General election overview: see results
In the gubernatorial race, Republican candidate Marsha Blackburn edged Democratic candidate Jerri Green with 957,136 of Tennessee’s votes (45.52%) to Green’s 902,953 votes (42.95%). With the win, Blackburn is officially the first woman to be elected governor in the state of Tennessee.
Behind Blackburn and Green, David Hatley received 195,564 votes to finish third.
On a national level, Blackburn’s victory contrasted other southern states as South Carolina and Texas flipped blue in gubernatorial results. That trend that continued with Democrats capturing full control of Congress late Tuesday night.
Locally, Green claimed the majority of Knox County’s votes, claiming 76,116 votes to Blackburn’s 66,600 with 11,298 for Hatley.
In the U.S. Senate race, Republican Bill Hagerty received 1,138,407 total votes to defeat Democratic candidate Marquita Bradshaw (886,911) with 55% of the total vote count. The victory assures him a second term representing Tennessee.
In Knox County specifically, Hagerty edged Bradshaw by a slimmer margin, 78,503 (50.24%) to 75,557 (48.35%). The third-place finish went to Tharon Chandler with 382 votes.
Tim Burchett will once again represent East Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives District 2, claiming 144,892 votes (57.73%) to Michaela Barnett’s 103,311 with Bruce Fine in a distant third at 1,827 votes. Once again, the margins were slimmer in Knox County, as Burchett took 78,125 votes (49.91%) to Barnett’s 76,885 (49.12%). Fine earned 1,067 votes within the county and Adam Heimerman received 444.
The District 5 State Senate race went to Republican Jimmy Matlock with 41,483 votes (61.16%) to defeat Democratic candidate David Miller (26,347), though Miller defeated Matlock in Knox County with 10,699 votes to Matlock’s 10,447.
The Knox County District 7 Senate seat will be occupied by Republican Richard Briggs, who defeated Democratic candidate Bryan Langan 33,498 (52.72%) to 30,044 (47.28%).
In the District 14 House of Representatives race, Jason Zachary won reelection after previously holding the seat for 11 years. He defeated Lindsay Young Honaker by taking home 17,097 votes to Honaker’s 13,543 for 55.7% of the total votes.
Sam McKenzie won 100% of Knox County’s votes in the House of Representatives District 15 seat, claiming 10,925 total votes to earn re-election. In District 16, Republican Michele Carringer defeated Democratic opponent Eliza Boles with 12,947 votes (59.53%) to Boles’ 8,800.
In District 18, Democrat Bryan Goldberg unseated Republican Elaine Davis, claiming 14,020 votes (55.04%) to Davis’ 11,452. He joins McKenzie, a fellow Democrat, and District 90 Representative Gloria Johnson, who ran unopposed to win 100% of the total votes with 12,928.
In District 19, Republican Dave Wright defeated Jenny Fowler 14,086 (65.52%) to 7,414 to win re-election, while Justin Lafferty was re-elected in District 89 with 13,663 votes to Randy DeBord’s 11,088.
In Constitutional Amendments 1, 2 and 3, the vote for “Yes” won each time with votes of 95,276 for 61.81%; 97,426 votes for 63.59%; and 112,615 votes for 73.47%, respectively.
And in the votes for the City Charter Amendment, 24,312 people voted yes for 50.63% of the vote to outnumber the no’s which totaled 23,708 votes.
Note: All results confirmed via TN.gov and the Knox County Election Commission.
