2018 Tennessee Midterm Election

U.S. Senate:

Two-term Republican Bob Corker chose not to seek reelection.

The Democrat: Phil Bredesen is a businessman and former mayor of Nashville. He served as governor of Tennessee from 2003 to 2011.

The Republican: Marsha Blackburn, a businesswoman and former state senator, has been a member of the U.S. House of Representatives since 2003.  

Governor:

Republican Governor Bill Haslam is term-limited and cannot seek reelection. 

The Republican: Bill Lee is a businessman and political newcomer. He was the surprise winner of the state GOP’s crowded August 2 primary.

The Democrat: Karl Dean, an attorney, was Nashville’s elected public defender for several years and later served as mayor of the city from 2007 to 2015. 

Politics: Tennessee has gone for the Republican presidential nominee in every election since 1980 – except 1992 and 1996 when native son Al Gore was the Democratic vice presidential nominee. Donald Trump carried the state by 26 points in 2016.

Tennessee’s other U.S. senator is Lamar Alexander, a Republican.

Republicans hold seven of the state’s nine seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. Democrats hold two.

Republicans have sizable majorities in both chambers of the Tennessee General Assembly.


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