2018 Tennessee elections

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Tennessee state elections in 2018 were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.Primary elections for theUnited 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.^[1]

IncumbentRepublican senatorBob Corker opted to retire instead of running for a third term. Republican U.S. representativeMarsha Blackburn won the open seat, defeating formerDemocratic governorPhil Bredesen.

The primaries took place on August 2, 2018, with Blackburn and Bredesen winning their respective party nominations.

August 2, 2018, primary results

Tennessee elected nineU.S. representatives, each representing one of Tennessee's ninecongressional districts.

Source:^[5]

IncumbentRepublican governorBill Haslam was term-limited, and was prohibited by theConstitution of Tennessee from seeking a third consecutive term. Republican candidateBill Lee was elected with 59.6% of the vote, defeatingDemocratic nominee and formerNashville mayorKarl Dean.

The primaries took place on August 2, 2018, withRepublicanBill Lee and DemocratKarl Dean winning their respective party nominations.^[1]

August 2, 2018, primary results

Results by senate districts

Elections for 18 of the 33 seats inTennessee's State Senate were held on November 6, 2018. There were two open seats.

After this election, Republicans had 28 seats while Democrats had five seats.

Summary of the November 6, 2018Tennessee Senate election results

Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	Before	Up	Won	After	+/–
	Republican	16	671,278	58.86	28	14	14	28
	Democratic	15	459,033	40.25	5	4	4	5
	Independent	2	9,756	0.86	0	0	0	0
	Write-in	2	421	0.04	0	0	0	0
Total			1,140,488	100	33	18	18	33
Source:[1]

This race was decided by a margin of under 10%:

Results by State House districts

The election of all 99 seats in theTennessee House of Representatives occurred on November 6, 2018.

Republicans won 73 seats, while Democrats won 26 seats. Democrats gained a seat duringthis election.

Summary of the November 6, 2018Tennessee House election results

Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	No.	+/–
	Republican	129	1,255,205	59.70%	73	1
	Democratic	1	825,295	39.25%	26	1
	Independent		22,045	1.05%	0
	Write-in		18	0%	0
Total			2,102,563	100.00	99
Source:[2]

IncumbentRepublican Mayor Jim Coppinger won with 60.3% of the vote, defeatingDemocratic nominee Aloyse Brown.^[9]

May 1, 2018, primary results

Republican businessman and professional wrestler,Glenn Jacobs (better known by his ring name, Kane), won the election with 66.4% of the vote againstDemocrat Linda Haney.

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

May 1, 2018, primary results

Incumbent Mayor Charlie Norman lost re-election toAndy Ogles. Ogles obtained theRepublican Party's nomination during a caucus, forcing Mayor Norman, a Republican, to run as anIndependent.^[14]

IncumbentRepublican MayorMark Luttrell was term-limited and was prohibited from seeking a third consecutive term; he instead ran for congress.^[16]Democratic candidateLee Harris was elected mayor with 55.3% of the vote, defeatingRepublican nominee David Lenoir.^[17][18]

May 1, 2018, primary results

IncumbentDemocratic mayorKim McMillan ran for re-election, but lost her bid to a third term, losing by 213 votes to DemocratJoe Pitts in a four-way race.^[20]

IncumbentRepublican mayorShane McFarland ran for re-election and won a second term in office with an uncontested race.^[22]

David Briley, aDemocrat who became interim mayor after the resignation ofMegan Barry, won outright without a runoff election.

Former Mayor Megan Barry resigned on March 6, 2018, forembezzlement on March 6, 2018,^[24] so the Davidson CountyElection Commission scheduled an election for August 2, 2018 to coincide with the stateprimary elections,school board elections and the election of several other municipal officials.^[25] However, mayoral candidate Ludye Wallace sued on the basis of state law (T.C.A. § 2-14-102^[26]) and a 2007 Metropolitan government charter amendment, both requiring an earlier election if the next general metropolitan election was more than twelve months away. TheTennessee Supreme Court agreed with Wallace's argument, unanimously ordering a mayoral election between May 21 and May 25.^[27]

Let's Move Nashville

May 1, 2018 (2018-05-01)
Transit Improvement Program Referendum Election[29]
Website	letsmovenashville.com
Results
Choice Votes % Yes 44,766 36.03% No 79,493 63.97%
Precinct results No   80–90%   70–80%   60–70%   50–60% Yes   70–80%   60–70%   50–60% No data

Let's Move Nashville was a localreferendum inNashville, Tennessee, on May 1, 2018, that would have funded the construction of a mass transit system under theNashville Metropolitan Transit Authority inDavidson County. The $8.9 billion plan would have included severallight rail andbus rapid transit lines along major corridors, to be built between 2018 and 2032. The plan was proposed in 2017 by MayorMegan Barry under the Tennessee IMPROVE Act and supported by some Nashville politicians and businesses.

The plan would have included 26 miles (42 km) of light rail and 25 miles (40 km) of bus rapid transit, as well as additional funding for local buses and the existingMusic 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 byAmericans for Prosperity.

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