1984 United States Senate election in Tennessee

none related races 1984 United States Senate elections March 2026 September 2023 1984 United States Senate election in Tennessee Tennessee presidential no 1978 United States Senate election in Tennessee 1978 1990 United States Senate election in Tennessee 1990 November 6, 1984 Senator Al Gore BW Portrait (cropped).jpg 150x150px Al Gore Democratic Party (United States) 1,000,607 60.72% File:Victor Ashe (2).jpg Victor Ashe Republican Party (United States) 557,016 33.80% 3x4.svg Ed McAteer Independent 87,234 5.29% 1984 United States Senate election in Tennessee results map by county.svg 300px County resultsGore: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90%Ashe: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% U.S. Senator Howard Baker Republican Party (United States) Al Gore Democratic Party (United States) The 1984 United States Senate election in Tennessee took place on November 6, 1984, to select the U.S. Senator from the state of Tennessee. Popular three-term Republican incumbent Howard Baker, who had served as United States Senate Majority Leader since 1981 (Minority Leader from 1977 to 1981) decided not to seek re-election in order to concentrate on a planned bid for the 1988 Republican presidential nomination (which did not happen, as he later accepted a White House Chief of Staff position under President Ronald Reagan). This left the seat open. In the general election, Democratic candidate Al Gore, son of former senator Albert Gore Sr., won easily, flipping the Republican held seat to Democratic hands. Democratic Primary Democrats nominated Representative and future Vice President Al Gore, whose father, Albert Gore Sr., had once held Tennessee's other Senate seat. Results Democratic primary results Al Gore Democratic Party (United States) 476,582 100.00% 476,582 100.00% Republican primary Candidates State Senator Victor Ashe Jack McNeil Hubert David Patty Results In the primary, held on August 2, Ashe easily emerged as a winner.Republican primary resultshttp://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=256709 TN US Senate- R Primary Race - Aug 02, 1984 Our Campaigns 2022-03-19 Victor Ashe Republican Party (United States) 145,744 86.47% Jack McNeil Republican Party (United States) 17,970 10.66% Herbert David Patty Republican Party (United States) 4,777 2.83% Write-in Republican Party (United States) 49 0.03% 168,540 100% General election thumb|Al Gore 1984 campaign poster Although the Senate election coincided with the landslide re-election of President Reagan, who carried Tennessee by a wide margin, this time his victory did not have any coattails, as it did in 1980, and Democrats picked up three Republican seats. One of the Democratic gains was in Tennessee, where conservative Democrat Gore won in a landslide:http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3707 TN US Senate Race - Nov 06, 1984 Our Campaigns 2022-03-19 General election results Democratic Party (United States) Al Gore 1,000,607 60.72% Republican Party (United States) Victor Ashe 557,016 33.80% Independent Ed McAteer 87,234 5.29% Independent Khalil-Ullah Al-Muhaymin 3,179 0.19% 1,648,036 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) By county County1984 Election Results for Tennessee -- RightDataUSA.com https://rightdatausa.com/election_results?y=1984&t=S2&r=N&s=TN&d=all&WhichMap=vs 2026-02-10 rightdatausa.com Albert Gore, Jr.Democratic Victor AsheRepublican OthersIndependent Margin Totalvotes % # % # % # Anderson 61.0% 15,971 35.7% 9,348 3.2% 846 6,623 26,165 Bedford 79.4% 7,075 19.1% 1,702 1.5% 135 5,373 8,912 Benton 77.4% 4,573 20.6% 1,214 2.0% 120 3,359 5,907 Bledsoe 51.3% 1,749 45.5% 1,554 3.2% 109 195 3,412 Blount 46.5% 13,431 45.2% 13,068 8.3% 2,409 363 28,908 Bradley 41.9% 9,444 53.6% 12,086 4.6% 1,035 -2,642 22,565 Campbell 59.1% 5,827 39.4% 3,887 1.5% 150 1,940 9,864 Cannon 80.7% 2,825 17.9% 627 1.4% 48 2,198 3,500 Carroll 63.5% 6,520 34.1% 3,504 2.4% 250 3,016 10,274 Carter 42.5% 6,906 49.2% 8,002 8.3% 1,347 -1,096 16,255 Cheatham 71.9% 5,071 24.2% 1,708 3.9% 274 3,363 7,053 Chester 58.9% 2,643 35.8% 1,605 5.3% 237 1,038 4,485 Claiborne 53.0% 3,662 45.6% 3,145 1.4% 97 517 6,904 Clay 69.5% 1,795 30.1% 778 0.3% 8 1,017 2,581 Cocke 38.0% 3,113 59.2% 4,848 2.8% 231 -1,735 8,192 Coffee 72.1% 9,522 25.9% 3,416 2.1% 274 6,106 13,212 Crockett 63.2% 2,772 31.0% 1,360 5.7% 251 1,412 4,383 Cumberland 54.5% 5,793 43.2% 4,594 2.3% 248 1,199 10,635 Davidson 72.7% 132,696 23.7% 43,309 3.6% 6,497 89,387 182,502 Decatur 65.8% 2,786 29.4% 1,243 4.8% 204 1,543 4,233 DeKalb 80.6% 3,922 18.7% 909 0.8% 38 3,013 4,869 Dickson 76.6% 8,668 20.9% 2,369 2.5% 283 6,299 11,320 Dyer 59.6% 6,166 35.8% 3,702 4.7% 483 2,464 10,351 Fayette 62.1% 4,577 32.1% 2,364 5.8% 426 2,213 7,367 Fentress 61.3% 2,791 37.9% 1,725 0.7% 34 1,066 4,550 Franklin 76.9% 8,534 21.8% 2,419 1.4% 151 6,115 11,104 Gibson 69.3% 11,729 27.1% 4,579 3.7% 618 7,150 16,926 Giles 73.2% 5,240 25.2% 1,805 1.6% 115 3,435 7,160 Grainger 43.8% 2,010 52.8% 2,424 3.5% 160 -414 4,594 Greene 40.1% 7,056 46.1% 8,106 13.8% 2,435 -1,050 17,597 Grundy 78.0% 2,993 19.4% 746 2.6% 100 2,247 3,839 Hamblen 47.6% 7,452 42.3% 6,628 10.1% 1,583 824 15,663 Hamilton 49.2% 54,623 43.8% 48,548 7.0% 7,742 6,075 110,913 Hancock 41.3% 783 56.3% 1,068 2.4% 45 -285 1,896 Hardeman 63.5% 4,494 26.2% 1,854 10.3% 725 2,640 7,073 Hardin 60.8% 4,504 36.3% 2,685 2.9% 213 1,819 7,402 Hawkins 45.9% 6,413 46.8% 6,540 7.3% 1,027 -127 13,980 Haywood 65.8% 4,005 24.7% 1,506 9.4% 574 2,499 6,085 Henderson 58.9% 4,423 37.9% 2,843 3.2% 241 1,580 7,507 Henry 72.8% 7,426 25.1% 2,563 2.1% 218 4,863 10,207 Hickman 75.9% 3,983 22.1% 1,161 1.9% 102 2,822 5,246 Houston 80.9% 2,077 15.7% 402 3.5% 89 1,675 2,568 Humphreys 81.4% 4,780 16.7% 980 1.9% 109 3,800 5,869 Jackson 87.9% 3,971 