Tennessee state elections in 2018 were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. Primary elections for the United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, governorship, Tennessee Senate, and Tennessee House of Representatives, were held on August 2, 2018.
United States Congress
Senate
Incumbent Republican Senator Bob Corker opted to retire instead of running for a third term. Republican U.S. Representative Marsha Blackburn won the open seat, defeating former Democratic Governor Phil Bredesen.
The primaries took place on August 2, 2018, with Blackburn and Bredesen winning their respective party nominations.
Results
August 2, 2018, Primary Results
House of Representatives
Tennessee elected nine U.S. Representatives, each representing one of Tennessee's nine Congressional Districts.
Results
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Gubernatorial
Incumbent Republican Governor Bill Haslam was term-limited, and is prohibited by the Constitution of Tennessee from seeking a third consecutive term. Republican candidate Bill Lee was elected with 59.6% of the vote, defeating Democratic nominee and former Nashville mayor Karl Dean.
The primaries took place on August 2, 2018, with Republican Bill Lee and Democrat Karl Dean winning their respective party nominations.
Results
August 2, 2018, primary results
State Legislature
State Senate
Results by senate districts
Republicans:
Democrats:
No election:
Elections for 17 of the 33 seats in Tennessee's State Senate were held on November 6, 2018. There were 2 open seats.
After this election, Republicans had 28 seats while Democrats had 5 seats.
Closest race
This race was decided by a margin of under 10%:
State House of Representatives
The election of all 99 seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives occurred on November 6, 2018.
Republicans won 73 seats, while Democrats won 26 seats. Democrats gained a seat during this election.