2014 Tennessee elections

none September 2023 November 2022 2014 Tennessee elections Tennessee midterm no 2016 2012 Tennessee state elections in 2014 were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014. Primary elections for the United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, governorship, Tennessee Senate, and Tennessee House of Representatives, as well as various judicial retention elections, including elections for three Tennessee Supreme Court justices, were held on August 7, 2014. There were also four constitutional amendments to the Constitution of Tennessee on the November 4 ballot. United States Congress Senate 2014 United States Senate election in Tennessee thumb|350px|alt=Final results by county|Final results by county: #e81b22 Alexander #ffb2b2 40–50% #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #3233fd Ball #7996e2 50–60% Incumbent Republican U.S. senator Lamar Alexander defeated Democrat Gordon Ball and was re-elected to a third term in office with 61.9% of the vote against 31.9%. Results 2014 United States Senate election in TennesseeState General State of Tennessee Lamar Alexander (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 850,087 61.87% -3.27% Democratic Party (United States) Gordon Ball 437,848 31.87% +0.23% Constitution Party (United States) Joe Wilmoth 36,088 2.63% N/A Green Party (United States) Martin Pleasant 12,570 0.91% N/A Independent (United States) Tom Emerson Jr. 11,157 0.81% N/A Independent (United States) Danny Page 7,713 0.56% N/A Independent (United States) Rick Tyler 5,759 0.42% N/A Independent (United States) Joshua James 5,678 0.41% N/A Independent (United States) Bartholomew J. Phillips 2,386 0.17% N/A Independent (United States) Edmund L. Gauthier 2,314 0.17% N/A Independent (United States) Eric Schechter 1,673 0.12% N/A Independent (United States) Choudhury Salekin 787 0.06% N/A 5 0.00% N/A 1,374,065 100.00% N/A Republican Party (United States) August 7, 2014, Primary Results Democratic primary results Gordon Ball Democratic Party (United States) 87,829 36.45% Terry Adams Democratic Party (United States) 85,794 35.61% Gary Gene Davis Democratic Party (United States) 42,549 17.66% Larry Crim Democratic Party (United States) 24,777 10.28% 240,949 100.00% Republican primary electionAugust 7, 2014 Unofficial Election Results http://www.elections.tn.gov/dynamic/20140807.php?ByOffice=United%20States%20Senate dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140911224259/http://www.elections.tn.gov/dynamic/20140807.php?ByOffice=United%20States%20Senate September 11, 2014 September 11, 2014 Tennessee Secretary of State mdy-all Lamar Alexander (incumbent) Republican Party (US) 331,705 49.65% Joe Carr Republican Party (US) 271,324 40.61% George Shea Flinn Republican Party (US) 34,668 5.19% Christian Agnew Republican Party (US) 11,320 1.69% Brenda S. Lenard Republican Party (US) 7,908 1.18% John D. King Republican Party (US) 7,748 1.16% Erin Kent Magee Republican Party (US) 3,366 0.52% 668,039 100.00% House of Representatives 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee thumb|350px|alt=District results|District results: #e81b22 Republican #E27F90 50–60% #CC2F4A 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #AA0000 80–90% #3233fd Democratic #4389e3 60–70% #1666CB 70–80% Tennessee elected nine U.S. Representatives, each representing one of Tennessee's nine Congressional Districts. Results Source:Haas Karen L. March 9, 2015 Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2014 http://history.house.gov/Institution/Election-Statistics/Election-Statistics/ October 28, 2019 Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives DistrictRepublicanDemocraticOthersTotalResult Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %District 1 115,533 82.84% 0 0.00% 23,937 17.16% 139,470 100.0% Republican holdDistrict 2 120,883 72.49% 37,612 22.56% 8,256 1.00% 166,751 100.0% Republican holdDistrict 3 97,344 62.36% 53,983 34.58% 4,770 3.06% 156,097 100.0% Republican