2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2010 election for Tennessee Governor
Governor · Tennessee
Bill Haslam (R) won with 66.3% of the vote, defeating Mike McWherter (D) by 32.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Bill HaslamRepublican · winner
66.3%1,041,545
Mike McWherterDemocrat
33.7%529,851
1,571,396 votes
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 2010
Races before and after
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET