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Article by Olivia Lupia, Tennessee Conservative News –
While Republicans were able to maintain their supermajority in the state legislature, with several races won by Republicans on slim margins, Democrats made some inroads in the state House, flipping six seats while keeping all others they previously held. State Senate Republicans fared better, losing no seats that are currently Republican-held and preserving the strong hold on the upper chamber.
And despite redistricting in an attempt to sway all nine of Tennessee’s congressional seats Republican, a surprise upset in U.S. House District 4 with a margin of less than 300 votes put the federal delegation in the same position it was in before redistricting, 8 Republican and 1 Democrat.
Below are the results of the state and federal-level races and referendum questions: Governor, U.S. Senate & House, TN Senate & House, and Constitutional Amendments 1, 2, & 3. Uncontested races are not listed. Full election results are available on the Secretary of State website.
(*= incumbent)
Tennessee Governor- Blackburn Wins
Note: There were 15 candidates in this race, only results for the top four candidates are listed.
Marsha Blackburn: R-957,136 votes- 45.52%
Jerri Green: D- 902,953 votes- 42.95%
David Hatley: I- 195,564 votes- 9.3%
Lauren Pinkston: I- 26,200 votes- 1.25%
U.S. Senate
Note: There were 10 candidates in this race, only results for the top two candidates are listed.
*Bill Hagerty (R-1,138,436 votes: 55.08%) WINS over Marquita Bradshaw (D-886,974 votes: 42.91%)
U.S. House
District 1: *Diana Harshbarger (R-141,117 votes: 67.41%) WINS over Marquita Bradshaw (D-61,682 votes: 29.46%) & 5 other Independent candidates (6,556 total votes: 3.13%)
District 2: *Tim Burchett (R-144,892 votes: 57.73%) WINS over Michaela Barnett (D-103,311 votes: 41.16%) & Independents Bruce Fine (1,827 votes: 0.73%), Adam Heimerman (950 total votes: 0.38%)
District 3: *Chuck Fleischmann (R-136,110 votes: 57.59%) WINS over Anna Golladay (D- 95,051 votes: 40.22%) & 5 other Independent candidates (5,197 total votes: 2.19%)
District 4: Victoria Broderick (D-95,585 votes: 48.87%) WINS over *Scott DesJarlais (R-95,305 votes: 48.73%) & Independents Jacob Kristopher Anders (2,833 votes: 1.45%), Clary Faircloth (1,853 votes: 0.95%)
District 5: Charlie Hatcher (R-110,408 votes: 51.66%) WINS over Chaz Molder (D-99,841 votes: 46.72%) & Independents James A. Johnson (2,641 votes: 1.24%), Micheal O’Leary (815 votes: 0.38%)
District 6: Johnny Garrett (R-120,950 votes: 50.77%) WINS over Mike Croley (D-113,177 votes: 47.51%) & Independents Christopher B. Monday (2,707 votes: 1.14%), Angus Purdy (1,390 votes: 0.58%)
District 7: *Matt VanEpps (R-121,100 votes: 50.27%) WINS over Darden Copeland (D-115,867 votes: 48.10%) & Independents Andrew J. Koontz (2,603 votes: 1.08%), Lowell Reynolds (1,316votes: 0.55%)
District 8: *David Kustoff (R-114,045 votes: 51.62%) WINS over Heidi Kuhn (D-102,406 votes: 46.36%) & 6 other Independent candidates (4,455 total votes: 2.02%)
District 9: Brent Taylor (R-111,968 votes: 49.63%) WINS over Justin J. Pearson (D-109,429 votes: 48.5%) & Independents Dennis Clark (2,413 votes: 1.07%), Michelle Davis Head (1,804 votes: 0.8%)
Tennessee Senate
District 5: Jimmy Matlock (R-41,483 votes: 61.16%) WINS over David Miller (D-26,347 votes: 38.84%)
District 7: *Richard Briggs (R-33,498 votes: 52.72%) WINS over Bryan Langan (D-30,044 votes: 47.28%)
District 11: *Bo Watson (R-41,395 votes: 52.95%) WINS over Tim Roberts (D- 6,789 votes: 47.05%)
District 13: *Dawn White (R-33,424 votes: 51.9%) WINS over Angela Evans Wynn (D-30,981 votes: 48.1%)
District 17: *Mark Pody (R-38,466 votes: 52.71%) WINS over Lindsey Patrick-Wright (D-34,517 votes: 47.29%)
District 23: *Kerry Roberts (R-43,196 votes: 69.51%) WINS over David Lee Marcum (I-18,947 votes: 30.49%)
District 27: *Jack Johnson (R-55,816 votes: 61.15%) WINS over David A. Hardy (D-35,465 votes: 38.85%)
District 31: *Brent Taylor (R-38,004 votes: 51.89%) WINS over David Weatherspoon (D-35,234 votes: 48.11%)
**NOTE: As Taylor won his Congressional race and TN law forbids a candidate from holding more than one lucrative office simultaneously, the Shelby County Commission will likely make an interim appointment, and a special election will follow to fill the vacancy.