holdDistrict 4 84,815 58.32% 51,357 35.32% 9,246 6.36% 145,418 100.0% Republican holdDistrict 5 55,078 35.70% 96,148 62.32% 3,050 1.98% 154,276 100.0% Democratic holdDistrict 6 115,231 71.09% 37,232 22.97% 9,634 5.94% 162,097 100.0% Republican holdDistrict 7 110,534 70.00% 42,280 26.77% 5,093 3.23% 157,907 100.0% Republican holdDistrict 8 122,255 70.83% 42,433 24.59% 7,907 4.58% 172,595 100.0% Republican holdDistrict 9 27,173 23.31% 87,376 74.97% 2,001 1.72% 116,550 100.0% Democratic holdTotal 848,846 61.91% 448,421 32.70% 73,894 5.39% 1,371,161 100.0% Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px Republican Tennessee Republican Party 61.91 Democratic Tennessee Democratic Party 32.70 Other #777777 5.39House seats #ddd 600px 410px Republican Tennessee Republican Party 77.78 Democratic Tennessee Democratic Party 22.22 Gubernatorial 2014 Tennessee gubernatorial election thumb|350px|alt=Final results by county|Final results by county: #e81b22 Haslam #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90% Incumbent Republican governor Bill Haslam 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, Haslam also carried every county in the state Results 2014 Tennessee gubernatorial electionhttps://sos-tn-gov-files.s3.amazonaws.com/20141104_CountyTotals_01.pdf State of Tennessee - November 4, 2014 - State General December 15, 2014 tn.gov Secretary of State of Tennessee Bill Haslam (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 951,796 70.31% +5.28% Democratic Party (United States) Charles Brown 309,237 22.84% -10.24% Independent (United States) John Jay Hooker 30,579 2.26% N/A Constitution Party (United States) Shaun Crowell 26,580 1.96% N/A Green Party (United States) Isa Infante 18,570 1.37% N/A Independent (United States) Steve Coburn 8,612 0.64% N/A Independent (United States) Daniel Lewis 8,321 0.62% N/A n/a Write-ins 33 0.00% 0.00% 1,353,728 100.0% N/A Republican Party (United States) August 7, 2014, primary results thumb|250px|County results Democratic primary resultshttp://www.elections.tn.gov/dynamic/20140807.php?ByOffice=Governor August 7, 2014 Official Election Results September 15, 2014 Tennessee Secretary of State dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140914080301/http://www.elections.tn.gov/dynamic/20140807.php?ByOffice=Governor September 14, 2014 mdy-all Charles V. "Charlie" Brown Democratic Party (United States) 95,114 41.71 Wm. H. "John" McKamey Democratic Party (United States) 59,200 25.96 Kennedy Spellman Johnson Democratic Party (United States) 55,718 24.44 Ron Noonan Democratic Party (United States) 17,993 7.89 228,025 100 Republican primary resultshttp://www.elections.tn.gov/dynamic/20140807.php?ByOffice=Governor August 7, 2014 Official Election Results September 15, 2014 Tennessee Secretary of State dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140914080301/http://www.elections.tn.gov/dynamic/20140807.php?ByOffice=Governor September 14, 2014 mdy-all Bill Haslam (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 570,997 87.68 Mark "Coonrippy" Brown Republican Party (United States) 44,165 6.78 Donald Ray McFolin Republican Party (United States) 22,968 3.53 Basil Marceaux, Sr. Republican Party (United States) 13,117 2.01 651,247 100 State legislature State Senate 2014 Tennessee Senate electionTennessee General Assembly x200pxResults by senate districts Winners: #F48882 Republican hold #92C5DE Democratic hold #CA0120 Republican gain #d0d0d0 No election 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 2014 Tennessee House of Representatives election 400x400pxResults by State House districts Winners: #F48882 Republican hold #92C5DE Democratic hold #CA0120 Republican gain #0671B0 Democratic gain The election of all 99 seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives 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 2014 Tennessee Amendment 1 Amendment 1 Tennessee Shall Article I, of the Constitution of Tennessee be amended by adding the following language as a new, appropriately designated section: Nothing in this Constitution secures or protects a right to abortion or requires the funding of an abortion. The people retain the right through their elected state representatives and state senators to enact, amend, or repeal statutes regarding abortion, including, but not limited to, circumstances of pregnancy resulting from rape or incest or when necessary to save the life of the mother. 