2014 Tennessee gubernatorial election

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2014 Tennessee gubernatorial election

← 2010 November 4, 2014 2018 →
Turnout35.97% Decrease[1] 5.35 pp
 
Nominee Bill Haslam Charles Brown
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 951,796 309,237
Percentage 70.31% 22.84%

Haslam:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      90%+
Brown:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Tie:      50%

Governor before election

Bill Haslam
Republican

Elected Governor

Bill Haslam
Republican

The 2014 Tennessee gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2014, to elect the governor of Tennessee, alongside other state and local elections. Incumbent Republican governor Bill Haslam was re-elected to a second term with 70.3% of the vote, defeating his Democratic challenger Charles Brown. Improving on his performance from 2010, Haslam also carried every county in the state.

The primary elections took place on August 7, 2014, with Republican Bill Haslam and Democrat Charles Brown winning their respective party nominations.

With no political experience, Charles Brown campaigned on raising speed limits on the interstate highways to 80 mph and putting the Bible back in schools.[2] Some of the Tennessee Democratic Party members became concerned over Brown's candidacy when he said in an interview that he would like to put Bill Haslam in an electric chair and turn it on about half throttle and let him smell a little bit.[2][3][4][5]

Haslam, on the other hand, campaigned on jobs, economic development, education reform, workforce development, and conservative fiscal leadership.[6][7]

As of 2025, this was the best performance in a Tennessee gubernatorial election since Buford Ellington's victory in 1966. This was also the last time a Republican candidate has won Davidson and Shelby counties in a statewide election.

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Declared

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Declined

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Results

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Results by county
  Haslam
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  •   >90%
Republican primary results[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bill Haslam (incumbent) 570,997 87.68%
Republican Mark "Coonrippy" Brown 44,165 6.78%
Republican Donald Ray McFolin 22,968 3.53%
Republican Basil Marceaux, Sr. 13,117 2.01%
Total votes 651,247 100.00%

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Removed from ballot

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Declined

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Results

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Results by county:
  Brown
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  McKamey
  •   30–40%
      40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
Democratic primary results[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Charles V. "Charlie" Brown 95,114 41.71%
Democratic Wm. H. "John" McKamey 59,200 25.96%
Democratic Kennedy Spellman Johnson 55,718 24.44%
Democratic Ron Noonan 17,993 7.89%
Total votes 228,025 100.00%

Independents and Third Parties

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Candidates

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General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[22] Solid R November 3, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball[23] Safe R November 3, 2014
Rothenberg Political Report[24] Safe R November 3, 2014
Real Clear Politics[25] Safe R November 3, 2014

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Bill
Haslam (R)
Charles
Brown (D)
Other Undecided
CBS News/NYT/YouGov[26] October 16–23, 2014 974 ± 5% 58% 30% 2% 11%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov[27] September 20–October 1, 2014 1,007 ± 4% 60% 28% 1% 11%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov[28] August 18–September 2, 2014 1,056 ± 4% 56% 29% 4% 11%
Rasmussen Reports[29] August 11–12, 2014 750 ± 3% 55% 30% 6% 9%
Hypothetical polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Bill
Haslam (R)
John
McKamey (D)
Other Undecided
CBS News/NYT/YouGov[30] July 5–24, 2014 1,460 ± 5.4% 55% 32% 4% 9%
Rasmussen Reports[29] April 29–30, 2014 750 ± 4% 57% 27% 5% 11%

Results

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2014 Tennessee gubernatorial election[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Bill Haslam (incumbent) 951,796 70.31% +5.28%
Democratic Charles Brown 309,237 22.84% −10.24%
Independent John Jay Hooker 30,579 2.26% N/A
Constitution Shaun Crowell 26,580 1.96% N/A
Green Isa Infante 18,570 1.37% N/A
Independent Steve Coburn 8,612 0.64% N/A
Independent Daniel Lewis 8,321 0.62% N/A
n/a Write-ins 33 0.00% 0.00%
Total votes 1,353,728 100.00% N/A
Republican hold

