2022_Tennessee_gubernatorial_election

2022 Tennessee gubernatorial election
Turnout	38.61% 15.85 pp
	; Lee: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; Martin: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%
Governor before election; Bill Lee; Republican	Elected Governor ; Bill Lee; Republican

2022 Tennessee gubernatorial election

Election for the governorship of the U.S. state of Tennessee

The 2022 Tennessee gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Tennessee. Incumbent Republican Governor Bill Lee was re-elected to a second term with 64.9% of the vote, defeating his Democratic challenger Jason Martin. Lee improved on his performance from 2018.

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The primary elections took place on August 4, 2022, with Lee and Martin winning their respective parties' nominations.^[2]^[3]

During the general election, Lee flipped reliably Democratic Haywood County, home to Brownsville. It is one of only two remaining counties in Tennessee, along with Shelby County, with a majority African-American population. Haywood County has not voted Republican on a presidential level since 1972. Martin won only Shelby and Davidson Counties. This was also the first time in state history where Davidson County did not vote for the winner in a gubernatorial re-election since Tennessee began allowing governors to serve for two consecutive terms.

Voter turnout for the 2022 midterm elections in Tennessee was the lowest it has been in nearly a decade, with only 38.6% of Tennessee's registered voters turning out. The last time turnout was this low in Tennessee was in the 2014 midterm elections. This turnout was far below the 2020 presidential election in Tennessee, which saw a turnout of 69.3%.^[4]^[5] Tennessee's neighboring state Alabama saw a significant drop in voter turnout as well, with only 38.5% of Alabamians turning out to vote this midterm cycle.

Bill Lee was sworn in for his second term on January 21, 2023.