729,163 657,192 1,386,355 File:Tennessee Constitutional Amendment 1 results 2014.svg Results by county Yes #47729E 70–80% 1px #AAAAAA solid #7D9CBB 60–70% 1px #AAAAAA solid #B6C8D9 50–60% 1px #AAAAAA solid No #BCBC83 60–70% 1px #AAAAAA solid #DEDEBD 50–60% 1px #AAAAAA solid Source: Tennessee Secretary of StateTennessee Amendment Election Results https://sos-tn-gov-files.s3.amazonaws.com/20141104_CountyTotals_01.pdf Tennessee Secretary of State en This is an approved legislatively referred constitutional amendment to the Constitution of Tennessee that appeared on the ballot on November 4, 2014.Tennessee Amendment 1, No State Constitutional Right to Abortion and Legislative Power to Regulate Abortion Amendment (2014) https://ballotpedia.org/Tennessee_Amendment_1,_No_State_Constitutional_Right_to_Abortion_and_Legislative_Power_to_Regulate_Abortion_Amendment_(2014) 2023-10-01 Ballotpedia en The amendment would ensure that Constitution of Tennessee, would not support, fund, or protect the right to an abortion. Amendment 2 2014 Tennessee Amendment 2 Amendment 2 Tennessee Shall Article Vl, Section 3 of the Constitution of Tennessee be amended by deleting the first and second sentences and by substituting instead the following: Judges of the Supreme Court or any intermediate appellate court shall be appointed for a full term or to fill a vacancy by and at the discretion of the governor; shall be confirmed by the Legislature; and thereafter, shall be elected in a retention election by the qualified voters of the state. Confirmation by default occurs if the Legislature fails to reject an appointee within sixty calendar days of either the date of appointment, if made during the annual legislative session, or the convening date of the next annual legislative session, if made out of session. The Legislature is authorized to prescribe such provisions as may be necessary to carry out Sections two and three of this article. 832,188 533,973 1,366,161 Source: Tennessee Secretary of StateTennessee Amendment Election Results https://sos-tn-gov-files.s3.amazonaws.com/20141104_CountyTotals_01.pdf Tennessee Secretary of State en Results by county Yes #47729E 70–80% 1px #AAAAAA solid #7D9CBB 60–70% 1px #AAAAAA solid #B6C8D9 50–60% 1px #AAAAAA solid No #DEDEBD 50–60% 1px #AAAAAA solid File:Tennessee Constitutional Amendment 2 results 2014.svg Amendment 3 2014 Tennessee Amendment 3This amendment would prohibit a state income tax. It passed with 66.21% of the vote. Amendment 3 Tennessee Shall Article ll, Section 28 of the Constitution of Tennessee be amended by adding the following sentence at the end of the final substantive paragraph within the section: Notwithstanding the authority to tax privileges or any other authority set forth in this Constitution, the Legislature shall not levy, authorize or otherwise permit any state or local tax upon payroll or earned personal income or any state state or local tax measured by payroller earned personal income; however, nothing contained herein shall be construed as prohibiting any tax in effect on January 1, 2011, or adjustment of the rate of such tax. 882,926 450,522 1,333,448 Source: Tennessee Secretary of StateTennessee Amendment Election Results https://sos-tn-gov-files.s3.amazonaws.com/20141104_CountyTotals_01.pdf Tennessee Secretary of State en File:Tennessee Constitutional Amendment 3 results 2014.svg Results by county Yes #47729E 70–80% 1px #AAAAAA solid #7D9CBB 60–70% 1px #AAAAAA solid #B6C8D9 50–60% 1px #AAAAAA solid Amendment 4 2014 Tennessee Amendment 4 Amendment 4 Tennessee Shall Article XI, Section 5 of the Constitution