2008 general · November 4, 2008

2008 Tennessee election results

Every race on Tennessee's ballot in the 2008 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races126
Changed party8
Unopposed48%60 races
Incumbents defeated4

President

R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
TennesseeJohn McCain (R)15.1
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
TennesseeLamar Alexander (R)33.5

U.S. House

D 5 · R 4

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
TN-1Phil Roe (R)47.3
TN-2John J. Duncan, Jr. (R)56.2
TN-3Zach Wamp (R)42.0
TN-4Lincoln Davis (D)20.9
TN-5Jim Cooper (D)34.8
TN-6Barton Gordon (D)48.8
TN-7Marsha Blackburn (R)37.2
TN-8John Tanner (D)Unopposed
TN-9Steve Cohen (D)83.0

Tennessee State Senate

D 7 · R 9 · 2 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-2Ronald L. Ramsey (R)45.5
SD-4Mike Faulk (R)0.4Incumbent lost
SD-6Jamie Woodson (R)38.1
SD-8Doug Overbey (R)63.5
SD-10Andy Berke (D)42.2
SD-12Ken Yager (R)7.1Flipped
SD-14Eric Stewart (D)6.9
SD-16Jim Tracy (R)18.4
SD-18Diane Black (R)30.3
SD-20Joe M. Haynes (D)18.0
SD-22Tim Barnes (D)Unopposed
SD-24Roy B. Herron (D)Unopposed
SD-26Dolores Gresham (R)7.2Flipped
SD-28Jim Kyle (D)Unopposed
SD-30Beverly Robisonmarrero (D)Unopposed
SD-32Mark Norris (R)Unopposed

Tennessee House of Representatives

D 49 · R 50 · 6 changed party

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Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab