2024 Tennessee elections

Tennessee state elections in 2024 were held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Primary elections for the United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, Tennessee Senate, and Tennessee House of Representatives, as well as various judicial retention elections, including the election of a Tennessee Supreme Court justice, were held on August 1, 2024.

2024 Tennessee elections

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Election schedule

• Tuesday, March 5 (Super Tuesday) – Democratic and Republican presidential preference primaries and certain local government primary elections
• Thursday, August 1 – partisan primary elections for all state and federal legislative offices except for odd-numbered state senate districts and class 2 U.S. senator, general elections for certain state judicial and local government offices
• Tuesday, November 5 – general election for all state and federal legislative offices except for odd-numbered state senate districts and class 2 U.S. senator, and electors for U.S. president^[1]

Presidential election

President of the United States

Main articles: 2024 United States presidential election in Tennessee, 2024 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary, and 2024 Tennessee Republican presidential primary

Final results by county:

  Trump

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%
•   80–90%

  Harris

•   40–50%
•   60–70%

Tennessee is a stronghold for the Republican Party, and is considered a reliable "red state." Tennessee has 11 electoral votes in the Electoral college.

The presidential primaries were held on March 5, 2024. Donald Trump won the Republican primary in a landslide victory over former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley. President Joe Biden won the Democratic primary in a landslide as well.^[2] Although Biden initially ran for re-election and became the party's presumptive nominee.^[3] He withdrew from the race on July 21 and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, who launched her presidential campaign the same day.^[4]

In the general election, Donald Trump won Tennessee with 64.19% of the vote.

Results

2024 United States presidential election in Tennessee^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Donald Trump JD Vance	1,966,865	64.19%	+3.53%
	Democratic	Kamala Harris Tim Walz	1,056,265	34.47%	−2.98%
	Independent	Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (withdrawn) Nicole Shanahan (withdrawn)	21,535	0.70%	N/A
	Green	Jill Stein[a] Samson Kpadenou[b]	8,967	0.29%	+0.14%
	Independent	Jay Bowman De Bowman	5,865	0.19%	N/A
	Socialism and Liberation	Claudia de la Cruz[a] Karina Garcia	3,457	0.11%	+0.03%
	Socialist Workers	Rachele Fruit[a] Dennis Richter	988	0.03%	−0.05%
Total votes			3,063,942	100.00%
	Republican hold

March 5, 2024 primary results

Results by county:

  Biden

•   80–90%
    >90%

Tennessee Democratic primary, March 5, 2024^[6][7]

Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Actual delegate count
			Pledged	Unpledged	Total
Joe Biden (incumbent)	122,803	92.14%	63		63
Uncommitted	10,475	7.86%	0		0
Total:	133,278	100.00%	63	7	70

Results by county:

  Trump

•   60–70%
    70–80%
    80–90%
    >90%

Tennessee Republican primary, March 5, 2024^[8][9]

Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Actual delegate count
			Bound	Unbound	Total
Donald Trump	446,850	77.33%	58	0	58
Nikki Haley	112,958	19.55%	0	0	0
Ron DeSantis (withdrawn)	7,947	1.38%	0	0	0
Uncommitted	4,884	0.85%	0	0	0
Chris Christie (withdrawn)	1,874	0.32%	0	0	0
Vivek Ramaswamy (withdrawn)	1,714	0.30%	0	0	0
Ryan Binkley (withdrawn)	722	0.13%	0	0	0
Asa Hutchinson (withdrawn)	533	0.09%	0	0	0
David Stuckenberg	352	0.06%	0	0	0
Total:	577,834	100.00%	58	0	58

United States Congress

Senate

Main article: 2024 United States Senate election in Tennessee

Final results by county:

  Blackburn

•   80–90%
•   70–80%
•   60–70%
•   50–60%

  Johnson

•   60–70%
•   50–60%

Incumbent one-term Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn won re-election to a second term with 63.80% of the vote.^[10]

Results

2024 United States Senate election in Tennessee^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Marsha Blackburn (incumbent)	1,918,743	63.80%	+9.09%
	Democratic	Gloria Johnson	1,027,461	34.16%	−9.76%
	Independent	Tharon Chandler	28,444	0.95%	N/A
	Independent	Pamela Moses	24,682	0.82%	N/A
	Independent	Hastina Robinson	8,278	0.28%	N/A
Total votes			3,007,608	100.00%

August 1, 2024 primary results

Results by county:

  Blackburn

•   80–90%
•   >90%

Republican primary results^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marsha Blackburn (incumbent)	367,799	89.48%
	Republican	Tres Wittum	43,244	10.52%
	Write-in		2	<0.01%
Total votes			411,045	100.00%

Results by county:

  Johnson

•   40–50%
•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%
•   80–90%
•   >90%

  Miller-Watkins

•   40–50%

Democratic primary results^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gloria Johnson	143,962	70.20%
	Democratic	Marquita Bradshaw	44,657	21.78%
	Democratic	Lola Brown	10,027	4.89%
	Democratic	Civil Miller-Watkins	6,420	3.13%
Total votes			205,066	100.00%

House of Representatives

Main article: 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee

District results:

  Republican

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%

  Democratic

•   70–80%

Tennessee elected nine US representatives, each representing one of Tennessee's nine congressional districts. No seats changed hands, leaving the Tennessee delegation at a 8-1 Republican majority.

