2018 Tennessee elections

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, Tennessee House of Representatives, as well as general local elections were held on August 2, 2018.

Senate
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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 [[File:Tennessee Senate Democratic primary, 2018.svg|thumb|250px|Results by county: Bredesen

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[[File:Tennessee Senate Republican primary, 2018.svg|thumb|250px|Results by county: Blackburn

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House of Representatives
[[File:Tennessee Congressional Election Results 2018.svg|thumb|350px|alt=District results|District results: {{legend|#e81b22|Republican}}

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

Results
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Gubernatorial
[[File:2018 Tennessee gubernatorial election results map by county.svg|thumb|350px|alt=Final results by county|Final results by county: {{legend|#e81b22|Bill Lee}}

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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 [[File:Tennessee gubernatorial Democratic primary, 2018.svg|thumb|250px|Results by county: {{legend|#7996E2|Dean}}

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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 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


Results by State House districts

Winners: {{legend|#F48882|Republican hold}} {{legend|#92C5DE|Democratic hold}} {{legend|#CA0120|Republican gain}} {{legend|#0671B0|Democratic gain}}

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.

Hamilton County
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{{legend|#0D0596|>90%}}{{legend|#AE8BB1|Tie}}{{legend|#808080|No votes}}]] Incumbent Republican Mayor Jim Coppinger won with 60.3% of the vote, defeating Democratic nominee Aloyse Brown.

Results
May 1, 2018, primary results

Knox County
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Incumbent mayor Tim Burchett, first elected in 2010, was term-limited and could not run for a third consecutive term. Instead, he successfully ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in Tennessee's 2nd congressional district, to succeed the retiring 30-year incumbent representative, Jimmy Duncan.

Results
May 1, 2018, primary results

Shelby County
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{{legend|#C21B18|80–90%}}]] Incumbent Republican Mayor Mark Luttrell was term-limited and was prohibited from seeking a third consecutive term, he instead ran for congress. Democratic candidate Lee Harris was elected mayor with 55.3% of the vote, defeating Republican nominee David Lenoir.

Results
May 1, 2018, primary results

Clarksville
Incumbent Democratic mayor Kim McMillan ran for re-election, but lost her bid to a third term, losing by 213 votes to Democrat Joe Pitts in a 4-way race.

Murfreesboro
Incumbent Republican mayor Shane McFarland ran for re-election and won a second term in office with an uncontested race.

Nashville
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{{legend|#165016|>90%}}]] David Briley, a Democrat who became interim mayor after the resignation of Megan Barry, won outright without a runoff election.

Former Mayor Megan Barry resigned on March 6, 2018, for embezzlement on March 6, 2018, so the Davidson County Election Commission scheduled an election for August 2, 2018 to coincide with the state primary elections, school board elections and the election of several other municipal officials. However, mayoral candidate Ludye Wallace sued on the basis of state law (T.C.A. § 2-14-102 ) and a 2007 Metropolitan government charter amendment, both requiring an earlier election if the next general metropolitan election was more than twelve months away. The Tennessee Supreme Court agreed with Wallace's argument, unanimously ordering a mayoral election between May 21 and May 25.

Nashville ballot measure
Let's Move Nashville was a local referendum in Nashville, Tennessee, on May 1, 2018, that would have funded the construction of a mass transit system under the Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority in Davidson County. The $8.9 billion plan would have included several light rail and bus rapid transit lines along major corridors, to be built between 2018 and 2032. The plan was proposed in 2017 by Mayor Megan Barry under the Tennessee IMPROVE Act and supported by some Nashville politicians and businesses.

The plan would have included 26 mi of light rail and 25 mi of bus rapid transit, as well as additional funding for local buses and the existing Music City Star commuter rail line. The light rail element of the plan would have been built in phases between 2026 and 2032, while the bus rapid transit lines would open in 2023. The plan was defeated in part due to an opposition campaign organized by Americans for Prosperity.