
Scott 755 24.8% 2,143 70.4% 147 3,045 R+45.6
Union 794 26.5% 2,016 67.4% 182 2,992 R+40.8
Stewart 968 32.6% 1,815 61.1% 186 2,969 R+28.5
Crockett 737 25.5% 1,980 68.4% 176 2,893 R+43.0
Cannon 826 29.3% 1,771 62.9% 219 2,816 R+33.6
Wayne 535 19.8% 2,017 74.6% 151 2,703 R+54.8
Lewis 736 27.8% 1,655 62.5% 259 2,650 R+34.7
Bledsoe 635 24.5% 1,812 69.9% 146 2,593 R+45.4
Jackson 838 34.7% 1,326 54.9% 251 2,415 R+20.2
Grundy 817 34.7% 1,372 58.3% 166 2,355 R+23.6
Decatur 693 30.5% 1,450 63.8% 130 2,273 R+33.3
Meigs 550 24.5% 1,579 70.2% 119 2,248 R+45.8
Houston 735 41.3% 947 53.3% 96 1,778 R+11.9
Moore 445 26.3% 1,152 68.2% 93 1,690 R+41.8
Pickett 426 26.2% 1,105 68.0% 93 1,624 R+41.8
Trousdale 554 36.5% 856 56.4% 108 1,518 R+19.9
Van Buren 531 35.0% 888 58.5% 99 1,518 R+23.5
Clay 468 32.0% 905 61.9% 88 1,461 R+29.9
Perry 447 32.0% 838 60.0% 112 1,397 R+28.0
Lake 418 36.5% 619 54.1% 108 1,145 R+17.6
Hancock 231 24.8% 650 69.8% 50 931 R+45.0

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