Results

District	Republican		Democratic		Others		Total		Result
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 1	257,825	78.08%	64,021	19.39%	8,353	2.53%	330,199	100.00%	Republican hold
District 2	250,782	69.26%	111,316	30.74%	0	0.00%	362,098	100.00%	Republican hold
District 3	362,098	67.51%	102,841	29.36%	10,968	3.13%	350,328	100.00%	Republican hold
District 4	219,133	69.95%	83,832	26.76%	10,290	3.29%	313,255	100.00%	Republican hold
District 5	205,075	56.85%	142,387	39.47%	13,252	3.68%	360,714	100.00%	Republican hold
District 6	225,543	68.00%	106,144	32.00%	0	0.00%	331,687	100.00%	Republican hold
District 7	191,992	59.50%	122,764	38.05%	7,900	2.45%	322,656	100.00%	Republican hold
District 8	240,411	72.34%	85,043	25.59%	6,861	2.06%	332,315	100.00%	Republican hold
District 9	57,411	25.66%	159,522	71.31%	6,770	3.03%	223,703	100.00%	Democratic hold
Total	1,884,691	64.39%	977,870	33.41%	64,394	2.20%	2,926,955	100.00%

Popular vote Republican   64.39% Democratic   33.41% Other   2.20%

House seats Republican   88.89% Democratic   11.11%

State legislature

See also: Tennessee General Assembly

State Senate

Main article: 2024 Tennessee Senate election

Results by senate district

Winners:   Republican hold   Democratic hold   No election

Elections for 16 of the 33 seats in Tennessee's State Senate were held on November 5, 2024.

Following the 2024 elections, no seats flipped.

State House of Representatives

Main article: 2024 Tennessee House of Representatives election

Results by state house district

Winners:

  Republican hold

  Democratic hold

The elections of all 99 seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives were held on November 5, 2024.

Following the 2024 elections, no seats flipped.

Judicial

Supreme Court

Retention elections (August 1, 2024)

Incumbent Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Dwight E. Tarwater was nominated by Governor Bill Lee to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Justice Sharon G. Lee.^[13] On March 9, 2023, his nomination was confirmed by the Tennessee General Assembly. His term began on September 1, 2023.^[14]

He won the retention election on August 1, 2024.^[15]

Results by county:

  Retain

•   60–70%
    70–80%
    80–90%

Tennessee Supreme Court Associate Justice, Dwight E. Tarwater retention election^[16]

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	390,549	72.86
No	145,508	27.14
Total votes	536,057	100.00

Court of Criminal Appeals - Western Division

Incumbent Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals Justice Matthew J. Wilson was nominated by Governor Bill Lee to fill the vacancy left after the death of Justice John Everett Williams.^[17][18]

Results by county:

  Retain

•   60–70%
    70–80%
    80–90%

Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals Justice, Matthew J. Wilson retention election^[16]

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	393,797	74.08
No	137,970	25.92
Total votes	531,587	100.00

Local elections

Knox County

Knox County turnout was extremely low in August, which could have been the reason that Republicans did relatively poor compared to past elections.

Assessor of Property

Republican Incumbent David Phil Ballard won with 54.5% of the vote, defeating Democratic nominee Drew Harper.^[19]

August 1, 2024 general election results^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Phil Ballard (incumbent)	30,264	54.45%
	Democratic	Drew A. Harper	25,315	45.55%
Total votes			55,579	100.00%

County Law Director

Republican Incumbent David Buuck won with 55.3% of the vote, defeating Democratic nominee Jackson Fenner.^[19]

August 1, 2024 general election results^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David L. Buuck (incumbent)	30,671	55.25%
	Democratic	Jackson Fenner	24,838	44.75%
Total votes			55,509	100.00%

Hamilton County

Circuit Court Judge

Republican nominee Alex McVeagh won with 57.6% of the vote, defeating Democratic nominee Kisha Cheeks.^[21]

Results

August 1, 2024 general election results^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Alex McVeagh	20,732	57.61%
	Democratic	Kisha Cheeks	15,257	42.39%
Total votes			35,989	100.00%

See also

• Elections in Tennessee
• Political party strength in Tennessee
• Tennessee Democratic Party
• Tennessee Republican Party
• Government of Tennessee
• Tennessee Supreme Court
• 2024 United States elections

Notes

1. Listed on the ballot without party affiliation.
2. Replacement for Butch Ware, Stein's vice presidential nominee.