| Election Name: | 2024 Tennessee elections |
| Country: | Tennessee |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Previous Year: | 2022 |
Tennessee state elections in 2024 were held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Primary elections for the United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, Tennessee Senate, and Tennessee House of Representatives, as well as various judicial retention elections, including the election of a Tennessee Supreme Court justice, were held on August 1, 2024.
See main article: 2024 United States presidential election in Tennessee, 2024 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary and 2024 Tennessee Republican presidential primary. Tennessee is a stronghold for the Republican Party, and is considered a reliable "red state." Tennessee has 11 electoral votes in the Electoral college.
The presidential primaries were held on March 5, 2024. Donald Trump won the Republican primary in a landslide victory over former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley. President Joe Biden won the Democratic primary in a landslide as well.[2] Although Biden initially ran for re-election and became the party's presumptive nominee.[3] He withdrew from the race on July 21 and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, who launched her presidential campaign the same day.[4]
In the general election, Donald Trump won Tennessee with 64.19% of the vote.
March 5, 2024, Primary Results
See main article: 2024 United States Senate election in Tennessee. Incumbent one-term Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn won re-election to a second term with 63.80% of the vote.[5]
August 1, 2024 primary results
See main article: 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee. Tennessee elected nine US Representatives, each representing one of Tennessee's nine Congressional Districts. No seats changed hands, leaving the Tennessee delegation at a 8-1 Republican majority.
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=col colspan=2 style="background:" | ! | scope=col colspan=2 style="background:" | ! | scope=col colspan=2 | ! | scope=col colspan=2 | |||||||||
| 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" | % |
| 257,825 | 78.08% | 64,021 | 19.39% | 8,353 | 2.53% | 330,199 | 100.00% | Republican hold | |||||||
| 250,782 | 69.26% | 111,316 | 30.74% | 0 | 0.00% | 362,098 | 100.00% | Republican hold | |||||||
| 362,098 | 67.51% | 102,841 | 29.36% | 10,968 | 3.13% | 350,328 | 100.00% | Republican hold | |||||||
| 219,133 | 69.95% | 83,832 | 26.76% | 10,290 | 3.29% | 313,255 | 100.00% | Republican hold | |||||||
| 205,075 | 56.85% | 142,387 | 39.47% | 13,252 | 3.68% | 360,714 | 100.00% | Republican hold | |||||||
| 225,543 | 68.00% | 106,144 | 32.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 331,687 | 100.00% | Republican hold | |||||||
| 191,992 | 59.50% | 122,764 | 38.05% | 7,900 | 2.45% | 322,656 | 100.00% | Republican hold | |||||||
| 240,411 | 72.34% | 85,043 | 25.59% | 6,861 | 2.06% | 332,315 | 100.00% | Republican hold | |||||||
| 57,411 | 25.66% | 159,522 | 71.31% | 6,770 | 3.03% | 223,703 | 100.00% | Democratic hold | |||||||
| Total | 1,884,691 | 64.39% | 977,870 | 33.41% | 64,394 | 2.20% | 2,926,955 | 100.00% |
See also: Tennessee General Assembly.
See main article: 2024 Tennessee Senate election.
Results by senate districts
Winners:
Elections for 16 of the 33 seats in Tennessee's State Senate were held on November 5, 2024.
Following the 2024 elections, no seats flipped.
See main article: 2024 Tennessee House of Representatives election.
Results by state house districts
Winners:
The election of all 99 seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives were held on November 5, 2024.
Following the 2024 elections, no seats flipped.
Incumbent Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Dwight E. Tarwater was nominated by Governor Bill Lee to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Justice Sharon G. Lee.[6] On March 9, 2023, his nomination was confirmed by the Tennessee General Assembly. His term began on September 1, 2023.[7]
He won the retention election on August 1, 2024.[8]
Incumbent Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals Justice Matthew J. Wilson was nominated by Governor Bill Lee to fill the passing of Justice John Everett Williams.[9] [10]
Knox County turnout was extremely low, which could have been the reason that Republicans did relatively poor compared to past elections.
Republican Incumbent David Phil Ballard won with 54.5% of the vote, defeating Democratic nominee Drew Harper.[11]
Republican Incumbent David Buuck won with 55.3% of the vote, defeating Democratic nominee Jackson Fenner.[12]
Republican nominee Alex McVeagh won with 57.6% of the vote, defeating Democratic nominee Kisha Cheeks.[13]
Results