1982 Tennessee gubernatorial election

none related races 1982 United States gubernatorial elections January 2019January 2019 1982 Tennessee gubernatorial election Tennessee Presidential no 1978 Tennessee gubernatorial election 1978 1986 Tennessee gubernatorial election 1986 November 2, 1982 File:Lamar Alexander (TN) (cropped).png 150x150px Lamar Alexander Republican Party (United States) 737,693 59.56% 3x4.svg Randy Tyree Democratic Party (United States) 500,937 40.44% 1982 Tennessee gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 300px County results Alexander: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90%Tyree: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% Governor Lamar Alexander Republican Party (United States) Lamar Alexander Republican Party (United States) The 1982 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1982, to elect the governor of Tennessee. Incumbent Republican governor Lamar Alexander was now qualified to run for re-election because of Tennessee's 1978 constitutional amendment allowing governors to serve a second consecutive four-year term.Phillip Langsdon, Tennessee: A Political History (Franklin, Tenn.: Hillsboro Press, 2000), pp. 370–381, 370–393. Alexander ran for re-election and defeated Democratic nominee Randy Tyree, the mayor of Knoxville, with 59.6% of the vote. Alexander was the first Republican to be re-elected governor since 1912. Primary elections Primary elections were held on August 5, 1982.https://books.google.com/books?id=tXdLAQAAMAAJ Tennessee Blue Book 1983 2018-12-05 Republican primary Lamar Alexander was unopposed.1982 Election Results for Tennessee -- RightDataUSA.com https://rightdatausa.com/election_results?y=1982&t=G&r=N&s=TN&d=04&WhichMap=vs 2025-08-01 rightdatausa.com Democratic primary Candidates Randy Tyree, Mayor of Knoxville Anna Belle Clement O'Brien, State Senator Tom Henry Tommy McKnight John G. Love Luther M. Kindall James W. Thomas Virginia Nyabongo Boyce McCall Results Democratic primary results Randy Tyree Democratic Party (United States) 318,205 50.05% Anna Belle Clement O'Brien Democratic Party (United States) 254,500 40.03% Tom Henry Democratic Party (United States) 19,453 3.06% Tommy McKnight Democratic Party (United States) 10,761 1.69% John G. Love Democratic Party (United States) 10,600 1.67% Luther M. Kindall Democratic Party (United States) 7,792 1.23% James W. Thomas Democratic Party (United States) 6,052 0.95% Virginia Nyabongo Democratic Party (United States) 5,885 0.93% Boyce McCall Democratic Party (United States) 2,577 0.41% 635,825 100.00% General election Candidates Lamar Alexander, Republican Randy Tyree, Democratic Results 1982 Tennessee gubernatorial electionhttps://books.google.com/books?id=46A7DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA421 America Votes 32: 2015-2016, Election Returns by State - Rhodes Cook 26 October 2017 9781506368993 2018-12-05 Cook Rhodes Republican Party (United States) Lamar Alexander (incumbent) 737,693 59.56% +3.72% Democratic Party (United States) Randy Tyree 500,937 40.44% -3.72% 237,026 1,238,927 Republican Party (United States) See also 1982 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee 1982 United States Senate election in Tennessee References 1982 Tennessee Gubernatorial