2024 Tennessee elections


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.

Election schedule

  • Tuesday, March 5 – Democratic presidential primary|Democratic] and Republican presidential primary|Republican] presidential preference primaries and certain local government primary elections
  • Thursday, August 1 – partisan primary elections for all state and federal legislative offices except for odd-numbered state senate districts and class 2 U.S. senator, general elections for certain state judicial and local government offices
  • Tuesday, November 5 – general election for all state and federal legislative offices except for odd-numbered state senate districts and class 2 U.S. senator, and 2024 [United States presidential election in Tennessee|electors for U.S. president]

Presidential election

President of the United States

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. Although Biden initially ran for re-election and became the party's presumptive nominee. He withdrew from the race on July 21 and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, who launched her presidential campaign the same day.
In the general election, Donald Trump won Tennessee with 64.19% of the vote.

Results

'''March 5, 2024 primary results'''

United States Congress

Senate

Incumbent one-term Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn won re-election to a second term with 63.80% of the vote.

Results

'''August 1, 2024 primary results'''

House of Representatives

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.

State legislature

State Senate

Results by senate district
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.

State House of Representatives

Results by state house district
Winners:
The elections of all 99 seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives were held on November 5, 2024.
Following the 2024 elections, no seats flipped.

Judicial

Supreme Court

Retention elections (August 1, 2024)

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. On March 9, 2023, his nomination was confirmed by the Tennessee General Assembly. His term began on September 1, 2023.
He won the retention election on August 1, 2024.

Court of Criminal Appeals - Western Division

Incumbent Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals Justice Matthew J. Wilson was nominated by Governor Bill Lee to fill the vacancy left after the death of Justice John Everett Williams.

Local elections

Shelby County

Shelby County turnout was low in August, which could have been the reason that Democrats did relatively poor.

General Sessions Court Clerk

Democrat Tami Sawyer won with 53.9% of the vote, defeating Republican nominee Lisa Arnold.

Knox County

Knox County turnout was low in August, which could have been the reason that Republicans did relatively poor.

Assessor of Property

Republican Incumbent David Phil Ballard won with 54.5% of the vote, defeating Democratic nominee Drew Harper.

County Law Director

Republican Incumbent David Buuck won with 55.3% of the vote, defeating Democratic nominee Jackson Fenner.

Hamilton County

Circuit Court Judge

Republican nominee Alex McVeagh won with 57.6% of the vote, defeating Democratic nominee Kisha Cheeks.
'''Results'''