Tennessee House
District 3: *Timothy Hill (R-15,151 votes: 76.85%) WINS over Lori Love (D-4,563 votes: 23.15%)
District 5: *David B. Hawk (R-14,813 votes: 76.83%) WINS over Catherine Bacon (D-4,467 votes: 23.17%)
District 6: *Tim Hicks (R-13,879 votes: 61.68%) WINS over Brad Batt (D-7,947 votes: 35.32%) & Rodger Broadwater (I- 675 votes: 3%)
District 7: *Rebecca Alexander (R-11,585 votes: 61.82%) WINS over Sarah Jayne Della Vecchia (D-7,154 votes: 38.18%)
District 8: Jordan Henderson (R-15,800 votes: 68.85%) WINS over Hilary Trudell (D-7,150 votes: 31.15%)
District 11: Kenny Cody (R-13,948 votes: 73.21%) WINS over Shelia Grooms McMahan (D-4,712 votes: 24.73%) & Larry Jeremiah Brown (I- 392 votes: 2.06%)
District 13: Brent Windrow (D-9,901 votes: 51.44%) WINS over *Robert Stevens (R-9,345 votes: 48.56%)
District 14: *Jason Zachary (R-17,097 votes: 55.8%) WINS over Lindsay Young Honaker (D-13,543 votes: 44.2%)
District 16: *Michele Carringer (R-12,947 votes: 59.53%) WINS over Eliza Boles (D-8,800 votes: 40.47%)
District 18: Bryan Goldberg (D-14,020 votes: 55.04%) WINS over *Elaine Davis (R-11,452 votes: 44.96%)
District 19: *Dave Wright (R-14,086 votes: 65.52%) WINS over Jenny Fowler (D-7,414 votes: 34.48%)
District 20: *Tom Stinnett (R-13,802 votes: 63.66%) WINS over Karen Gertz (D-7,121 votes: 32.84%) & Jeff Coggin (I- 759 votes: 3.5%)
District 23: *Mark Cochran (R-13,48 votes: 77.48%) WINS over Independents Jeremy Bromwell (I-2,846 votes: 16.64%) & Jason Hitt (I-1,006 votes: 5.88%)
District 24: *Kevin Raper (R-11,485 votes: 68.15%) WINS over Daniel F. Jones (D-5,368 votes: 31.85%)
District 25: *Cameron Sexton (R-20,492 votes: 76.95%) WINS over Monica Mowdy (D-6,139 votes: 23.05%)
District 27: *Michele Reneau (R-15,088 votes: 53.72%) WINS over Paige Quirin (D-12,999 votes: 46.28%)
District 28: *Yusuf Hakeem (D-13,008 votes: 72.37%) WINS over Independents Demetrus Coonrod (I-3,441 votes: 19.14%) & Johnny Horne (I-1,526 votes: 8.49%)
District 29: *Greg Vital (R-15,585 votes: 61.87%) WINS over Ryan V. Scofield (D-9,606 votes: 38.13%)
District 30: *Esther Helton Haynes (R-11,611 votes: 51.19%) WINS over Art Rymer (D-11,071 votes: 48.81%)
District 31: Andy Swafford (R-13,722 votes: 72.1%) WINS over Michael Woodlee (D-4,696 votes: 24.68%) & Independents Keith Nolan (I- 292 votes: 1.53%), Randy Sharp (I-321 votes: 1.69%)
District 32: Jack Stockton (R-16,385 votes: 71.55%) WINS over Ali Simpson (D-6,514 votes: 28.45%)
District 33: *Rick Scarbrough (R-11,571 votes: 57.28%) WINS over Anne Backus (D-8,631 votes: 42.72%)
District 33: Owen Farnsworth (D-10,751 votes: 51.96%) WINS over *Tim Rudd (R-9,938 votes: 48.04%)