By county

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By county
County[32] Bill Haslam
Republican
Charles Brown
Democratic
Other votes Total
votes
% # % # % #
Anderson 75.29% 13,367 17.86% 3,171 6.86% 1,220 17,758
Bedford 75.98% 5,653 16.50% 1,227 7.52% 560 7,440
Benton 64.72% 2,415 26.56% 991 8.72% 325 3,731
Bledsoe 69.42% 1,786 24.09% 620 6.48% 167 2,573
Blount 79.73% 23,653 14.05% 4,171 6.19% 1,836 29,660
Bradley 83.20% 16,709 12.58% 2,528 4.22% 848 20,085
Campbell 77.45% 4,981 17.80% 1,145 4.79% 308 6,434
Cannon 71.39% 1,977 19.71% 546 8.90% 247 2,770
Carroll 69.55% 4,313 23.06% 1,430 7.40% 459 6,202
Carter 77.74% 8,376 14.20% 1,530 8.09% 871 10,777
Cheatham 72.63% 6,191 18.01% 1,535 9.36% 798 8,524
Chester 78.59% 2,659 15.07% 510 6.34% 215 3,384
Claiborne 76.22% 4,015 17.99% 948 5.79% 306 5,269
Clay 66.64% 963 26.17% 378 7.20% 104 1,445
Cocke 78.31% 5,615 14.39% 1,032 7.30% 524 7,171
Coffee 73.11% 7,986 18.39% 2,008 8.50% 929 10,923
Crockett 75.84% 2,222 19.05% 558 5.12% 150 2,930
Cumberland 79.02% 12,978 15.48% 2,543 5.50% 905 16,426
Davidson 53.51% 71,661 35.41% 47,438 11.08% 14,854 133,953
Decatur 71.29% 1,634 22.26% 510 6.46% 148 2,292
Dekalb 65.92% 2,423 22.69% 834 11.40% 419 3,676
Dickson 69.12% 6,830 23.23% 2,297 7.67% 758 9,885
Dyer 77.27% 5,710 15.72% 1,162 7.01% 518 7,390
Fayette 78.63% 8,141 19.08% 1,976 2.29% 237 10,354
Fentress 73.23% 2,371 19.06% 617 7.75% 251 3,239
Franklin 70.82% 6,595 21.71% 2,022 7.44% 693 9,310
Gibson 69.85% 7,819 20.55% 2,300 9.57% 1,071 11,190
Giles 71.05% 3,922 22.26% 1,229 6.70% 370 5,521
Grainger 78.46% 3,274 15.22% 635 6.33% 264 4,173
Greene 72.67% 10,146 15.17% 2,118 12.16% 1,697 13,961
Grundy 64.83% 1,556 26.88% 645 8.29% 199 2,400
Hamblen 80.98% 8,978 13.66% 1,515 5.36% 594 11,087
Hamilton 70.39% 56,750 24.14% 19,462 5.46% 4,407 80,619
Hancock 73.17% 676 17.97% 166 8.87% 82 924
Hardeman 58.86% 2,891 36.82% 1,809 4.33% 213 4,913
Hardin 80.08% 4,046 15.13% 764 4.77% 241 5,051
Hawkins 79.47% 8,730 14.34% 1,575 6.20% 681 10,986
Haywood 57.51% 1,940 39.76% 1,341 2.73% 92 3,373
Henderson 75.47% 3,836 15.54% 790 9.01% 458 5,084
Henry 74.21% 5,297 21.48% 1,533 4.33% 309 7,139
Hickman 68.54% 2,956 22.63% 976 8.83% 381 4,313
Houston 54.75% 1,005 34.53% 634 10.68% 196 1,835
Humphreys 58.79% 2,512 28.08% 1,201 13.14% 562 4,275
Jackson 63.76% 1,451 26.85% 611 9.39% 214 2,276
Jefferson 80.66% 8,423 13.12% 1,370 6.20% 647 10,440
Johnson 77.00% 2,547 14.63% 484 8.35% 276 3,307
Knox 76.53% 78,571 15.58% 15,986 7.89% 8,100 102,657
Lake 53.41% 629 34.74% 409 11.88% 140 1,178
Lauderdale 64.83% 2,652 29.37% 1,201 5.77% 236 4,089
Lawrence 73.44% 6,264 19.71% 1,681 6.88% 587 8,532
Lewis 70.60% 1,857 20.19% 531 9.20% 242 2,630
Lincoln 75.69% 4,720 17.27% 1,077 7.03% 438 6,235
Loudon 82.56% 12,015 11.05% 1,610 6.38% 929 14,554
Macon 76.91% 2,436 15.25% 483 7.83% 248 3,167
Madison 64.65% 14,563 29.49% 6,640 5.90% 1,328 22,531
Marion 68.24% 4,233 27.17% 1,685 4.60% 285 6,203
Marshall 71.95% 4,279 20.58% 1,224 7.40% 440 5,943
Maury 68.13% 12,790 22.09% 4,145 9.76% 1,831 18,766
McMinn 79.38% 8,120 16.16% 1,654 4.49% 460 10,234
McNairy 75.14% 4,019 19.30% 1,032 5.57% 298 5,349
Meigs 74.47% 1,683 19.42% 439 6.11% 138 2,260
Monroe 77.09% 7,567 18.22% 1,788 4.69% 460 9,815
Montgomery 69.44% 20,185 24.33% 7,073 6.20% 1,805 29,063
Moore 72.43% 1,145 19.35% 306 8.22% 130 1,581
Morgan 67.96% 2,453 26.65% 962 5.38% 194 3,609
Obion 66.24% 4,428 20.47% 1,369 13.29% 889 6,686
Overton 65.49% 2,613 25.69% 1,025 8.80% 351 3,989
Perry 66.95% 945 23.17% 327 9.85% 139 1,411
Pickett 71.64% 1,154 20.36% 328 8.01% 129 1,611
Polk 71.08% 2,505 23.53% 829 5.39% 190 3,524
Putnam 71.62% 10,425 18.74% 2,727 9.59% 1,396 14,548
Rhea 81.03% 4,792 14.76% 873 4.24% 251 5,916
Roane 74.69% 10,310 15.78% 2,178 9.54% 1,317 13,805
Robertson 71.17% 10,177 17.49% 2,501 11.37% 1,627 14,305
Rutherford 70.17% 36,467 21.78% 11,323 8.07% 4,199 51,989
Scott 74.62% 2,318 20.29% 630 5.09% 158 3,106
Sequatchie 77.82% 2,418 17.66% 549 4.51% 140 3,107
Sevier 80.68% 15,400 11.55% 2,205 7.77% 1,483 19,088
Shelby 57.05% 107,089 36.86% 69,193 6.11% 11,462 187,744
Smith 65.92% 2,720 25.39% 1,048 8.68% 358 4,126
Stewart 67.53% 1,999 25.67% 760 6.85% 203 2,962
Sullivan 80.57% 26,837 13.21% 4,399 6.21% 2,068 33,304
Sumner 76.74% 28,090 16.72% 6,121 6.53% 2,391 36,602
Tipton 78.05% 9,636 17.04% 2,104 4.92% 607 12,347
Trousdale 65.37% 965 26.56% 392 8.06% 119 1,476
Unicoi 76.78% 2,999 15.25% 596 7.99% 312 3,907
Union 76.91% 2,311 17.31% 520 5.76% 173 3,004
Van Buren 58.96% 903 31.54% 483 9.54% 146 1,532
Warren 70.10% 5,285 21.86% 1,648 8.04% 606 7,539
Washington 75.90% 19,707 17.27% 4,485 6.79% 1,764 25,956
Wayne 77.67% 2,122 15.48% 423 6.84% 187 2,732
Weakley 68.53% 5,082 21.58% 1,600 9.87% 732 7,414
White 70.43% 4,030 21.22% 1,214 8.34% 477 5,721
Williamson 79.34% 45,329 13.12% 7,501 7.57% 4,330 57,160
Wilson 75.93% 22,580 17.06% 5,075 7.03% 2,091 29,746

