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The 2018 Tennessee gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the next
governor of Tennessee The governor of Tennessee is the head of government of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the commander-in-chief of the U.S. state, state's Tennessee Military Department, military forces. The governor is the only official in the Government of Tenne ...
, alongside other state and
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Republican governor Bill Haslam was term-limited and 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 Nashville, often known as Music City, is the capital and List of municipalities in Tennessee, most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, locat ...
mayor
Karl Dean Karl Foster Dean (born September 20, 1955) is an American politician who served as the 6th Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee from 2007 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as Nashville's Director of Law under Mayor Bill P ...
in a landslide. Despite Lee’s win, this was the closest win for a Republican since
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. Lee was sworn in for his first term as Governor on January 19, 2019. The
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took place on August 2, 2018, with Republican Bill Lee and Democrat
Karl Dean Karl Foster Dean (born September 20, 1955) is an American politician who served as the 6th Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee from 2007 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as Nashville's Director of Law under Mayor Bill P ...
winning their respective party nominations. During the general election, Dean flipped back reliably Democratic Davidson, Haywood, and Shelby Counties, which voted for Republican governor Bill Haslam in
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. The results of the election marked the first time since
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that a candidate from the incumbent president's party was elected governor of Tennessee. This is also the first time that Republicans won three consecutive gubernatorial elections in the state, and the first time that a Republican was elected to succeed another Republican. As of 2018, this election had the largest number of candidates (28) in a statewide election in United States history; the previous record was the 2016 United States presidential election in Colorado. This large surge in candidates was mostly due to the Libertarian Party of Tennessee's protest of the state's party affiliation and
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laws.


Republican primary


Candidates


Nominated

* Bill Lee, businessman


Eliminated in primary

* Diane Black,
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* Randy Boyd, former Tennessee cabinet official * Beth Harwell, Speaker of the
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* Basil Marceaux, perennial candidate * Kay White, realtor and Democratic nominee for
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and
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Withdrawn

* Mae Beavers, former
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(unsuccessfully ran for Wilson County mayor) * Mark Green, state senator (successfully ran in
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)


Declined

*
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,
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( successfully ran for the U.S. Senate) * Tim Burchett, mayor of Knox County ( successfully ran in Tennessee's 2nd congressional district) *
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, former state representative, perennial candidate * Bob Corker,
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* Stephen Fincher, former
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* Alberto Gonzales, dean of the
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School of Law and former
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* Bill Hagerty,
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and former Tennessee cabinet official * Tre Hargett,
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* Rob Mitchell, Rutherford County, Rutherford County Property Assessor * Mark Norris, Majority Leader of the
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, appointed as judge to the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee * Andy Ogles, director of Tennessee chapter of
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(successfully ran for mayor of Maury County) * Ron Ramsey, former lieutenant governor of Tennessee and candidate for governor of Tennessee in
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Endorsements


Polling


Results


Democratic primary


Candidates


Nominated

*
Karl Dean Karl Foster Dean (born September 20, 1955) is an American politician who served as the 6th Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee from 2007 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as Nashville's Director of Law under Mayor Bill P ...
, former
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of
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, 2007–2015


Eliminated in primary

* Craig Fitzhugh, Minority Leader of the
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* Mezianne Vale Payne, retiree


Declined

* Andy Berke,
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of
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and former state senator * Bill Freeman, businessman and candidate for mayor of
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in
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Endorsements


Polling


Results


Independents


Candidates

* Mark CoonRippy Brown (Independent) * Sherry L. Clark (
Libertarian Libertarianism (from ; or from ) is a political philosophy that holds freedom, personal sovereignty, and liberty as primary values. Many libertarians believe that the concept of freedom is in accord with the Non-Aggression Principle, according ...
) * Justin Cornett (Libertarian) * Gabriel Fancher (Libertarian) * Sean Bruce Fleming (Libertarian) * William Andrew Helmstetter (Libertarian) * Cory King (Libertarian) * Matthew Koch (Libertarian) * Yvonne Neubert (
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) * Alfred Shawn Rapoza (Libertarian) * Chad Riden, comedian (Independent) * Heather Scott (Libertarian) * George Blackwell Smith IV (Libertarian) * Jeremy Allen Stephenson (Libertarian) * Tracy Yaste Tisdale (Libertarian) * Mike Toews (Libertarian) * Rick Tyler, candidate for TN-03 in
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* Vinnie Vineyard (Funkmaster V from Wrestling With Ghosts) (Libertarian) * Jaron D. Weidner (Libertarian) * Patrick Whitlock (Independent) * Joe B. Wilmoth (Independent)


Notes


General election


Debates


Complete video of debate
October 2, 2018
Complete video of debate
October 12, 2018


Endorsements


Predictions


Polling

with Karl Dean
with Craig Fitzhugh


Results


Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

* Davidson (largest city:
Nashville Nashville, often known as Music City, is the capital and List of municipalities in Tennessee, most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, locat ...
) * Haywood (largest city: Brownsville) * Shelby (largest city: Memphis)


By congressional district

Lee won seven of nine congressional districts.


See also

* 2018 United States Senate election in Tennessee *
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Karl Dean (D) for Governor

Bill Lee (R) for Governor

Chad Riden (I) for Governor

Vinnie Vineyard (L) for Governor
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