General election

Results

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By county

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By county

County^[41]	Bill Lee Republican		Jason Martin Democratic		Other votes		Total votes
County^[41]	%	#	%	#	%	#	Total votes
Anderson	65.80%	14,003	32.11%	6,832	2.09%	445	21,280
Bedford	79.30%	8,401	18.27%	1,936	2.43%	257	10,594
Benton	79.14%	3,247	18.43%	756	2.43%	100	4,103
Bledsoe	86.06%	2,933	12.27%	418	1.67%	57	3,408
Blount	74.41%	29,470	23.52%	9,316	2.07%	820	39,606
Bradley	81.97%	20,655	16.26%	4,096	1.77%	447	25,198
Campbell	81.96%	6,118	15.85%	1,197	2.19%	165	7,550
Cannon	80.74%	3,082	17.50%	668	1.76%	67	3,817
Carroll	80.23%	5,733	17.74%	1,268	2.03%	145	7,146
Carter	80.10%	11,602	17.78%	2,575	2.12%	307	14,484
Cheatham	71.27%	8,309	26.92%	3,138	1.81%	211	11,658
Chester	83.54%	3,756	13.83%	622	2.62%	118	4,496
Claiborne	83.99%	5,652	14.18%	954	1.83%	123	6,729
Clay	80.03%	1,451	16.93%	307	3.04%	55	1,813
Cocke	81.17%	6,618	15.95%	1,300	2.88%	235	8,153
Coffee	77.13%	10,529	20.59%	2,811	2.28%	311	13,651
Crockett	82.30%	2,734	16.23%	539	1.48%	49	3,322
Cumberland	82.38%	17,864	16.16%	3,505	1.46%	315	21,684
Davidson	34.24%	60,900	63.38%	112,708	2.38%	4,229	177,837
Decatur	80.65%	2,713	17.72%	596	1.63%	55	3,364
DeKalb	80.07%	4,118	17.71%	911	2.22%	114	5,143
Dickson	73.73%	9,970	24.07%	3,255	2.20%	297	13,522
Dyer	80.61%	6,791	16.81%	1,416	2.58%	217	8,424
Fayette	75.93%	10,868	22.44%	3,212	1.63%	234	14,314
Fentress	86.69%	4,559	11.12%	585	2.19%	115	5,259
Franklin	75.05%	8,643	22.93%	2,641	2.02%	232	11,516
Gibson	76.61%	9,640	21.21%	2,669	2.18%	274	12,583
Giles	76.23%	5,832	20.68%	1,582	3.09%	237	7,651
Grainger	85.28%	4,588	13.12%	706	1.60%	86	5,380
Greene	79.26%	13,574	17.83%	3,054	2.91%	498	16,951
Grundy	80.82%	2,735	15.90%	538	3.28%	111	3,384
Hamblen	78.86%	10,335	19.01%	2,492	2.13%	279	13,126
Hamilton	60.02%	60,647	38.46%	38,862	1.52%	1,542	101,051
Hancock	84.60%	1,110	12.58%	165	2.82%	37	1,312
Hardeman	62.41%	3,486	35.50%	1,983	2.09%	117	5,586
Hardin	85.93%	5,606	12.45%	812	1.62%	106	6,524
Hawkins	82.42%	11,669	15.56%	2,203	2.02%	286	14,158
Haywood	51.14%	2,011	47.30%	1,860	1.56%	61	3,932
Henderson	85.61%	5,551	12.68%	822	1.71%	111	6,484
Henry	78.52%	6,674	18.87%	1,604	2.61%	222	8,500
Hickman	78.76%	4,577	19.41%	1,128	1.83%	106	5,811
Houston	74.25%	1,837	23.00%	569	2.75%	68	2,474
Humphreys	74.63%	3,344	22.85%	1,024	2.52%	113	4,481
Jackson	75.80%	2,415	19.99%	637	4.21%	134	3,186
Jefferson	81.52%	10,806	15.90%	2,107	2.58%	342	13,255
Johnson	85.05%	4,415	13.25%	688	1.70%	88	5,191
Knox	59.95%	76,880	38.32%	49,140	1.73%	2,222	128,242
Lake	78.69%	912	17.69%	205	3.62%	42	1,159
Lauderdale	69.81%	3,346	27.56%	1,321	2.63%	126	4,793
Lawrence	81.96%	8,276	15.34%	1,549	2.70%	272	10,097
Lewis	80.09%	2,723	18.03%	613	1.88%	64	3,400
Lincoln	81.89%	7,452	15.45%	1,406	2.66%	242	9,100
Loudon	78.15%	15,285	19.43%	3,801	2.42%	473	19,559
Macon	85.13%	4,140	12.03%	585	2.84%	138	4,863
Madison	63.77%	15,357	34.24%	8,246	1.99%	479	24,082
Marion	77.23%	5,947	20.91%	1,610	1.86%	143	7,700
Marshall	75.99%	6,734	21.00%	1,861	3.01%	267	8,862
Maury	72.26%	22,198	25.75%	7,910	1.99%	610	30,718
McMinn	80.35%	10,371	14.39%	1,858	5.26%	679	12,908
McNairy	83.06%	5,864	14.67%	1,036	2.27%	160	7,060
Meigs	82.21%	2,703	14.93%	491	2.86%	94	3,288
Monroe	82.93%	9,830	14.75%	1,748	2.23%	275	11,853
Montgomery	60.22%	24,813	36.38%	14,988	3.40%	1,400	41,201
Moore	83.33%	1,725	14.59%	302	2.08%	43	2,070
Morgan	83.97%	3,844	13.63%	624	2.40%	110	4,578
Obion	82.63%	6,418	15.10%	1,173	2.27%	176	7,767
Overton	78.45%	4,805	18.73%	1,147	2.82%	173	6,125
Perry	80.22%	1,549	17.56%	339	2.22%	43	1,931
Pickett	80.06%	1,542	16.15%	311	3.79%	73	1,929
Polk	83.32%	4,000	14.83%	712	1.85%	89	4,801
Putnam	72.43%	14,217	24.84%	4,875	2.73%	536	19,628
Rhea	85.11%	6,551	13.42%	1,033	1.47%	113	7,697
Roane	75.23%	11,871	21.15%	3,337	3.62%	572	15,780
Robertson	75.97%	14,066	21.86%	4,048	2.17%	400	18,514
Rutherford	62.00%	46,575	35.87%	26,948	2.13%	1,604	75,127
Scott	87.56%	3,394	10.19%	395	2.25%	87	3,876
Sequatchie	83.92%	3,643	13.87%	602	2.21%	96	4,341
Sevier	80.35%	18,314	16.75%	3,818	2.90%	660	22,792
Shelby	43.20%	86,384	54.51%	108,995	2.29%	4,583	199,962
Smith	79.52%	4,205	17.53%	927	2.95%	156	5,288
Stewart	79.55%	3,167	17.76%	707	2.69%	107	3,981
Sullivan	77.90%	32,897	20.78%	8,777	1.32%	556	42,230
Sumner	71.57%	37,466	26.12%	13,672	2.31%	1,209	52,347
Tipton	76.69%	11,487	20.58%	3,083	2.73%	409	14,979
Trousdale	77.39%	1,660	20.93%	449	1.68%	36	2,145
Unicoi	80.66%	4,238	17.32%	910	2.02%	106	5,254
Union	82.90%	3,456	14.99%	625	2.11%	88	4,169
Van Buren	82.35%	1,563	14.70%	279	2.95%	56	1,898
Warren	75.29%	6,668	22.16%	1,963	2.55%	226	8,857
Washington	69.42%	24,330	28.66%	10,046	1.92%	671	35,047
Wayne	86.59%	3,094	11.14%	398	2.27%	81	3,573
Weakley	78.94%	6,417	18.32%	1,489	2.74%	223	8,129
White	82.41%	5,744	15.42%	1,075	2.17%	151	6,970
Williamson	68.06%	58,132	30.57%	26,116	1.37%	1,169	85,417
Wilson	70.69%	31,496	27.40%	12,208	1.91%	848	44,552