11.0% 496 1.1% 50 3,475 4,517 Jefferson 45.2% 4,733 49.2% 5,148 5.6% 581 -415 10,462 Johnson 34.2% 1,563 63.5% 2,900 2.2% 101 -1,337 4,564 Knox 54.7% 65,091 39.7% 47,269 5.6% 6,632 17,822 118,992 Lake 72.4% 1,312 25.1% 454 2.5% 46 858 1,812 Lauderdale 69.1% 4,893 26.8% 1,894 4.1% 290 2,999 7,077 Lawrence 63.1% 7,359 35.4% 4,126 1.5% 171 3,233 11,656 Lewis 77.2% 2,424 21.2% 665 1.6% 49 1,759 3,138 Lincoln 76.7% 5,606 20.6% 1,505 2.7% 201 4,101 7,312 Loudon 50.5% 5,190 45.1% 4,631 4.4% 452 559 10,273 Macon 74.0% 3,770 25.4% 1,296 0.6% 32 2,474 5,098 Madison 62.8% 18,791 28.9% 8,637 8.3% 2,483 10,154 29,911 Marion 63.0% 5,399 35.2% 3,016 1.9% 159 2,383 8,574 Marshall 76.0% 4,717 22.2% 1,378 1.8% 113 3,339 6,208 Maury 71.8% 10,990 26.4% 4,042 1.8% 277 6,948 15,309 McMinn 49.5% 7,478 47.4% 7,169 3.1% 462 309 15,109 McNairy 61.3% 5,121 35.4% 2,961 3.3% 275 2,160 8,357 Meigs 51.7% 1,270 46.1% 1,133 2.2% 54 137 2,457 Monroe 50.2% 5,408 47.9% 5,159 1.9% 209 249 10,776 Montgomery 67.4% 14,946 27.1% 6,013 5.5% 1,212 8,933 22,171 Moore 79.0% 1,294 19.8% 324 1.3% 21 970 1,639 Morgan 61.8% 3,001 36.0% 1,747 2.3% 110 1,254 4,858 Obion 57.9% 5,903 37.8% 3,853 4.4% 444 2,050 10,200 Overton 81.8% 4,089 17.3% 864 0.9% 46 3,225 4,999 Perry 80.0% 1,783 18.3% 408 1.7% 38 1,375 2,229 Pickett 57.8% 1,087 41.7% 784 0.5% 9 303 1,880 Polk 55.4% 2,678 43.2% 2,091 1.4% 69 587 4,838 Putnam 75.1% 12,183 22.4% 3,638 2.4% 392 8,545 16,213 Rhea 44.6% 3,674 45.2% 3,730 10.2% 841 -56 8,245 Roane 56.6% 9,914 39.3% 6,897 4.1% 719 3,017 17,530 Robertson 77.3% 8,403 20.2% 2,201 2.5% 268 6,202 10,872 Rutherford 73.1% 21,737 23.0% 6,852 3.9% 1,157 14,885 29,746 Scott 55.3% 2,499 42.5% 1,923 2.2% 101 576 4,523 Sequatchie 55.6% 1,616 41.8% 1,215 2.6% 75 401 2,906 Sevier 37.0% 5,652 53.9% 8,235 9.2% 1,400 -2,583 15,287 Shelby 59.6% 187,944 32.6% 102,831 7.8% 24,506 85,113 315,281 Smith 88.5% 5,107 11.0% 633 0.6% 33 4,474 5,773 Stewart 78.2% 2,591 20.1% 666 1.7% 55 1,925 3,312 Sullivan 49.4% 25,537 39.3% 20,289 11.3% 5,858 5,248 51,684 Sumner 73.2% 21,292 23.9% 6,954 2.9% 840 14,338 29,086 Tipton 60.6% 6,072 33.8% 3,391 5.6% 564 2,681 10,027 Trousdale 87.9% 1,706 11.1% 215 1.0% 19 1,491 1,940 Unicoi 43.9% 2,460 46.6% 2,616 9.5% 533 -156 5,609 Union 51.3% 1,946 46.3% 1,758 2.4% 91 188 3,795 Van Buren 78.7% 1,167 21.0% 311 0.3% 4 856 1,482 Warren 76.7% 7,272 20.6% 1,949 2.7% 259 5,323 9,480 Washington 49.6% 14,915 39.4% 11,859 10.9% 3,292 3,056 30,066 Wayne 48.5% 2,154 50.1% 2,223 1.4% 61 -69 4,438 Weakley 65.0% 7,277 30.8% 3,444 4.2% 474 3,833 11,195 White 78.1% 4,751 20.5% 1,245 1.4% 85 3,506 6,081 Williamson 59.1% 14,286 34.9% 8,442 5.9% 1,428 5,844 24,156 Wilson 75.2% 15,762 22.4% 4,702 2.3% 491 11,060 20,955 Total 60.7% 1,000,607 33.8% 557,016 5.5% 90,413 443,591 1,648,036 See also 1984 United States Senate elections 1984 United States presidential election in 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