2014 Tennessee elections

Tennessee state elections in 2014 were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014. Primary elections for the United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, governorship, Tennessee Senate, and Tennessee House of Representatives, as well as various judicial retention elections, including elections for three Tennessee Supreme Court justices, were held on August 7, 2014. There were also four constitutional amendments to the Constitution of Tennessee on the November 4 ballot.

Senate
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Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander defeated Democrat Gordon Ball and was re-elected to a third term in office with 61.9% of the vote against 31.9%.

Results
August 7, 2014, Primary Results

House of Representatives
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Tennessee elected nine U.S. Representatives, each representing one of Tennessee's nine Congressional Districts.

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Gubernatorial
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Incumbent Republican Governor Bill Haslam was re-elected to a second term with 70.3% of the vote, defeating his Democratic challenger Charles Brown. Improving on his performance from 2010, Haslam also carried every county in the state

Results
August 7, 2014, primary results

State Senate
Results by senate districts

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Elections for 18 of the 33 seats in Tennessee's State Senate were held on November 4, 2014.

After this election, Republicans had 28 seats while Democrats had 5 seats, with Republicans gaining two seats.

State House of Representatives
Results by State House districts

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The election of all 99 seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives occurred on November 4, 2014.

Republicans won 73 seats, while Democrats won 26 seats. Republicans gained two seats during this election.

Amendment 1
This is an approved legislatively referred constitutional amendment to the Constitution of Tennessee that appeared on the ballot on November 4, 2014. The amendment would ensure that Constitution of Tennessee, would not support, fund, or protect the right to an abortion.

Amendment 3
This amendment would prohibit a state income tax. It passed with 66.21% of the vote.

Retention elections (August 7, 2014)
All incumbent Tennessee Supreme Court Justices won their retention elections, getting eight more years. While the justices were able to overcome a vigorous opposition campaign by Ron Ramsey and others, who accused them of being "liberal," "soft on crime" and of helping Obamacare, their retention victories were by some of the smallest margins in recent history.

Knox County
Incumbent Republican mayor Tim Burchett ran for re-election and was opposed by no one in both the primary and the general election since no other candidate filed to run against him.

Results
May 6, 2014, primary results

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Results
May 6, 2014, primary results

Clarksville
Incumbent Democratic mayor Kim McMillan ran for re-election and won a second term in office in a 3-way race.

Murfreesboro
Incumbent Democratic mayor Tommy Bragg decided not to run for re-election to a third term.

Republican candidate Shane McFarland defeated Vice Mayor Ron Washington, becoming the youngest person elected as mayor in Murfreesboro history.