| Election Name: | 2010 Tennessee elections |
| Country: | Tennessee |
| Type: | midterm |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Next Year: | 2012 |
| Previous Year: | 2008 |
Tennessee state elections in 2010 were held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Primary elections for the United States House of Representatives, governorship, Tennessee Senate, and Tennessee House of Representatives, as well as various judicial retention elections, were held on August 5, 2010.[1] There was also a constitutional amendment to the Constitution of Tennessee on the November 2 ballot.
See main article: 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee.
Tennessee elected nine U.S. Representatives, each representing one of Tennessee's nine Congressional Districts.
| scope=col rowspan=3 | District | scope=col colspan=2 | Republican | scope=col colspan=2 | Democratic | scope=col colspan=2 | Others | scope=col colspan=2 | Total | scope=col rowspan=3 | Result | ||||
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| scope=col data-sort-type="number" | Votes ! | scope=col data-sort-type="number" | % ! | scope=col data-sort-type="number" | Votes ! | scope=col data-sort-type="number" | % ! | scope=col data-sort-type="number" | Votes ! | scope=col data-sort-type="number" | % ! | scope=col data-sort-type="number" | Votes ! | scope=col data-sort-type="number" | % |
| 123,006 | 80.84% | 26,045 | 17.12% | 3,110 | 2.04% | 152,161 | 100.0% | Republican hold | |||||||
| 141,796 | 81.78% | 25,400 | 14.65% | 6,184 | 3.57% | 173,380 | 100.0% | Republican hold | |||||||
| 92,032 | 56.79% | 45,387 | 28.01% | 24,637 | 15.20% | 162,056 | 100.0% | Republican hold | |||||||
| District 4 | 103,969 | 57.07% | 70,254 | 38.56% | 7,968 | 4.37% | 182,191 | 100.0% | Republican gain | ||||||
| 74,204 | 42.07% | 99,162 | 56.23% | 2,996 | 1.70% | 176,362 | 100.0% | Democratic hold | |||||||
| District 6 | 128,517 | 67.26% | 56,145 | 29.38% | 6,422 | 3.36% | 191,084 | 100.0% | Republican gain | ||||||
| 158,916 | 72.37% | 54,347 | 24.75% | 6,320 | 2.88% | 219,583 | 100.0% | Republican hold | |||||||
| District 8 | 98,759 | 58.99% | 64,960 | 38.80% | 3,686 | 2.20% | 167,405 | 100.0% | Republican gain | ||||||
| 33,879 | 25.11% | 99,827 | 74.00% | 1,201 | 0.89% | 134,907 | 100.0% | Democratic hold | |||||||
| Total | 955,078 | 61.26% | 541,527 | 34.73% | 62,524 | 4.01% | 1,559,129 | 100.0% |
See main article: 2010 Tennessee gubernatorial election.
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.
(Percentages are rounded to the nearest 1/100th, they will not add up fully to 100%).
August 5, 2010, primary results
See main article: 2010 Tennessee Senate election.
See also: Tennessee General Assembly. Results by senate districts
Winners:Elections for 17 of the 33 seats in Tennessee's State Senate were held on November 2, 2010.
After this election, Republicans had 20 seats while Democrats had 13 seats, with Republicans gaining one seat.
See main article: 2010 Tennessee House of Representatives election. Results by State House districts
Winners:The election of all 99 seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives occurred on November 2, 2010.
Republicans won 64 seats, while Democrats won 34 seats, and Independents won 1 seat. Republicans gained fourteen seats during this election.
| Hunting Rights Amendment | |
| Question: | Shall Article XI, Section 13 of the Constitution of the State of Tennessee be amended by adding the followingsentences at the end of the section:The citizens of this state shall have the personal right to hunt and fish, subject to reasonable regulations andrestrictions prescribed by law. The recognition of this right does not abrogate any private or public propertyrights, nor does it limit the state's power to regulate commercial activity. Traditional manners and means may be used to take non-threatened species. |
| Yes: | 1,289,544 |
| No: | 147,506 |
| Total: | 1,437,050 |
| Notes: | Source: Tennessee Secretary of State[2] |
| Mapcaption: | Results by county Yes |
This proposed measure called for the personal right to hunt and fish within state laws and existing property rights. Additionally, the amendment allowed for hunting and fishing of non-threatened species.[3]
See main article: 2010 Knox County, Tennessee mayoral election. Incumbent Republican Mayor Mike Ragsdale could not run for re-election due to term limits. Republican state senator, Tim Burchett, won the election with 88.3% of the vote against Democrat Ezra Maize.[4] [5] [6]
May 4, 2010, primary results
Incumbent mayor Johnny Piper decided not to run for a third term.[7] Democratic candidate Kim McMillan won the election with 48.2% of the vote.[8]
| Kim McMillan | 10,271 | 48.16% | |
| Jeff Burkhart | 8,042 | 37.71% | |
| Gabriel Segovia | 1,112 | 5.21% | |
| Keith Fain | 772 | 3.62% | |
| Shirley J. Braxton | 516 | 2.42% | |
| Cesar Gabriel Barraza | 243 | 1.14% | |
| Jon Lockwood | 167 | 0.78% | |
| Michael Flood | 148 | 0.68% | |
| Write-ins | 56 | 0.26% | |
| Total | 21,327 | 100% |
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