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Tennessee state elections in 2014 were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014.
Incumbent Republican U.S. senator
Tennessee elected nine U.S. Representatives, each representing one of Tennessee's nine Congressional Districts.
Results by senate districts
Winners:
Elections for 18 of the 33 seats in Tennessee's State Senate were held on November 4, 2014.
After this election, Republicans had 28 seats while Democrats had 5 seats, with Republicans gaining two seats.
Results by State House districts
Winners:
The election of all 99 seats in the
Primary election
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s for the United States Senate
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, United States House of Representatives
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, governorship
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, Tennessee Senate
The Tennessee Senate is the upper house of the U.S. state of Tennessee , Tennessee's state legislature, which is known formally as the Tennessee General Assembly.
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, and Tennessee House of Representatives
The Tennessee House of Representatives is the lower house of the Tennessee General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Tennessee.
Constitutional requirements
According to the state constitution of 1870, this body is to consis ...
, as well as various judicial
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retention election
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s, including elections for three Tennessee Supreme Court
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justices, were held on August 7, 2014. There were also four constitutional amendments to the Constitution of Tennessee
The Constitution of the State of Tennessee defines the form, structure, activities, character, and fundamental rules (and means for changing them) of the U.S. State of Tennessee.
The original constitution of Tennessee came into effect on June 1, ...
on the November 4 ballot.
United States Congress
Senate
Incumbent Republican U.S. senator Lamar Alexander
Andrew Lamar Alexander Jr. (born July 3, 1940) is an American politician and attorney who served as a United States senator from Tennessee from 2003 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he also was the 45th governor of Tennessee from 1 ...
defeated Democrat
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Gordon Ball and was re-elected to a third term in office with 61.9% of the vote against 31.9%.
Results
August 7, 2014, Primary ResultsHouse of Representatives
Tennessee elected nine U.S. Representatives, each representing one of Tennessee's nine Congressional Districts.
Results
Source:Gubernatorial
Incumbent
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Republican governor Bill Haslam
William Edward Haslam (; born August 23, 1958) is an American billionaire businessman and politician who served as the 49th governor of Tennessee from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Haslam previously served as the 67th mayor of ...
was re-elected to a second term with 70.3% of the vote, defeating his Democratic challenger Charles Brown. Improving on his performance from 2010
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, Haslam also carried every county in the state
Results
August 7, 2014, primary results
State legislature
State Senate
Results by senate districts
Winners:
Elections for 18 of the 33 seats in Tennessee's State Senate were held on November 4, 2014.
After this election, Republicans had 28 seats while Democrats had 5 seats, with Republicans gaining two seats.
State House of Representatives
Results by State House districts
Winners:
The election of all 99 seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives
The Tennessee House of Representatives is the lower house of the Tennessee General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Tennessee.
Constitutional requirements
According to the state constitution of 1870, this body is to consis ...
occurred on November 4, 2014.
Republicans won 73 seats, while Democrats won 26 seats. Republicans gained two seats during this election.
Ballot measures
Amendment 1
This is an approvedlegislatively referred constitutional amendment
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to the Constitution of Tennessee
The Constitution of the State of Tennessee defines the form, structure, activities, character, and fundamental rules (and means for changing them) of the U.S. State of Tennessee.
The original constitution of Tennessee came into effect on June 1, ...
that appeared on the ballot on November 4, 2014. The amendment would ensure that Constitution of Tennessee, would not support, fund, or protect the right to an abortion.
Amendment 2
Amendment 3
This amendment would prohibit astate income tax
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. It passed with 66.21% of the vote.
Amendment 4
Supreme Court
Retention elections (August 7, 2014)
Allincumbent
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Tennessee Supreme Court
The Tennessee Supreme Court is the highest court in the state of Tennessee. The Supreme Court's three buildings are seated in Nashville, Knoxville, and Jackson, Tennessee. The Court is composed of five members: a chief justice, and four justice ...
Justices won their retention elections, getting eight more years. While the justices were able to overcome a vigorous opposition campaign by Ron Ramsey
Ronald Lynn Ramsey (; born November 20, 1955) is an American auctioneer, politician, and lobbyist, who served as the 49th lieutenant governor of Tennessee and speaker of the State Senate from 2007 to 2017. A Republican from Blountville in Ea ...
and others, who accused them of being "liberal," "soft on crime" and of helping Obamacare
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, their retention victories were by some of the smallest margins in recent history.
Local elections
Knox County
Incumbent Republican mayorTim Burchett
Timothy Floyd Burchett ( ; born August 25, 1964) is an American politician who is the U.S. representative for , based in Knoxville, serving since 2019.
A Republican Party (United States), Republican, Burchett was formerly County executive, mayor ...
ran for re-election and was opposed by no one in both the primary
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and the general election
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since no other candidate filed to run against him.
Results
May 6, 2014, primary resultsShelby County
Incumbent
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Republican Mayor Mark Luttrell
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won re-election with 62.3% of the vote, defeating Democratic nominee Deidre Malone.
Results
May 6, 2014, primary resultsClarksville
Incumbent
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Democratic mayor Kim McMillan
Kim McMillan (''née'' Ambrester, born 1963) is an American Democratic politician who was the first female mayor of Clarksville, Tennessee from 2011 to 2019. McMillan was also the first woman to be elected Majority Leader of the Tennessee Hous ...
ran for re-election and won a second term in office in a 3-way race.
Murfreesboro
Incumbent
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Democratic mayor Tommy Bragg decided not to run for re-election to a third term.
Republican candidate Shane McFarland
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defeated Vice Mayor Ron Washington, becoming the youngest person elected as mayor in Murfreesboro history.
See also
*Elections in Tennessee
Elections in Tennessee are held to fill various local, state, and federal seats. Special elections may be held to fill vacancies at other points in time. Statewide legislative referrals and referendums may also be on the ballot in some elections ...
* Political party strength in Tennessee
Tennessee's politics are currently dominated by the Republican Party. Republicans currently hold both of the state's U.S. Senate seats, a majority of Congressional seats, and the state legislature. Democratic strength is largely concentrated in ...
* Tennessee Democratic Party
The Tennessee Democratic Party (TNDP) is the affiliate of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party in Tennessee. The party was founded in 1826 initially as the Jacksonian democracy, Jacksonian Party. The Tennessee Democratic Party w ...
* Tennessee Republican Party
The Tennessee Republican Party (TRP or TNGOP) is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in Tennessee. Since the mid-1960s, the state
has become increasingly Republican. The current chairman of the Republican Party of Tennessee is Sco ...
* Government of Tennessee
The Government of Tennessee is organized under the provisions of the 1870 Constitution of Tennessee, first adopted in 1796. As set forth by the state constitution, administrative influence in Tennessee is divided among three branches of governme ...
* Tennessee Supreme Court
The Tennessee Supreme Court is the highest court in the state of Tennessee. The Supreme Court's three buildings are seated in Nashville, Knoxville, and Jackson, Tennessee. The Court is composed of five members: a chief justice, and four justice ...
* 2014 United States elections
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References
Tennessee
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U.S. state constitutional amendments