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Election 2018 Results

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2018 US Senate election in Tennessee

Marsha Blackburn (Republican) beat Phil Bredesen (Democrat) in Tennessee in 2018, 54.7% to 43.9%, a margin of 10.8 points and 242,033 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 2012, when Bob Corker won.

Republicans led in 92 of the 95 counties and Democrats in 3. The largest, Shelby, cast 291,145 votes and went to the Democrat by 32.4 points. The closest was Hardeman, where 309 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
Marsha Blackburn won Republican 1,227,483 54.7%
Phil Bredesen Democratic 985,450 43.9%
All other candidates 30,807 1.4%
Total2,243,740

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Shelby 190,885 65.6% 96,493 33.1% 3,767 291,145 D+32.4
Davidson 172,137 70.7% 69,338 28.5% 2,164 243,639 D+42.2
Knox 79,283 47.7% 84,407 50.8% 2,472 166,162 R+3.1
Hamilton 65,119 48.7% 67,152 50.2% 1,437 133,708 R+1.5
Williamson 42,611 40.4% 62,039 58.9% 719 105,369 R+18.4
Rutherford 45,692 46.1% 52,254 52.7% 1,179 99,125 R+6.6
Sumner 23,762 36.2% 41,099 62.7% 704 65,565 R+26.4
Sullivan 15,183 27.9% 38,753 71.1% 557 54,493 R+43.3
Wilson 19,447 36.7% 32,810 61.8% 797 53,054 R+25.2
Montgomery 24,807 47.8% 25,932 50.0% 1,148 51,887 R+2.2
Blount 16,040 34.3% 29,928 64.0% 814 46,782 R+29.7
Washington 16,246 35.9% 28,514 63.1% 441 45,201 R+27.1
Bradley 9,030 26.6% 24,433 72.0% 491 33,954 R+45.4
Madison 15,316 46.5% 17,127 52.0% 464 32,907 R+5.5
Maury 12,560 38.6% 19,569 60.1% 430 32,559 R+21.5
Sevier 7,769 25.8% 21,541 71.6% 774 30,084 R+45.8
Anderson 10,818 41.6% 14,720 56.6% 470 26,008 R+15.0
Putnam 8,750 36.0% 15,230 62.6% 353 24,333 R+26.6
Robertson 8,311 34.5% 15,501 64.3% 297 24,109 R+29.8
Cumberland 6,321 26.5% 16,966 71.3% 521 23,808 R+44.7
Loudon 6,371 29.5% 14,834 68.7% 400 21,605 R+39.2
Greene 5,398 26.3% 14,844 72.4% 248 20,490 R+46.1
Tipton 5,625 29.0% 13,390 69.0% 378 19,393 R+40.0
Roane 6,242 32.3% 12,727 65.8% 371 19,340 R+33.5
Carter 4,547 24.3% 13,946 74.6% 200 18,693 R+50.3
Hawkins 4,222 24.2% 13,058 74.7% 191 17,471 R+50.6
Hamblen 4,972 28.6% 12,134 69.7% 301 17,407 R+41.1
Fayette 5,639 32.7% 11,371 66.0% 214 17,224 R+33.3
Coffee 5,572 32.7% 11,115 65.3% 339 17,026 R+32.6
Dickson 5,992 35.9% 10,465 62.7% 243 16,700 R+26.8
Gibson 5,353 33.1% 10,407 64.3% 414 16,174 R+31.2
Jefferson 4,347 27.0% 11,435 71.0% 332 16,114 R+44.0
McMinn 4,122 26.1% 11,434 72.3% 263 15,819 R+46.2
Monroe 3,838 26.5% 10,274 71.1% 348 14,460 R+44.5
Cheatham 5,150 35.6% 9,135 63.2% 167 14,452 R+27.6
Franklin 4,776 34.3% 8,981 64.5% 170 13,927 R+30.2
Bedford 3,929 30.1% 8,942 68.6% 162 13,033 R+38.5
Lawrence 3,439 26.5% 9,365 72.2% 164 12,968 R+45.7