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Tennessee Voter Turnout in 2014". Tennessee Secretary of State. November 4, 2014. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Murphy, Tim. "Tennessee gubernatorial nominee explains why he wants to electrocute governor". Mother Jones. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
  3. ^ chattanooga times free press (August 12, 2014). Charlie Brown running for Tennessee governor. Good grief!. Retrieved June 10, 2024 – via YouTube.
  4. ^ "Dem Gubernatorial Nominee Wants To Send Governor To Electric Chair". HuffPost. August 8, 2014. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
  5. ^ Hannan, Caleb (August 8, 2014). "The Alvin Greene of 2014". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
  6. ^ "Priorities". June 11, 2021. Archived from the original on June 11, 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
  7. ^ "Bill Haslam's Accomplishments". October 21, 2014. Archived from the original on October 21, 2014. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
  8. ^ "Petitions Filed for Governor, United States Senate, and United States House of Representatives" (PDF). Tennessee Secretary of State. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  9. ^ "Gov. Bill Haslam announces re-election campaign". wbir.com. December 17, 2012. Archived from the original on June 18, 2013. Retrieved July 25, 2013.
  10. ^ "Petitions Filed for Governor, United States Senate, and United States House of Representatives" (PDF). Tennessee Secretary of State. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  11. ^ "Mark 'Coonrippy' Brown Runs For Governor To Get His Seized Raccoon Rebekah Back". The Huffington Post. January 6, 2014. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
  12. ^ a b Dries, Bill (April 2, 2014). "Candidates Commit as Deadline Nears". The Daily News. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
  13. ^ a b "August 7, 2014 Official Election Results". Tennessee Secretary of State. Archived from the original on September 14, 2014. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Petitions Filed for Governor, United States Senate, and United States House of Representatives" (PDF). Tennessee Secretary of State. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  15. ^ Cass, Michael (April 3, 2014). "Start your engines: Candidates qualify for state races". The Tennessean. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  16. ^ Cass, Michael (April 10, 2014). "Won't get fooled again: Democrats deny Mark Clayton". The Tennessean. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  17. ^ "Democratic Senator Lowe Finney Won't Seek Re-Election". News Channel 5. July 31, 2013. Archived from the original on September 12, 2013. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  18. ^ Zelinski, Andrea (July 22, 2013). "Rep. Fitzhugh passes on run for governor". Nashville City Paper. Archived from the original on August 22, 2013. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
  19. ^ a b Garrison, Joey (August 12, 2013). "A year out, TN Democrats' search for governor, Senate candidates turning cold". The Tennessean. Retrieved August 20, 2013.
  20. ^ Sher, Andy (January 2, 2014). "Democrat Sara Kyle won't challenge Gov. Bill Haslam in 2014". Chattanooga Times Free Press. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
  21. ^ "Mike McWherter: Haslam has created a 'culture of corruption' | Humphrey on the Hill". Knoxblogs.com. September 6, 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
  22. ^ "2014 Governor Race Ratings for November 3, 2014". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
  23. ^ "The Crystal Ball's Final 2014 Picks". Sabato's Crystal Ball. November 3, 2014. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
  24. ^ "2014 Gubernatorial Ratings". Senate Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
  25. ^ "2014 Elections Map - 2014 Governors Races". Real Clear Politics. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
  26. ^ CBS News/NYT/YouGov
  27. ^ CBS News/NYT/YouGov
  28. ^ CBS News/NYT/YouGov
  29. ^ a b Rasmussen Reports
  30. ^ CBS News/NYT/YouGov
  31. ^ "State of Tennessee - November 4, 2014 - State General" (PDF). tn.gov. Secretary of State of Tennessee. December 15, 2014.
  32. ^ "2014 Gubernatorial Results by County" (PDF). Tennessee Secretary of State. November 4, 2014. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
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