of Tennessee be amended by deleting the following language: All other forms of lottery not authorized herein are expressly prohibited unless authorized by a two-thirds vote of all members elected to each house of the general assembly for an annual event operated for the benefit of a 501(c)(3) organization located in this state, as defined by the 2000 United States Tax Code or as may be amended from time to time. and by substituting instead the following language: All other forms of lottery not authorized herein are expressly prohibited unless authorized by a two-thirds vote of all members elected to each house of the general assembly for an annual event operated for the benefit of a 501(c)(3) or a 501(c)(19) organization, as defined by the 2000 United States Tax Code, located in this state. 903,353 394,727 1,298,080 Source: Tennessee Secretary of StateTennessee Amendment Election Results https://sos-tn-gov-files.s3.amazonaws.com/20141104_CountyTotals_01.pdf Tennessee Secretary of State en File:Tennessee Constitutional Amendment 4 results 2014.svg Results by county Yes #47729E 70–80% 1px #AAAAAA solid #7D9CBB 60–70% 1px #AAAAAA solid #B6C8D9 50–60% 1px #AAAAAA solid Supreme Court Retention elections (August 7, 2014) All incumbent Tennessee Supreme Court Justices won their retention elections, getting eight more years. While the justices were able to overcome a vigorous opposition campaign by Ron Ramsey and other Republicans, who accused them of being "liberal," "soft on crime" and of helping Obamacare, their retention victories were by some of the smallest margins in recent history.Haas Brian Tennesseans vote to retain Supreme Court justices https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2014/08/07/tennesseans-vote-retain-supreme-court-justices/13756359/ 2023-09-24 The Tennessean en-US All retained justices were appointed by former Democratic governor Phil Bredesen. Tennessee Supreme Court Chief Justice, Gary R. Wade retention election August 7, 2014 Judicial retention election results https://sos-tn-gov-files.s3.amazonaws.com/20140807_JudicialRetentionCounty.pdf September 23, 2023 Tennessee Secretary of State 499218 371993 Tennessee Supreme Court Associate Justice, Sharon G. Lee retention election August 7, 2014 Judicial retention election results https://sos-tn-gov-files.s3.amazonaws.com/20140807_JudicialRetentionCounty.pdf September 23, 2023 Tennessee Secretary of State 495855 376696 Tennessee Supreme Court Associate Justice, Cornelia A. Clark retention election Tennessee Shall Cornelia A. (Connie) Clark be retained or replaced in office as Judge of the Supreme Court, at Large? 492,972 386,743 879,715 File:2014 Tennessee Supreme Court justice retention election (Connie Clark) results by county.svg Results by county Retain #47729E 70–80% 1px #AAAAAA solid #7D9CBB 60–70% 1px #AAAAAA solid #B6C8D9 50–60% 1px #AAAAAA solid Replace #BCBC83 60–70% 1px #AAAAAA solid #DEDEBD 50–60% 1px #AAAAAA solid Source: Tennessee Secretary of StateTennessee Judicial Retention Election Results https://sos-tn-gov-files.s3.amazonaws.com/20140807_JudicialRetentionCounty.pdf Tennessee Secretary of State en Local elections Knox County 2014 Knox County, Tennessee, mayoral election Incumbent Republican mayor Tim Burchett ran for re-election and was opposed by no one in both the primary and the general election since no other candidate filed to run against him.2014-08-08 Results: County mayor races in East Tennessee https://www.wbir.com/article/news/politics/elections/results-county-mayor-races-in-east-tennessee/51-95129883 2024-04-02 wbir.com en-USAugust 7, 2014 General election https://www.knoxcounty.org/election/results/cumulative_8_7_2014.pdf April 2, 2024 Knox County Election Commission Results August 7, 2014 General election resultshttps://www.knoxcounty.org/election/results/cumulative_8_7_2014.pdf August 7, 2014 General election Knox County Election Commission April 2, 2024 Tim Burchett (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 48,062 100.00% 48,062 