Warren 4,200 36.8% 7,018 61.5% 201 11,419 R+24.7
Dyer 2,898 26.1% 8,013 72.1% 203 11,114 R+46.0
Henry 3,497 32.2% 7,190 66.3% 161 10,848 R+34.0
Lincoln 2,437 23.1% 7,949 75.4% 156 10,542 R+52.3
Cocke 2,621 25.2% 7,528 72.5% 233 10,382 R+47.3
Campbell 2,712 26.7% 7,208 71.0% 227 10,147 R+44.3
Marshall 3,380 33.7% 6,543 65.2% 118 10,041 R+31.5
Weakley 3,047 30.8% 6,704 67.7% 150 9,901 R+36.9
Giles 3,082 32.1% 6,403 66.6% 125 9,610 R+34.6
Obion 2,326 24.3% 7,118 74.5% 115 9,559 R+50.1
Rhea 2,371 25.2% 6,866 72.9% 175 9,412 R+47.8
Marion 3,166 34.5% 5,839 63.7% 168 9,173 R+29.1
Carroll 2,606 29.7% 6,044 68.8% 129 8,779 R+39.2
Henderson 2,024 23.4% 6,514 75.3% 113 8,651 R+51.9
Claiborne 2,245 26.4% 6,083 71.6% 168 8,496 R+45.2
White 2,293 27.2% 5,979 71.0% 151 8,423 R+43.8
Hardin 1,917 23.2% 6,181 75.0% 148 8,246 R+51.7
McNairy 2,036 24.9% 6,007 73.4% 145 8,188 R+48.5
Hardeman 3,560 47.2% 3,869 51.3% 106 7,535 R+4.1
Overton 2,452 34.1% 4,640 64.5% 103 7,195 R+30.4
Hickman 2,286 32.7% 4,563 65.4% 133 6,982 R+32.6
Grainger 1,658 24.3% 5,039 74.0% 113 6,810 R+49.6
Lauderdale 2,810 42.1% 3,745 56.1% 116 6,671 R+14.0
Smith 2,111 32.4% 4,317 66.3% 88 6,516 R+33.9
Macon 1,483 23.4% 4,768 75.1% 97 6,348 R+51.7
Fentress 1,440 22.7% 4,745 74.9% 152 6,337 R+52.2
Unicoi 1,554 24.7% 4,659 74.2% 67 6,280 R+49.4
DeKalb 1,984 33.3% 3,906 65.6% 64 5,954 R+32.3
Johnson 1,301 22.1% 4,520 76.6% 77 5,898 R+54.6
Humphreys 2,264 38.4% 3,549 60.2% 79 5,892 R+21.8
Haywood 3,449 58.6% 2,364 40.2% 73 5,886 D+18.4
Polk 1,585 27.2% 4,127 70.9% 107 5,819 R+43.7
Morgan 1,436 25.5% 4,083 72.4% 121 5,640 R+46.9
Scott 1,176 21.4% 4,232 76.9% 93 5,501 R+55.6
Chester 1,344 24.9% 3,902 72.3% 149 5,395 R+47.4
Benton 1,722 32.5% 3,489 65.9% 87 5,298 R+33.4
Union 1,382 26.4% 3,739 71.5% 107 5,228 R+45.1
Sequatchie 1,367 27.2% 3,564 71.0% 86 5,017 R+43.8
Wayne 906 19.1% 3,787 80.0% 43 4,736 R+60.8
Cannon 1,381 29.7% 3,198 68.8% 67 4,646 R+39.1
Stewart 1,492 33.2% 2,938 65.4% 65 4,495 R+32.2
Crockett 1,418 31.6% 2,984 66.4% 89 4,491 R+34.9
Bledsoe 1,096 26.9% 2,908 71.3% 72 4,076 R+44.5
Lewis 1,177 29.0% 2,836 70.0% 41 4,054 R+40.9
Jackson 1,361 34.7% 2,514 64.1% 48 3,923 R+29.4
Decatur 1,080 27.8% 2,718 70.1% 80 3,878 R+42.2
Meigs 1,040 27.4% 2,694 71.0% 61 3,795 R+43.6
Grundy 1,101 29.3% 2,587 68.8% 70 3,758 R+39.5
Houston 1,078 39.4% 1,613 59.0% 45 2,736 R+19.6
Trousdale 1,002 38.1% 1,586 60.4% 40 2,628 R+22.2
Clay 871 34.0% 1,643 64.2% 45 2,559 R+30.2
Moore 611 24.4% 1,856 74.1% 37 2,504 R+49.7
Perry 724 29.8% 1,644 67.6% 64 2,432 R+37.8
Pickett 646 28.5% 1,599 70.4% 25 2,270 R+42.0
Van Buren 711 32.2% 1,451 65.7% 45 2,207 R+33.5
Hancock 422 23.7% 1,327 74.6% 31 1,780 R+50.8
Lake 490 33.8% 930 64.1% 31 1,451 R+30.3

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