Elections in Tennessee

This is a list of past elections in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Tennessee's politics are currently dominated by the Republican Party.^[1]^[2] 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 Nashville, Memphis, and parts of Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Clarksville. Several sunburn areas of Nashville and Memphis also contain significant Democratic minorities. Tennessee is one of thirteen states which holds its presidential primaries on Super Tuesday.^[3] Tennessee does not require voters to declare a party affiliation when registering. The state is one of eight states which require voters to present a form of photo identification.^[4]

Between the end of the Civil War and the mid-20th century, Tennessee was part of the Democratic Solid South, but had the largest Republican minority of any former Confederate state.^[5] During this time, East Tennessee was heavily Republican and the western two thirds mostly voted Democratic, with the latter dominating the state.^[6] This division was related to the state's pattern of Unionist and Confederate loyalism during the Civil War.^[6]

Presidential[edit]

National legislative elections[edit]

House of Representatives elections[edit]

Senate elections[edit]

Gubernatorial elections[edit]

State legislative elections[edit]

Mayoral elections[edit]

Chattanooga

2021 Chattanooga mayoral election

Clarksville

2022 Clarksville mayoral election

Knoxville

2023 Knoxville mayoral election

Memphis

2023 Memphis mayoral election

Nashville

2023 Nashville mayoral election

Other[edit]

Tennessee Marriage Protection Amendment

References[edit]

^ Doble, Rob (December 24, 2020). "Analysis: The polarization express". Tennessee Lookout. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
^ Clouse, Allie (November 6, 2020). "As Georgia becomes a blue wedge in the Deep South, Tennessee cleaves tighter to the GOP". Knoxville News-Sentinel. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
^ "Super Tuesday 2020". US Presidential Election News. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
^ "Voter Identification Requirements". ncsl.org. National Conference of State Legislatures. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
^ Langsdon 2000, p. x.
^ ^a ^b Hunt, Keel (2018). Crossing the Aisle: How Bipartisanship Brought Tennessee to the Twenty-First Century and Could Save America. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press. pp. 22–23. ISBN 978-0-8265-2241-2 – via Google Books.

Works cited[edit]

Langsdon, Phillip R. (2000). Tennessee: A Political History. Franklin, Tennessee: Hillboro Press. ISBN 9781577361251 – via Internet Archive.

External links[edit]

Tennessee at Ballotpedia
Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "Tennessee", Voting & Elections Toolkits
"Tennessee: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org, Oakland, CA
"League of Women Voters of Tennessee". (State affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
"State Elections Legislation Database", Ncsl.org, Washington, D.C.: National Conference of State Legislatures, State legislation related to the administration of elections introduced in 2011 through this year, 2020

[1] Doble, Rob (December 24, 2020). "Analysis: The polarization express". Tennessee Lookout. Retrieved May 28, 2021.

[knoxnews11202-2] Clouse, Allie (November 6, 2020). "As Georgia becomes a blue wedge in the Deep South, Tennessee cleaves tighter to the GOP". Knoxville News-Sentinel. Retrieved May 28, 2021.

[ST2020-3] "Super Tuesday 2020". US Presidential Election News. Retrieved April 24, 2019.

[4] "Voter Identification Requirements". ncsl.org. National Conference of State Legislatures. Retrieved May 25, 2021.

[FOOTNOTELangsdon2000x-5] Langsdon 2000, p. x.

[hunt1-6] Hunt, Keel (2018). Crossing the Aisle: How Bipartisanship Brought Tennessee to the Twenty-First Century and Could Save America. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press. pp. 22–23. ISBN 978-0-8265-2241-2 – via Google Books.

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