2010 Tennessee gubernatorial election

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2010 Tennessee gubernatorial election

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Turnout41.32% Decrease[1] 8.65 pp
 
Nominee Bill Haslam Mike McWherter
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,041,545 529,851
Percentage 65.0% 33.1%

County results
Haslam:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
McWherter:      40–50%      50–60%

Governor before election

Phil Bredesen
Democratic

Elected Governor

Bill Haslam
Republican

The 2010 Tennessee gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 2010, to elect the next governor of Tennessee. Incumbent Democratic Governor Phil Bredesen was term-limited, and is prohibited by the Constitution of Tennessee from seeking a third consecutive term. Knoxville mayor and Republican nominee, Bill Haslam was elected with 65.0% of the vote, defeating Democratic nominee Mike McWherter.

The primary election was held on August 5, 2010, with Haslam and McWherter winning their respective parties' nominations.[2]

With this win, Haslam flipped the state into Republican control, with the state legislature also being controlled by Republicans. The last time Republicans held a government trifecta in the state was in 1869.[3] Ever since this election, Republicans have maintained their trifecta.

News organizations The Cook Political Report,[4] CQ Politics,[5] and The New York Times[6] rated the gubernatorial election as leaning Republican, while The Rothenberg Political Report rated it as "Republican favored,"[7] RealClearPolitics[8] and Sabato's Crystal Ball[9] as "Likely Republican", and Rasmussen Reports as "Solid Republican."[10]

Republican primary

A recorded debate featuring 3 of the candidates, organized by campaign coordinator James Crenshaw, was held at the Scarett-Benett Center in Nashville, TN.[11]

Candidates

Polling

Poll source Dates administered Bill
Haslam
Ron
Ramsey
Zach
Wamp
Undecided
Mason-Dixon July 19–21, 2010 36% 20% 25% 17%
WSMV TV Channel 4 July 8, 2010 32% 11% 21% 36%

Results

County results
Republican primary results[18]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bill Haslam 341,229 47.3
Republican Zach Wamp 210,332 29.2
Republican Ron Ramsey 158,960 22.1
Republican Joe Kirkpatrick 6,775 0.9
Republican Basil Marceaux 3,508 0.5
Total votes 720,804 100

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results[21]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mike McWherter 284,894 100.00%
Total votes 284,894 100.00%

Independents

  • Bayron Binkley, broker[22]
  • Brandon Dodds, optometrist[23]
  • Samuel David Duck, Independent Federalist[24] (withdrew from race and endorsed Brandon Dodds)[25]
  • David Gatchell
  • June Griffin
  • Toni Hall
  • Floyd Knois
  • Boyce McCall
  • J. David Maharrey, Tea Party
  • Linda Kay Perry
  • James Reesor, Tennessee author[26]
  • Thomas Smith II
  • Howard Switzer,[27] Architect[28] (Green Party nominee; listed on the ballot as an independent)
  • Carl Twofeathers Whitaker, Native American Indian Movement chief[29]

General election

Simultaneous Haslam and McWherter rallies before the Highlands Town Hall Debate

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
Cook Political Report[30] Safe R (flip) October 14, 2010
Rothenberg[31] Safe R (flip) October 28, 2010
RealClearPolitics[32] Safe R (flip) November 1, 2010
Sabato's Crystal Ball[33] Likely R (flip) October 28, 2010
CQ Politics[34] Lean R (flip) October 28, 2010

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Mike
McWherter (D)
Bill
Haslam (R)
Other Unde-
cided
MTSU (report) October 24, 2010 635 ± 4% 29% 51% 4% 6%
MTSU (report) October 14, 2010 635 ± 4% 19% 41.6% 4% 36%
Rasmussen Reports (report) October 9, 2010 500 ± 4.5% 31% 59% 3% 6%
Rasmussen Reports (report) September 7, 2010 500 ± 4.5% 31% 59% 2% 7%
Rasmussen Reports (report) August 9, 2010 500 ± 4.5% 31% 56% 3% 10%
Mason-Dixon (report) July 19–21, 2010 625 ± 5.0% 31% 49% 20%
WSMV-TV Channel 4 (report) July 8, 2010 603 ± 4.0% 34% 60% 6%
Rasmussen Reports (report) June 15, 2010 500 ± 4.5% 32% 50% 5% 14%
Rasmussen Reports (report) March 22, 2010 500 ± 4.5% 27% 45% 5% 23%