100.00% May 6, 2014, primary results Republican primary results https://www.knoxcounty.org/election/results/cumulative_5_6_2014.pdf May 6th Republican Primary Mayor Knox County Election Commission April 2, 2024 Tim Burchett (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 20,539 100.00% 20,539 100.00% Shelby County 2014 Shelby County, Tennessee, mayoral election alt=Final results by county|thumb|249x249px|Final results by precinct: #e81b22 Luttrell #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90% #a80000 >90% #3233fd Malone #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% Incumbent Republican Mayor Mark Luttrell won re-election with 62.3% of the vote, defeating Democratic nominee Deidre Malone.Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell wins second term http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/government/shelby-county-mayor-mark-luttrell-wins-second-term-ep-542078913-324354381.html 2024-01-18 www.commercialappeal.com enPast Elections Shelby County Election Commission, TN https://www.electionsshelbytn.gov/past-elections 2024-01-17 www.electionsshelbytn.gov Results August 7, 2014 General election resultsPast Elections Shelby County Election Commission, TN https://www.electionsshelbytn.gov/past-elections 2024-01-17 www.electionsshelbytn.gov Mark Luttrell Republican Party (United States) 90,541 62.34% Deidre Malone Democratic Party (United States) 52,438 36.11% Charles Nelson Independent politician 1,635 1.13%Leo Awgowhat Independent politician 552 0.38%Write-in Write-in 62 0.04% 145,228 100.00% May 6, 2014, primary results Democratic primary resultsCounty Primary 5.6.2014 Shelby County Election Commission, TN https://www.electionsshelbytn.gov/elections/county-primary-562014 2024-01-17 www.electionsshelbytn.gov Deidre Malone Democratic Party (United States) 13,792 35.77% Kenneth Whalum Jr. Democratic Party (United States) 12,607 32.70% Steven J. Mulroy Democratic Party (United States) 12,046 31.24% 38,559 100.00% Democratic primary resultsCounty Primary 5.6.2014 Shelby County Election Commission, TN https://www.electionsshelbytn.gov/elections/county-primary-562014 2024-01-17 www.electionsshelbytn.gov Mark Luttrell (Incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 16,824 96.45% Ernest Lunati Republican Party (United States) 595 3.41% Write-in Write-in 25 0.14% 17,444 100.00% Clarksville 2014 Clarksville mayoral election Incumbent Democratic mayor Kim McMillan ran for re-election and won a second term in office in a 3-way race.Montgomery County, TN https://mcgtn.org/ 2024-01-27 mcgtn.org en +November 4, 2014 Clarksville Mayor ElectionCandidateVotes%Kim McMillan (I)9,57746.88%Bill Summers5,54427.14%Jeff Burkhart5,26725.78%Write-ins420.21%Total20,430100% Murfreesboro 2014 Murfreesboro mayoral election Incumbent Democratic mayor Tommy Bragg decided not to run for re-election to a third term.Fagan Jonathon April 27, 2014 End of 'The Bragg Era' http://www.murfreesboropost.com/end-of-the-bragg-era--cms-39113 live https://web.archive.org/web/20170825184559/http://www.murfreesboropost.com/end-of-the-bragg-era--cms-39113 August 25, 2017 August 25, 2017 The Murfreesboro Post Republican candidate Shane McFarland defeated Vice Mayor Ron Washington, becoming the youngest person elected as mayor in Murfreesboro history.Mayor Shane McFarland Murfreesboro, TN - Official Website https://www.murfreesborotn.gov/497/Mayor-Shane-McFarland 2023-12-22 www.murfreesborotn.gov +August 15, 2014 Murfreesboro Mayor ElectionElection Results https://secured.rutherfordcountytn.gov/election/041514-html/ 2024-01-29 secured.rutherfordcountytn.govCandidateVotes%Shane McFarland5,31568.09%Ron Washington2,47431.69%Write-ins170.22%Total7,806100% See also Elections in Tennessee Political party strength in Tennessee Tennessee Democratic Party Tennessee Republican Party Government of Tennessee Tennessee Supreme Court 2014 United States elections References Category:2014 Tennessee elections Tennessee Category:U.S. state constitutional amendments