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Haywood (largest city: Brownsville)

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Lee (incumbent)	494,362	100.00%
Total votes			494,362	100.00%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jason Martin	101,552	39.39%
	Democratic	J.B. Smiley Jr.	100,062	38.81%
	Democratic	Carnita Atwater	56,227	21.81%
Total votes			257,841	100.00%

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[26]	Solid R	March 4, 2022
Inside Elections^[27]	Solid R	July 22, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[28]	Safe R	June 29, 2022
Politico^[29]	Solid R	April 1, 2022
RCP^[30]	Safe R	January 10, 2022
Fox News^[31]	Solid R	May 12, 2022
538^[32]	Solid R	August 4, 2022
Elections Daily^[33]	Safe R	November 7, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Bill Lee (incumbent)	1,129,390	64.91%	+5.55
	Democratic	Jason Martin	572,818	32.92%	−5.63
	Independent	John Gentry	15,395	0.89%	N/A
	Independent	Constance Every	10,277	0.59%	N/A
	Independent	Deborah Rouse	3,772	0.22%	N/A
	Independent	Rick Tyler	2,380	0.14%	N/A
	Independent	Charles Van Morgan	1,862	0.11%	N/A
	Independent	Basil Marceaux	1,568	0.09%	N/A
	Independent	Alfred O'Neil	1,216	0.07%	N/A
	Independent	Michael Scantland	815	0.05%	N/A
	Write-In	Lemichael D. Wilson	386	0.02%	N/A
	Write-In	Charles Carney	2	0.00%	N/A
	Write-In	Stephen C. Maxwell	1	0.00%	N/A
	Write-In	Kameron Parker Scott	0	0.00%	N/A
Total votes			1,739,882	100.00%
Turnout			1,756,397	38.61%	-15.85%
Registered electors			4,549,183
	Republican hold

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