Results

Tennessee gubernatorial election, 2010[35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Bill Haslam 1,041,545 65.03% +35.83%
Democratic Mike McWherter 529,851 33.08% -35.24%
Independent Carl Twofeathers Whitaker 6,536 0.41% N/A
Independent Brandon Dodds 4,728 0.29% N/A
Independent Bayron Binkley 4,663 0.29% N/A
Independent June Griffin 2,587 0.16% N/A
Independent Linda Kay Perry 2,057 0.13% N/A
Independent Howard M. Switzer 1,887 0.12% N/A
Independent Samuel David Duck 1,755 0.11% N/A
Independent Thomas Smith II 1,207 0.07% N/A
Independent Toni K. Hall 993 0.06% N/A
Independent David Gatchell 859 0.05% N/A
Independent Boyce T. McCall 828 0.05% N/A
Independent James Reesor 809 0.05% N/A
Independent Mike Knois 600 0.03% N/A
Independent Donald Ray McFolin 583 0.03% N/A
Independent Write-Ins (3 candidates) 61 0.003% N/A
Majority 511,694 32.21% -6.64%
Turnout 1,601,567
Republican gain from Democratic Swing

By county

County[36] Bill Haslam
Republican
Mike McWherter
Democratic
Other votes Total
votes
% # % # % #
Anderson 72.50% 13,938 24.89% 4,785 2.61% 502
Bedford 69.50% 6,808 28.31% 2,773 2.20% 215
Benton 51.36% 2,590 47.23% 2,382 1.41% 71
Bledsoe 66.26% 2,527 31.83% 1,214 1.92% 73
Blount 79.38% 23,786 18.19% 5,449 2.42% 728
Bradley 82.10% 17,522 16.29% 3,477 1.61% 344
Campbell 72.75% 6,309 24.78% 2,149 2.47% 214
Cannon 61.51% 2,412 36.09% 1,415 2.40% 94
Carroll 56.72% 4,724 41.83% 3,484 1.44% 120
Carter 76.98% 10,783 21.43% 3,001 1.60% 223
Cheatham 68.92% 7,017 29.16% 2,969 1.91% 195
Chester 69.39% 2,763 28.80% 1,147 1.80% 72
Claiborne 74.45% 4,768 22.85% 1,463 2.71% 173
Clay 59.07% 1,179 38.98% 778 1.95% 39
Cocke 75.69% 6,385 22.08% 1,863 2.24% 188
Coffee 69.43% 9,436 28.49% 3,872 2.09% 283
Crockett 64.49% 2,818 34.42% 1,504 1.10% 48
Cumberland 77.71% 15,550 20.29% 4,061 1.98% 399
Davidson 48.44% 75,381 49.11% 76,427 2.44% 3,810
Decatur 56.31% 1,820 41.80% 1,351 1.89% 61
DeKalb 58.40% 2,870 39.62% 1,947 1.98% 97
Dickson 64.09% 7,812 34.04% 4,150 1.87% 228
Dyer 66.48% 6,576 28.79% 2,847 4.72% 467
Fayette 68.78% 8,490 29.71% 3,667 1.51% 187
Fentress 71.44% 3,630 27.04% 1,374 1.51% 77
Franklin 63.35% 7,792 34.73% 4,272 1.92% 236
Gibson 57.57% 8,664 40.88% 6,152 1.55% 233
Giles 60.25% 4,936 37.52% 3,074 2.22% 183
Grainger 74.79% 3,399 22.75% 1,034 2.46% 112
Greene 76.83% 12,066 21.11 3,315 2.07 324
Grundy 55.07% 1,693 42.03% 1,292 1.90% 89
Hamblen 79.47% 10,798 19.19% 2,608 1.33% 181
Hamilton 65.59% 57,090 32.81% 28,556 1.60% 1,393
Hancock 73.25% 923 24.21% 305 2.54% 32
Hardeman 50.45% 3,250 47.25% 3,044 2.28% 148
Hardin 69.10% 4,315 28.98% 1,810 1.92% 120
Hawkins 75.29% 9,320 22.76% 2,817 1.95% 241
Haywood 45.70% 2,462 52.96% 2,853 1.34% 72