District 35: *William Slater (R-12,503 votes: 62.54%) WINS over Phil Barnes (D-7,489 votes: 37.46%)
District 37: *Charlie Baum (R-9,596 votes: 52.92%) WINS over Mary Ann Young (D-8,536 votes: 47.08%)
District 38: *Kelly Keisling (R-12,888 votes: 81.41%) WINS over Seth McMillian (D- 2,943 votes: 18.59%)
District 40: *Michael Hale (R-14,592 votes: 77.15%) WINS over Daniel Hawthorne (D-4,323 votes: 22.85%)
District 41: *Ed Butler (R-13,744 votes: 76.3%) WINS over R. Jason Goodman (D-4,268 votes: 23.7%)
District 42: *Ryan Williams (R-13,093 votes: 64.14%) WINS over Trenton Tyler Strode (D-7,319 votes: 35.86%)
District 43: *Paul Sherell (R-11,695 votes: 67.98%) WINS over Samantha Petit (D-5,508 votes: 32.02%)
District 44: *William Lamberth (R-14,924 votes: 66.35%) WINS over Latoya Holcomb (D-7,568 votes: 33.65%)
District 45: Brian Stewart (R-12,570 votes: 57.8%) WINS over Mandy Cook (D-9,177 votes: 42.2%)
District 46: *Clark Boyd (R-17,187 votes: 65.75%) WINS over Dominic Howard (D-8,951 votes: 34.25%)
District 47: *Rush Bricken (R-12,775 votes: 69.89%) WINS over Mike Stein (D-5,503 votes: 30.11%)
District 48: *Bryan Terry (R-11,849 votes: 55%) WINS over Matt Ferry (D-9,694 votes: 45%)
District 49: Connie Casha (D-10,417 votes: 55.07%) WINS over *Mike Sparks (R-8,498 votes: 44.93%)
District 52: *Justin Jones (D-11,922 votes: 79.84%) WINS over Michele Vetter (R-2,763 votes: 18.5%) & Martez Coleman (I- 247 votes: 1.66%)
District 55: *John Ray Clemmons (D-10,856 votes: 84.99%) WINS over Jayla Thomas (R-1,918 votes: 15.01%)
District 57: *Susan Lynn (R-16,623 votes: 57.25%) WINS over Matt Burchfield (D-12,189 votes: 42.75%)
District 59: Mark Proctor (D-18,372 votes: 57.51%) WINS over Bill Hancock (R-13,571 votes: 42.49%)
District 60: *Shaundelle Brooks (D-15,080 votes: 63.91%) WINS over Eva Angelina Romero (R-8,517 votes: 36.09%)
District 61: *Gino Bulso (R-16,707 votes: 57.19%) WINS over Becca Ripley (D-12,508 votes: 42.81%)
District 62: *Pat Marsh (R-13,527 votes: 72.07%) WINS over Brieanna Akers (D- 5,243 votes: 27.93%)
District 63: *Jake McCalmon (R-18,760 votes: 61.01%) WINS over Laura Andreson (D-11,991 votes: 38.99%)
District 64: *Scott Cepicky (R-15,364 votes: 62.28%) WINS over Craig D’Apolito (D-9,305 votes: 37.72%)
District 65: *Lee Reeves (R-18,552 votes: 62.64%) WINS over Julian Herbert Pierre-Griffin (D-11,067 votes: 37.36%)
District 66: *Sabi “Doc” Kumar (R-14,892 votes: 66.13%) WINS over Tamara Bavendam (D-7,626 votes: 33.87%)
District 67: *Ronnie Glynn (D-9,754 votes: 62.96%) WINS over Chris Lanier (R-5,739 votes: 37.04%)
District 68: *Aron Maberry (R-14,152 votes: 57.83%) WINS over Garfield Scott (D- 10,318 votes: 42.17%)
District 69: *Jody Barrett (R-13,094 votes: 72.16%) WINS over Rachael Murray (D-5,503 votes: 27.84%)
District 70: *Clay Doggett (R-14,749 votes: 77.65%) WINS over Rayanne Moos (D-4,244 votes: 22.35%)
District 71: *Kip Capley (R-15,392 votes: 73.93%) WINS over Matt Day (D- 5,429 votes: 26.07%)
District 75: Allie Phillips (D-7,822 votes: 55.01%) WINS over *Michael Lankford (R-6,396 votes: 44.99%)
District 77: *Rusty Grills (R-11,442 votes: 77.32%) WINS over Erin Jerrod Reid (I-3,356 votes: 22.68%)
District 78: Perry Keenan (R-13,460 votes: 64.13%) WINS over Hillary Capes-Gwinn (D-7,530 votes: 35.87%)
District 79: *Brock Martin (R-11,537 votes: 75.22%) WINS over Kirk Carter (I- 3,801 votes: 24.78%)
District 80: Andrea Bond Johnson (D-9,180 votes: 62.95%) WINS over Julian McTizic (R-5,404 votes: 37.05%)
District 83: *Mark White (R-13,238 votes: 50.64%) WINS over Margaret Price (D-12,903 votes: 49.36%)
District 87: *Karen Camper (D-11,516 votes: 90.1%) WINS over Reggie William Hall (R-1,265 votes: 9.9%)
District 89: *Justin Lafferty (R-13,663 votes: 55.2%) WINS over Randy DeBord (D-11,088 votes: 44.8%)
District 92: *Todd Warner (R-13,512 votes: 62.56%) WINS over Teri Mai (D-8,085 votes: 37.44%)
District 94: *Ron M. Gant (R-16,924 votes: 71.5%) WINS over Francine Johnson (D-6,745 votes: 28.5%)
District 97: Jesse Huseth (D-13,895 votes: 56.95%) WINS over *John Gillespie (R-10,502 votes: 43.05%)
District 99: *Tom Leatherwood (R-15,003 votes: 63.42%) WINS over William Mouzon (I-8,655 votes: 36.58%)
Constitutional Amendments
Note: To pass, an amendment must have received a number of “Yes” votes greater than half of all votes cast in the governor’s race. There were 2,102,474 votes cast in the governor’s race, meaning an amendment needed at least 1,051,238 “Yes” votes to pass.
Amendment #1– Expanded list of offenses for which a judge may deny bail: PASS
Yes- 1,330,845 votes; 67.14%
No- 651,321 votes; 32.86%
Amendment #2– Ban on statewide property tax: PASS
Yes- 1,334,067 votes; 66.74%
No- 664,715 votes; 33.26%
Amendment #3– Expanded victims’ rights (Marsy’s Law): PASS
Yes- 1,526,306 votes; 76.06%
No- 480,508 votes; 23.94%
About the Author: Olivia Lupia is a political refugee from Colorado who now calls Tennessee home. A proud follower of Christ, she views all political happenings through a Biblical lens and aims to utilize her knowledge and experience to educate and equip others. Olivia is an outspoken conservative who has run for local office, managed campaigns, and been highly involved with state & local GOPs, state legislatures, and other grassroots organizations and movements. Olivia can be reached at olivia@tennesseeconservativenews.com.