Henderson 69.43% 4,328 28.73% 1,791 1.85% 115
Henry 55.20% 5,261 43.33% 4,129 1.46% 140
Hickman 59.80% 3,156 37.89% 2,000 1.85% 122
Houston 47.90% 1,016 49.74% 1,055 2.36% 50
Humphreys 53.62% 2,689 44.51% 2,232 1.88% 94
Jackson 53.02% 1,587 44.54% 1,333 2.45% 73
Jefferson 79.54% 8,895 18.24% 2,040 2.21% 248
Johnson 75.59% 3,452 22.62% 1,033 1.80% 82
Knox 81.07% 84,915 17.06% 17,869 1.87% 1,958
Lake 47.38% 661 49.32% 688 3.35% 46
Lauderdale 54.74% 3,369 43.64% 2,686 1.63% 100
Lawrence 66.54% 7,722 32.00% 3,714 1.46% 169
Lewis 63.42% 2,235 33.97% 1,197 2.61% 92
Lincoln 72.30% 6,196 24.15% 2,070 3.55% 304
Loudon 82.07% 12,552 15.78% 2,413 2.16% 330
Macon 68.21% 3,349 29.84% 1,465 1.96% 96
Madison 55.74% 15,762 43.20% 12,214 1.06% 300
Marion 62.47% 4,579 35.69% 2,616 1.84% 135
Marshall 63.50% 4,810 34.59% 2,620 1.93% 145
Maury 65.50% 15,190 32.82% 7,612 1.67% 389
McMinn 76.63% 8,711 21.66% 2,462 1.71% 194
McNairy 64.05% 4,357 34.44% 2,343 1.51% 103 '
Meigs 68.28% 1,804 29.52% 780 2.20% 58
Monroe 75.02% 7,795 23.09% 2,399 1.88% 196
Montgomery 61.80% 19,227 35.87% 11,159 2.33% 726
Moore 68.59% 1,435 27.68% 579 3.73% 78
Morgan 69.81% 3,032 27.33% 1,187 2.85% 124
Obion 53.99% 5,063 43.21% 4,052 2.80% 263
Overton 58.68% 3,088 39.24% 2,065 2.08% 109
Perry 55.34% 1,057 41.83% 799 2.83% 54
Pickett 66.20% 1,428 31.66% 683 2.13% 46
Polk 64.86% 2,569 32.69% 1,295 2.45% 97
Putnam 69.83% 13,031 28.44% 5,306 1.73% 323
Rhea 76.06% 5,452 21.58% 1,547 2.35% 169
Roane 73.79% 11,523 23.74% 3,707 2.36% 385
Robertson 67.94% 12,151 30.28% 5,416 1.78% 318
Rutherford 68.77% 41,999 29.33% 17,912 1.89% 1,160
Scott 74.48% 3,522 23.41% 1,107 2.10% 100
Sequatchie 70.74% 2,497 24.37% 966 1.89% 96
Sevier 84.01% 16,592 13.63% 2,692 2.36% 467
Shelby 46.74% 107,227 51.86% 118,977 1.39% 3,200
Smith 58.36% 3,369 39.67% 2,290 1.98% 114
Stewart 54.91% 2,120 43.05% 707 2.04% 79
Sullivan 77.44% 30,529 21.20% 8,359 1.36% 535
Sumner 73.17% 32,543 26.12% 13,672 2.31% 1,209
Tipton 68.63% 10,880 29.69% 4,706 1.69% 267
Trousdale 56.06% 1,170 41.93% 875 2.01% 42
Unicoi 75.48% 3,334 22.66% 1.001 1.85% 82
Union 75.15% 2,861 22.83% 869 2.02% 77
Van Buren 57.29% 931 40.25% 654 2.46% 40
Warren 59.61% 5,745 37.77% 3,640 2.62% 253
Washington 76.95% 22,403 21.63% 6,296 1.42% 415
Wayne 73.26% 2,606 25.13% 894 1.60% 57
Weakley 51.76% 4,891 46.49% 4,393 1.74% 165
White 64.94% 4,542 32.31% 2,260 2.75% 192
Williamson 80.06% 48,518 18.29% 11,085 1.65% 1,000
Wilson 72.88% 25,217 25.21% 8,724 1.91% 659

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

References

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External links

Debates
Official campaign websites (Archived)